Regional YIMs 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 will promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.

Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ​‘no-garland’ events, optimised 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), Srinagar will be organised at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar and will be conducted across two days (19 September — 20 September 2023), with a Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop on 21 September 2023.

RYIM Srinagar, 2023 – 2024

The RYIM Srinagar at the University of Kashmir in collaboration with Central University of Kashmir and Cluster University Srinagar will provide a unique platform to early-career scientists in Jammu & Kashmir, as well as Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. The interactions during this meeting shall focus on biology and career opportunities in the Indian scientific landscape, encompassing various sub-disciplines of biology, including biodiversity & sustainable development, climate change & disaster management, cancer, and infection biology, as well as bioenergy and genomics.

The meeting will include invited speakers from various specialisations and specially-curated sessions on lab development and funding for early-career researchers. The program will feature plenary talks, invited lectures, talks by early career PIs, posters by PhD/​Postdoctoral researchers and panel discussions, as well as a Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop facilitated by IndiaBioscience.

IndiaBioscience and the local organising committee invite all active researchers (Masters students, PhD researchers, Postdoctoral fellows, faculty, senior scientists from academia and industry) and science professionals (grants and research managers, science communicators, and public engagement professionals, to name a few) across the life-science sector from Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, to attend this two-day meeting and workshop.

Meeting Focus Areas

Enhancing networking across early-career scientists in the Jammu & Kashmir region

Fostering research in the Jammu & Kashmir region

Funding opportunities and grant writing

Navigating through challenges faced by early career researchers in the Jammu & Kashmir region

Meeting Workshop

An IndiaBioscience-led Crafting Your Career (CYC) Workshop for PhD researchers and Postdoctoral fellows

Meeting Format

• Plenary lectures
• Keynote talks
• Networking sessions
• Grant-writing sessions
• Poster presentations
• Panel discussions

Registrations are invited from scientists and science professionals actively involved in research intersecting with life sciences, preferably from the regions of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

Registration is open to PhD researchers, Postdoctoral fellows, faculty, senior scientists, industry scientists, and science professionals (science communicators, grants and research managers, and public engagement professionals).

Registration Fees:

• Corporate or Industry Professionals: ₹2500/-
• Early-Career Researchers/​Academics: ₹2000/-
• Research Scholars/​Postdoctoral Fellows: ₹1000/-
• Students : ₹500/-

Registration includes lunch, tea and a kit/​bag.

Note: Please make payment before proceeding to fill out the form. Note down the transaction ID and take a screenshot of the payment made.

Account Number: 0007040520000082

Name: Lead Organiser / Organising Secretary, RYIM 2023
IFSC: JAKA0NASEEM (0 is zero)
Bank & Branch: J & K Bank, Hazratbal, Srinagar 

To register, please fill this form: bit​.ly/​R​e​g​i​s​t​e​r​R​Y​I​M​S​r​i​nagar

Registration deadline: September 10, 2023

For more details, please contact: ryim2023srinagar@​gmail.​com

CYC workshop by IndiaBioscience

The Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop will be held from 10:00 – 13:00 on 21 September 2023 at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar.

For PhD researchers and Postdoctoral fellows attending RYIM Srinagar.

IndiaBioscience workshop trainers: Ankita Rathore and Arushi Batra

Logistics and Administrative support: Shwetha C

If you are interested 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 a 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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