Welcome by YIM Organiser (along with housekeeping instructions)

Introduction to IndiaBioscience: Engaging Communities, Enabling Change

Opening Remarks

NCBS-TIFR, Bengaluru by Upinder S Bhalla (Dean, NCBS-TIFR)

IISER Kolkata by Sourav Pal (Director, IISER Kolkata)

IIT Gandhinagar by Sudhir K Jain (Director, IIT Gandhinagar)

IISc, Bengaluru by Usha Vijayraghavan (Dean of Biological Sciences, IISc)

JNU, New Delhi by Suneel Kateriya (Professor and Director, Research & Development, JNU)

Break

Starting Out as a Young Investigator in India [Panellist: Deepak Modi (NIRRH), Gitanjali Yadav (NIPGR), Nishad Matange (IISER Pune), Soumen Basak (NII) | Moderator: Karishma Kaushik (Savitribai Phule Pune University) & Vasudharani Devanathan (IISER Tirupati)]

Screening of YIM2021 Panel Discussion on Indian & International Funding Scenarios & Opportunities [(Panellist: Meenakshi Munshi (DBT), Vasan Sambandamurthy (DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance), Sanjay Mishra (DST), Balachandar Venkatesan (SERB) | Moderator: Vasudharani Devanathan (IISER Tirupati)]

Note: this is a recording not a live session. This video will be screened on the official IndiaBioscience YouTube channel

Welcome by YIM Organiser (along with housekeeping instructions)

Interactive session on grants and fellowships

inStem, Bengaluru by Apurva Sarin (Director, inStem)

Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar by David Gray (Member of Interim Academic Council)

IISER Berhampur by KVR Chary (Director, IISER Berhampur)

IISER Tirupati by Vasudharani Devanathan

Break

Networking Session 1 [Participating Institutional Representatives: Anindita Bhadra (IISER Kolkata), Chetan Gadgil (NCL), Colin Jamora (inStem), Deepak Nair (RCB), Dhiraj Bhatia (IIT GN), Mukesh Jain (JNU), Mukund Thattai (NCBS-TIFR), Sanjeev Galande (SNU), Subba Rao Gangi Setty (IISc), Amrita Sadarangani/ David Gray (GBU), Yogendra Sharma/Sridhar Srinivas Tirumalai (IISER Berhampur)]

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Welcome by YIM Organiser (along with housekeeping instructions)

Ashoka University by Shahid Jameel (Director, Trivedi School of Biosciences)

CSIR - CCMB, Hyderabad by Rakesh K Mishra (Director, CCMB)

NCCS, Pune by Manoj Kumar Bhat (Director, NCCS)

IIT Mandi by Venkat Krishnan (Dean (SRIC) and Associate Professor, IIT Mandi)

NIBMG, Kalyani by Saumitra Das (Director, NIBMG)

Break

Navigating the Academic Job Market: How, What, and When? [Panellist: BJ Rao (IISER Tirupati), Jyotsna Dhawan (CCMB), Rashna Bhandari (CDFD), LS Shashidhara (Ashoka University) | Moderator: Imroze Khan (Ashoka University)]

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CDFD, Hyderabad by K Thangaraj (Director, CDFD)

TIFR- Hyderabad by Ullas Kolthur (Professor, TIFR-H)

Amity University by W. Selvamurthy (President, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation & Chancellor, Amity University, Chhattisgarh)

IIT Jodhpur by Santanu Chaudhury (Director, IIT Jodhpur)

Krea University by S Sivakumar (Divisional Chair Sciences, Krea University)

Concluding Remarks

Networking Session 2 [Participating Institutional Representatives: Anup Padmanabhan (Ashoka University), Aprotim Mazumder (TIFR H), Arindam Maitra (NIBMG), Deepa Subramanyam (NCCS), Prosenjit Mondal (IIT Mandi), Raghunand R Tirumalai (CCMB), Rashna Bhandari (CDFD), Shivani Jadeja +Lakshman Varanasi (Krea University), Sushmita Jha (IITJ), W. Selvamurthy+ Rajiv Sharma (Amity University)]