Women in Science: Neurobiologist Pinky Kain studies how fruit flies make feeding decisions and process taste

Editor's note: The Life of Science and Firstpost bring you this series profiling Indian women in Science. The challenges in Indian scientific life are many — more so for women taking up this path. This series honours those who beat the odds and serve as inspirations for the next generation of Indian science — a generation that is slowly and surely on its way to becoming gender equal.***Interview by Shreya Malik | Art and concept by Pooja PrabhakaranPinky Kain | 38 | Neurobiologist | DBT — UNESCO Regional Centre for Biotechnology, FaridabadRead more from the 'Women in Science' series here.THELIFEOFSCIENCE.COM is a feminist science media project on a mission to make Indian women scientists more visible and investigate the gender gap in Indian academia