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The growing Indian biopharmaceutical industry: its requirements and endeavours
Ibani Kapur & Navodita Jain
The advent of the era of biopharmaceuticals - pharmaceuticals of biological origin, has brought in an industry that requires an indigenous workforce specialising in biological sciences. What is the skill set that a job in biopharma industry requires? Leadership Conclave held during the Biosimilar Workshop at ICT Mumbai brainstormed on the question and presented its requirements to educational bodies and policymakers.
Posted on Feb 15, 2019 in Health & Medicine, Pharmacology, Interdiscipline, Teaching, Undergraduate & Industry
Botanical Tree-Thinking: a card game to teach plant evolution
Bharti D K
What if playing or trading cards had information of the natural world? Educators suggest that it could induce "tree-thinking" - the understanding of evolution using phylogenetic trees. This article discusses the use of playing cards as teaching tools to piece together key events in plant evolution.
Posted on Jan 25, 2019 in Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology, Botany, Teaching, Undergraduate & Research
Bringing online citizen science to classrooms
Suchitra Sankaranarayan
To introduce the habit of observation and systematic recording, young citizens should be encouraged to participate in active science. One way is to inculcate field observation within the school and college curriculum. Citizen science initiatives combined with information technology are powerful tools in knowledge creation and collective learning.
Posted on Jan 01, 2019 in Zoology, Life Sciences, Environmental Science, Teaching, Personal Experience & Undergraduate
Teaching statistical concepts to ecology students, the sweet way!
Lakshmi Supriya
What approach could a teacher take if her students are wary of numbers and statistical analyses? Could an ecologist replicate fieldwork within the confines of a classroom? A recent research paper discusses the use of sweet, colourful candies as a teacher's aid for imparting mathematical reasoning and introducing the strategies of fieldwork.
Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Ecology, Life Sciences, Genetics, Teaching, Undergraduate & Research
Sixty percent of threatened Indian mammals are endemic
Navodita Jain
Kailash Chandra, Director of Zoological Survey of India gives a quantitative glimpse on the status of threatened species endemic to India. He also talks about the research fellowships and publications offered by the institute.
Posted on Aug 31, 2018 in Ecology, Conservation Biology, Zoology, Personal Experience, Undergraduate & Research