Starbucks Corporation will open its first Global Capability Center in India, in Chennai, in southern India. The coffeehouse chain expects the center to create more than 800 technology jobs. The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on September 21, 2026. The center will be located at DLF Downtown in...
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Develops Bio-inspired Artificial Muscle
Led by Professor Bishakh Bhattacharya, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) located in the city of Kanpur, built a bio-inspired artificial muscle for next-generation space robots and medical prostheses. The product developed at the Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems Lab in the Institute, has many applications, the researchers...
Amritt's Bagla Interviews Top So Cal Executives
The Indian Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Southern California alumni gathered on September 14 at the Long Beach Marriott to investigate whether "nerdy engineers" from the "Ivy League school of India" have had an image makeover to one of contemporary professional diversity. Currently, working in the U.S. are IIT alumni who...
Scientists from India Develop World's Thinnest Material
Indian scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, in the state of Gujarat, have claimed to have created the world’s thinnest material, 100,000 times narrower than a sheet of paper -- a two-dimensional material of just one-nanometer thickness. The three member research team includes two students working toward a...
India Sets Up the 5G India 2020 Forum
The Government of India set up a high-level 5G India 2020 Forum to roll out 5G in India by 2020. The committee will have on board three secretaries, one each from the Department of Telecommunications, IT and Electronics, and Science and Technology Ministries. Other members of the forum will include...
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...