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Meeting Dr Eugene Garfield

Meeting Dr Eugene Garfield

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It is natural for a student to dream of meeting his/her hero. In fact it is natural for this feeling to last much longer. It is a part of us that we don’t grow out of. So when I had the opportunity to meet Dr Eugene Garfield in person in the year 2013, on a day when I won an International Award and the day happened to be my birthday, it was like a triple bonus! How can one forget such days?? Dr Eugene Garfield (1925 – 2017), was an Information Scientist of worldwide fame. He had worked as a…
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AIIMS Kalyani introduces our talk on Literature Searching in its Foundation Course for I MBBS

AIIMS Kalyani introduces our talk on Literature Searching in its Foundation Course for I MBBS

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The Foundation Course for I MBBS students – conducted by every medical college since the year 2019 – has an objective of sensitizing fresh medical students with the required knowledge and skills for their professional environment. It stresses on the medical graduate preparing to be a lifelong learner and developing strong leadership and communication skills.   In November, we received a call from AIIMS Kalyani – a medical college in the Eastern part of India, asking if we could deliver a lecture for their newly admitted I MBBS Students. We were delighted to take up this and I gave a…
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Sharing a donor story – S Viswanathan

Sharing a donor story – S Viswanathan

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Just a month after we shared a donor story, we are lucky to get another one to share with you. Again an old friend – S Viswanathan was my husband’s colleague for several years and his family and ours still share a great rapport. Viswanathan – better known as Vishy amongst our group, has been a regular donor and often been one when I put out specific appeals. Every time we got a donation from him, we felt so good! Vishy has been another “sounding board” just like Raman – who I wrote about earlier. When I asked Vishy what made…
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