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19th November 2014 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

Exploring UK-India collaborations in wave and tidal energy

In February this year, my colleague, Manjari, and I began deliberations to organise a 5-day UK-India programme on wave and tidal energy. Fast forward to 27-31 October 2014, those deliberations actually transpired! A delegation of six UK experts representing the member universities of the UK Centre for Marine Energy Research (UKCMER) as well as Scottish Association […]

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11th April 2014 New Delhi, India

UNBOX-ing ‘Future Cities’

“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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12th December 2012 New Delhi, India

The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency of UK visits India

Last week, UK Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in association with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) organised a series of seminars in India. The first seminar on the theme of UK regulatory procedures for pharmaceutical products was held in Mumbai on 3 December. The event brought together over 100 delegates from pharmaceutical and […]

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10th December 2010

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by Peter Beckingham

Former governor in Turks and Caicos Islands

Walking 358km in the footsteps of Gandhi

On  Thursday 18 November forty  people gathered  pre-dawn at one of India’s most historic sites, the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, where Mahatma Gandhi lived for many years. The occasion was the beginning of an India-UK Friendship Walk, which my wife Jill  has organised with massive support from members of the Association of British Scholars in […]

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