Free live webinar for life-science students

Biotech in a Job Crisis

How to become too skilled to be ignored.

A free, live hour with time for your questions. Your degree is a diamond. This hour is about learning to cut it.

  • Free
  • Live online
  • 1 hour including Q&A
  • Several slots, sent by email

Ashwath KumarComputational chemist, founder of Alpha Knight Academy

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The storyboard

The hour, frame by frame.

Five parts, then your questions. No slides you could have read at home.

  1. A line chart of core openings rising, then dropping sharply

    Frame 1 of 5

    The risk nobody puts on the syllabus

    What's changing in biotech hiring, and the risks worth seeing early.

  2. A rough stone becoming a cut diamond

    Frame 2 of 5

    IT is a detour, not an exit

    Switching fields buys time, not a career. The degree you hold is still the asset; it just isn't cut yet.

  3. A dotted path from a pin in India to a pin abroad

    Frame 3 of 5

    From an Indian classroom to a core role abroad

    How Ashwath went from studying in India to one of the finest core placements, and what was luck versus method.

  4. A 24-hour timeline: a working day as a computational chemist, an evening as an independent researcher

    Frame 4 of 5

    A day as a young scientist

    Days as a computational chemist, evenings as an independent researcher, and how you can build the same day.

  5. The Alpha Knight Academy mark with a five-minute timer arc

    Frame 5 of 5

    Five minutes on AKA

    What we do, who it's for, and who it isn't for. No hard sell.

An hour now. Fewer detours later.

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Ashwath Kumar

Your speaker

Ashwath Kumar

A computational chemist leading drug discovery programmes in Japan, and the founder of Alpha Knight Academy. He studied at PSG Tech and IIT Hyderabad.

I landed one of the best packages for a core role and moved abroad straight after my master's. Some days it still feels surreal. The path was learnable. That's what this hour is about. His full story is frame 3.

Questions

Before you ask.

Is it really free?
Yes. No fee now, no fee later, no card details.
Who is it for?
Undergraduate and postgraduate students in biotechnology, life sciences, pharmacy, chemistry and related fields. Final-year students get the most out of it.
When is it?
We run several slots. Register once and we'll email the options; pick the one that suits you.
Is there a certificate?
No. A certificate is paper. What you take away from the hour stays with you, and that's the point.
Is there a recording?
Yes, on request. Write to academy@thealphaknight.com after the session.
Can my college host a session?
Yes. Ask your faculty to write to academy@thealphaknight.com and we'll arrange a slot for your department.

Bring your classmates.

The job market is easier to read together. Share this page, then save your own seat.

Want more after the hour? See Affinity, our computational chemist training.

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