Bhuvan Pathak is an Assistant Professor at Biological and Life Sciences department of the Ahmedabad University, Gujarat. In the tenth article of our JOYI series, she shares her journey as a plant biologist returning back to her roots in India for contributing to biotechnology-based research in crop improvement.

Nisha Singh is an Assistant Professor at Department of Bioinformatics of the Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar. In the eighth article of our JOYI series, she shares her inspiring journey of transitioning from wet lab to bioinformatics as a young investigator in India.

Neetha Balaram is an Assistant Professor at Department of Neurology in Government Medical College, Kozhikode. She is currently the lead for epilepsy subsection including paediatric epilepsy. In this invited article, she shares her experiences of navigating medical research outside her comfort zone as a clinician turned researcher.

Ratna Ghosal is an Assistant Professor at Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad. She is one of the organising committee members of 2023 in Gandhinagar/ Ahmedabad. In this invited article, she writes about the many turns in her journey as a scientist that finally led her to work on a problem that had fascinated her for years.

Sangeeta Nath is an Assistant Professor at Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, MAHE, Bangalore. She is one of the Young Investigators selected to attend YIM 2020 in Mahabalipuram. In this invited article, she writes about the many turns in her journey as a scientist that finally led her to work on a problem that had fascinated her for years.