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10 Leaders, 10 Questions: Shahid Jameel
Shreya Ghosh
Shahid Jameel, Chief Executive Officer of The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, has been active in science policy and administration for over two decades. He headed the Virology group at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, for 25 years. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award and the BM Birla Science Prize in Biology. In this interview, he speaks to IndiaBioscience about his thoughts on leadership.
Posted on Aug 26, 2019 in Advice & Leadership
Strengthen biology research and education to address 21st century problems
Shreya Ghosh
LS Shashidhara is currently a Distinguished Professor of Biology at Ashoka University and is on lien from IISER Pune. He was recently elected the President of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). In this interview with IndiaBioscience, he discusses IUBS’s activities and the need for scientists to collaborate on a global level to address the pressing problems of the day.
Posted on Aug 07, 2019 in Policy, Teaching & Networking and Collaboration

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‘Four-Generations’ of scientists discuss undergraduate research in India
Smita Zinjarde, Karishma Kaushik, Snehal Kadam & Rupanwita Majumder
The need for exposing undergraduate students to research and providing them with training in research-oriented scientific thought has been felt for quite some time in India. In this article, four generations of Indian scientists come together to discuss the present status of the undergraduate research ecosystem in India, the changes that have taken place over the last few decades, and the road ahead.
Posted on Jan 20, 2020 in Teaching & Undergraduate
Strategies for productive faculty-undergraduate research assistant partnerships
Andrea Phillott
Andrea D. Phillott, Professor in Environmental Studies at FLAME University, Pune, Maharashtra, conducts research in the field of marine biology, conservation and education. In this article, she writes about how researchers can effectively engage undergraduate students in research, and how this can benefit both faculty and students.
Posted on Nov 27, 2019 in Advice & Mentorship

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The Machine Learning research revolution
Sumeet Kulkarni
Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks - these words have become a part of our day-to-day lexicon over the last few years. Scientists throughout India have started employing machine learning techniques in fields as diverse as biomedical diagnostics and wildlife conservation. In this article, we explore the critical question - Why now? Why has the machine learning boom waited until this last decade to come into its own?
Posted on Jan 22, 2020 in Research
Magnetic Nanomotors: “nano-voyagers” inside cells
Divya Sriram
In this next article in our series on interdisciplinarity, we explore how a physicist and biologist duo (Ambarish Ghosh, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Deepak Saini, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, IISc, Bangalore) combined their expertise to create a nanomotor system that can be precisely and accurately manoeuvred inside biological cells.
Posted on Nov 09, 2018 in Biophysics, Research & Interdisciplinarity

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Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Policies in India: a Flashback
Aditya Kaushik, B. Chagun Basha & Lakshmi Ganesan
Four major policies have been implemented since independence namely, Scientific Policy Resolution (SPR 1958), Technology Policy Statement 1983 (SPR 1958), Science and Technology Policy 2003 (STP 2003), and Science Technology Innovation Policy 2013 (STIP 2013), this article will attempt to give a retrospective on how the STI ecosystem that we see today came into being.
Posted on Jan 02, 2020
Mental Health Fiesta at New Delhi
Hina Lateef Nizami
On 4 October 2019, the Mental Health Foundation (India) and Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, organised a Mental Health Fiesta. Hina Lateef Nizami, who attended the Fiesta, writes about what set this event apart from other mental health awareness sessions.
Posted on Dec 26, 2019 in Mental Health

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Pursuing science at a liberal arts university
Shivani Krishna
Shivani Krishna is an Assistant Professor at Ashoka University, Sonipat. She is one of the Young Investigators (YIs) chosen to attend YIM 2020 at Mahabalipuram. In this invited article, she discusses her experience working with undergraduate students at a liberal arts University, and the unique challenges and advantages that such a system offers to researchers.
Posted on Jan 16, 2020 in Undergraduate & Young Investigators
It’s never too late to get back to science
Ujjaini Dasgupta
Ujjaini Dasgupta is an Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Integrative Sciences and Health, Amity University, Haryana. She is one of the Young Investigators (YIs) selected to attend YIM 2020. In this invited article, she writes about her experience of returning to active research after spending six years in a different field.
Posted on Jan 08, 2020 in Career Development, Personal Experience & Young Investigators

Opinion Older →

Speaking up: Ending the culture of silence
Zill-e-Anam
In this next article in our series on mental health, Zill-e-Anam discusses the culture of silence that prevents many researchers and students from discussing their mental health issues, thus compounding the problem and delaying treatment for those who need it the most.
Posted on Nov 05, 2019 in Other & Mental Health
Wake up academia, it’s a brand new mental health patient
Debdutta Paul
We are running a series of articles focused on understanding the interaction between mental illnesses and academic life, and the need for greater awareness and research into the same. Next in this series, Debdutta draws insights from his own experiences in graduate school to suggest what institutions and individuals can do to improve mental health conditions within academic spaces.
Posted on Oct 16, 2019 in Mental Health

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Regional Young Investigator Meeting reaches the nation’s capital
Aditi Jain
During the 10th Young Investigators' Meeting (YIM), a need was felt for stronger local networks within the Indian scientific fraternity. Following the success of Regional Young Investigators' Meetings in Kolkata and Hyderabad, the third Regional YIM was held in Delhi NCR. The meeting followed the motto - "Unite, collaborate for a better tomorrow" and gathered scientific minds from throughout the National Capital Region.
Posted on Aug 28, 2019 in YIM, Young Investigators & Networking and Collaboration
Regional YIM Kolkata 2019: Some highlights
Smarajit Polley
Following the success of national Young Investigators' Meetings (YIMs) and the first Regional YIM in Hyderabad, the scientific community of Kolkata gathered in Presidency University on 5-6 February, 2019, with the motto: "Together today for a better tomorrow" for the first Kolkata chapter of Regional YIMs.
Posted on Aug 14, 2019 in YIM, Young Investigators & Networking and Collaboration

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An Introvert’s Guide to Networking
Vanshika Singh
Vanshika Singh is a PhD student at the National Centre for Brain Research (NBRC), Manesar. In this next article in our PhD Cafe series, she writes about why networking can be challenging for an introverted graduate student and the strategies that one can employ to derive the benefits of networking while remaining true to their personality.
Posted on Oct 04, 2019 in Networking and Collaboration
Do’s and Don’ts for a healthy student-advisor relationship
Parul Anup
Parul Anup recently completed her PhD from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. In this next article in our PhD Cafe series, she talks about the expectations that graduate students and Principal Investigators (PIs) have from each other, and how keeping these in mind can help in building a healthy mentor-mentee relationship.
Posted on Sep 26, 2019 in Advice & Mentorship

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