Hitesh Motwani

Inspiring, informing and celebrating teachers, researchers and students; experience @Uni_Mumbai @UniofNewcastle @Stockholm_Uni @uppsalauni @KyushuUniv_EN

[Hitesh Motwani @AcademicVeda]

@Dir_IIT_Mandi @IITKanpur @iit__mandi @IndiaDST @MinistryofEd @GoI_MeitY @DRDO_India @BEL_CorpCom @TCS @Wipro @paniit_usa @paniitindia @nitrourkela @dpradhanbjp @NITRAA_Official @iitdaa Hello, pleasure to connect with you on x-

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@sunsetvines21 @BarhateMeetali Hi, thank you for reaching out. Will guide you on this. Please describe your interest and send CV to [email protected]

[Kyushu University @KyushuUniv_EN]

Are you a student at an international high school with a passion for Life Sciences?
We welcome interested students to join our International Undergraduate Program (IUP), a one-day lecture and laboratory experience!
Registration closes on Oct. 6!

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@mda524360 …and for more info, check https://t.co/kFg2fP2SqW

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@temabef Great thread!! Hoping the following can be useful: https://t.co/KX1A5TI2SP

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@MansiSwaraj Welcome to X!! Please follow us back for exciting updates on https://t.co/XPABetmuYV

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@PhDVoice One can get a good postdoc w/o reco from PhD supervisor… If you could find someone else, preferably at assoc prof level or higher, at your institution who could give a reco, it can help… Why not consider industry, if better salary and job security? https://t.co/ItihBYCO5k

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@AshokaUniv Having conflicts is part of life, including at a university. What were the measures taken to resolve the conflict? Were the measures neutral, or biased? More about academic conflicts at: https://t.co/dxlPbUvkQz

[Karishma Kaushik, MBBS, MD, PhD, Mom @_KarishmaK]

How can we re-envision State-managed universities and colleges while providing them with a unique mandate that fulfils the needs of higher science education in India? 📚🗞️

I write for @TheHinduScience.

Read online: https://t.co/WXwypT9omp

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@DrMonicaCox Firstly great of you for thinking about this for your grad students!! At https://t.co/XPABetmuYV we are building on offering such services, but not established yet…

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@swastika0015 @swastika0015 your post can be inspirational for many... thanks for sharing!! Great example that success is not only determined by which college you studied, but ones' own drive and other factors... some of these will soon be seen in: https://t.co/tH4Bo8C8pU

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@cbm2577 …and, hoping this could be useful: https://t.co/DtlSiX4BFr. All the best in your journey of writing!!

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@DrMonicaCox Been there felt it… some #academic conflicts partly voiced here: https://t.co/dxlPbUvkQz

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@cbm2577 Setting writing goals has helped me… A little distraction is not bad… many years later I remember and enjoy more my distractions than the writing experience 😃

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@PhDVoice @Academic_Tasks @PostdocVoice Good question!! Hope some bullet points here may help someone in setting goals post PhD - https://t.co/GMYBvVEZAr

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“Ek Bharat Sanskriti Sangam” - a great initiative by the government!! Thanks @EduMinOfIndia for sharing!!

[Ministry of Education @EduMinOfIndia]

Discover the kaleidoscope of cultures that make India truly unique! With Ek Bharat Sanskriti Sangam celebrate the beauty of diversity through art! Open to Indians in the age group of 18-30 years. Submission for Phase 1 closes on 21st August 2023.
Visit: https://t.co/fuWx4FaZd6

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@GermanyinIndia @KasparJoMeyer Nice with this update.
Hope the following could be useful for prospective students: https://t.co/sMO0CcxpB5

[German Embassy India @GermanyinIndia]

APS-Update by Science Counsellor @KasparJoMeyer on current capacity and communication with applicants.

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[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Students should be made to think like scientists, be open-minded, curious, and especially, to doubt.

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An inspiring thread with outstanding examples for #Research students by @Andrew_Akbashev… hope it also reaches #faculty recruiters and #grant reviewers!!

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Your academic CV is NOT linked to your ability to make big discoveries.

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1. Andre Geim, a co-discoverer of graphene, wrote in his Nobel Lecture article:

- “So, at the age of 33 and with an h index of 1 (latest papers not yet published), I entered the Western job market for postdocs.”

2. Albert Einstein searched for a teaching position for two years. He had to accept a position at a Patent Office, where in a single year he wrote the four papers that completely revolutionized #science (the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and E=mc2).

- Only few years later, he finally secured his first academic position as lecturer at the University of Bern.

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Other examples include Peter Ratcliffe and Frances Arnold, who won Nobel Prizes for the discoveries they made as young PIs in newly established labs. And many others.

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So, let us all keep in mind that:

1. Big discoveries are often unforeseen. They emerge from random and risky research (e.g. graphene was a tiny side project!). Make sure you have such projects in your lab.

2. Most truly impactful discoveries did not require high h-indices, excessive funding or a high-IF journal.

3. Rejection of your proposal does NOT mean it proposes bad science. Such rejections represent the opinion of one person who has a rather subjective idea of what ‘good science’ means.

4. For younger people, it’s easier to do risky research. Locking them to unnecessarily complex tenure requirements makes such discoveries unlikely.

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A strong scientist is not defined by high “academic metrics”.

It is the ONE who proposes risky endeavors outside the conventional boundaries.

Who sees risk as an opportunity to make discoveries.

And who is constantly seeking out these risks in the lab.

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