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4th National Post Doctoral Symposium

Scholars to Pathfinders

April 3-4 | 10-11, 2021

(Virtual Event)

Mission: Helping scholars transition to diverse career paths/STI sectors

Focus: Skill building workshops, Panel discussion on how to transition, Lightning talks/Research presentation and feedback

Indian Postdocs and PhDs (in final/pre-final year) working in the domain of Life Sciences are encouraged to apply

Hurry up!!

Pre-registration ends on Feb 10, 2021.

Scroll below to know what NPDS 2021 has to offer

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Workshops

Cover Letter Writing | LinkedIn Profile

CV Writing

(Academia | Industry)

Grant Writing | Paper Writing

(tentative)

Elevator Pitch

Confirmed Symposium Speakers

Shannon Olsson

Principal Investigator,

NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore, India

Smita Jain

Executive Director,

IndiaBioscience,

Bangalore, India

Tracy Costello

Professional Development Consultant,

Florida, USA

Ramaswamy Subramanian

Director,

Bindley Bioscience Center,

Purdue University, Indiana, USA

Anindita Bhadra

Associate Professor,

IISER-Kolkata, India

Vamsi Veeramachaneni

Chief Scientific Officer,

Strand Life Sciences,

Bangalore, India

Vasanthi Palanivel

Chief Scientific Officer,

Seragen Biotherapeutics,

Bangalore, India

Panel Discussions on

Career Navigation

Transition to career in Academia

Transition to career in Industry

Transition to career in Science Communication and Entrepreneurship

Opportunities in other sectors: Science Policy, IP, Grant Management

Mental Health and Well-Being

Tentative Panelists

Pritha Ghosh

Research Scientist,

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Bangalore, India

Panelist for Industry Transitions

Rohan Khadilkar

Principal Investigator,

ACTREC

Mumbai, India

Panelist for Academic Job Transition

Minhaj Ameen

Founder,

earth & us,

Puducherry, India

Panelist for Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Kunal Chakraborty

PhD Graduate student,

NCBS-TIFR,

Bengaluru, India

Panelist for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Taslimarif Saiyed

CEO and Director,

C-CAMP

Bengaluru, India

Panelist for Entrepreneurship

Aman Aggarwal

Founder,

sciKal,

Bengaluru, India

Panelist for Entrepreneurship

Ketan Thorat

Scientist "C",

DBT, Government Of India

New Delhi, India

Panelist for Science Administration and Policy

Funding horizons for postdocs- RDO, NCBS

Symposia Pricing

PhD Scholars: 800 INR
Post Doc Scholars: 1200 INR

Registration package includes:

1) Access to panel discussions and talks

2) 3 workshops

3) Compiled PDF of event details (including talks and poster details to enable discussion and networking)

Payment link and deadline for the registration will be separately communicated to selected participants via emails. We don't have any refund/cancellation policy; in case of extreme reason, write to us on npdsindia@gmail.com

We have a very limited number of financial aids for the candidates with reasonable financial constraints. Applications for the partial waiver to the registration fee shall be considered upon request and is subject to approval based on any supporting document(s) to justify the case.

For any query regarding registration payment and waiver, write to us on npdsindia@gmail.com