3rd National PostDoc Symposium 2019: A Report
This report was ready in Feb 2020. It still hasn't been published for some reason. For anyone who might be interested, I'm pasting this report here. The National Post-Doc Symposium is a forum to promote career interests of Post-Doctoral scientists pursuing research in India. The organization of this event brings together Post Docs under the same roof as their peers, potential academic and non-academic employers with the express purpose of spurring broad scientific exchanges and practical tips to crafting any career of one’s choosing. This initiative is a grass roots effort of Post Docs chiefly in the life sciences to combat the reality that a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in India is a disadvantage to professional growth, or any perceptions thereof. With the current standards for hiring in place, Post Docs from India can still make a sizeable contribution given the opportunity to enter the fray. In 2019, it was organized by Post-Docs at the Indian Institute of Science Education an