16th August 2012 Bangalore, India
Sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship are buzz words heard everywhere, including in business, academia and social circuits. All these elements came together at a reception hosted by my colleague Tom Wells last month. About 25 representatives from the Bangalore cleantech community shared their innovative ideas in the cleantech space at this informal gathering. The entrepreneurial and […]
18th July 2012 New Delhi, India
Science and Innovation history in India dates back to the Stone Age and continues to flourish today passing through generations of scientists. From Aryabhatta to C V Raman to the new brigade of scientists; the outlook of science has constantly changed to align itself with the ever changing domestic and global environment. Governments, businesses, civil society […]
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6th July 2012 New Delhi, India
As excitement built around this week’s announcement of the latest results from the Large Hadron Collider, I wondered whether we ought to be using this blog to mark the occasion in some way. With scientists asking people not to speculate too much about what the result might be, I was pretty sure we ought to wait for […]
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27th June 2012 New Delhi, India
In the company of some of the India’s top crop scientists, I got an opportunity to interact with their counterparts as well as visit the UK’s best agricultural/plant research institutes last month.
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14th June 2012 New Delhi, India
It’s what everyone wants to know about! We have news of an exciting research professorship and updated UK policy on international collaborators in social sciences.
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30th May 2012 Bangalore, India
It was very cold and rainy in Cambridge, but the warm welcome we received lifted our spirits! I led a group of academics and entrepreneurs to Cambridge 16 to 20 April to understand the well-known Cambridge Phenomenon first hand, and explore ways to link this great City to the Technology City in India, Bangalore. Both […]
1st May 2012 New Delhi, India
Ministers meet to agree the broad science and innovation agenda for the UK-India relationship and S&IN India invades the UK!
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