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Volume 1 / two issues a year / Pune, established 2026

Don’t Just Think it. Publish it.

Atom & Ink is a team of PhD scholars and research professionals who think critical thinking should not have to wait for college. We mentor school students through the real process of research: asking sharper questions, structuring their thinking, and expressing it with clarity and confidence.

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What we publish

Three formats. Most students start with a review paper, because it teaches the skills the other two depend on.

  • 1,500 to 2,500 words

    New Concept Paper

    A student proposes an idea of their own and argues it from evidence.

  • 2,000 to 3,000 words

    Review Paper

    A student reads widely on one question and reports what the field currently knows.

  • 800 to 1,500 words

    Perspective or Opinion Piece

    A student takes a position on something contested and defends it.

How it works

  1. 01

    A student arrives with a question

    Usually too broad to answer, which is normal, and which is where the work starts. Students are referred by a school, a teacher, a parent or a tuition mentor.

  2. 02

    A mentor helps sharpen it

    A researcher with a doctorate works with the student to narrow the question until it can be answered honestly, then to build the argument around it.

  3. 03

    The paper is reviewed and published

    The draft goes through real editorial review. What appears in the issue carries the student's name and a record of how they got there.

Who is behind this

A biotechnology researcher turned medical writer turned entrepreneur. After a doctorate in Biological Science and years writing for Indegene, Dr. Yashika Mirchandani founded Atom & Ink to bring the rigour and the pleasure of research to school students, helping young minds turn curiosity into structured ideas.

For students, publishing with us is more than a byline. It is a first real step into research and academic expression. For schools, it is a ready-made platform for inquiry-based learning that strengthens student profiles and fits the way modern curricula already work.

More about how we work

Every child deserves the chance to be heard

Whether they turn out to be a scientist, a thinker or a maker, the ideas are theirs. Our job is to help them say it well enough to publish.

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