The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has achieved a significant milestone with the full operation of unit 4 at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS), reaching its maximum capacity of 700 megawatts (MW). This achievement marks the second domestically built nuclear reactor in India to attain full capacity,...
India’s Mazumdar-Shaw Raises Goal for Its Bio-Economy for 2025
India's state owned Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, and the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) organized the 3rd Global Bio-India 2023, an international congregation on biotechnology, on Dec 4 in New Delhi. The event focused on boosting India's biomanufacturing capabilities through next-gen technologies, biotech innovation, workforce...
India’s Government Approves Installation of Ten Nuclear Reactors
India's minister for Atomic Energy, Dr. Jitendra Singh, announced in the Parliament that the government had approved the installation of ten nuclear reactors (Heavy Water Reactors of 700MW each) in five states across India: Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh. The existing nuclear power plants of Kaiga, Chutka and Gorakhpur...
India’s Biotech Sector Likely to Clock Over $300 Billion by 2030
Releasing India’s Bioeconomy Report 2022, Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister for Science & Technology pointed out that India’s Bioeconomy had reached over $80 billion in enterprise value in 2021 recording 14% growth over $70.2 billion in 2020. Noting the rapid growth in the sector, the minister projected that this segment is...
Dr. Jitendra Singh Will Oversee Nuclear Energy Sector in India
Physician turned politician, sixty-three-year-old Dr. Jitendra Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2012 where he was a national executive member, and the chief spokesperson for India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. In 2014 he contested his maiden election from Jammu and Kashmir and won. Prime Minister Modi...
Kudankulam Nuclear Units 3, 4, to Go Commercial in 2020-2021
The proposed units 3 and 4, the twin 1,000-MW reactors at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, have cleared all administrative and statutory clearances and are proposed for to begin construction in 2015 and 2016. Commissioning is scheduled five years after that. Unit 1 is in production and Unit 2 is...