12th May 2014 Mumbai, India
Previously, when anyone mentioned Nagpur to me, I’d immediately think of oranges, searing summer heat (> 40 °C), and Haldiram’s! Well, I’ll now include another item to that list – environmental research! Last month, I went to Nagpur along with Dr. Philip Earis from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) to visit the National Environmental […]
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26th March 2014 New Delhi, India
The EU road show which is an information campaign involving member states delivering information seminars across India is in full swing. As a speaker in this road show, I was fortunate to enjoy the magnificent campus and hospitality of one of India’s premium engineering institutes, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) which is one […]
10th March 2014 New Delhi, India
Last month, I spent a couple of days visiting research institutes in Mysore. I visited two organisations undergoing a process of great change, which is perhaps indicative of some of the trends in Indian Higher Education today. Universities in India are becoming much more significant players in research – contributing 39% of research publications (up […]
24th February 2014 Mumbai, India
Recently, I visited the School of Energy and Environmental Studies (SEES) at the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), Indore, and met with the Head, Dr. S. P. Singh, who introduced me to the various renewable energy projects going on at the school. His research interests include solar passive buildings and energy systems, rural development: decentralised energy […]
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24th January 2014 Mumbai, India
Fluorescent lamps; flat-panel displays; sterilisation devices for medical tools – what’s common among these items? They all have plasma in them! Plasma is the fourth state of matter; the others being solid, liquid, and gas. It is formed when a gas is heated to extremely high temperatures. Recently, I visited the Institute for Plasma Research […]
22nd January 2014 Mumbai, India
That Gujarat and vibrancy go hand in hand became evident to me when I recently visited the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), established in Gandhinagar, capital of Gujarat, by the Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI) as a private university. A 30-minute drive from the Ahmedabad airport, PDPU is situated between the cities of […]
21st January 2014 Mumbai, India
Energy efficiency and energy resource management for residential and commercial buildings will assume heightened significance, as the urban population of India grows. Realising the need for sustainable habitats in future cities, the Center for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE) at the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is […]
17th January 2014 Mumbai, India
Understandably, the sound of Goa conjures up images of sandy beaches, lush greenery, and the wide blue ocean. While you can have leisurely fun in Goa, you can also have fun with research there, as I found out! Earlier this month, I visited the Department of Chemistry at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science […]
26th June 2013 Bangalore, India
About 40 years ago, the famous Indian Social Scientist Prof. V K R V Rao said “I now want to utilise some of my time in building up a third institution in the field of social sciences, in addition to the two which I have helped to build, namely, the Delhi School of Economics and […]
17th June 2013 New Delhi, India
A glimpse into the intricate world of soil at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute A hot summer afternoon was well spent discussing the various nuances of soil in the quiet environs of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), one of India’s leading national Institutes for agricultural research, education and extension, in Delhi. Besides being known […]