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• Beginnings in Bhopal: Reflections from YIM 2024 (Part II)

  

  This article is the second in a two-part series reporting on the proceedings of the 16th Young Investigators’ Meeting (YIM 2024) held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, from 11 to 15 March 2024. In the second part of this report, we discuss the takeaways from interactive ‘Ask Us Anything’ panel discussion, insights from the ice-breaker session, and the proceedings from the PDF satellite meeting that followed the YIM 2024.

  Posted on Apr 05, 2024 in YIM, Young Investigators & Networking and Collaboration

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• Beginnings in Bhopal: Reflections from YIM 2024 (Part I)

  

  The 16th edition of the annual Young Investigators’ Meeting (YIM 2024) was held in the central Indian city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, from 11 to 15 March 2024. Around 120 young investigators and postdoctoral fellows, along with representatives from funding agencies, mentors, and institutional representatives, attended the meeting for special talks, networking sessions, workshops, panel discussion, and poster presentations.

  Posted on Mar 28, 2024 in YIM, Young Investigators & Networking and Collaboration

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• SciComm Huddle 2024: Bringing India’s science communicators’ together

  

  The day-long SciComm Huddle at the recent India Science Festival (ISF) 2024, held on 19 January 2024 at IISER Pune, marked the first in-person SciComm Huddle. It addressed the current state of science communication (SciComm) in India, with a focus on SciComm's scope, institutional roles, capacity building, and the interface with media, emphasising the need for strategic discussions, diversity, innovative approaches, and rigorous research in the field.

  Posted on Feb 23, 2024 in Science Communication, Science communication, Networking and Collaboration & Events

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• RYIM Pilani: Fostering interdisciplinary research amid the winter in Rajasthan

  

  The fifth Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting (RYIM) 2023-2024 took place at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Rajasthan from 18 to 20 January 2024. In spite of the freezing cold and foggy weather, the meeting saw a large number of attendees including mentors, young investigators, and students from all parts of the country. In this article, Rohini Karandikar shares her experience at the RYIM.
  

  Posted on Feb 09, 2024 in Young Investigators, Networking and Collaboration & Events

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• RYIM Bhubaneswar: Fostering academia-industry crosstalk

  

  The third Regional Young Investigator Meeting (RYIM) 2023-24 was held in the serene and picturesque city of Bhubaneswar at the (DBT)-Institute of Life Sciences (DBT-ILS), from 4 to 6 December 2023. Based on the theme ‘Fostering academia-industry crosstalk’, the RYIM Bhubaneswar introduced young investigators (YIs) and researchers to the idea of building impactful collaborations between academia and industry.

  Posted on Jan 19, 2024 in YIM, Networking and Collaboration & Events

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• The first conference of SJAI: Building bridges with India’s scientific ecosystem

  

  SJAI organised its inaugural conference at National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi on 24 and 25 November 2023. The conference, the first of its kind in India, was themed “Strengthening Science Journalism in India: Global trends, regional media, and the science-society connect”. In this article, we highlight the key takeaways from the various talks and discussions held during the conference.

  Posted on Jan 05, 2024 in Science communication, Networking and Collaboration & Events

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• Ethics, innovation, and global collaboration: Takeaways from Dialogue 2023

  

  The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, along with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, organised a one-day summit titled Dialogue 2023 on 18 November 2023 to broaden the science and technology horizon within the nation and beyond. In this article, Debraj Manna highlights the key takeaways from the event.

  Posted on Dec 15, 2023 in Policy, Networking and Collaboration & Events

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