Soft-Matter: Young Investigators Meeting (SM-YIM) has been a forum for the soft matter community in India to communicate their recent research and to exchange ideas. To continue this process, the 4th Annual SMYIM, will be held during 16-18th December 2016 at International Center in Goa (www.smyim.in). The meeting aims to connect a rapidly growing interdisciplinary group working on colloidal/polymer/granular matter-dynamics, self assembly of mesoscopic structures and the interface of soft matter, chemistry and biology. Specifically, this focused meeting is aimed at building networks and collaborations among researchers who are in the early stages of their careers.