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Nov 01, 2025: Founder story: The Beginnings of our Evidence Based Searching

I would like to share a story of the year 2000. It actually is a part of the genesis of QMed. In that year, I had attended my first ever International Conference (the ICML or International Congress on Medical Librarianship). That year it was in London. I also attended a preconference workshop on "Critical Appraisal Skills" by a well known Informationist Prof Andrew Booth I have no hesitation in saying that this was a turning point in my career. I not only learnt the basics of Critical Appraisal, but for the first time, I understood that one could search the literature to…
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May 31, 2025: Non-profits: What Founders Go Through 

I recently came across a great post on LinkedIn by Ajit Sivaram - co-founder of U&I Trust. In this post he described what it is like to be a Founder of a not for profit organization in India. In approximately a dozen paras that he wrote, every line resonated with what I feel today. People ask me why QMed is a not for profit. Next time I am asked this question, I am going to use Ajit's answer: "My work isn't just charity. It's necessary. It's professional. It's the hard, unglamorous labor of building the India we keep saying we want."…
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March 15, 2024: Founder Story – Spreading QMed’s Mission – Travel Challenges

Sharing a story from our Founder - the human experiences of her train travels, as she spreads QMed's mission When I conduct workshops in cities, most often I fly. We read a lot about flying woes these days – delayed flights and more. With train journeys, for me they are a wee bit more challenging as I get on in years. But my love for delivering lectures and conducting workshops all over India, makes me decide to accept most of these challenges! I am sharing the “good aspects” that I recently encountered, in the midst of challenges. In 2023, I…
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