S4E4-Doctoral Home Stretch with Vatsal

Episode 4 of the Desi Academia Podcast podcast, hosted by Desi Academia Podcast, titled "S4E4-Doctoral Home Stretch with Vatsal" was published on April 14, 2024 and runs 70 minutes.

April 14, 2024 ·70m · Desi Academia Podcast

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss Vatsal’s final year in his PhD program, as he grounds himself in his research to transform his results into a camera-ready manuscript, and a 200-odd page dissertation. We talk about the Pandemic and its impact on his dissertation timeline, his support system, his defense, his next steps and That Feeling When It’s Over! Recommendations: PCSK7: A novel regulator of apolipoprotein B and a potential target against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026049523003402 The Rookie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587890/ The Ministry for the Future: https://subterraneanpress.com/robinson-tmftf/ Love Lies Bleeding India: Authorities Revoke Visa Privileges of Diaspora Critics https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/17/india-authorities-revoke-visa-privileges-diaspora-critics Mapping the Indian Manosphere https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/india-manosphere-mens-rights-influencers-gender-divide-111709889805465.html The bioethics of skeletal anatomy collections from India https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45738-6 Generative AI has a language problem https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01716-4 Babies Made to Order A Dalit-Queer critique of Lihaf recovers a world of meaning lost in its translation, reminding us that desirability is shaped by caste. Notable Sanwiches- The Hot Dog: https://buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich/archive/notable-sandwiches-89-hot-dog/

Episode Description

In this episode, we discuss Vatsal’s final year in his PhD program, as he grounds himself in his research to transform his results into a camera-ready manuscript, and a 200-odd page dissertation. We talk about the Pandemic and its impact on his dissertation timeline, his support system, his defense, his next steps and That Feeling When It’s Over!

Recommendations:

PCSK7: A novel regulator of apolipoprotein B and a potential target against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026049523003402

The Rookie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587890/
The Ministry for the Future: https://subterraneanpress.com/robinson-tmftf/

Love Lies Bleeding

India: Authorities Revoke Visa Privileges of Diaspora Critics https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/17/india-authorities-revoke-visa-privileges-diaspora-critics
Mapping the Indian Manosphere https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/india-manosphere-mens-rights-influencers-gender-divide-111709889805465.html
The bioethics of skeletal anatomy collections from India https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45738-6
Generative AI has a language problem https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01716-4

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