PhDs of India

Bringing you the personal accounts, the day to day happenings in the life of researchers across different Indian institutions. Email: [email protected]

[Payel Das @payeldas1011]

I am looking for labs in India that work on myeloproliferative neoplasms. Any leads will be highly appreciated. Please RT.

[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“My father didn’t allow me to go to any of these places because being outside the state meant going far from home. “Girls shouldn’t be sent away for studies” – this was almost like our family’s unspoken law.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“Even when lockdowns were lifted, progress was fragile. With intermittent quarantines, I often returned to work to find my cell lines dead and weeks of work lost.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“There is an urgent need to stop viewing research in non-STEM disciplines as “non-research” as it does not align with the interdisciplinary goals of the NEP. This also slows advancement of critical understanding in terms of social change.”
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[Payel Das @payeldas1011]

Looking for fresh Master’s graduates interested to gain industry experience as an apprentice for 10 months and contribute to translational research in oncology. DM or connect on LinkedIn. Salary- 20k/month. Apply only if you’re familiar with at least 50-60% of the techniques.

[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“My fieldwork stopped overnight, and months of uncertainty followed. Shifting to phone surveys helped me complete the data collection, but the delay stretched my PhD to seven years.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“Financially, the journey has been challenging. With a stipend of 8000 INR per month, managing expenses, especially for fieldwork, has often been difficult, and delays in payments occasionally added stress.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“However, by the end of that semester, my progress did not align with his expectations, and he asked me to discontinue under his supervision. This was a particularly difficult time, made harder by the personal loss of my grandmother.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“For much of my life, I was running behind the future. Now, I focus on the present, working hard without being consumed by the results.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

Celebrating our very own brilliant minds across fields making a difference in their own ways this Nobel week. Do give a read. :)

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[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

Celebrating our brilliant minds this Nobel week.

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

Celebrating the scholars of India during this Nobel week. Do give a read.

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

Here’s to cheering some of the brilliant minds making a difference in their own small ways this Nobel week.
Do give a read @AnshulDeep

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

Here’s to cheering for some brilliant minds making a difference in their own small way as the Nobel week commences.
Do give a read. @Sourabh_M_Mehta

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“The highest high came in 2023, when I attended an international conference in Toronto. It was my first flight ever, and to my surprise, my ticket was upgraded from economy to business class.” @sarawagi_Aj

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“I had been trained in a system where rote memorization dominated, but IIT’s rigorous environment demanded conceptual depth.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

We had a chance to talk to a PhD alumnus from IISER Kolkata on the academic culture of the institute.

This is a different conversation than what we generally bring out on this platform. Do give a read.

https://t.co/WFcU0vw9e0

[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“I found myself disconnected from my body, my social life, even my own sense of self. It was only when I paused that I recognized how much I had neglected my own well-being. That pause was not a setback, but a beginning.”

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[PhDs of India @PhDsofIndia]

“There were also initial misunderstandings with my supervisor as I was an external PhD student and was unable to visit the institute frequently. Over time, the relationship improved as he understood my stance of juggling a PhD and a full time job.”

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