Training International Staff Posted on November 30, 2007 Vishwajit Nimgaonkar (bio) describes the hands-on training provided for international researchers.

Our training tends to be very hands-on and practical. So we are not particularly interested in having people complete coursework or get degrees. We are more interested in finding people who have the urge to do research and are willing to learn as part of the research process itself. So learn on the job, as it were. That’s our philosophy and of course there are the usual bureaucratic problems that one encounters along the way. But I think the key here is really to find trainees who are interested in research, who have that fire inside them.

And often it’s not very obvious in the beginning. And often it involves luck and circumstances that you can’t control. But really I think the key is to find out early on if the person that you’re trying to train is really interested in research or not. And whether they have the aptitude for it or not. And if things are not working out right, to address it right in the beginning rather than persisting. I think that’s very important. Find the right people who are interested and motivated for training.

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