Anindita Bhadra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Science, IISER, Kolkata. She attended YIM 2015 as a YI. In this invited post she writes about her long-drawn struggle to get a permanent faculty position at her institute.

Arpita Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor at the Division of Nutrition, St. John’s Research Institute, Bangalore. She attended YIM 2017 as a YI. In this guest post, she writes about why she got back to a full-time research career after having quit it earlier.

Madhulika Dixit is an Associate Professor at Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. She attended YIM 2010 as a YI. In this invited piece, she writes about her unique experience as a faculty at an institute where majority of researchers are from Engineering background and often unaware of requirements of biological research.

Aditi Bhattacharya is a Reader at Centre for Brain Development and Repair, inStem, Bangalore. She attended YIM 2014 as a PDF. In this invited piece she shares her experiences in mentoring young researchers in her lab

Sahadev Shankarappa is an Assistant Professor at Amrita Center for Nanoscience and Molecular Medicine, in Kochi, Kerala.  He attended YIM 2017 as a YI. In this invited post, he talks about his journey from being a medical doctor to a full-time researcher.