The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur and University of Auckland, New Zealand will partner to foster academic exchange and research collaboration. The institutes will explore opportunities for research in healthcare technologies, new materials, cyber security and Artificial Intelligence. "The Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration program...
Microsoft Collaborates with Indian Institute of Technology
Microsoft is working with professors at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur to develop a search engine that will assist users looking for subjective information and trusted opinions. While current search engine algorithms work well with fact-based queries and can provide structured answers, queries based on human experiences and personal...
India's Coal-Fired Power Plant is Making Baking Soda
The coal-based Tuticorin Thermal Power Station owned by the government of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is using a new proprietary solvent developed by the Mumbai-born Carbon Clean Solutions, which converts carbon dioxide from the flue gases to baking soda, a base chemical with a wide range of uses...
Cleantech Ecozen Solutions, India, Pioneers Solar Energy-Based Products
Three mechanical engineering students of the Indian Institute of Kharagpur teamed up to harness solar energy in creating products for farmers in rural India. Pune-based Ecozen, the company that they established, provides a portable, solar-powered micro cold storage system called Ecofrost that can accommodate 5-6 tons of produce which is...
Two Indian-Americans Honored by India
On October 18, 2010, the Dean of MIT's School of Engineering, Dr. Subra Suresh was confirmed as the new head of America's National Science Foundation. With 1,700 employees and a $7 billion budget, the federal agency funds over 20 percent of all government research and development in the United States. ...