Sci-ROI Connect

Volume 2 | August 24, 2020

Sci-ROI Announcements

Register for Sci-ROI 2020 (virtual) annual event Sept 12th-13th and 19th-20th

Registrations include access to all 8 sessions (35+ panelists) over the 4-days of the event, Pre-event information slides from speakers, Breakout sessions with individual speakers, Free access to the Sci-ROI’s year-round activities— live webinars, speaker interviews, virtual recruitment week, and job portal during 2020-21.

STIP 2020 – Consultation forum for Indian diaspora September 5

As a prelude to the main event in September, Sci-ROI is collaborating with the Government of India for open-to-all science policy discussion. We will discuss how the Indian diaspora in the U.S. and abroad can engage in the Indian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP 2020) creation through conversations on brain circulation, mutual engagement, and enabling world-quality science in India.

Recruitment Week - October 2020

Sci-ROI’s platform has enabled connections between reputable Indian institutions (IITs, IISERs, National Research Institutes, private educational and corporate institutions) and well-qualified researchers and professionals from U.S. academic institutions. Our in-person interview event in 2019 involved 75+ applicants who participated in 95+ interviews. This year we invite you to join our virtual recruitment week in October to explore professional opportunities at eminent institutes in India and to engage in 1-on-1 interviews with their recruiting team.

Blog series at Sci-ROI website

Dr. Shubasis Haldar Dr. Shubasis Haldar is a new faculty at Ashoka University, India. His lab focuses on the development and application of a covalent magnetic tweezers, a single molecule force spectroscopy technique. He did his PhD at IICB Kolkata and later moved to Max Plank institute for further research. He also worked at Columbia University, where he was introduced to covalent magnetic tweezers. To know about his journey while transitioning back to India and his efforts to face the challenges as being a new faculty in Indian academia, visit https://sciroi.net/shubhasis-haldar-ph-d/.

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Volunteer's Corner

My journey as a Sci-ROi volunteer has been really exciting this year. Not only have I enhanced my knowledge about Indian academic/non-academic research opportunities but also have developed professional/friendly connections in India and the US. Sci-ROI teamwork, Saturday meetings and all the fun part has kept me busy and encouraged during COVID times. Putting the newsletters together has developed my artistic and outreach skills. I feel worth and motivated being a part of the team that is making efforts in the progress of Indian science and research. Sci-ROI gives me the opportunity to put my ideas into actions and take a step forward to help in the developments happening in Indian academia.

Madhulika Rai

Current Job Opportunities in India

Sci-ROI has come up with a new job portal which is dedicated for helping researchers and Ph.D. scholars access job opportunities in India. These job listings are targeted towards research, industry and entrepreneurship based opportunities that may be of interest to the research community.

Sci-ROI's new Job Portal

Current Affairs in India

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Prof Udit Bhatia from IIT Gandhinagar has developed an interactive dashboard named "𝗠𝗜𝗥 𝗔𝗛𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱-𝟭𝟵 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱". To learn more about it, click here.

I grew up in the slums of India. Now I’m a scientist Prof. Shalini Arya opens up about how she overcame hunger, poverty, and discrimination to build a career in science. Click here to read about her journey.

Upcoming events

EURAXESS Science Slam 2020  Science slam - a scientific talk where researchers compete to present their work in front of a non-expert audience. 1st prize - a round trip ticket to Europe to visit a research institute of the winner's choice in the European Union in 2021! Students and Researchers in all fields and career levels (MA/MSc candidates and above in academia or private sector) in India are invited to participate and send in a short video. Deadline is October 4!

Sci-ROI 2020 sponsors

Sci-ROI 2020 outreach support

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