Aditi Kothiyal, Assistant Teaching Professor, Creative Learning, at IIT Gandhinagar, discusses her passion for understanding how people learn through making things and the role of social robots in education. In this interview, Aditi also shares her experiences and offers advice to young women aspiring to pursue careers in STEM, encouraging them to adapt and grow through diverse interests and roles.

Anita Mary George, a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence fellow, Stony Brook University, New York, shares insights into her current research, focusing on investigating sponge microbiomes and metagenomics. In this interview, Anita takes us on an unconventional journey through her experiences as a marine biologist and offers invaluable guidance to aspiring women scientists.

In this eleventh article, as part of community voices for our international Grants Awareness Program (iGAP), Priyanka Sharma shares her experiences, some tips, and the process of applying for a successful Australia India Research Student (AIRS) Fellowship. Priyanka is an AIRS Fellow for 2023 at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (AIBN), Australia.

Uttara Chakraborty, an Assistant Professor at Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine (MIRM), Bangalore, is the recipient of the SRL Emerging Leader (2018-2023) award from The International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC), United States. In this interview, Uttara shares her unconventional career journey and discusses the concept of Shared Resource Lab/Laboratory (SRL).

In this tenth article as part of community voices for our international Grants Awareness Program (iGAP), Chandrika Konwar shares her experience, some to-dos, and tips for a successful Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research (FNDR) Fellowship application. Chandrika is a Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Research Fellow at California Institute of Technology.