SciKonnect Podcast

Our guest Nilima Kadambi is Director Sushruta Vishranthi Dhama Ltd.   For her Holistic Wellbeing, Quality Healthcare delivery and Sustainable  Healthcare financing is passion. The self motivation to excel in these  fields comes from her goal to "Make a Difference" to how healthcare is  practiced, utilised and funded in India.  Sessions facilitated by Narendra Chirmule...

Our guest Joanna T. Brougher is Life Sciences IP attorney for  Entrepreneurs and Start-ups, Educator, International Speaker, and  Author.  Joanna is a patent attorney who focuses her practice on all aspects of  services related to patents in the areas of biotechnology,  pharmaceuticals and medical devices, including patentability opinions,  patent drafting, domestic a...

Our guest Mukta Joshi, PhD is Project Manager at ideas42.   Mukta is an experienced economist with seven years of applied research  across multiple disciplines (development finance and private sector  development) and geographies (South Asia, Middle East, and Africa). She  has a proven track record of ensuring timely and high quality delivery  of research reports that...

Part 2  Our guest Kaushik Bhaduri corporate Magician. Earlier he served Systems Engineer at Microsoft Corp.   Sessions facilitated by Narendra Chirmule, CEO at SymphonyTech Biologics Join Biopatrika Newsletter on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/biopatrika-6915078341121191936/   Credits:  Promotion audio by: Preeti Singh  Promotion content by: Charu...

Part 1  Our guest Kaushik Bhaduri corporate Magician. Earlier he served Systems Engineer at Microsoft Corp.   Sessions facilitated by Narendra Chirmule, CEO at SymphonyTech Biologics Join Biopatrika Newsletter on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/biopatrika-6915078341121191936/    Credits:  Promotion audio by: Preeti Singh  Promotion content by:...

Our guest Jugnu Jain, PhD is CEO at Sapien Biosciences & Saarum  Sciences.  Jugnu is one of the first recipient of the Nehru Fellowship and the  Overseas Research Students Bursary for pursuing Ph. D at Cambridge  University in the area of Molecular Genetics. She specializes in target  validation, drug discovery experience in immunomodulation,  inflammation/neuroin...

Our guest Devan V. Mehrotra, PhD, is Vice President of Biostatistics at  Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), the R&D division of Merck &  Co., Inc. Over the past 30 years, he has made significant contributions  towards the research, development, regulatory approval and  commercialization of medical drugs and vaccines across a broad spectrum  of therapeutic areas. He...

Our Guest Vasan Sambandamurthy is Senior Vice President - Global  Operations, Bugworks Research Inc.  He ventured into the scientific realm with a PhD and postdoc on  tuberculosis. From applying for scientific fellowships to being the  granting authority as the CEO of the DBT/Welcome Trust India Alliance,  he really has done it all. He has been an essential part of Novarti...

Swati Kadam Ph. D. is Sr. Director, Oncology Product Management &  Marketing at Veracyte. She is a visionary, customer-centric, strategic  marketer with a focus on developing integrated global upstream and  downstream marketing tactics for on-market products and NPIs, driving  revenue, operating targets, and marketing KPIs. She has 10+ years of  digital content experie...

Scientist always tries to find different ways to avoid food and just  focus on science. But Food is Science in itself and Indian cooking is  one of the best examples.   Ever wondered why your grandmother threw a teabag into the pressure  cooker while boiling chickpeas, or why she measured using the knuckle of  her index finger?  Why does a counter-intuitive pinch...

Bollywood typical Meme-based scicomm talk on 'Steps towards a happy  & productive PhD' by Mohit Kumar Jolly, Assistant Professor at  Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.   Context: Am I doing the right experiments? Am I asking the right questions? Have I  published enough? Which conference can I go to next? What should I  present at journal club? The ques...

Join us with Harit Mohan founder & CEO of Signicent LLP. He has  spent more than a decade solving problems and overcoming hurdles faced  by technology and research organizations. He with his company has been a  technology and IPR consultant for more than 450 businesses globally,  spread across 15 countries, a TEDx speaker, technology and IP expert,  startup mentor, and...

Ever wondered who decides what to put on the #cover of a #journal?  Demystifying this mystery, Dr. Alibek Galeev, a Postdoctoral researcher  at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology, gives us the cheat  sheet to #publishing multiple papers in your PhD and even getting them on the cover page.  Credits:  Promotion audio by: Preeti Singh  Promotion content by:...

Prashant Nikam is Vice President, Managing Director Australia & New Zealand, MSD.   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashant-nikam-509a6/   Key takeaways 1. As you get older, you start thinking more consciously about your decision 2. There are mentors in life that give you insights about you that can change your life.  3. I've always made my decisions on career o...

We have with us Meena Subramanyam, the Vice President, Global Program  Leader and Conditional T cell Engager Platform Lead, Takeda Oncology as  our guest. Dr. Subramanyam is a Biopharmaceutical executive with  extensive expertise in therapeutic drug and companion diagnostics  development. She has broad experience in implementing streamlined  strategies as a Global team lea...

Dr. Bruce Levine, Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene  Therapy, is the Founding Director of the Clinical Cell and Vaccine  Production Facility in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory  Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine,  University of Pennsylvania. He received a B.A. Biology from Penn and a  Ph. D. in Immunology and In...

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is Founder and Executive Chairperson at Biocon & Biocon Biologics.  Connect with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmazumdarshaw/  Key takeaways 1. I think the real opportunity is immuno oncology because the immune  system is an amazing system. 2. All of us have to be lifelong learners.  3. Life is about making sure that you fo...

Ever wondered what you can spin out of silk? Join us as we find out how Vivek Mishra spun out start-up Fibroheal  where innovations using silk can make a difference in wound healing and  get to know more about his life story. He shares his journey from a  small village to a successful startup which holds promise for farmers as  well as doctors and patients. Connect with Vivek M...

Our Guest Prof. Thomas G. Sors is Assistant Director of the Purdue  Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease. Get to  know how a #plant biologist became the Asst Director for #inflammation #immunology  Purdue University Thomas G. Sors opens up about this roller coaster  ride. When not teaching, he's trying to save the world by building an  in-pocket #co...

Our guest Kavitha Iyer Rodrigues is co-founder and CEO at Zumutor Biologics Inc. Connect with Kavitha on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavitha-iyer-rodrigues-8b8b29b/  Key takeaways 1. Thankfully, I've been surrounded by my parents who are from home  teaching.  2. Initially, you have to earn a lot of money in biotech before you can  actually see any results.  3. I...

In this day and age, the demand for a reliable healthcare infrastructure  has rapidly evolved, the reason why more and more healthcare business  startup companies have dramatically changed throughout the years. Being  competitive in this journey is one of the keys towards a successful  business.  It is also important to know your potential business challenges in order &nbs...

Avishek Pal is Scientific Communications Director, Cell & Gene at  Novartis Oncology. He is passionate about scientific communications,  data transparency initiatives and publication ethics, to name a few  translating his passion into action. He has conducted various training  sessions and workshops and been involved in designing the clinical  research curriculum for v...

Our guest Lieutenant General (Dr) Madhuri Kanitkar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a  retired General Officer in the Indian Army. Dr. Kanitkar is currently  Vice-Chancellor of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. She is  the third woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a  Three-star rank and also India's first pediatric nephrology unit of Army  Medical Corps. &nb...

Our guest Ankur Bhatnagar is General Manager at Biocon.  Key takeaways 1. When I was studying there I realized that it is very exciting to see  how biology and engineering can come together.  2. Started the journey both at the job, at the personal level without  anything.  3. The reason why I changed my mind not to pursue PhD? 4. I thought that there is some meaning to the...

Vijay Chandru, Founder & Director, Strand Life Sciences,  Commissioner at Lancet Citizen's Commission on reimagining India's  health System  Key takeaways 1. What it takes to become the academic entrepreneurs, still being  professors and starting companies. 2. Cricket, innings and career 3. Importance of Interdisciplinary Research 4. When you do sidestepping or you're movin...