Check in to Courtyard by Marriott, Agra | Lunch & Registration

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

Overview of the life sciences in India

Engaging communities, Enabling change

Karishma S Kaushik, Executive Director, IndiaBioscience

Welcome Note

L S Shashidhara, Board Member, IndiaBioscience

An overview of the life science research ecosystem in India

Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, GoI, New Delhi

Building a life science research group

Seeing is believing: My journey in structural biology

Deepti Jain, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad

Working at the interface of two sciences: A chemical biologist's tale

Siddhesh Kamat, Institute of Science Education and Research Pune

Tea | Coffee | Light refreshments

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

Cello'ing the biophysical tune of morphogenesis

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria

YIM 2025 icebreaker session

Ankita Rathore, IndiaBioscience

YI poster session

Anise (outdoor)

Obstacles never end, and neither does my journey: Story of health research entrepreneurship in Nepal

Sameer Mani Dixit, Center for Molecular Dynamics, Nepal

Breakout session: Setting up and running a life science research group in India

Coordinator: Karthick Balasubramanian, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune

Dinner

MOMO Alfresco (Pool side)

Networking mixer (YIs + PDFs only)

Light refreshments

Breakfast at MoMo Cafe

MoMo Café

Journey of a chance mechanobiologist

Shamik Sen, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Funding for life science researchers in India

HFSP funding schemes for life science researchers in India

Rashna Bhandari, DBT-Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad

EMBO programmes and activities for life science researchers in India

Leonor Teles-Grilo Ruivo, The European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany

AvH funding schemes for life science researchers in India

Neelanjana Sengupta, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH senior fellow), IISER Kolkata

Funding schemes at the Department of Biotechnology for life science researchers in India

Sanjay Mishra, Department of Biotechnology, GoI, New Delhi

Tea | Coffee | Light refreshments

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

Funding initiatives by Ignite for life scientists in India

Shravanti Rampalli, Ignite Life Science Foundation

Successfully applying for international grants and fellowships

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria

Open Q/A with representatives from funding agencies

Lunch at Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom

Group photo

Dodge, Nudge, Push: Travails and triumphs of an ecologist

Ratna Ghosal, Ahmedabad University

Finding my fins: Navigating the waters of translational research with zebrafish

Aarti Sevilimedu, Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad

Wah-Taj! Group visit to the Taj Mahal

Dinner

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

Breakfast

MoMo Café

Nutritional cues and mitochondrial protein synthesis: A rheostat model

Kaustuv Datta, University of Delhi

Broader engagement in the life sciences in India

Animal methods biases in publishing

Surat Parvatam, Humane World for Animals

Publishers perspective around scholarly publishing in the age of AI

Ajay Kumar Jha, American Chemical Society (India)

Tea | Coffee | Light refreshments

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

The Power of Microbes: Engagement opportunities with ASM

Aditi Jain, American Society for Microbiology, India

Academia and industry partnerships between NBIC and life science research in India

Cait MacPhee, National Biofilms Innovation Centre, UK

Academic publishing in the life sciences

The evolving landscape of publishing ethics: An editor’s perspective

Rafal Marszalek, Springer Nature, UK

Open Research: Building bridges across disciplines and communities

Madhurima Kahali, Taylor & Francis

Group photo | Lunch

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

Preprints and open science in the life sciences research community in India

Binay Panda, Jawaharlal Nehru University & ASAPbio fellow

Going Wild: A Journey from Genomes to Forests

Isheng Jason Tsai, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Industry and Education footprint at YIM 2025

OLINK multiplex protein biomarkers analysis

Abhishek Chowdhury, Premas Life Sciences, New Delhi

Incubation and start-up ecosystems for life science researchers in India

Ramjee Pallela, AIC-CCMB, Hyderabad

High-speed super resolution microscopy platforms

KN Ganesh, Olympus/​Evident

PDF Poster session | Tea | Coffee | Light refreshments

Anise (outdoor)

Blending research and teaching: towards a rewarding academic life

Sravanti Uppaluri, Azim Premji University

Career skills for YIs and PDFs

Grant writing in the life sciences in India

Madhankumar Anandkrishnan, Centre for Brain Research, IISc Bengaluru

Opportunities and challenges in graduate / PhD training in India

Moderator: Anil Kumar Challa (SNIoE) Panellists: 
Kaustuv Datta (University of Delhi), Rashna Bhandari (CDFD), Ratna Ghosal, Ahemadabad University and Sanjeev Galande (SNIoE)

Closing remarks

Rashna Bhandari, IndiaBioscience Board Member

Mehfil-e-YIM: Spandan - Resonating with the rhythm of Kathak | Grand Ballroom (GBR)

Kathak and conversation with Richa Srivastava, from the prominent Lucknow Gharana of Kathak

Banquet Dinner

Anise restaurant

Breakfast

MoMo Café

Introduction to the PDF Satellite Meeting

Roop Mallik, IndiaBioscience Board Member

Institutional Talks Session 1

Krishnaveni Mishra (University of Hyderabad), Rajiv Janardhanan (SRM Institute of Science & Technology), Rajiv Yeravdekar (Symbiosis International ‑Deemed University) and Sharmila Bapat (National Centre for Cell Science, Pune)

Tea | Coffee | Light refreshments

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

PDF Talks Session 1

10 PDF talks — 5 mins each

PDF Poster session

Anise (outdoor)

Group photo | Lunch

Function area near Crystal Ballroom (CBR)

Institutional Talks Session 2

Maddika Subba Reddy (Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad), Prasanna Venkatraman (Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research, and Education in Cancer, Navi Mumbai), Santanu Bhattacharya (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati) and Uma Ramakrishnan (National Centre for Biological Sciences ‑TIFR Bengaluru)

PDF Talks Session 2

10 PDF talks — 5 mins each

Tea | Coffee | Light refreshments

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

Institutional Talks Session 3

Bhupesh Taneja (CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi), Colin Jamora (Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida), H.S Subramanya (Chanakya University, Bengaluru), Praveen Kumar Vemula (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru), Swasti Raychaudhuri (CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad)

PDF Talks Session 3

10 PDF talks — 5 mins each

Ask Us Anything: Hiring and start-up funds in the life sciences in India

Live Interactions — PDFs + Institutional representatives

Free time for networking

Free time

Dinner

Lawn

Breakfast

MoMo Café

Institutional Talks Session 4

Dipyaman Ganguly (Ashoka University, Sonipat), Rakesh Mishra (Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, Bengaluru), Roop Mallik (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai) and Vivek Tanavde (Ahmedabad University)

Tea | Coffee | Light refreshments

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

PDF Talks Session 4

10 PDF talks — 5 mins each

Ask Us Anything: Project administration and grants management in the life sciences in India

Live Interactions — PDFs + Institutional representatives

Closing remarks to the PDF Satellite Meeting

Roop Mallik, IndiaBioscience Board Member

Group photo | Lunch | Departure

Pre-function area, Grand Ballroom (GBR)

End of PDF Satellite Meeting