27th August 2014
New Delhi, India
During a trade mission to India this week, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced a series of new partnerships between British and Indian scientists which will look to tackle some of the biggest issues facing the two countries. From vital health research to predicting the weather, the new partnerships will cement the position of […]
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17th June 2014
New Delhi, India
Additive Manufacturing (also known as direct-digital-manufacture, generative manufacture or 3D Printing) is one of the most exciting emergent technologies available to global industry today, allowing companies to manufacture ever more complex and optimized products and components at very low unit volumes. 3D Printing has taken the media by storm, causing a mixture of knowing nods, […]
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11th April 2014
New Delhi, India
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody” – Jane Jacobs The Science and Innovation Network in India have been associated with the Unbox festival since 2012. The festival returned this year with its trademark celebration of interdisciplinary thought and work through a series […]
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3rd February 2014
New Delhi, India
Over the past year, the UK’s Science and Innovation Network in India, Research Councils UK India, DFID, British Council – India, and the Energy, Climate & Growth Unit have facilitated several collaborations between key stakeholders in India and the UK to promote bilateral research co-operation in the area of ‘Future Cities’. These stakeholders include academic […]
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14th January 2014
New Delhi, India
Awareness Raising and Information Campaign in India – 9 January to 31 March 2014 Last week I was at the Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi (IIT-D) to represent the UK at the first event of the European Roadshow 2014 Research, Innovation & Higher Education. The UK shares strong linkages with the IIT-D and it […]
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29th November 2013
New Delhi, India
Creative Industries and Design is a relatively new area of interest for the SIN-India, but it has been a regular topic on our blog over the last year and a new call was announced this week to support people to attend the Unbox Festival on Future Cities. Here’s some more hot-off-the-press news on Indo-UK Design […]
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25th November 2013
New Delhi, India
George Bernard Shaw said “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples, each of us has one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, we each have two ideas.” The sharing of ideas is essential for any knowledge economy. India […]
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21st November 2013
New Delhi, India
Last week in New Delhi, new funding up to £5mn from the Technology Strategy Board which is the UK’s innovation agency, with matched resources from India’s Department of Science and Technology was announced to support joint Research & Development projects led by businesses in the two countries. The UK-India Collaborative Industrial R&D Programme aims to […]
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6th November 2013
New Delhi, India
Hello readers! Following from my earlier post on the UK Innovation is GREAT showcase event; here is an update on some of the UK companies that will be speaking at the event. As mentioned in my earlier post, the event is designed to enable R&D intensive businesses in India to hear experiences and network with […]
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24th October 2013
New Delhi, India
Over the last five years, UK and India have together invested over £100 million in joint research programmes and this continues to grow. Our joint research covers: energy security; food and agriculture; and climate change, as well as looks at the enormous social and cultural changes that are taking place in India. It’s an impressive […]
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