Tag: Institution Profiles – UK

5th September 2014 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing

During my 4-day visit to the UK in July this year, I had the opportunity to get a tour of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing at the University of Nottingham. Inaugurated in March 2013, the centre carries out both – fundamental and translational research in additive manufacturing. In March this year, […]

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22nd May 2014 Science and Innovation Network

Interview with Professor Jeremy Kilburn, Queen Mary University of London

I had a privilege to meet and interview Professor Jeremy Kilburn, Vice-Principal and Executive Dean (Science and Engineering) of Queen Mary University of London, while he was in New Delhi in March 2014. Professor Kiblburn is a recipient of Glaxo Award for Innovative Organic Chemistry in 1997, A Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow 2001-2003 and awarded […]

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8th May 2014 Bangalore, India

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by Sunil Kumar

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

On a Space Journey – Part 2

I’ve already told you about the Rutherford Appleton Lab, part two of my UK space odyssey was the Strathclyde Space Institute (SSI), University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. As I walked through the institute I saw a photograph of a strange looking air vehicle called the Skylon Spaceplane. This spaceplane, which is still in experimental stage, […]

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8th May 2014 Bangalore, India

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by Sunil Kumar

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

Following lives CLOSER

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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17th April 2014 Bangalore, India

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by Sunil Kumar

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

On a space journey in the UK – 1

Last month I travelled to the UK visiting several institutes and meeting stakeholders. I was keen to explore developments in space science and technology in the UK for possible collaborations with India and this brought me to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space (RAL Space) in Harwell. The RAL Space is co-located with the other large […]

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7th April 2014 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

The Manufacturing Technology Centre

Recently, I visited the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) spread across a 12,000 square metre facility in Ansty Park, Coventry. Established in 2010 to bridge the gap between academia and industry, and founded by the University of Birmingham, Loughborough University, University of Nottingham and TWI Ltd., the MTC is one of the seven centres, which make […]

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7th March 2014 New Delhi, India

Interview with Prof Sir Timothy O’Shea, Principal and VC of University of Edinburgh

Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, was in Bangalore last week. I caught up with him in the margins of an alumni event he was hosting at the British Library. Welcome to India, can I ask why you’re here? Specifically, my visit coincides with a five day conference in […]

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19th February 2014 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult

Imagine a place where scientists, engineers, and businessmen are jointly creating the next best technology, which will change the way our world functions – welcome to the Catapult centre! The Technology Strategy Board (TSB)  has created a network of Catapults in the UK to support innovation, and thereby drive economic growth. Currently, there are seven […]

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20th September 2013 New Delhi, India

Interview with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, was in India this week, visiting institutions in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. Among other calls in Bangalore, he launched our new prize for biotech businesses to visit Cambridge and had several discussions to take forward the Bangalore Cambridge Innovation Network. I caught up […]

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7th September 2012 Bangalore, India

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by Sunil Kumar

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

Catapulting innovation

Ever since I worked in Knowledge Management for Mahindra Satyam I have been fascinated by how research ideas become products on the shelf. Looking at examples of university spinouts or SMEs one realises that most success in the product space is due to hard work, access to the right ecosystems, funding, and technology networks to […]

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