The guest of this episode of 'In Conversation with a Mentor' is Manju Bansal, who is a professor of the Theoretical Biophysics group in the Molecular Biophysics Unit of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She is the Founding Director of the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology at Bangalore.

The guest of this episode of 'In Conversation with a Mentor' is Bimalendu B. Nath, an Emeritus Professor of Savitribai Phule Pune University, and the Vice President of the Association of Teachers in Biological Sciences, Mumbai. Bimal has been teaching Genetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity for nearly three decades and is actively involved in science outreach programmes. In this episode, he talks about his journey as an educator and throws light on some of the current challenges of higher education in biology in India.

In the third episode of 'In Conversation with a Mentor', we have Sanjay Mishra as our guest. Dr. Mishra has recently joined as a Scientist H at the Department of Biotechnology, India. However, this podcast was recorded when he was serving as the Advisor and Head of the Inspire division at the Department of Science & Technology India.

In this series of podcasts, we chat with mentors across various life-science fields.

In this second episode, from the series, we have Deepanwita Chattopadhyay as our guest. She is the Chairman & CEO of the IKP knowledge park which is a premier research park and incubator in India. She is a key figure in developing this first Life Science Research Park in India.

In this first episode of the podcast series 'In Conversation with a Mentor', we talk to L S Shashidhara from Ashoka University. He specializes in Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolutionary Biology.

Here Shashi talks about his career path starting from college, his trials and tribulations as a mentor, his failures, and how he overcame them.