Dr. Arunan is a scientist in Homi Bhava Centre for Science Education, TIFR Mumbai. His working interests are biological plasticities: biological basis of Learning and memory; Regeneration Studies, and developing Simple Model Systems for Teaching-Learning in Neurosciences and Collaborative Undergraduate Biology Research through College-Research Center Networking. He had an interactive session with undergraduate and post graduate students of the department on 19th October 2015, and promoted the research quotient among the young minds. His elaborate interaction was immensely helpful and insightful, for the graduate and post graduate students.