Bangalore, India-based Genei Laboratories led by Dr. S. Chandrashekaran acquired the manufacturing facilities of GeNei from Merck Life Sciences Private Limited in an asset purchase deal. GeNei manufactures high-quality lab reagents in India since its founding in 1989. Its products range from molecular biology, genomics and proteomics reagents, to kits...
Zuckerberg Invests in India's EdTech Firm Byju's
The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative -- founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan -- invested $50 million in BYJU's, an edtech firm based in Bangalore, India that has created a learning app for school students as well as for those aspiring to undertake competitive exams such GRE and...
LinkedIn Launches 3 Products for India
On Monday, September 12, LinkedIn unveiled three products — a stripped down mobile site called LinkedIn Lite; a product aimed at the college placements market called LinkedIn Placements, and a LinkedIn Starter Pack aimed at startups and small businesses. Jeff Weiner, chief executive of the social network for professionals said,...
Bosch Expands Tech R&D Facility in India
Having completed phase I of upgrading its first facility in Bangalore, India, German multinational engineering and electronics company Bosch, has embarked on the second phase, with an investment of $200 million for this year. The company said India continues to be a key hub for the group's global development network....
Huawei Inaugurates Global Service Center in India
Chinese telecom gear maker, Huawei, inaugurated its largest global service center in Bangalore, India. The new center will support digital transformation and help meet market demand for synergies between services and technology, as well as improve operations capabilities. Located within Huawei’s Research and Development campus in Bangalore, the center currently...
In India, MIT Alumnus Recycles Air Pollution into Ink
Bangalore, India-based Graviky Labs, is turning polluted air into paint and ink. The lab is the brainchild of Anirudh Sharma who co-led the MIT Media Lab India Initiative for two years, where he worked on creating an innovation ecosystem in India. Vehicular emissions are one of the biggest contributing factors of India's serious...