IndiaBioscience with Dr. Karishma Kaushik | The Living Revolution

IndiaBioscience is an organisation serving as the bridge between the ivory towers of academic research, clinicians, and the wider public, It serves to take the science funded by public money and give it back to the community, whether it is through outreach programmes, mentorship schemes or getting people in the same room for fruitful discussions.

Executive director Dr. Karishma Kaushik resembles this very bridge. She has had a career both as a clinical microbiologist and principle investigator, pivoting towards science facilitation at India Bioscience. Together, we discuss her ‘bucket list’ for the future of India’s life science ecosystem, including a networking platform for the global Indian diaspora. With her experience in science mentorship, we delve into what it takes to be a scientist today and the true value of a PhD.

The Living Revolution brings you scientists, industry leaders and entrepreneurs working on engineering biology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. Listen in if you want to hear about the trials and successes of the bioeconomy.

Today’s hosts were Sandra Martinez Diaz and Sara Knurowska. This episode was edited, transcribed and produced by Sara Knurowska. The transcript can be found using this link. Music attributions: space intro 4.wav by zagi2-- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 and Dreamy.mp3 by teejay537  -- License: Attribution 3.0

Chapters

• 0:00 Dr. Karishma Kaushik
• 0:52 How did you get to where you were today?
• 5:12 Changing career directions
• 6:55 Mission, vision and mandate of India Bioscience
• 8:12 What does it take to make a career in science?
• 9:39 About science communication
• 11:25 Communication between clinicians and scientists
• 14:53 India's life science ecosystem
• 17:03 How to ease doing science?
• 19:06 What is science diplomacy?
• 25:12 Public money and science diplomacy
• 25:50 Project | bioinformatics repository that models biofilm proteins
• 27:24 India Biospaces | the global networking platform for the Indian diaspora
• 30:54 Mentoring young scientists | lessons from mentorship
• 34:14 Learnings from the army hospital
• 36:45 Advice for scientists starting their career journey
• 38:52 Follow, rate and share this episode, we'll see you in the next one :)