Sci-ROI Connect

Volume 29 | Dec 21, 2022


A gateway for young scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs around the globe to access professional, funding and networking opportunities across academic and private sectors in India
Sci-ROI Global 2023 Volunteers Call Out is OPEN NOW!

We are excited to announce that the Sci-ROI Global Leadership team is actively looking for new volunteers to expand our horizon in 2023. In 2022 Sci-ROI organized a virtual annual event with a career fair focused at Indian STEM professionals looking for transitioning to Indian academia , two virtual recruitment drives and multiple focused webinars. We have also expanded our member base by performing outreach activities in Europe as well. In 2023, Sci-ROI Global will continue its multifaceted vision to assist the Indian diaspora with year-round activities and programs. If you wish to be a part of this endeavor, consider joining the Sci-ROI Leadership Team for 2023.


WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A VOLUNTEER?

As a part of the Sci-ROI team, you can contribute towards organising webinars, workshops, annual event, recruitment events and outreach. You can also contribute to the blogs and our monthly newsletter and conduct informational interviews. This gives you an opportunity to network with people of eminence in the Indian scientific ecosystem. We also welcome your ideas and perspectives to engage with the Indian STEM community and will assist you in implementing them.


Application DEADLINE: January 7th, 2023. Apply Here.

SciROI Global Initiative: Podcast series

Listen to the first episode of Sci-ROI’s podcast series on ‘Beyond Academia’ stories. In this episode we feature Dr. Sohini Basu Roy, a Subject Matter Expert at Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), sharing about her transition journey from academia into the science communication. Passionate about science writing and communication, Dr. Sohini is also working as a science writer in the OncoBites blog and as a Communication Lead in Open Health System Laboratory. Dr. Sohini is a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and obtained her postdoctoral training from University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA before joining JoVE in October 2021.


Listen Here.

Highlight of the Month

Sci-ROI's focused webinar on India's Quest Towards Energy Sustainability: Research Prospects and Career Opportunities


Sustainable energy is a crucial aspect of the global energy dilemma, as well as a crucial factor in human progress and activity. Sustainable energy is essential due to the enormous and expanding nature of energy use, the numerous environmental concerns associated with energy systems, and the importance of energy to living standards and economic progress. India has set a target of 450 GW of renewable energy output, a reduction in carbon intensity of less than 45% by the end of the decade, and carbon neutrality by 2070. Thus, sustainable energy will create enormous profits, particularly from new startup eco-systems, and provide numerous career opportunities for academic and industry research.


If you're an engineer or scientist attempting to break into India's sustainable energy research and startup ecosystem and missed the webinar, you can watch it here.

Sci-ROI's 5th Virtual Recruitment Drive held on December 12-17, 2022


170+ applicants registered for this recruitment drive. 17 institutes/ organizations have come onboard for this drive. Organizations like IITs, CCMB, TIFR, CBR-IISc, BITS Pilani, GITAM, SRM, Ahmedabad University, Biocon Biologics and many more organizations engaged on Sci-ROI Platform with the well-qualified Indian researchers and professionals working or residing abroad. The recruitment drive serves as a way to establish connections between prospective faculty candidates from the Indian diaspora and the STEM institutions in India on an individual basis.


Some statistics from our last recruitment drive (July 2022):


  • We had 192 candidates (PhDs and postdocs of Indian origin residing abroad or just moved to India) from Australia, Canada, Chile. Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK and USA. 


  • Within the US, we get candidates from all tiers of university like Stanford, Harvard, St. Jude, Caltech, Purdue, Emory, Cornell, University of Wisconsin, UIUC, UCLA, Columbia, Baylor College of Medicine, Princeton, Scripps, Johns Hopkins, Yale, NIH (to name a few) and even from companies like Intel. 86% of them are academic postdocs with the rest either finishing their PhDs or working as research scientists/industry professionals.


  • The distribution of research area is as follows- Biology related fields =62%, Chemistry = 23%, Physical Sciences & Engineering= 14%.


Indian academic institutes and companies that have joined us previously have mentioned that they have received qualified candidates through this process, and it has also streamlined their recruitment drive.


For more information visit here.

Join Sci-ROI@India 's Return2India Mentorship Program as Mentees
Are you a STEM Professional planning to move to India soon/moved to India in last couple of years? Do you need some tips about how to make your transition smoother? We got your back!


Become a mentee for Sci-ROI@India’s Return2India Mentorship Program and get guidance and mentoring from established STEM Professionals in India


To Learn More and Apply, 


Key benefits:
a)  Six months of unlimited 30 min one-on-one meetings with multiple mentors you choose
b)  Discussing your options in Academia/ Industry/ Teaching/ Startups/ other STEM sectors in India
c) Tips about job search/ interviews/work culture/ funding and collaborative opportunities.
Sci-ROI is looking for Guest Bloggers

Sci-ROI is inviting members to write blog articles with a focus on STEM sectors in India. We are looking at several ideas such as - New Faculty transition, Established Scientists in Indian academics, Current STEM events, Cutting edge Research in Indian Academia or Industry, Online STEM education, Creative STEM ventures, Start-up stories, Unique Careers and many more.

If you have any idea or unique story which you want to share with our members, please pitch them by writing to us at: research.ops.india@gmail.com

Current Job Opportunities in India

Sci-ROI's job portal is dedicated to helping researchers and Ph.D. scholars access job opportunities in India. These job listings are targeted toward research, industry, and entrepreneurship that may be of interest to the STEM community. Checkout some new additions to our Job Portal.

Current Affairs

Khorana Program for Scholars - IUSSTF

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and WINStep Forward are partnering to support the prestigious Khorana Program for Scholars named in honor of Dr. Har Gobind Khorana, who won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for his work at the interface of Chemistry and Biology while a member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty. The Khorana Program will provide opportunities to Indian students to undertake research at leading U.S. universities over summer 2023 for a period of 10-12 weeks.

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Interesting Reads

University Grants Commission revises regulations for taking up PhD programme

Bengaluru To encourage research scholars to become well-trained researchers and inquisitive explorers, the University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations, which set the minimum standards and procedure for awarding PhDs, have been revised according to the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP-2020).

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Team Sci-ROI wishes you happy holidays!

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