Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (now known as Chennai), will collaborate with experts from leading biotechnology firms and Google-funded startups in South San Francisco city. Dr. Pradeep Gupta, IITM alumnus and mayor of South San Francisco for 2017, will facilitate the collaboration between the Healthcare Technology Innovation...
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...
Microgrids from IIT Madras Win IEEE award
India's IIT Madras, bagged the 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award for "having the most promising potential to provide the greatest overall benefit to humankind." IEE's website mentioned that micro grids designed at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras can serve as the sole source of...
Bangalore and Mumbai are most the Expensive cities for Average Indian Consumers
Analysis of the most recent Consumer Price Index data released by Reserve Bank of India shows that Bangalore has the highest average cost of living in India, followed by Mumbai, then Chennai, Kolkata, and Delhi. This is a chart from The Times of India, which indicates the CPI scores of...
India to place 14 nuclear energy reactors under IAEA safeguards.
India has taken the first step of identifying 14 of its 22 nuclear reactors for safeguards. At present IAEA safeguards apply to six Indian reactors. The ‘separation’ plan was announced in March 2006 during President George W. Bush's visit to India. Under it, India has to place a total of...