A. Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate and professor emeritus of Economics at Stanford University spoke with Srijana Mitra Das of the Economic Times to discuss economic changes occurring worldwide and expressed confidence in India's growing economy. Lightly edited excerpts from the interview pertaining to India: Das: How can India benefit from...
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...
Stanford Spurs Med-Tech Startups in India
By using experiential teaching methods with cross-disciplinary teams, the Stanford India BioDesign fellowship has managed to create a cohort that is focused on creating new, cost-effective, devices customized to India's healthcare needs. Products include devices for pregnant mothers and newborn babies and those that help with biopsies and fecal collection....
IT Kanpur Students Design Utilitarian Dental Chair
Setting up a dental practice for graduating dentists in India can be daunting because of the cost of equipment – particularly the chair which can cost from $1500 to $7500. However, three students of the Indian Institute of Technology, in Kanpur in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh have come...
Stanford Inspired Mental Health App Tested in India
The Los Angeles Times reports that in a three-month pilot project this year, about 200 students at the Hyderabad campus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and another city university used a cellphone app to monitor their mental health and communicate with counselors by phone and text. The...
iSpirt and Stanford Faculty to Replicate Silicon Valley Study in India
The success of Silicon Valley is directly linked to the role played by Stanford University. India may not have a Stanford University aiding Indian start-ups, but iSpirt, the software product industry think tank, is bringing some of the building blocks that Stanford gave to the Valley. iSpirt along with Professors...