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22nd November 2016 Bangalore, India

Dr Ruth McKernan CBE

Chief Executive, Innovate UK

Connected cities – seeking new opportunities for global partnership

I arrived in India after an exciting few days at the Innovate 2016 event in Manchester, co-hosted by Innovate UK and the Department for International Trade. Cities of the future were an important theme of the event, showcasing UK innovation. Panel sessions and presentations covered topics ranging from urban living to autonomous transport, and digital […]

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14th July 2014 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

UK’s capabilities in additive manufacturing and 3D printing

Last week (July 7-10), I led a 7-member Indian delegation of manufacturing experts from the academia and industry to the UK for meetings and site visits in Nottingham, London, and Coventry. I collaborated with my colleague, Leena Arora, to deliver this event, which was the third in the series of manufacturing-themed workshops that I’ll be […]

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12th September 2013 New Delhi, India

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by Swati Saxena

Senior Science and Innovation Adviser

Processing food tie ups

The demand for high quality, safe, nutritious processed foods will continue to increase as the global population and affluence increases. In India, the same trends have resulted in significant growth and changes in the food processing industry. Considering this sector’s immediate potential for growth of the economy, the Government of India is indeed focusing towards […]

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30th July 2013 New Delhi, India

Innovation is GREAT round up

At the UK-India Summit in February this year our Prime Ministers issued a declaration in which they “welcomed the rapid expansion of India-UK research and development cooperation, which is helping to generate and develop high quality, high impact research partnerships leading to new knowledge creation”.   But they also stated there was “considerable potential for expanding […]

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