IndiaBiospeaks

This is the eighth episode of the series of "informational interviews'.. Here IndiaBioscience chats with Dr. Lipika Sahoo, an Indian Patent and Trademark agent, exploring her career trajectory, her work, about the field, relevant skills and the opportunities in her career space.

Useful Resources:

1. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
2. Schools offering courses in Intellectual Property Law: NLSIU, NALSAR, GNA Patent Gurukul, KPMSOL, The Academy Of Intellectual Property Studies (AIPS)
3. Courses is Intellectual Property

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This is the seventh "informational interview" in the season on Crafting your Career in science, where IndiaBioscience speaks with Debjani Saha, a Product Manager at Premas Life Sciences on her foray into technical marketing and the business of science.

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In this sixth episode of the series on "informational interviews" IndiaBioscience chats with Chagun Basha and Aditya Kaushik, two engineers-turned science policy professionals. Listen to learn more about their career paths and also about our new collaborative venture, the science policy forum here.

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A useful resource for graduate students to prepare for and excel in professional careers: https://versatilephd.com/

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This is the fifth episode of the series on "informational interviews". Here IndiaBioscience chats with Minhaj Sirajudin, on his linear trajectory from being a grad student, postdoc and then faculty at inStem, Bangalore

Useful Resources:

You may read here Minhaj's interview on life as an early career researcher, first published in Future Sci. OA. Here is also an interview from 2016 with Minhaj by IndiaBioscience. Please find a full-text transcript of this podcast on our IndiaBioscience website here.

To find out more about the cytoskeletal lab at inStem, visit the lab website here

To learn about several funding opportunities for young investigators in India in the life sciences, do check out webinar on "Nurturing Future Science Leaders" here.

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This is the fourth episode of the series on "informational interviews". Here IndiaBioscience chats with Savita Ayyar, on her foray into research and innovation management from basic science research, and on her new entrepreneurial venture.

Useful Resources:

You may read here Savita's account on her career journey, published on the IndiaBioscience website here

To find out more about India Research Management Initiative (IRMI) and its outcomes, visit: https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-18/v2

You will also find her recorded talk on IRMI at the India Alliance Fellows Meet 2019 here

Training Opportunities in Research Management:

• Workshops by the British Council and Newton Bhabha Fund
• • Workshop in Science Administration and Management
  • Evidence Based Policy Making
• Workshop in Science Administration and Research Management by Administrative Staff College of India

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This is the third episode of the series on “informational interviews”. Here IndiaBioscience chats with Sarah Iqbal, on her adventurous journey from that of being a scientist at the bench to enabling public engagement with science in India.

• Learn more about India Alliance and its various funding opportunities at www.indiaalliance.org
• To learn about the science communication workshop by India Alliance, please visit:https://www.indiaalliance.org/science-communication-workshop 
• To learn more about the public engagement projects of India Alliance, visit www.indiaalliance.org/public-engagement
• Do check out its grassroots comics for antibiotic resistance: Superheroes against Superbugs!

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This is the second episode of the series on “informational interviews”. Here IndiaBioscience chats with Ipsa Jain, a science illustrator, exploring her journey, her work, what inspired her to take on a rather unusual but emerging career trajectory.

The conversation is styled in the format of an information interview, thus providing a science graduate useful insights both about the field itself and on how to approach an expert, seeking knowledge about the field that one wishes to explore!

Links to Ipsa’s work: http://ipsawonders.com/

Links to inspirational work across the world:

1. David Goodsell
2. Janet Iwasa
3. Graham Johnson
4. Drew Berry

Tools: Adobe illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, in-design, Blender, AutoDesk Sketchbook Flipbook, and Maya.

Courses: Natural History Drawing on edX, several art and design courses on coursera, Udemy and Lynda.com.

This is the first of the episode series on “informational interviews”. Here IndiaBioscience chats with Rajesh Nair about his experiences in the field of business management in the life sciences. The conversation is styled in the format of an information interview, thus providing a science graduate useful insights both about the field itself and on how to approach an expert, seeking knowledge about the field that one wishes to explore! Be sure to subscribe to our season do you do not miss out on any episodes!

In this podcast episode, we discuss three ways of finding out information about different career paths, so that we can begin aligning them with our skills, interests and values and decide on whether or not this path may be a good match.

In this podcast episode, we invite some of our colleagues at IndiaBioscience (Manjula Harikrishna, Navodita Jain and Manoj Rangan) to share their journeys in science and discuss how their unique blends of  skills, interests and values have played a role in each step in their career path.

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