Symposium Program
Day 1: 10th December 2019
12:30 - 13:30 Registration and lunch
13:30 - 14.30 Inauguration - Jayant Udgaonkar (IISER Pune), Message from DBT secretary Renu Swaroop (DBT GOI)
14:30 - 15:00 Keynote address - Sanjay Singh (Gennova Biopharmaceuticles)
14:30 - 15:30 Improving Indian academic ecosystem for early/mid-career scientists - Sunil Laxman (inStem)
15:30 - 16:30 Workshop - An overview of funding opportunities at The Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance - Divya Tiwari (WT-DBT India Alliance)
16:30- 17:00 Tea Break
17:00 -18:00 Panel discussion: Journey of an Indian post doc - Moderated by - Rupa Mishra, Dhananjay Chaturvedi, Panelists - Thomas Pucadyil (IISER Pune), Sorab Dalal (ACTREC), Ullas Kolthur (TIFR), Sunil Laxman (inStem), Shambhavi Naik (Takshashila Institution)
18:00 - 18:30 It Takes Two: Science communication as a bidirectional process - Shannon Olson (NCBS)
18:30 - 19:30 Guided networking session
19:30 - 21:00 Dinner
Day 2: 11th December 2019
9:00 - 10:30 Post Doc talks
10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 - 11:30 Career in science education and opportunities in private and non-private institutions - Dhrubajyoti Chatterjee (AMITY Kolkata)
11.30 - 13:00 A panel discussion on academic opportunities and job search - Moderated by - Bhaktee Dongaonkar, Aditya Parekh, Panelists - L. S. Shashidhara (Ashoka University), Dhrubajyoti Chatterjee (AMITY Kolkata), Karishma Kaushik (S. P. University of Pune), Dhiraj Bhatia (IIT Gandhinagar), Imroze Khan (Ashoka University)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Mentor-Mentee Interaction
14:00 - 14:30 Transmute: Journey from researcher to science writer - Surat Saravanan (AIC CCMB)
14:30 - 15:00 Career in science policy Chagun Basha (Centre for policy research at IISc)
15:00 -16:00 Panel discussion: Women in Science – Balancing the equation, Moderated by - Vidya Ramesh, Bhaktee Dongaonkar, Panelists – Vineeta Bal (IISER Pune), Mayurika Lahiri (IISER Pune), Tuli Dey (S. P. University of Pune), Anindita Bhadra (IISER Kolkata), Meenakshi Munshi (DBT), Anjan Banerjee (IISER Pune)
16:00 - 17:30 Poster presentation (with tea and snacks)
17:30 -18:15 Workshop: Manuscript writing, Shivanee Shah (Cactus communications)
18:15 - 18:45 Workshop: Design principles for graphical abstract, Ipsa Jain (InStem)
19:30- 21:00 Dinner
Day 3: 12th December 2019
09:00 -10:00 Post Doc Talks
10:00 - 10:30 Importance of Crafting Your Career - Smita Jain (IndiaBioscience)
10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 - 11:30 Career options in industry vs academia: which is right for you? - D. Srinivasa Reddy (NCL)
11:30 - 13:00 - Panel discussion on opportunities in industry and job search - Moderated by – Dhanashree Kelkar, Panelists - Himanshu Gadgil (Enzene Biosciences), Venkata Palle (Lupin Ltd.), D. Srinivasa Reddy (NCL), Sundaralingam S. P. (Syngene Intl. Ltd.)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Opportunities in Clinical Genomics and Precision Medicine - Aditya Pathak (PierianDx)
14:30 - 15:00 Career in science policy and implementation - Meenakshi Munshi (Dept. of Biotechnology, GOI)
15:00 - 15:30 Science Journalism: Why it’s important in this day and age - Subhra Priyadarshini (Nature India)
15:30 - 16:00 Science education as a career: bridging research, enquiry-based learning and creativity in the classroom - Divya Uma (Azim Premji University)
16:00 - 17:30 Poster presentation (with tea and snacks)
17:30 - 18:15 Workshop: Art of resume building and interviewing - Smita Jain and Lakshmi Ganesan (IndiaBioscience)
18:15 - 18:45 "Is Science Writing for You?" - Shivanee Shah (Cactus Communications)
18:45 - 19:15 Message from the Principal Scientific Adviser to the GOI - K. VijayRaghavan (NCBS)
20:00 - 22:30 Gala dinner at Hotel Greenpark
Day 4: 13th December 2019
09:00 - 10:00 Post Doc Talks
10:00 - 10:30 Keynote address - Sanjeev Galande (IISER Pune)
10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 - 11:30 Career in intellectual property - Gopakumar Nair (Gopakumar Nair Associates)
11:30 - 12:30 Panel discussion: Entrepreneurship - To be or not to be? - Moderated by - Parul Ganju (Ahammune), Panelists - V. Premnath (NCL venture center), Rohan Kamat (ViraVecs labs), Shambhavi Naik (CloudKrate), T. Srinath (Genophe), Sudheendra Rao (ORDI)
12:30 - 13:00 Vote of thanks and prize distribution
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch