Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.

On behalf of IndiaBioscience and the local organising committee, we warmly invite active researchers from both academia and industry — as well as science professionals working across the life science ecosystem in Chhattisgarh and neighbouring regions — to join us for a meaningful and engaging three-day meeting.

RYIM Bhilai 2025

The convergence of clinical expertise and technological innovation is at the forefront of a transformative era in healthcare. With advancements in Artificial Intelligence, biotechnology, and medical engineering, the synergy between clinicians and technologists has never been more crucial. To foster this interdisciplinary collaboration, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur are jointly organising the Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting (RYIM) Bhilai 2025 on the theme: Clinicians meet technologists – An era of health-tech.

This three-day meeting (12 – 14 September 2025) will serve as a dynamic forum for emerging researchers, clinicians, engineers, and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, showcase innovations, and explore pathways for integrating cutting-edge technologies into healthcare solutions. Through keynote talks, panel discussions, and interactive sessions, the meeting aims to bridge the gap between medical practitioners and technologists, enabling meaningful partnerships that drive impactful advancements in healthcare.

In addition, the Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop, scheduled for 13 September 2025, will guide young researchers to provide them with the requisite knowledge, tools, and techniques to equip and empower them to navigate and craft their career paths.

Meeting Focus Areas

• Facilitating interactions between Young Investigators (YIs) in and around the Chhattisgarh region

• Strengthening the inter-institutional collaborations among research organisations, medical colleges, and universities

• Skill development for leading a research group

• Navigating through challenges faced by early-career researchers

• Panel discussions to identify the common interest areas and overcome the hurdles

• Showcasing the faculty and young investigator-initiated research

Meeting Format

• Keynote talks
• Mentor talks
• Plenary talks
• Panel discussions
• Interactive sessions
• Special talks
• Poster session

Meeting workshop

• An IndiaBioscience-led Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop

Applications for participation are invited from students, young faculty members/​scientists, senior faculty members/​scientists from research institutes/​organisations, departments and centres of universities, medical colleges and teaching hospitals, private research organisations, and the biomedical industry actively involved in medical/​health research intersecting with life sciences.

Registration is open in the categories as follows:

• Research scholars/​students: Master’s/​PhD students

• Postdoctoral fellows

• Young researchers/​Faculty members: Young Investigators (preferably within 8 years of joining the current position), scientists from research institutes and organisations, faculty members of medical colleges, universities, faculty fellows, independent investigators, early career researchers (Ramalingaswami fellows, DBT/WT India Alliance fellows, Ramanujan Fellows, DST-Inspire, Ramanujan fellows, IYBA awardees, WOS scientists)

• Senior researchers/​Faculty members & Industry representatives: Group leaders, senior scientists from research institutes and organisations, senior faculty members of colleges, universities, clinicians, educators, industry professionals, research and grants managers, science communicators, public engagement professionals, incubation centres, and startups associated researchers, and entrepreneurs.

Please note that it is not necessary to be a YIM alumnus to participate in this meeting, and there is no age limit for registration. Seats are limited, so please hurry up.

Registration fees:

• Research Scholars — INR 2000/- (Early bird: INR 1500/-)
• Postdocs: INR 3000/- (Early bird: INR 2500/-)
• Early Career Investigator/​Faculty: INR 5000/- (Early bird: INR 4000/-)
• Industry representatives: INR 6000/- (Early bird: INR 5000/-)

Registration fees cover conference kits, food, and resource materials. It does not include travel and accommodation.

Registration fee payment details:

Beneficiary name: Director IIT BHILAI STP 

Bank name: Punjab National Bank

Branch name: Nandini Branch, Bhilai

Account No. : 2158000102065152

IFSC Code: PUNB0215800

MICR: 490024001

SWIFT Code: PUNBINBBRPM

Participants need to provide an online transaction ID/​number in the registration form. Therefore, participants are requested to fill out the Registration form after payment of registration fees. 

Important Dates:

- Early-bird Registration: 25 August 2025

- Registration Deadline Extended: 8 September 2025

- Notification of selection for lightning talks/​poster presentations: 9 September 2025

- Notification of Selection for CYC workshop (by email): 9 September 2025

- Notification of Selection for Childcare Grant (by email): 9 September 2025

Childcare Grants:

IndiaBioscience, with support from EMBO, will offer childcare grants of INR 5,000 each to up to five participants. If you wish to avail this grant, please indicate your interest during registration.

Kindly contact ryimiitbhilai@​gmail.​com in case of queries regarding eligibility, registration, abstract submission, travel and accommodation, etc.

Abstract submission

Participants are encouraged to submit the ​“Title and Structured Abstract (Objectives, Methodology, Findings and Conclusions)” for Oral/​poster presentations in RYIM Bhilai. The ​“Title and Abstract” are to be submitted through the Registration form.

The Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop by IndiaBioscience

The CYC workshop for selected candidates will be held from 2 – 6 PM on 13 September 2025 at the venue — Lecture Hall Complex, IIT Bhilai.

CYC workshop is specifically designed for PhD Scholars, Young researchers, and Faculty members (as mentioned in the registration categories).

There is no separate registration fee to attend the CYC workshop. However, it is mandatory for the participants to convey their interest through the Registration form for registration. 

The participants shortlisted for the CYC workshop will be notified by email after 3 September 2025.

CYC workshop trainer: Siuli Mitra, IndiaBioscience

If you are interested in attending the CYC workshop, please indicate this in the registration form for the meeting. Participants will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. IndiaBioscience will aim to include as many participants as possible.

More information on CYC can be found here.

All IndiaBioscience Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences are subject to a Conference Code of Conduct.

IndiaBioscience is dedicated to providing an inclusive and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, caste, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. We expect participants to follow these rules at all event venues (virtual or physical) and event-related social events.

Speakers and Presenters: Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for the event venue, including talks and posters. Sexist, racist or exclusionary jokes are not acceptable.

Participants: Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, caste, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Sponsors: Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy.

Virtual events: Attendees, Speakers, Trainers and Event Organisers are required to keep all e communications — emails, online presentations, webinar chat/Q&A sessions etc — professional and respectful. As with the physical events, at online seminars/​workshops/​courses and associated correspondence, sexual language/​imagery and harassment are not appropriate and will not be tolerated.

Action: Attendees asked to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately. If an attendee engages in behaviour that violates this code of conduct, the conference organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender, expelling him or her from the premises with no refund or expelling them from the virtual event (i.e. webinar, workshop, course etc).

Conference staff members are there to help participants contact appropriate authorities, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.

Contact: If you are harassed, have noticed that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact: ryim@​indiabioscience.​org

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