The 10th Young Investigators’ Meeting was held in Thiruvananthapuram from 5 to 8 March 2018. During this meeting that was attended by YIM alumni from the past ten years, structured discussions were held to understand the pulse of life sciences research in India and brainstorm on the future of Indian life science research. This report, born out of those discussions and recommendations, was published in Current Science on 10 Feb, 2019

What is the role of science journalism in the rapidly transforming India of the 21st century? What challenges does it face, and how secure is its future? On August 20 - 21, 2018, scientists, journalists and communicators gathered together in the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, to discuss and hash out some key points on the subject of “Science, Journalism, Media: Communicating Science in a Changing India”.

Sridhar Gutam, Convenor of Open Access India, talks about what will it take to make Indian science truly accessible for anyone interested in it.

Fuelled by plagiarism and other forms of scientific misconduct, rate of retraction shows a sharp increase in India.

Researchers and researcher-entrepreneurs will benefit from getting acquainted with the Biodiversity Act.