SciKonnect Podcast

Dr. Piyush Mahajan and Dr. Malvika Dahuja and, a psychiatrist power  couple also known as Mental health guides have been treating patients of  the most common and prevalent psychological disorders for the last few years. With an MBBS from GMC Faridkot and M.D. in Psychiatry from GMC Amritsar, Dr. Piyush Mahajan is an Assistant Professor at Sri Guru Ramdas Medical College, Amritsar. Besides, he treats patients with  Depression, stress, anxiety, alcoholism, drug abuse and mood disorder at  his clinic in Amritsar. Dr. Malvika Dahuja, M.D. Psychiatry is a senior  resident at Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health in Amritsar where she  treats patients with epilepsy, schizophrenia and various behavioral  disorders. Besides, this psychiatrist power couple has taken up the  challenge of educating the masses about mental health care and various  disorders prevalent in today’s world through their YouTube channel  Piyushika- A Mental Health Care Guide covering a wide range of videos in  Hindi, English and Punjabi.  

In this podcast the couple talks about: 

1.     What is the difference between a psychiatrist, psychologist and a  counselor? When is the right time to consult a psychiatrist? 

2.    Why is it important to treat mental disorders just like other  medical illnesses? 

3.    Mental disorders can vary in people and need unique tailor-made  treatment by your mental professionals. 

4.    Need for mental health care in today’s busy work life.   

Credits: 

Host: Charu Gupta and Samriti Sharma 

Editing: Nikhil Tulsian and Virender Singh 

Social: Albertha Joseph-Alexander  

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)  

#podcast #mentalhealth #Psychiatry  

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Arka Ghosh is the final year PhD student at the Department of Biological  Sciences and Bioengineering, IIT Kanpur, where he is working at the Lab  of Neural Systems under the supervision of Dr. Nitin Gupta. He  completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Roorkee. Arka is  interested in understanding and treating mood disorders. During his  PhD, he has created TreadWill, a progressive web application for helping  individuals with symptoms of depression and anxiety. Arka and his team  are conducting clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of TreadWill.  

Website: https://www.treadwill.org/  

Credits: 

Host: Prince Kumar Lat and Sreyashree Bose

Editing: Nikhil Tulsian and Virender Singh 

Social: Albertha Joseph-Alexander  

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)   

#podcast #mentalhealth #lifecoach #professional   

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Anupama has spent over 15 years as an IT consultant in multiple roles  across Asia, Europe and North America. She has led transformation  projects for global financial institutions, constantly raising the bar  in the way clients implement change within their organisations. It was  during her successful professional life, combined with an evolving  family life, that she discovered that living life being inspired and  relaxed at the same time is not so much about adopting new strategies,  it is rather about realigning oneself. 

She now empowers professionals to shift from reactive to intentional  living through her 'Achieve with Equilibrium' coaching, transformational  talks and leadership development programs. She is a specialist in  enabling highly accomplished individuals to overcome imposter  experiences through the ‘Ignite the Leader Within’ coaching program. Her  mission is to empower people to discover their personal resilience  comprising resilient thinking, emotional balance and recovery through  personal congruence. 

Anupama is a certified Executive Coach, Neuro Change Method  practitioner. She is also a trained meditation facilitator with over 15  years of practitioner experience. She has taught over 100 meditation  programs in Singapore.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anupamamurali/  

Credits: 

Host: Nikhil Tulsian, Pragya Gupta 

Editing: Nikhil Tulsian and Virender Singh 

Social: Albertha Joseph-Alexander  

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)  

#podcast #mentalhealth #lifecoach #awareness  

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Dr. Lakshmi Ramachandran is a Learning & Development Specialist at  NUS. In this role, she mentors, consults and conducts workshops for  students and helps shape them as Future-Ready graduates. She pursued her  PhD and started her career as a molecular biologist, but her  experiences, both positive and negative, transformed her into an amazing  life coach seeking answers to the meaning of life. Dr. Lakshmi has been  a panelist in various career development sessions and given numerous  talks on positive attitude to improve mental health. So let’s tune in to  podcast with Dr. Lakshmi.   

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlakshmispeaks/ 

https://www.drlakshmispeaks.com/contact 

https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/leadership-in-science-6921471003797704704/  

Credits: 

Host: Nikhil Tulsian, Pragya Gupta and Swanti Gupta 

Editing: Nikhil Tulsian and Virender Singh 

Social: Albertha Joseph-Alexander 

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)   

#podcast #mentalhealth #lifecoach #professional    

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Living healthy and being well is important because it enables us to achieve the objectives we have set for ourselves and to feel happy. One should remember that being healthy not only encompasses maintaining our physical health but also includes maintaining our mental health. Unfortunately, there has been a general decline in mental health with academics being hit the most in the previous decade and notably during the Covid pandemic.

Academics tend to be susceptible because research is a famously difficult endeavour, with inherent loneliness, competitiveness and high-pressure conditions. Most of the time, there are no support networks, which leaves academics in the dark with no one to discuss their ideas and thoughts about being far behind where they would like to be. One person’s mental health struggle can be very different from another person. As such, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. It is easy to blame the student for the mental health problem rather than addressing the institutional, cultural, and environmental factors that contribute to feelings of despair, depression and anxiety. Nevertheless, whatever a student can do to enhance their own mental health is extremely vital. Some of the activities that can be done include: increasing exercise; getting medical care and taking time away from research. Furthermore, self-care is frequently the only choice open to students because many large colleges are sluggish to embrace and implement changes within mental health or to recognise that it is an issue at the graduate level.

It is believed that asking for a shift in the nature of the discussion may result in an overall change in the present research culture. There is a need for an atmosphere in which you feel comfortable admitting that you are stressed and that your mental health is suffering. A new culture is needed where it is OK to say "no" when the task is excessive. Overall, this is important because the problem in Academia does not end with the completion of your PhD.

To raise awareness about mental health, its importance in professional development and how life coaches/counsellors can address it; biopatrika presents season 2 of their SciKonnect Podcast series. As our team of hosts interact with the guests to discuss important aspects of mental health, we hope that it will benefit all of us in some manner. If you require guidance or therapy, please contact Biopatrika or one of our guests.

Let us work together to create a network that can provide assistance to persons who are suffering in silence.

#biopatrika #scikonnect #podcast #mentalhealth #shorts

'Actually Colors Speak' is a graphically-illustrated popular science  book which explores the world of colors in nature, authored by Dr. Minhaj Sirajuddin of DBT-inStem and Ipsa Jain. Edited by Somadutta Karak and published by Notion Press, this book is a sneak-peek into cellular and molecular aspects of color change in animals – fully illustrated and  explained through engaging conversations between a camera, a binocular, and a microscope that try to understand the wonderful world of colors  in animals. This book is indeed a colorful science tale ideal for all ages.   

Dr. Minhaj Sirajuddin is a faculty at the Cardiovascular Biology and  Disease theme (CBDT), DBT-inStem where he has established a research  program to study cytoskeleton and contractile systems at various  organization scales using cryoEM, biochemistry, cell biology and  microscopy, thereby bridging the knowledge gap between clinical findings  and molecular mechanism. He has also worked in a documentary film  about forgotten Indian Scientists recently. Not the least, Minhaj is a DBT-WA India Alliance Intermediate Fellow and a member of EMBO-Young  Investigator Program (EMBO-YIP).  

Ipsa is a scientist turned illustrator. She pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at inStem with Dr. Minhaj Sirajjudin. Precisely, here’s where the duo came up with the concept of this interesting vibrant book. Further, Ipsa is interested in telling stories of science using visual  media. She uses images, zines, and books as her medium. She is currently a visual communication faculty at Srishti Manipal Institute. For more  about her work check out her website – Ipsawonders.com.   

This recently launched popular science book was also featured recently on Mint Lounge (https://bit.ly/3H7BjuY), dated Jan 26, 2022. Explore and  dive into the world of why animals change colors in an interactive conversation format between the binocular, camera & microscope as we speak to the authors in this interview. To own a copy of this book, click here (https://www.amazon.in/Actually-Colors-Speak-Minhaj-Sirajuddin/dp/B09PRQJWRQ) or here (https://notionpress.com/read/actually-colors-speak).  

Credits 

Guest:    Actually, Colors Speak book authors Dr. Minhaj Sirajuddin and Dr. Ipsa Jain 

Host:     Ayantika Sen and Charu Gupta 

Video recording:  Vikramsingh Gujar 

Video editing:   Virender Singh 

Music:   Aditya Sutar  

Special thanks to Amrita Tripathy and Dr. Tina Mukherjee from DBT-inStem, Bangalore, India  

Biopatrika and SciKonnect Team 

#book #Illustrations #colors

The art of exchanging information and ideas is at the heart of any successful career and for effective communication one needs to be an active listener along with possessing efficient writing and clear speaking skills. In this Scikonnect podcast by Biopatrika, Dr. Mohit Kumar Jolly brings us his views and experience on effective science communication and his journey in academia as systems biologist. As a systems biologist he engages with academics from various different scientific disciplines and in order to have a clear understanding, he regularly relies on efficient science communication that erases boundaries among different scientific areas. Our hosts Prgya, Jaya and intern Parvathy engage with Dr. Jolly in  an interesting conversation on the various aspects of science communication and its importance in day-to-day work of a scientist with peers and the public alike. Tune in, won’t you?

Connect with Dr. Mohil Kumar Jolly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkjolly/

Lab website: https://be.iisc.ac.in/~mkjolly/mohit/

Credits

Hosts: Pragya Gupta, Jaya Kumari, Parvathy

Editing: Samriti Sharma, Nikhil Tulsian, Virender Singh, Salma

Social: Charu Gupta, Albertha Joseph-Alexander, Salma

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)

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In the age of fast home delivery of goods to food, the lack of timely delivery of life science supplies and lack of tracking seems like an obvious gap that pushes research back in developing countries like India on the timeline that developed countries follow. So, what would you do if you are facing the most common problem of material supply faced by almost every Indian scientist and researcher? This was the situation faced by Dr. Shambhavi Naik, when she moved from University of Leicester to pursue her Cancer research in India. Baffled by the slow supply of the basic life science material she collaborated with her most trusted partner, her husband- Pushkar Potdar who is a mechanical engineer and supply chain professional. His work focussed on using technology solutions to make goods move faster in the supply chain across the world. Together, they came up with a solution called CloudKrate to tackle this long-standing problem in life science research in India. Listen to this Scikonnect podcast by Biopatrika to follow the inspiring journey of this power couple in entrepreneurship. Indulge in the functioning of this life science-based start-up with our hosts Charu and Nikhil.

Connect with Dr. Shambhavi Naik on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shambhavi-naik-a4290523/

Connect with Pushkar Potdar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pushkarpotdar/

CloudKrate: https://www.cloudkrate.com/

Credits

Hosts: Charu Gupta, Nikhil Tulsian, Parvathy

Editing: Samriti Sharma, Nikhil Tulsian, Virender Singh, Salma, Disha, Albertha Joseph

Social: Charu Gupta, Albertha Joseph-Alexander, Salma

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)

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Lots of young graduates and students come to a crossroads where they need to decide which way to choose for their career. However, not everything is clear at this point and one needs to take the opportunity presented and make the best of this choice. In this Scikonnect podcast by Biopatrika our guest Dr. Jitendra Pant, Application Scientist at C> at CARON and TEDX speaker talks about how he followed the calling of life to become a Biomedical engineer. He further discusses with our hosts Srinath and Ramya about the broad spectrum of biomedical engineering and how it translates science into medical products with application in day-to-day life. He beautifully discusses the future of this field and the products that would bring revolution. Tune in to this podcast to get inspired and to follow your career with passion, hard work and focus.

Connect with Dr. Jitendra Pant on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitenpant/

TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_UuGk4ET8

Credits

Hosts: Srinath Krishnamurthy, Ramya

Editing: Samriti Sharma, Nikhil Tulsian, Virender Singh, Salma, Disha, Albertha Joseph

Social: Charu Gupta, Albertha Joseph-Alexander, Salma

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)

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An exciting change in career happened to this wanna be PhD in material chemistry, Rafeeque Mavoor, when he decided to work as science illustrator. Listen to this podcast by Scikonnect, Biopatrika to follow his journey from a freelance science illustrator to founder of Scidart Academy- a Graphic Design Training platform for Scientists and Engineers. In this conversation with Nikhil and Pragya, Rafeeque talks about ways to follow this career path and gives tips on what to expect if you choose to become a science illustrator yourself. Tune in, won’t you?

Connect with Rafeeque Mavoor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafeequemavoor/

Scidart Academy: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scidart-academy/

Credits

Hosts: Pragya Gupta, Nikhil Tulsian, Disha

Editing: Samriti Sharma, Nikhil Tulsian, Virender Singh, Salma, Ramya

Social: Charu Gupta, Albertha Joseph-Alexander, Salma

Music: Aditya Sutar (https://www.facebook.com/AdityaFlute/)

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#biopatrika, #scikonnect, #podcast