Project RAKSHA Team [from left Mansi Karnad, Pradyumna Murali, Reuben Varghese, Jayashree Shanbal, Hema Nair, Ridha Fameen]
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The making of project RAKSHA: Reach and Advocacy for Autistic Kids’ Sexual Health and Safety Attitudes

Pradyumna Murali, Hema Nair, Mansi Karnad, Reuben Varghese & Ridha Fameen

Project RAKSHA is a 2nd IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant awardee. This dream project of passionate speech-language pathologists created an e-resource booklet providing culturally sensitive, illustration-based stories to guide parents and caregivers in communicating about reproductive and sexual health and safety to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Read this article to know behind the scene of this IOG project.



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Galvanising Ideas: YIM 2023 in Gujarat (Part 1)

Ankita Rathore

This article is the first in a two-part series reporting on the proceedings of the 15th Young Investigators’ Meeting, which was held in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 13 to 17 February, 2023. The meeting was attended by nearly eighty young researchers and post-doctoral fellows, in addition to several mentors, science professionals, funding agencies (national and international) and institutional representatives for five days of talks, panel discussions, breakout sessions and poster presentations.

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