29th August 2018
Delhi, India
The UK Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Sam Gyimah in his first visit to India showed real enthusiasm in further strengthening the bilateral relationship between the two countries where he was met warmly by his Indian counterpart Dr Harsh Vardhan to co-chair the sixth UK-India Science and Innovation Council. The ministers welcomed the […]
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16th January 2017
New Delhi, India
I attended a workshop on nano- bio materials for water purification in the picturesque district of Kottayam in Kerala. It was a Newton Bhabha funded researcher link workshop led by British Council in collaboration with Royal Society of Chemistry. Researcher links workshop is one of the many programs run under the ‘people’ pillar of the […]
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31st August 2015
Bangalore, India
Declining water quality is a global issue. At a time when the global population is growing and industrial and agricultural activities grow, plus the impact of climate change, clean water is become scarcer globally. While this is not new phenomena, I was amazed at the innovations that are being developed by researchers in UK, India, […]
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17th December 2014
Mumbai, India
Readers of my previous blog might recall that I had mentioned about a follow-up activity that I was working on to bring together UK and Indian experts interested in assisted living technologies (ALTs) for the elderly. I’m pleased to say that we did run a successful event at IISc Bangalore on 19 November. This was a first […]
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