The Indian Navy has formally inducted and launched the INSV Kaundinya, a reconstructed 5th-century stitched sailing vessel designed to honor the nation’s ancient maritime history. The project, a collaboration between the Indian Navy, the Ministry of Culture, and various academic institutions, culminated in a ceremony at the Naval Base in...
Google to Set Up Global Fintech Center in India
Google will set up its global fintech operation center at GIFT City in Gujarat, its CEO Sundar Pichai said. The Indian-origin CEO said it is exciting to see the progress that the country has made, particularly around the vision of Digital India and the economic opportunity. Pichai added that Prime...
Continental AG Partners IIT Madras for R&D in Machine Learning
Hanovar, Germany-based Continental AG and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras agreed to conduct advanced research in Machine Learning. IIT Madras, with its capability in machine learning and bio-inspired neural networks will contribute to Continental’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems business that provide drivers and passengers with additional safety. The collaboration, code-named...
Washington State University Helps Advance India's Power Grid
Washington State University will lead a nationwide consortium of U.S. universities and industry partners in a five-year, $30 million joint research project with India to advance the development of the power grid in both countries. The US. Department of Energy announced a $7.5 million grant to the U.S. team, which...
Saint-Gobain Inaugurates New Research Center in Chennai, India
French Multinational Corporation, Saint-Gobain, opened its new cross-functional research center, Saint-Gobain Research India (SGRI), in Chennai, in the eastern state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the campus of Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in Chennai, spread over 2.7 acre , and built at an investment of $29.5 million (€26million),...
India to Design RISC-V Processors
Indian engineers are hoping to develop its first 64bit microprocessor once the government's R&D division receives about $45 million funding before June. If funding is released as expected, the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a branch of India’s Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, could assemble a 64-bit...