Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.

Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ​‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panellists and resource personnel.

The Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting (2023−2024), Hyderabad, will be organized at Mahindra University, Hyderabad as a multi-institutional effort with the organizers from Mahindra University, IKP Knowledge Park, University of Hyderabad, Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Osmania University, and LV Prasad Eye Institute, which will be conducted across two days (2 February — 3 February 2024). The meeting will end with a Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop on 3 February 2024.

RYIM Hyderabad 2024

On behalf of IndiaBioscience and the local organising committee, RYIM Hyderabad would like to invite all researchers (young investigators, mid-career and senior scientists), postdoctoral fellows and early career researchers, educators, clinicians, science professionals and entrepreneurs to engage and create collaborative platforms where cutting-edge technologies and translational goals can be achieved.

RYIM Hyderabad 2024 is designed to provide a forum for young investigators from academia and industry to come together and discuss the challenges and opportunities of collaborative research. The first day of the meeting will focus on building relationships and sharing ideas, while the second day will focus on funding and career. The panel discussion on bottlenecks in high-end life science research will be a highlight of the meeting, as it will bring together leading experts from academia and industry. The open sessions and poster session will help YIs to ​“Showcase and Collaborate”, an opportunity for all participants to share their thoughts on how to improve collaboration between academia and industry. RYIM Hyderabad also wishes to ignite the passion for science in young minds and to educate them about various career choices through the conference workshop on​‘Crafting Your Career’.

Meeting Focus Areas

• Fostering Industry-Academia Collaboration

• Grant-Writing and Funding Opportunities

• Strengthening Domain-Specific Consortia

Meeting Format

• Keynote address

• Special invited talks

• Panel discussions

• Breakout sessions

• Poster presentations

• Crafting Your Career workshop

Meeting workshop

An IndiaBioscience-led Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop

Applications are invited from scientists, postdoctoral and early career fellows, teachers, clinicians, and science professionals actively involved in research and education in the allied field of life sciences.

Registration is open to:

1. Young Investigators (YIs) or Group leaders, mid-career and senior scientists, faculty fellows, independent investigators (Ramalingaswami fellows, India Alliance fellows, Ramanujan Fellows, DST-Inspire, IYBA awardees, WOS scientists or similar)

2. Educators in colleges and universities

3. Clinicians

4. Postdoctoral fellows (Research Associates, Early career fellows, NPDFs)

5. Industry professionals, research and grants managers, science communicators, public engagement professionals, incubation centres and start-up associated researchers, and entrepreneurs

Please note that it is not necessary to be a YIM alumnus to participate in this meeting and there is no age bar for registration. Seats are limited, so please hurry up. 

To register: Please fill this form.

Registration fees: INR 1000

The registration fee covers the conference kit, food, attendee certificates and resource materials. It does not include travel and accommodation.

The payment can be made by one of the three modes: 

1. Transfer through UPI

   

   
   

2. Through ICICI easypay eazy​pay​.ici​cibank​.com

   Please see the instructions here

   
   

3. Bank transfer

Name of Account – Mahindra University

Name of Bank – ICICI Bank

Bank Account Number – 404101000071

Branch – Tech Mahindra Bahdaurpally Village, Rangareddy District, Hyderabad ‑500043

Type of Account – Savings

IFSC Code – ICIC0004041

Note

• In the payment note/​remarks, write: YourName_​RYIMH2024

• Please save the transaction receipt/​screenshot of the payment confirmation. You will require this to submit your registration form.

• This is a non-refundable amount

Registrations close on: 21 January 2024.

If you have questions, please email us at ryim​hyderabad@​gmail.​com.

CYC workshop by IndiaBioscience

The Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop will be held from 3:00 – 5:00 pm on 3 February 2024 at the Mahindra University, Hyderabad.

For PhD researchers and MSc students in life sciences and allied subjects.

To register for the CYC workshop at RYIM Hyderabad, please fill out this form.

IndiaBioscience CYC workshop trainers: Arushi Batra and Ankita Rathore 

If you are interesting in attending the CYC workshop, please indicate this in the registration form for the meeting. Participants will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. IndiaBioscience will aim to include as many participants as possible.

More information on CYC can be found here.

All IndiaBioscience Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences are subject to a Conference Code of Conduct.

IndiaBioscience is dedicated to providing an inclusive and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, caste, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. We expect participants to follow these rules at all event venues (virtual or physical) and event-related social events.

Speakers and Presenters: Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for the event venue, including talks and posters. Sexist, racist or exclusionary jokes are not acceptable.

Participants: Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, caste, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Sponsors: Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy.

Virtual events: Attendees, Speakers, Trainers and Event Organisers are required to keep all e communications — emails, online presentations, webinar chat/Q&A sessions etc — professional and respectful. As with the physical events, at online seminars/​workshops/​courses and associated correspondence, sexual language/​imagery and harassment are not appropriate and will not be tolerated.

Action: Attendees asked to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately. If an attendee engages in behaviour that violates this code of conduct, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender, expelling him or her from the premises with no refund or expelling them from the virtual event (i.e. webinar, workshop, course etc).

Conference staff members are there to help participants contact appropriate authorities, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.

Contact: If you are harassed, have noticed that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact: ryim@​indiabioscience.​org

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The Conference Code of Conduct for IndiaBioscience events is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.