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Dr. Smita Jain works as Associate Director, Academic & Government Relations (India), at Cactus Communications. She has a Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of…
- Mriganka Awati
- June 24, 2022
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Being an independent researcher may have different implications based on your current career phase. While funding is often the first thing that comes to mind when we…
- Adita Joshi
- March 10, 2022
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Some Chinese universities, like the China Pharmaceutical University, are transitioning from onboarding professors based on their publication metrics to now hiring them…
- Malvika Gaur
- January 31, 2022
- 736 views
Experts from diverse professional backgrounds at CACTUS share their insights into what will help researchers make 2022 a productive and successful year.
- Mriganka Awati
- January 31, 2022
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Mentorship in academia is as much about guiding students and early career researchers on their academic work as well as helping them find their long-term career paths…
- Madhura Panse
- January 20, 2022
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When you become a scientist or a principal investigator for the first time it can be very daunting because till now you were guided by someone who wanted you to succeed…
- Dr. Aniket Kumar Bansal
- March 30, 2021
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Posgraduate student numbers have been increasing every year, but have teaching faculty numbers kept pace? Also, has the faculty process has been clearly thought through…
- Mark Azavedo
- October 28, 2020
- 1.9k views
Dr. Karishma Kaushik is a recipient of the Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. After completing her MD in…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- October 8, 2020
- 2k views
Changing career paths may stretch you out of 'your comfort zone' but that's where the magic happens!
Dr. Karishma Kaushik is a recipient of the Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. After completing her MD in…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- September 30, 2020
- 1.6k views
From my personal experience, I know how difficult it is to get into an international PhD program: it took me three years and dozens of applications to finally achieve my…
- Mr. Michal Noworolnik
- July 14, 2020
- 6.1k views