SciKonnect Podcast

We have with us the vice President for product development at Biofusion  Therapeutics as our guest. A well known name in the scientific and  industry circles, Jyoti Iyer was instrumental in bringing the world's  first biosimilar traps to Trastuzumab to life. And she doesn't stop  there. Beyond being an advocate for better medicine, she has adopted an  orphanage in Bangalor...

You are doing PhD from outside Home country and confused whether to go  back or stay in foreign country. Feel like home calling after watching  'Swades' movie?  Main nahi manta hamara desh duniya ka sabse mahaan desh hai. Lekin yeh  zaroor manta hoon ki hum mein kabliyat hai, taqat hai, apne desh ko  mahaan banane ki – Swades  Listen to our guest Karthik Ramani, Assoc...

Episode 1: Our guest Rohini Deshpande is Vice President, Drug Substance  Technologies at Amgen.   Key takeaways 1. I think just recognizing and being self aware that you're working  with a team is really important. 2. If you want to make something happen, you cannot be in the backseat. 3. Communication, I would say, in addition to everything we talked  about, is a very imp...

Launch of the YouTube Channel "Pies of Life." We will add a new pie (New video with new guest) every week for you to  get insights into thee life of professionals and learn from their career  path. We hope that you will enjoy this channel and join us for future  sessions.   Join us every Tuesday at 8:30 pm (IST)  Sessions facilitated by Narendra Chirmule, CEO at SymphonyTe...

With an education spanning psychology, child development, mental  retardation, counselling and family therapy from Lady Irwin College and  IGNOU; Ritu Gupta is a front runner in the fields of counselling and  learning disabilities in India.   A mental health advocate, she taught at Delhi university before spending  a decade with a special school, Sankalp, a unit of one of...

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....

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 T...

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 dis...

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 answe...

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 a...

'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 conversa...

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 biologi...

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? T...

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&GT at CARON and TEDX speaker talks about how he...

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, Ra...

Can a woman from an engineering background become a successful Biomedical Researcher? Dr. Aishwarya Bandla talks with Scikonnect about her journey as a Scientist and what it means to be a woman in science. Dr. Bandla has been recently recognized as one of the top 100 Women in technology in Singapore . Currently, she is working as a Principal Investigator and Head of Translational Core at The N1 In...

For this episode of Scikonnect, we have with us, Aswathi Pacha . She is a science journalist with The Indian Express. As her Twitter bio points, she was on her way to becoming a scientist, but spacetime warped, making her a science communicator. Aswathi studied B.Sc microbiology and M.Sc Marine Sciences before moving to science journalism. She has about four years of experience with two national n...

How can a Clinician become a great Scientist? Listen to Dr. Nilesh Kumar Dubey talk about his life, career transition and following his dream as a prolific clinician cum researcher on the SciKonnect podcast by Biopatrika. Dr. Dubey is the Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore, where he is working on exploring the bio fabrication technology for tissue transplantation. Before h...

The appeal of business attracts a lot of people. After all, you get to leave the corporate world behind and make all the decisions. However, while there are numerous benefits to owning a business, it comes with its fair share of challenges. To talk about these challenges, we have an Innovator and Technopreneur, Dr. Viveka Kalidasan . She has been recognized as one of the top 100 Women in technolog...

This Expert Engage episode with Dr. Narendra Chirmule marks the launch of the SciKonnect Podcast by Biopatrika. Whether it's Science or Music, the idea of being successful in any field is to chase your dreams with passion. In this very first episode of SciKonnect, Dr. Chirmule talks about his life journey as a Scientist, Musician and Entrepreneur. Dr. Chirmule is a respected Immunologist. He has h...

Whether it's Science or  Music, the idea of being successful in any field is to chase your dreams  with passion. In this very first episode of SciKonnect, Dr. Narendra Chirmule talks about his life journey as a Scientist, Musician and Entrepreneur. #biopatrika #scikonnect #podcast #scicast #teaser #science #entrepreneur #music Host: Charu Gupta PhD, BC-MSL, MTech Vikram Gujar, Ph. D. Shr...

Let’s #SciKonnect with # Biopatrika Guess what's cooking. Biopatrika has come up with a podcast series- SciKonnect. This way all science enthusiasts can find their way to engage with and listen to stories from top notch scientists and entrepreneurs from the field of life sciences and get to learn from their journey. Gear up, cause it's gonna be one hell of a ride. Music by Aditya Sutar   YouT...