Medical Oncologist, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune. Editor- in-Chief, Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, Tweets Personal.
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Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
The harsh, unglamorous reality of running a research lab in India:
• 9 months spent navigating bureaucratic loops just to onboard a single postdoctoral fellow.
• Two nationally funded grants stuck in fiscal limbo, sanctioned on paper, zero cash flow in practice.
• Project staff and research fellows surviving without salaries for 90 days.
We celebrate Nobel dreams and technological self-reliance on public stages, but behind the laboratory doors, PIs spend 70% of their bandwidth begging finance desks to release sanctioned funds and apologizing to unpaid junior scholars.
Science does not fail in India due to a lack of intellect or ambition; it gets slowly suffocated by procedural inertia and financial apathy. If we cannot ensure basic salary timelines for young researchers, talking about global leadership is pure theater. 🎯☕📊🔬
#IndianAcademia #ResearchFunding #HigherEdRealities #SciencePolicy #PostDocStruggles #AcademicLeadership #SystemicReform
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
Train 22151 (Pune–Kazipet) is delayed by 2 hours 44 minutes and counting! It departed Pune at 12:10 am instead of its scheduled 10:00 pm departure. Not a single mobile notification or communication about the delay! This is unacceptable. @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva @IRCTCofficial
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
Kind request every law maker in India to click the attached "BRICS News" post and read the thousands of disgusting comments degrading India and dehumanizing Indians.
Can we please talk about it for once in the parliament? And discuss as a nation what steps can be taken to counter this extreme genocidal hatred spread against India and Indians?
This is a multi-state sponsored, organized anti-India operation going on for too long that's affecting our exports, inbound tourism, economy, job opportunities for migrants, mental health of Indians, and physically putting them at risk of violence.
This is an issue that is beyond partisan politics affecting everyone of us and the country. IMO, this is a war that's being waged on India as serious as cross border terrorism and insurgency. So I humbly request law makers to start addressing this.
To those reading this, please repost tagging your known MP/MLAs requesting them to address this serious issue.
@PMOIndia @MEAIndia @HMOIndia @narendramodi @AmitShah @DrSJaishankar @nsitharaman @AshwiniVaishnaw @ShashiTharoor @Tejasvi_Surya
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Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
Honoured to receive the ISMPO-Shri Vijay Batra Research Foundation Award 2026 for Best Original Manuscript (METRO PLUS) — Integrating Metronomic Therapy in Unresectable Head & Neck Cancer.
Grateful to ISMPO,mentors & patients.
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Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
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Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
Expired meat, fish & milk found in Bengaluru’s top luxury hotels.
30 teams inspected 26 three-star & five-star hotels across BBMP limits today. 35 food samples collected for lab testing.
Hotels where food was seized:
• The Lalit Ashok – 76 kg meat, 200 kg vegetables & 32 litres expired milk
• Shangri-La Bengaluru – 15 kg meat
• Four Seasons Bengaluru – 19 kg meat
• Vivanta Whitefield – 3 kg expired bakery products
• Taj Yeshwantpur – 72 kg meat/fish
• Radisson Blu (The Atria) – 105 kg expired food (50 kg chicken, 25 kg meat, 23 kg fish, 7 kg vegetables)
Violations included expired food, fungal growth, unhygienic kitchens, misbranding, FSSAI labelling violations and improper veg/non-veg storage. Notices issued; further action to follow after lab reports. #Bengaluru #FoodSafety
Meet Dr Shirish Prayag, father of Indian ICU care in 3rd episode of DocSide Stories
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Meet Dr Shirish Prayag in the third episode of DocSide Stories...
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DocSide Stories
Episode 1.
Dr Dattatreya Phadke- a renowned Pune onco-pathologist- is an award winner artist. Making portraits out of waste cloth pieces.
Watch the first episode of DocSide stories here….
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Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
NEW SCAM BY OLA DRIVERS IN BANGALORE
Extremely disturbing experience with an Ola ride today from Majestic to Jalahalli, Bengaluru.
The ride initially showed a fare of ₹285 in the Ola app. However, after reaching my destination, the driver showed a bill of ₹5950 on his phone and demanded that I pay the full amount. He claimed that I had cancelled some old rides and that the amount would be deducted from his account if I did not pay.
When I tried to explain that my app clearly showed ₹285, the driver started becoming aggressive and repeatedly insisted that I must pay ₹5950.
Since he was speaking mostly in Kannada and I am not fluent in the language, the situation quickly became stressful and difficult to manage.
I then contacted Ola’s emergency support through the app expecting immediate help. Unfortunately, the response from the support representative was extremely disappointing and dismissive. Instead of trying to understand the situation or deescalate it, she repeatedly questioned whether it was a “safety issue”.
When I explained that please consider it as unsafe and that I felt unsafe, the representative responded in a rude and dismissive manner and abruptly disconnected the call stating that it was “not an emergency”. At that moment I was left alone to deal with an increasingly tense situation with the driver.
Fortunately, my house owner arrived at the scene, understood the situation, and advised the driver that we should go to the police station to resolve the matter. I followed him on his bike while the driver followed us in the cab. However, midway the driver suddenly rerouted and fled the area.
This entire experience was extremely stressful and raises serious concerns about:
• Fare transparency on the platform
• Driver conduct
• The attitude and responsiveness of Ola’s emergency support team
An emergency line that dismisses passengers during a tense situation defeats the very purpose of having a safety feature.
@Olacabs @bhash
@BlrCityPolice Can you please help with this situation. I can share all the details.
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
A spectator who was in the Narendra Modi Stadium on match day shows the decrepit state of the last row, with almost all the seats and wall encrusted with pigeon droppings. This is a peculiar phenomenon across India - nothing is maintained properly or regularly. When I visited Kochi's waterfront this year, it was sad to see the pristine buildings from my 2013 visit looking unwashed and aged. In contrast, Sydney's Opera House looks as good today as it was decades ago. The buildings in Auckland city centre are shiny and new as ever. It's not for lack of money - the @BCCI has billions in the bank and billions more pour in each year. It's due to the Indian disdain for aesthetics. @GCAMotera @JayShah Gujarat leads in infrastructure, so what happened here?
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
A fruit seller in Mumbai, was caught applying Ratol paste on fruits to protect his stock from rats.
Ratol contains 3% yellow phosphorus, a protoplasmic poison that is rapidly absorbed when ingested and can be fatal, especially for children.
It’s unlikely he is the only one doing this; he’s just the one who got caught. This may well be a more common practice than we realise.
So be cautious. Add this to your survival guide for India, and always wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before consumption.
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Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
Vande Bharat Sleeper tested today by Commissioner Railway Safety. It ran at 180 kmph between Kota Nagda section. And our own water test demonstrated the technological features of this new generation train.
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
Anjel Chakma, a 24 year old MBA student from Tripura and the son of a BSF constable, was studying in Dehradun when he was attacked after being subjected to racial slurs while buying vegetables with his brother on December 9. He fought for his life for 17 days in the ICU before sadly passing away.
Five accused arrested. One reportedly fled to Nepal.
Northeasterners are Indians. Every Indian is equal and has the right to live peacefully in India wherever he wants.
Hope the criminals are given the strictest punishment to set an example
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
🗣Honoured to speak at SYNAPSE25: #AI & #MolecularOncology
Organized by Indian Society for Medical and Pediatric Oncology and @IITGuwahati #India
📢FOCUS>>Therapeutic resistance>>Multiomics
#cancerresearch #UNet #LLM #bioinformatics #pathology #multiomics
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
The biggest winner in the ongoing #Indigo crisis is @makemytrip
It first made us book indigo flights.. charged "convenience fee". Then retained their fee when tickets were cancelled by Indigo. 700 rupees made on every ticket! Indigo cancelled some 900 crore worth ticket and MMT ciphoned 80 crore plus in this scheme.
Is @DGCAIndia
And @jagograhakjago
Noticing this giant scam on already rattled customers?
Comment if you have experienced this from
@makemytripcare too. We need to take action against them.
Dr Padmaj Kulkarni retweeted
🚨 BIG! IndiGo pilots have issued a scathing open letter targeting the airline’s leadership, BLAMING the CEO, lack of real talent, and a culture of greed and “too big to fail.”
They allege ground staff earning just ₹18,000 were doing the work of three people & say a 70-year-old “playboy” REFUSES to RETIRE as the crisis deepens.
