Every year the students of the Harvard Business School all with Harvard Kennedy School of Government and organize an India conference. I have spoken at this conference for twice, focusing on India's manufacturting capability (Side note: the wintry weather in February meant that I faced three blizzards in these trips,...
In Three Years Automation in Factories to Double in India
According to a survey by London U.K.-headquartered Willis Towers Watson, automation will double over the next three years in Indian factories. Companies in India expect use of automation in the workplace to increase from a current 14% to 27% in three years; higher than the global and APAC average. ...
MIT, Harvard's edX Courses To Be Co-hosted in India
Harvard University- and MIT-founded edX will provide 2,300 courses that will be co-hosted on India’s Massive Open Online Course platform, SWAYAM. Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX, sealed the deal with Prakash Javadekar, head of the federal Human Resource Development ministry. edX counts the world’s leading universities, nonprofits, and institutions as...
Harvard and IIT's Collaborate on Big Data
Researchers from Harvard University and the Indian Institutes of Technology-Madras, -Bombay (IIT -M and IIT-B) are using big data to build the Integrated Database on Infrastructure Projects, India’s first comprehensive database on infrastructure projects. This mapping will include all types of federal projects, state projects, and public private partnership ventures, and...
Harvard Study: India Becomes New Economic Growth Pole, Surpasses China
According to the Harvard University's Center for International Development growth projections, India will feature on top of the list of the fastest growing economies until 2025 with an average annual growth of 7.7 per cent. The university-wide center works to advance the understanding of development challenges and offer viable solutions...
India's Companies Focus on Developing Technology Devices
Harvard University and India's Mumbai-based Tata Group are collaborating on a wearable device powered by soft robotics. The device will be akin to a suit or exoskeleton adding more strength to elbow joints and allowing a worker to lift something instead of using a machine for the purpose. The Group's...