Prof. Sivapriya Kirubakaran | TEDxConversations | S1 Episode 2

Professor Sivapriya Kirubakaran is Kankuben Bakshirambhai Gelot Chair Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering. She is not only an acclaimed researcher with a recent US patent in cancer research but also a recipient of the alumni excellence award from The Ethiraj College for Women, from where she completed her bachelors.

Credits:
Host: Zainab Kapadia and Somesh Pratap Singh
Videography: ‪@STUDENTLIFEIITGN‬
Editing: Devansh Lodha
Curation: Parag Sarvoday Sahu

Timestamps:

00:00 - 1:02 Glipmse
1:02 - 1:44 Introduction
1:44 - 3:04 Professor Sivapriya Kirubakaran's Feelings on Receiving the Award
3:05 - 7:13 Memories from MIT and Harvard Medical School
7:14 - 9:05 Cancer Research at IITGN
9:06 - 11:18 Current state of cancer research
11:19 - 14:37 Work-Life Balance in Research
14:38 - 16:46 Guessing the next Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Quantum Dots (Next Nobel laureate contest at IITGN!)
16:46 - 19:32 Engineers in pure sciences
19:33 - 21:27 Being the DoSA! (Dean of Student Affairs)
21:28 - 25:46 Funny Incidents as Dean of Student Affairs
25:47 - 28:41 How do you handle a growing campus?
28:42 - 30:27 Keeping IITGN's student first policy alive
30:28 - 32:20 Vision for IIT Gandhinagar
32:21 - 33:29 Thoughts on TEDxIITGANDHINAGAR (starting the event on time!)
33:32 - 35:16 Rapid fire (Tasting dosas by the DoSA!)
35:17 - 36:01 Closing remarks

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