Authors
Executive Director
Karishma is a physician-scientist who has led and been involved in a range of initiatives across the scientific landscape in India.
After her MBBS and MD in Clinical Microbiology from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Karishma moved to the US to pursue a PhD. She completed her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin and returned to India as a Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellow. She ran her independent research group at Savitribai Phule Pune University from 2018-2023.
In this new avatar as Executive Director, IndiaBioscience, she looks forward to expanding the impact of IndiaBioscience, by facilitating the scientific ecosystem across India, and fostering partnerships between communities in India and across the world.
karishma [at] indiabioscience [dot] org
Articles
Attending a conference as a PhD researcher? Simple tips to make the most out of the experience
Karishma Kaushik
Posted on in Career Development, Personal Experience, Networking and Collaboration
Work-life balance during a PhD: Reframing the narrative
Karishma Kaushik
Navigating the early-career track as a faculty fellow in the Indian science ecosystem
Karishma Kaushik
Posted on in Women in Science, Personal Experience, Young Investigators
Stories from the community: How a cold email led to an international collaborative grant
Karishma Kaushik
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Funding, Personal Experience, Networking and Collaboration
A project-to-publication experience for a remote, student-led team during the pandemic
Shreeya Mhade, Stutee Panse & Karishma Kaushik
Posted on in Microbiology, Bioinformatics, COVID-19, Personal Experience, Research
‘Swades’ for scientists: The return to India journey
Anand Krishnan, Chandana Basu, Deepa Agashe, Divya Prasanna Kumar, Karishma Kaushik, Balasubramanian Nagaraj, Poonam Thakur & Snehal Kadam
‘Four Generations’ of scientists discuss undergraduate research in India
Smita Zinjarde, Karishma Kaushik, Snehal Kadam & Rupanwita Majumder
Tweet, Post, Share, Like: How is social media shaping Indian science?
Snehal Kadam & Karishma Kaushik
Dreams to reality: A young scientist's ‘Return to India’
Karishma Kaushik
Posted on in Women in Science, Career Development, Personal Experience
Meetings
YIM 2024
YIM 2024 ▸ Mentors and Speakers
YIM 2024 ▸ Informational Webinar
YI Huddle: A conversation series for Young Investigators' in India ▸ The Eighth YI Huddle
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Online
YIM 2023 ▸ Mentors and Speakers
YIM 2022 ▸ Speakers and Mentors
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Online
PDF Meeting 2021
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Online
YIM 2021
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Online
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Mental Health - for PhD students and Postdocs
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Online
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Mental Health for Early and Mid-Career Faculty
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Online
Episodes
Beyond the sanction order: Understanding Research Grants and Diverse Funding Sources
Vandana Gambhir in conversation with Karishma Kaushik
Informational Webinar on RYIM Grants 2023- 2024
Karishma Kaushik
MH-02 | Mind Matters in Academia - for Faculty | Part 4 of 4
Hansika Kapoor, Imroze Khan, Maitrayee DasGupta & Sandhya S Visweswariah in conversation with Karishma Kaushik & Mayuri Rege
MH-02 | Mind Matters in Academia - for Faculty | Part 3 of 4
Hansika Kapoor, Imroze Khan, Maitrayee DasGupta & Sandhya S Visweswariah in conversation with Karishma Kaushik & Mayuri Rege
MH-02 | Mind Matters in Academia - for Faculty | Part 2 of 4
Hansika Kapoor, Imroze Khan, Maitrayee DasGupta & Sandhya S Visweswariah in conversation with Karishma Kaushik & Mayuri Rege
MH-02 | Mind Matters in Academia - for Faculty | Part 1 of 4
Hansika Kapoor, Imroze Khan, Maitrayee DasGupta & Sandhya S Visweswariah in conversation with Karishma Kaushik & Mayuri Rege
MH-01 | Mind Matters in Academia - for PhDs and Postdocs | Part 2 of 2
Shubha Tole & Soumitra Pathare in conversation with Karishma Kaushik & Mayuri Rege
MH-01 | Mind Matters in Academia - for PhDs and Postdocs | Part 1 of 2
Shubha Tole & Soumitra Pathare in conversation with Karishma Kaushik & Mayuri Rege
Resources
Dhvani - A compilation of resources for science outreach in India
Manjula Harikrishna, Karishma Kaushik & Ankita Rathore
IRIWI: I Realized I Wasn't Interested ....
Gayatri Saberwal & Karishma Kaushik
Science and Technology in India's Union Budget
Atharv Salvi & Karishma Kaushik
DEI Infographic by IndiaBioscience: 'Tenets of our Laboratory'
Ankita Rathore & Karishma Kaushik