27th May 2014
New Delhi, India
With around 550 million voters deciding the fate of 15000 candidates spanning 500 political parties, India saw the biggest elections in history which lasted over a period of 5 weeks. The result was a clear parliamentary majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and, the new Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi. This is […]
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8th May 2014
Bangalore, India
I have been intrigued by Cohort studies ever since I learnt about it when I was working on colonies of ants during my M.Sc. In the last few months, I have learnt quite a lot about cohort studies in humans. Especially during the last two workshops that we had organised with partner organisations – one […]
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8th April 2014
Mumbai, India
On my recent visit to the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, I met with the Chief Executive, Dr. Clive Hickman, and asked him about his plans for engaging with India. Tell us about the recent award from the World Bank? The World Bank project is approximately $400m and will be used to upgrade the […]
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20th March 2014
Mumbai, India
Dr. Philip Earis has worked for the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishing since 2003. He is Executive Editor of the journals – Nanoscale, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Green Chemistry, Catalysis Science & Technology, Faraday Discussions and Energy & Environmental Science. Prior to working for the RSC, he was at the University of Cambridge. Philip has […]
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17th February 2014
New Delhi, India
In elementary Geography we are taught that there are two poles on Earth – one in the Arctic and the other in the Antarctic, but that’s not true! Did you know that there is also a Third Pole? The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region is the Earth’s third Pole as it’s the storehouse of the third largest […]
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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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3rd February 2014
Mumbai, India
The UK Science & Innovation Network (S&IN), India partnered with the UK Trade & Investment to invite Prof. Peter Lindstedt from the Imperial College London to the GREAT Britain campaign in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) during January 15-16, 2014. Prof. Lindstedt is the Consul for the Faculty of Engineering & Business School, and Professor of thermofluids […]
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31st December 2013
New Delhi, India
2013 has been quite a year for the UK Science and Innovation Network and our partners in India. In January, we took part in the visit of UK Health Minister, Anna Soubry. Health was a major theme of our work this year, which covered medical devices, regulations, an MoU signing, and preparations for workshops on […]
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31st December 2013
New Delhi, India
As Swati has mentioned, over the course of December and January, we’ve been lucky enough to have a number of UK Nobel Prize winners visit India to give lectures. We’re particularly grateful to Dr Venki Ramakrishnan, who will be spending over a month here and giving lectures in five cities. I caught up with Dr […]
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23rd December 2013
New Delhi, India
The festive season has begun on a brilliant note with Dr Venki Ramakrishnan and Sir Paul Nurse, both UK based Nobel Laureates visiting Delhi last week. Dr Ramakrishnan delivered his public lecture on ‘Antibiotics and the Cell’s Protein Factory’ on Monday in AIIMS had a spell bound audience. The account of his lab’s work on […]
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