The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Tufts University have formally joined forces through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster academic and research collaborations, with a primary focus on the critical field of nutrition science and medicine. This partnership, solidified on June 23, 2025, by Tufts University President Sunil...
illumina Genomics Convenes India’s Top Genomics Experts
San Diego, CA- headquartered illumina hosted the illumina Genomics Summit, on August 30, 2024 in Bangalore, India. It brought together over 200 leading genomics experts, clinicians, researchers, and scientists to discuss advancements in genomics and multiomics. Joel Fellis, vice president of product management for next-generation sequencing (NGS), emphasized illumina's focus...
U.S., India, to Accelerate Defense Technology Innovation
The India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) was launched in June 2023 by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD). Guided by a bilateral collaboration agenda, INDUS-X aims to build an innovation bridge between the two countries' defense sectors. It facilitates partnerships between defense companies, incubators,...
India Creating a Database of Indian Genomes
The Genome India Project, a state-backed initiative has begun the work to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes and create a database. At a conference organized by the Association of Biotech-Led Enterprises (ABLE), an industry group, Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, said, "We have sequenced close to 7,000 genomes and...
Indian Institute of Science Develps Dental Nanobot
Established in 1909 in Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. Researchers from IISc and Theranautilus, an IISc-incubated startup, have published a study in Advanced Healthcare Materials that shows nano-sized robots can improve the success...
Nokia to Establish Robotics Center of Excellence
Finland-based telecom company Nokia, announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore to set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) in India. The CoE will facilitate research in networked robotics, and Nokia will fund it for three consecutive years to sustain the first phase of the partnership....