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                                  present

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          4th National Post Doctoral Symposium

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                     Scholars to Pathfinders

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                           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 31st Jan 2021. 

                               Scroll below to know what NPDS 2021 has to offer

Workshops

Cover Letter Writing  |  LinkedIn Profile

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CV Writing

(Academia  |  Industry)

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Grant Writing  |  Paper Writing

(tentative)

Elevator Pitch  

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Shannon Olsson 

Principal Investigator,

NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore, India

Smita Jain

Executive Director,

IndiaBioscience,

Bangalore, India

Amandeep Singh

Life Sciences Consultant,

MP Advisors

Tracy Costello

Professional Development Consultant,

Florida, USA

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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

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Transition to career in Academia

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Transition to career in Industry

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Transition to career in Science Communication and Entrepreneurship

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

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Mental Health and Well-Being

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Pritha Ghosh

Research Scientist,

nference

Bangalore, India

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Panelist for Industry Transitions

Rohan Khadilkar

Principal Investigator,

ACTREC

Mumbai, India

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Panelist for Academic Job Transition

Minhaj Ameen

Founder,

earth & us,

Puducherry, India

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Panelist for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Kunal Chakraborty

PhD Graduate student,

NCBS-TIFR,

Bengaluru, India

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Panelist for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Taslimarif Saiyed

CEO and Director,

C-CAMP

Bengaluru, India

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Panelist for Entrepreneurship 

Aman Aggarwal

Founder,

sciKal,

Bengaluru, India

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Panelist for Entrepreneurship 

Ketan Thorat

Scientist "C",

DBT, Government Of India

New Delhi, India

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Panelist for Science Administration and Policy

Funding horizons for postdocs- RDO, NCBS 

Aditya Parekh

Post Doctoral Fellow, NCBS-TIFR

Organisation and Communication

Shridhivya S

Post Doctoral Fellow, InStem

Organisation and Communication

Rajalakshmi Srinivasan

Post Doctoral Fellow,

InStem

Communication

Avishek Ghosh

Graduate Student, NCBS-TIFR

Communication and Technical Assistance

Rashmi Agrata

Graduate Student, NCBS-TIFR

Website, Social Media and Outreach

Bishal Basak

Graduate Student, NCBS-TIFR

Video Editor and Technical Assistance

Vasvi Tripathi

Graduate Student, NCBS-TIFR

Abstract Screening and Communication

Arunita Banerjee

Graduate Student, IISER-Kolkata

Chief Editor,

Cogito137 

Srujana Mohanty

Master's Student, IISER-Kolkata

Managing Editor, Cogito137

Isha Bhagwat

Master's Student,

IISER Kolkata,

Public Relations Manager, Cogito137

Naman Agarwal

Master's Graduate,

IISER Kolkata,

Designer,

Cogito137

Abhishek Jangid

Video Editor,

Cogito137

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