National Innovation Council and the Planning Commission have come together with some of the best institutions in the country to organise the first ever 'Hackathon' on the 12th Five-Year Plan on April 6 and 7. ...
03:21 PM, Mar 30, 2013
In a bid to boost scientific innovations that can improve the life of the common man, the government on Thursday announced setting up of a Rs 2,000-crore fund to help encourage and finance such products. Presenting the General Budget in Lok Sabha, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Finance and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government have identified a few amazing science and...
02:38 PM, Feb 28, 2013
There are some numbers it takes the mind time to come to terms with. When this year ends, roughly 87 million Indians will have no access to telephones. That said, 250 million Indians will also go to bed, undernourished, every night. ...
05:13 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Samsung Electronics is looking for some Silicon Valley magic. The company, a household name in televisions and mobile devices, is expanding its presence in the region with a new $100 million venture fund that will invest in early-stage startups, particularly those in remote computing, cybersecurity, mobility and mobile privacy. ...
10:39 AM, Feb 05, 2013
This week on India Positive, watch how young students have created innovative devices to help the society in many ways. ...
03:50 PM, Feb 02, 2013
You cannot strip down versions of European products and introduce them in India, VK Viswanathan, Managing Director of Bosch India, tells Forbes India. ...
12:28 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Voicing disappointment over Indian Universities failing to figure among top institutes globally, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said a lot needs to be done to expand research and innovation activities as India was still lagging behind many other countries like China. ...
01:39 AM, Dec 26, 2012
Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd has launched the first of a planned 100 Microsoft Innovation Centers (MICs) that will impact the technology expertise of some 500,000 students. ...
04:41 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Some teachers in Delhi are trying to create low cost and high impact classrooms to improve the level of education in primary schools. The NGO called STIR Education has gotten together a group of 25 innovators to revamp the system. ...
10:46 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Chennai: With virtually all modes of transport going the hybrid way, heres news that could make the rickshaw - which is now restricted to a few Indian cities and pockets of Asia - a possible mode of public transport. Twenty-six-year-old Sivaraj Muthuraman, a Tirupur-based innovator, has built a hybrid rickshaw called the Eco Free Cab, that runs on solar battery and pedal power. This invention entered the India Book of...
02:15 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Talking about music does not make you a singer. Attending live concerts may help you appreciate music but it still does not make you a singer. To be a singer you need to learn music and practice under the guidance of a good teacher. This is true of sports too. There is no substitute for learning and practising under continuous guidance. This is equally true for organisations that want to...
11:13 AM, Jul 20, 2012
You've probably heard about Mitticool, the clay refrigerator from Gujarat, and Revolo, the plug-in system from KPIT Cummins that gives the benefits of a hybrid car. Its likely youve learnt that Embrace, the infant warmer that originated from Stanfords class of Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability, is now sold in India and elsewhere for one hundredth of the cost of incubators sold in Western markets. Its also likely that you...
11:23 AM, Jul 02, 2012
Bangalore: When the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg perpended, innovated and created what could change the world, they not only had the thinking but also the right acumen to sell it and manage the idea as an enterprise in the long run. Both were in their later teen or early 20s when they took the world by storm. In India, there are thousands of such innovative people who...
01:16 PM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: As India makes advances in the field of science and technology, from successfully launching nuclear missiles to inventing robots that treat cancer, one should not forget the people behind these innovations. On the May 11, 1998, India exploded a nuclear device in the face of international sanctions. Since then, the country has felicitated engineers and scientists this day, people who have developed indigenous technology for the national good....
09:42 AM, May 12, 2012
Bangalore: About 20 Indian whiz kids will showcase their innovations in diverse fields, including a special shoe for the visually impaired, at the fourth Emerging Technologies (EmTech) India event in this tech hub beginning Tuesday. "The innovations to be demonstrated by the geeks below 35 years at the event are in the areas of web, computers, biomedicine, energy, materials and transportation," CyberMedia publisher Pradeep Gupta, who is hosting the two-day...
11:41 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Washington: A prominent Indian NGO was on Friday presented the US' first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls in recognition of its efforts in training and organising wastepickers and eliminating child labour from recycling. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the award to Indian NGO Chintan along with two others from Kenya and Tanzania. Received by Bharati Chaturvedi, Chintan's founder, the US award was given to...
08:37 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Washington: An Indian NGO has been chosen for America's first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of women and girls. The Award funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through the Secretary's International Fund for Women and Girls, would be formally announced by the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and the Rockefeller Foundation President Dr Judith Rodin, on Friday. The awardees were chosen by a panel of experts including Mohammed Yunus (Grameen Bank),...
02:30 AM, Mar 08, 2012
Every year, 17 million people use the Channel Tunnel, the undersea rail network that connects the United Kingdom with north of France. Considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the modern world, 37.9 km of the 50.5 km-long tunnel passes under the sea. To make sure that each and every part of this sophisticated transport network is as safe as possible, authorities recently opted for a new kind of...
11:15 AM, Feb 28, 2012
As a child, everyone has a favourite boast about their daddy. But few would have a story to match Prof Jayant Baliga's. "The first TV broadcast into a home in India occurred in my house." In true tradition of a man of science this isnt an empty boast. It really did happen. "My father, BV Baliga, was chief engineer of All India Radio after Independence. There was an exhibition in...
10:57 AM, Feb 27, 2012
