In this episode, I converse with Prof. Ratnesh Jain, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Prof. Prajakta Dandekar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Institute of Chemical Technology. Ratnesh and Prajakta completed their graduate studies at ICT and went on to complete a Postdoctoral  Fellowship at  Saarland University in Germany before joining the faculty at their alma mater. 

Ratnesh and Prajakta direct the Nanomedicine Research Group at ICT and their interests straddle drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, and nanomedicine. We indulge in a fascinating conversation on their incredible journey in science; terrific mentors who have guided them; taking rejections in their strides; the joys and perils of doing science in India and together as a duo; the contours of industry-academia scientific collaboration; academics challenges plaguing the Indian university system at large; and many more things!!