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IIT Bhilai-led team develops new hydrogel-based insulin-delivery system   A team of researchers from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Bhilai has successfully engineered a novel hydrogel-based insulin-delivery platform, which can help patients with Type-1 diabetes better manage their conditions. Currently, an estimated three million people in India rely on insulin therapy, where they often resort to daily insulin injections using needles or specialised devices to manage their blood sugar levels. The hydrogel-based drug delivery system has th...
IIT Bhilai-led team develops new hydrogel-based insulin-delivery system
IIT Bhilai-led team develops new hydrogel-based insulin-delivery system
Source: IANS
21/08/2023 2:36:35 PM
App by Indian researchers to help identify autistic children A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and AIIMS has developed an app that aims to bridge gaps in autism screening for millions of families in low and middle income countries.  The low-cost app called START (Screening Tools for Autism Risk using Technology) can be used by community healthcare workers to quickly and inexpensively identify children with autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders in India, said the researchers, which also include ...
App by Indian researchers to help identify autistic children
App by Indian researchers to help identify autistic children
Source: IANS
14/07/2023 3:41:05 PM
Governor praises IIT Mandi for supporting Himachal`s apple economy    Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Thursday highlighted IIT Mandi's technological contributions to the state and emphasized its potential in supporting the apple economy and local problem-solving. He was speaking while presiding over the G-20/S-20 conclave on “Technology for Society” at IIT here organized by the institute. Shukla said the conclave was part of the ongoing mega G20-S20 meeting at the institute and provided a platform for delega...
Governor praises IIT Mandi for supporting Himachal`s apple economy
Governor praises IIT Mandi for supporting Himachal`s apple economy
Source: IANS
29/06/2023 4:09:37 PM
IIT-K develops planar trefoil knot antennas   The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) has announced the development of 'Planar Trefoil Knot Antennas', which can be a breakthrough for the communication industry. It has been developed with the collaborative efforts of Saurabh Shukla (Ph.D. Student) and Prof. Ayyangar Ranganath Harish from the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur.  The novel invention has been granted Indian Patent No. 431872 for having unique applications in the communic...
IIT-K develops planar trefoil knot antennas
IIT-K develops planar trefoil knot antennas
Source: IANS
26/06/2023 4:56:52 PM
IIT Delhi's AI/ML model predicts 2023 to be normal monsoon year  India will see a normal monsoon in 2023, according to a new machine learning model, developed by an international team of researchers led by Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Delhi. The model predicted an All India Summer Monsoon Rainfall (AISMR) of about 790 mm in the upcoming monsoon season, meaning a normal monsoon. It demonstrated a remarkable forecast success rate of 61.9 per cent for the test period of 2002-2022. This is based on whether the model is able to predict the ...
IIT Delhi's AI/ML model predicts 2023 to be normal monsoon year
IIT Delhi's AI/ML model predicts 2023 to be normal monsoon year
Source: IANS
15/06/2023 6:10:44 PM
IIT Guwahati`s new method helps produce sustainable green hydrogen fuel Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a catalyst that can release hydrogen gas from wood alcohol, with no side production of carbon dioxide. The research, published in the journal ACS Catalysis, opens up exciting avenues for the development of the hydrogen-methanol economy. Beyond being an easy and environmentally safe process, the method produces formic acid which is a useful industrial chemical. This development makes methanol a promising '...
IIT Guwahati`s new method helps produce sustainable green hydrogen fuel
IIT Guwahati`s new method helps produce sustainable green hydrogen fuel
Source: IANS
1/05/2023 3:42:57 PM
New ML tool by IIT Madras team to detect brain, spinal cord tumour Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed a Machine Learning (ML)-based computational tool for better detection of cancer-causing tumours in the brain and spinal cord. Glioblastoma is a fast and aggressively growing tumour in the brain and spinal cord. Although there has been research undertaken to understand this tumour, therapeutic options remain limited with an expected survival rate of less than two years from the initial diagnosis. The tool ca...
New ML tool by IIT Madras team to detect brain, spinal cord tumour
New ML tool by IIT Madras team to detect brain, spinal cord tumour
Source: IANS
1/05/2023 12:36:26 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dedicate longest railway platform, Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway & IIT in Karnataka Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Karnataka on Sunday. He will also dedicate India's longest railway platform in Hubballi. Ruling BJP government in the state has made elaborate arrangements for PM Modi's visit. The 10 lane expressway has been projected as one of the biggest contributions of the double engine government. All major political parties in the state are engaged in a war of words for clai...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dedicate longest railway platform, Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway & IIT in Karnataka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dedicate longest railway platform, Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway & IIT in Karnataka
Source: IANS
12/03/2023 10:16:36 AM
Lab grown diamonds are used in satellites, computer chips & jewellery The global market for lab grown diamonds (LGD) that the Indian government has decided to focus on is expected to rise to $5 billion by 2025 and exceed $15 billion by 2023 from the $1 billion in 2020. Besides, the jewellery industry, LGD are used in computer chips, satellites and 5G networks as they can be used in extreme environments due to their potential to operate at higher speeds while using less power than silicon-based chips. The LGD has vast application in the field of defence, o...
Lab grown diamonds are used in satellites, computer chips & jewellery
Lab grown diamonds are used in satellites, computer chips & jewellery
Source: IANS
24/02/2023 11:44:00 AM
Mishra Dhatu Nigam shines on signing eleven MoUs with various organizations Mishra Dhatu Nigam is currently trading at Rs. 196.10, up by 3.30 points or 1.71% from its previous closing of Rs. 192.80 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 199.95 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 201.15 and Rs. 196.85 respectively. So far 963 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 268.85 on 09-Nov-2022 and a 52 week low of Rs. 155.65 on 20-Jun-2022. Last one week high and low of the scrip stood ...
Mishra Dhatu Nigam shines on signing eleven MoUs with various organizations
Mishra Dhatu Nigam shines on signing eleven MoUs with various organizations
Source: Reuters
16/02/2023 10:29:15 AM
IIT-K unveils breakthrough in coal/mineral transportation The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has made a significant contribution to the field of transportation with its innovative compressed air-based pipeline system for coal and mineral transportation. Developed by Prof Bishakh Bhattacharya and research scientists Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasia and Yashasvi Sinha of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, the system promises to revolutionise the way coal and minerals are transported. According to an official release, the tr...
IIT-K unveils breakthrough in coal/mineral transportation
IIT-K unveils breakthrough in coal/mineral transportation
Source: IANS
13/02/2023 2:50:25 PM
IIT Madras to get Rs 242cr for lab grown diamonds R&D The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) will receive Rs 242 crore as research grant for research and development of lab grown diamonds (LGDs), the institute said on Thursday. The research will be focused on driving indigenisation of the LGD manufacturing process. Presenting the Budget 2023-24 in the Parliament on Wednesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, said: "The LGD is a technology and innovation-driven emerging sector with high employment potential." &q...
IIT Madras to get Rs 242cr for lab grown diamonds R&D
IIT Madras to get Rs 242cr for lab grown diamonds R&D
Source: IANS
3/02/2023 10:14:20 AM
Samsung-incubated startup TagHive dreams big in South Korea India Among the many startups founded and operating in South Korea, TagHive, an education technology company launched in 2017, is distinguished for its founder and CEO Pankaj Agarwal. Agarwal was born in a small town in northern India and studied at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur. He started TagHive through Samsung Electronics Co's venture incubator programme, Creative Lab (C-Lab). "I've met some foreign startup business people in Korea, but I think I...
Samsung-incubated startup TagHive dreams big in South Korea India
Samsung-incubated startup TagHive dreams big in South Korea India
Source: IANS
30/01/2023 10:44:09 AM
Equippp Social Impact Technologies surges on inking MoU with 180 Degrees Consulting IIT Madras Equippp Social Impact Technologies is currently trading at Rs. 53.80, up by 0.80 points or 1.51% from its previous closing of Rs. 53.00 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 52.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 53.80 and Rs. 52.00 respectively. So far 30 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'T' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 110.30 on 29-Apr-2022 and a 52 week low of Rs. 35.45 on 26-Dec-2022. Last one week high and low of the scri...
Equippp Social Impact Technologies surges on inking MoU with 180 Degrees Consulting IIT Madras
Equippp Social Impact Technologies surges on inking MoU with 180 Degrees Consulting IIT Madras
Source: Accord Fintech
25/01/2023 12:32:41 PM
Indian SaaS firms to reach $35 bn in revenue in 5 years Indian software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies are poised to command 8 per cent of the global SaaS market, generating $35 billion in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by 2027, a report showed on Tuesday. It will be a growth of 20-25 per cent per annum for the homegrown SaaS firms, according to Bain & Company's report. Investment in India SaaS went up by 20 per cent last year compared to 2021, and reached an all-time high of $5.1 billion, according to the report. This was driven b...
Indian SaaS firms to reach $35 bn in revenue in 5 years
Indian SaaS firms to reach $35 bn in revenue in 5 years
Source: IANS
24/01/2023 2:46:36 PM
IIT Kanpur filed record 107 IPRs in 2022 The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur filed a record 107 IPRs (intellectual property rights) in the year 2022. This marks the second consecutive year the institute has filed the highest IPRs (107) in its history. Among the 107 IPRs filed, the different IPR prospects included 80 patents, 23 design registrations, 2 copyrights and 1 trademark applications along with 1 US patent application. The patents included inventions from varied domains ranging from Nano technology to Med...
IIT Kanpur filed record 107 IPRs in 2022
IIT Kanpur filed record 107 IPRs in 2022
Source: IANS
3/01/2023 12:35:13 PM
IIT Kanpur ready with artificial heart IIT Kanpur is ready with an artificial heart that would be of great help to people with acute cardiac problems. IIT Kanpur Director, Abhay Karandikar, said that the trial on animals would begin next year. He said, "Now heart transplant will be easy. Artificial hearts can be implanted in serious patients. IIT Kanpur and cardiologists from across the country have developed this artificial heart. Trial on animals will start from February or March. After success in the trial, transplan...
IIT Kanpur ready with artificial heart
IIT Kanpur ready with artificial heart
Source: IANS
25/12/2022 10:44:55 AM
IIT-K physicists unravel insight to second law of Thermodynamics Physicists at IIT Kanpur have unravelled insights to the Second Law of Thermodynamics Prof. Mahendra Verma and research scholar Soumyadeep Chatterjee, have discovered that 2D Euler flow-flow with zero viscosity--evolves from disorder to order, said a release from IIT-K. The study involving analytical arguments and accurate numerical simulations provides useful insights that can help the manner in which scientists approach important fundamental topics such as order to disorder evolution,...
IIT-K physicists unravel insight to second law of Thermodynamics
IIT-K physicists unravel insight to second law of Thermodynamics
Source: IANS
21/12/2022 4:44:31 PM
IIT-Kanpur develops nano purifier to keep SPM out of air we breathe Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, after four years of research, has come up with a nanotechnology-based 'Swasa' air purifier that can purify the air within its 400-meter radius. Sandeep Patil, director of Kanpur-based E-Spin Nanotech, who along with IIT Kanpur invented the purifier, said, "Today pollution and the virus spread by small dust particles are troubling people a lot. Be it children or elders, everyone is troubled by this. Keeping this in mind, we collabora...
IIT-Kanpur develops nano purifier to keep SPM out of air we breathe
IIT-Kanpur develops nano purifier to keep SPM out of air we breathe
Source: IANS
18/12/2022 12:04:25 PM
`Delhi Robotics League` for school students launched The Delhi government on Friday launched the Delhi Robotics League for school students of the national capital. The programme was launched at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Specialised Excellence in the presence of the Director-Education, Himanshu Gupta. This league is a unique, first of its kind tournament to be organised at the school-level across the country. Through this spectacular initiative, the Delhi government endeavours to generate curiosity for the field of robotics amongst child...
`Delhi Robotics League` for school students launched
`Delhi Robotics League` for school students launched
Source: IANS
17/12/2022 11:04:19 AM
Financiers prefer wind and solar over coal: Study Coal vs Renewables Financial Analysis 2022 identifies L&T Finance replacing SBI as the biggest financier in project finance for renewable energy in 2021. The fifth edition of Coal vs Renewable Financial Analysis, authored by Climate Trends and Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), was released at CFA's annual energy finance conference hosted in collaboration with IIT Madras on Tuesday. While the total funding for new energy projects in 2021 is 60 per cent lower compared to ...
Financiers prefer wind and solar over coal: Study
Financiers prefer wind and solar over coal: Study
Source: IANS
7/12/2022 10:51:57 AM
People's perception critical for energy transition: IIT-Kanpur  A recently concluded study underscores how coal communities perceive 'just transition' and what they expect after coal mines and plant closures, an eventuality as India will transition to clean energy sources to meet its net-zero goals. The Just Transition Research Centre of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (JTRC IIT-K) released a new report titled "What is Just Transition? Perception of Grassroots Stakeholders" at a virtual discussion hosted by Climate Tre...
People's perception critical for energy transition: IIT-Kanpur
People's perception critical for energy transition: IIT-Kanpur
Source: IANS
4/12/2022 12:25:52 PM
Startups mentored by IIT-K, other showcased Startups mentored under the Social Innovation Lab by Citi, a collaborative initiative among Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Citi and T-Hub, presented their disruptive AgriTech, HealthTech and FinTech solutions to over 100 industry stakeholders at a startup showcase held to accelerate their social sustainable development solutions to market. According to an official IIT-K release, more than 30 business discussions and over 20 investment discussions have been initiated as a resu...
Startups mentored by IIT-K, other showcased
Startups mentored by IIT-K, other showcased
Source: IANS
29/11/2022 3:15:05 PM
Oil India rises on inking MoU with IIT Guwahati Oil India is currently trading at Rs. 204.00, up by 1.30 points or 0.64% from its previous closing of Rs. 202.70 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 203.10 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 204.45 and Rs. 202.00 respectively. So far 31276 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 306.00 on 09-Jun-2022 and a 52 week low of Rs. 168.30 on 28-Sep-2022. Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. ...
Oil India rises on inking MoU with IIT Guwahati
Oil India rises on inking MoU with IIT Guwahati
Source: Accord Fintech
29/11/2022 3:11:39 PM
Digital lending platform Biz2X plans to hire 250 people in India Biz2X, a subsidiary of Biz2Credit in India, on Thursday announced its plans to hire 250 people by next year. The digital lending software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform recruited 220 people in 2022 across its India office, in addition to 30 contractual staff members. Biz2X said it will hire personnel in the middle management roles with experience and expertise in domains such as data science, product development and management, front-end and back-end operations, among others. The platf...
Digital lending platform Biz2X plans to hire 250 people in India
Digital lending platform Biz2X plans to hire 250 people in India
Source: IANS
24/11/2022 8:14:19 PM
IIT-Hyderabad working with Suzuki Motor Corp on India-specific tech development The IIT Hyderabad (IIT-H) has joined hands with Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) in the field of autonomous navigation for terrestrial vehicles. The technology developed at IIT-H will enable the conversion of a Drive-by-wire Vehicle into an Autonomous vehicle by integrating different sensors for perception, localisation and navigation. SMC officials recently visited IIT-H to assess the readiness of the technology. The state-of-the-art Autonomous Vehicle test bed at DST NM-ICPS Technolo...
IIT-Hyderabad working with Suzuki Motor Corp on India-specific tech development
IIT-Hyderabad working with Suzuki Motor Corp on India-specific tech development
Source: IANS
18/11/2022 9:17:02 AM
Comviva partners with top varsities to develop market-appropriate top technology talent With a focus on bridging the skills demand in the growing technology industry, Comviva, the global leader in digital solutions, on Tuesday signed MoUs with leading technology universities in Bhubaneswar - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and Institute of Technical Education & Research (ITER), SOA University - towards a stronger collaboration to drive core technical competencies to develop market appropriate talent. This shall help enhance the quality of the talent pool...
Comviva partners with top varsities to develop market-appropriate top technology talent
Comviva partners with top varsities to develop market-appropriate top technology talent
Source: IANS
16/11/2022 10:58:49 AM
IIT Guwahati: 21% increase in pre-placement offers as compared to last year The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) has registered strong pre-placement in the current academic year with more than 21 per cent increase in offers during 2022-23 as compared to 2021-22, institute sources said on Monday. IITG has already received a total of 218 pre-placement offers (PPOs) this year against the 179 offers received in 2021-22, with a highest pre-placement offer of Rs 1.20 crore per annum. The PPOs would continue to be made till the commencement of phase-one ...
IIT Guwahati: 21% increase in pre-placement offers as compared to last year
IIT Guwahati: 21% increase in pre-placement offers as compared to last year
Source: IANS
15/11/2022 11:35:16 AM
IAF airships, drone tech quantum comms: IIT-D powers slew of inventions Be it the Indian Army, Air Force or in the field of drone technology, IIT-Delhi is working closely with DRDO and the government. In an exclusive interview with IANS, Director of IIT-Delhi, Ranjan Banerjee, talked about a few such initiatives. Here are the excerpts from the interview: Q: IIT-Delhi is helping the Indian Armed Forces and is a major partner of DRDO, what are the latest inventions and the areas where IIT-Delhi is helping the Indian Defence sector. A: IIT-Delhi has develop...
IAF airships, drone tech quantum comms: IIT-D powers slew of inventions
IAF airships, drone tech quantum comms: IIT-D powers slew of inventions
Source: IANS
13/11/2022 5:43:09 PM
Cochin Shipyard, IIT-Madras to support maritime startups The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on Sunday announced that it will join hands with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to support startups in the maritime sector. The CSL, in a statement, said that this programme will help young talented entrepreneurs to develop products or services with financial support from the shipyard. This is part of the startup engagement programme 'USHUS' launched by the CSL to support the Centre's initiative in supporting maritime startups. ...
Cochin Shipyard, IIT-Madras to support maritime startups
Cochin Shipyard, IIT-Madras to support maritime startups
Source: IANS
7/11/2022 10:14:08 AM
With over 1300 job offers, placement at IIT-Delhi breaks all records Last placement season at IIT-Delhi in academic year 2021-22 broke all the previous records as over 1,300 job offers were given by over 600 companies. Final year students bagged over 1,000 job roles, while under-graduate students received more than 830 internship offers from over 200 companies. "This is the highest ever number of offers received by the students through the Institute's Office of Career Services (OCS) for both placement and internship," Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Di...
With over 1300 job offers, placement at IIT-Delhi breaks all records
With over 1300 job offers, placement at IIT-Delhi breaks all records
Source: IANS
5/11/2022 12:23:27 PM
`Data Science` and `Machine Learning` at IIT Mandi  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have introduced a Certificate and an Advanced Certificate programme in the fast growing domain of Data Science and Machine Learning. The certificate programme will be completed over a period of six months and the advanced certificate programme will be covered in nine months and is scheduled to start in the first week of November, 2022. The courses will be run through live-streaming session...
`Data Science` and `Machine Learning` at IIT Mandi
`Data Science` and `Machine Learning` at IIT Mandi
Source: IANS
10/10/2022 5:35:46 PM
India aims to leapfrog in quantum technology with industry's help: Minister As India embarks on its Techade journey, the government aims to build capabilities in quantum and high performance computing with the help from industry leaders like IBM, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. Addressing the IBM's flagship 'Think' conference virtually, he said that quantum technology is a very important piece of India's tech journey. "Quantum is, notwithstanding the usual marketing hype that always accompani...
India aims to leapfrog in quantum technology with industry's help: Minister
India aims to leapfrog in quantum technology with industry's help: Minister
Source: IANS
14/09/2022 5:03:41 PM
IITs have been the pride of the nation: President Draupadi Murmu The IITs have been the pride of the nation, President Draupadi Murmu said on Saturday while speaking at the closing ceremony of the diamond jubilee celebrations of IIT Delhi here. The President said that the IITs have proved to the world the capability of India in the domains of education and technology. "In more ways than one, the story of the IITs is the story of Independent India. The IITs have contributed immensely to India's improved standing on the global stage today. The...
IITs have been the pride of the nation: President Draupadi Murmu
IITs have been the pride of the nation: President Draupadi Murmu
Source: IANS
4/09/2022 9:49:54 AM
IIT-K to aid startups engaged in health, agriculture domains  Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, the technology business incubator at IIT Kanpur, is launching the NIRMAN Accelerator Programme, supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. According to a release, the programme will focus on manufacturing startups engaged in healthcare and agriculture domains and help them overcome the challenges from their prototype to market journey. A total of 15 start-ups will be selected under the programme, where they...
IIT-K to aid startups engaged in health, agriculture domains
IIT-K to aid startups engaged in health, agriculture domains
Source: IANS
24/07/2022 9:09:40 AM
IIT professor`s ePlane Company aims to ferry Indians in flying air taxi in 2023  As urban mobility giants like Boeing, Hyundai, Airbus, Toyota, Uber and Joby Aviation plan to soon ferry passengers in air taxis, the homegrown ePlane Company is all set to to build India's first flying electric taxi to make passenger commute and cargo transport up to 10 times faster, its founder and CTO Satya Chakravarthy said on Tuesday. The startup is in the final stages of building a sub-scale version of the flying aircraft and expects to commence its flight trials in the nex...
IIT professor`s ePlane Company aims to ferry Indians in flying air taxi in 2023
IIT professor`s ePlane Company aims to ferry Indians in flying air taxi in 2023
Source: IANS
19/07/2022 12:13:49 PM
Parents fume as edtech platforms force them to buy online courses As the government begins to take steps to fix edtech platforms like BYJU's, several parents have shared their plight on social media and professional networking platforms as representatives from online education providers continue to force them to buy courses. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs recently pulled up edtech firms during a meeting with them and self-regulatory organisation India Edtech Consortium (IEC) amid aggressive misselling of courses to parents. "Hey BYJU'S ...
Parents fume as edtech platforms force them to buy online courses
Parents fume as edtech platforms force them to buy online courses
Source: IANS
19/07/2022 9:18:39 AM
IIT Guwahati team designs new affordable electricity-free cooling system Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have designed an affordable and efficient 'passive' radiative cooling system that does not require electricity to operate and can provide an alternative to the conventional air-conditioners, the institute said on Monday. This 'Radiative Cooler' coating material is an electricity-free cooling system as it can be applied on rooftops and functions both during day and night. Passive radiative cooling systems op...
IIT Guwahati team designs new affordable electricity-free cooling system
IIT Guwahati team designs new affordable electricity-free cooling system
Source: IANS
4/07/2022 4:21:48 PM
Goa on track to becoming knowledge, tech education hub While the Goa government is fast tracking the completion of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) campus at Cuncolim in South Goa, it has also identified 7.50 lakh square metres of land in Sanguem constituency of South Goa for setting up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). With this the government is trying to achieve the goal of making Goa the knowledge and technology hub of the country. Goa will also start a National Forensic Science University, the campus of which would com...
Goa on track to becoming knowledge, tech education hub
Goa on track to becoming knowledge, tech education hub
Source: IANS
3/07/2022 9:44:49 AM
IIT Kanpur develops cheap E.coli water testing kit A novel water testing kit that is highly sensitive and can detect the presence of E.coli in drinking water has been developed by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the institute said on Monday. Escherichia coli or E.coli is a bacteria that normally lives in the intestines of healthy people and animals. Most types of E. coli are harmless but a few strains can cause severe stomach cramps, bloody diarrhoea and vomiting. The kit is very easy to use, with false...
IIT Kanpur develops cheap E.coli water testing kit
IIT Kanpur develops cheap E.coli water testing kit
Source: IANS
20/06/2022 3:33:21 PM
IIT Guwahati develops prosthetic leg for Indian conditions Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a prosthetic leg specifically designed for Indian conditions. The low cost prosthetic leg is suitable for uneven terrain and supports Indian needs such as cross-legged sitting, and deep squatting. It is also adjustable for the different age groups and multiple stages of prosthesis use. Prosthesis development in India faces many challenges. Highly functional mobility for amputees requires devices with advance...
IIT Guwahati develops prosthetic leg for Indian conditions
IIT Guwahati develops prosthetic leg for Indian conditions
Source: IANS
13/06/2022 3:10:06 PM
IIT Madras to deploy robot developed to clean septic tanks in Tamil Nadu A robot developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to help eliminate manual scavenging in India, is all set for field deployment, the institute said on Thursday. Ten units of the robot named 'HomoSEP' will be first deployed across Tamil Nadu, and later in Gujarat and Maharashtra. "The septic tank is a poisonous environment, filled with semi-solid and semi-fluid human faecal material that make up about two-thirds of the tank. Hundreds of deaths are reported...
IIT Madras to deploy robot developed to clean septic tanks in Tamil Nadu
IIT Madras to deploy robot developed to clean septic tanks in Tamil Nadu
Source: IANS
10/06/2022 2:54:21 PM
IIT-Guwahati develops tech to generate green energy by treating wastewater The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) has developed a bio-electrochemical device, Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) that can generate green energy by treating wastewater. The IIT-G sources on Wednesday said that the use of organic material such as waste water in MFC makes it an eco-friendly device that offers a dual benefit of bioelectricity generation and waste management. The research, supported by a grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Central govern...
IIT-Guwahati develops tech to generate green energy by treating wastewater
IIT-Guwahati develops tech to generate green energy by treating wastewater
Source: IANS
1/06/2022 5:07:21 PM
IIT-M researches develop zinc-air batteries as alternative to lithium-ion batteries Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) are developing zinc-air batteries as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for use in electric vehicles. IIT-M researches,according to information available have already applied for patents for the technology. A senior researcher at IIT-M who is in the know of things told IANS that the zinc-air batteries are economical and have a longer shelf life and this makes them useful in two and three-wheeler electric vehicles. ...
IIT-M researches develop zinc-air batteries as alternative to lithium-ion batteries
IIT-M researches develop zinc-air batteries as alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Source: IANS
1/06/2022 2:34:45 PM
Infosys reappoints Salil Parekh as CEO and MD In a major development, IT giant Infosys has reappointed Salil Parekh as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company for 5 years. Infosys board on Sunday in its public statement to BSE informed about the decision made by the Board of the directors. "Reappointment of Salil Parekh as CEO and MD of the company from July 1, 2022, to March 31, 2027, subject to the approval of shareholders," the statement by Infosys said. Infosys in its statement further stated ...
Infosys reappoints Salil Parekh as CEO and MD
Infosys reappoints Salil Parekh as CEO and MD
Source: IANS
22/05/2022 5:46:15 PM
Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tests 5G successfully at IIT Madras Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday successfully tested the 5G network by making video and voice calls. "Atmanirbhar 5G. Succesfully tested 5G call at IIT Madras. Entire end to end network is designed and developed in India," he said in a tweet, where he shared his making video and voice calls in 5G. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first 5G trial at IIT Madras. During the Silver jubilee Celebrations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India (TRA...
Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tests 5G successfully at IIT Madras
Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tests 5G successfully at IIT Madras
Source: IANS
20/05/2022 11:07:59 AM
IIT Madras research paper suggests environmental regulations for energy efficiency Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras have suggested environmental regulations to increase energy efficiency in the manufacturing sector. The suggestion is after a research carried out in collaboration with international scientists using the data for 15 years from 2000 to 2015. The study report suggested the need for a green domestic policy along with Foreign direct investment for improving energy efficiency in the manufacturing sector. The study emphasised the...
IIT Madras research paper suggests environmental regulations for energy efficiency
IIT Madras research paper suggests environmental regulations for energy efficiency
Source: IANS
14/05/2022 2:57:49 PM
Cyient jumps on partnering with IITH, WiSig Networks Cyient is currently trading at Rs. 882.25, up by 16.90 points or 1.95% from its previous closing of Rs. 865.35 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 886.20 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 911.15 and Rs. 873.80 respectively. So far 12069 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1292.00 on 19-Oct-2021 and a 52 week low of Rs. 726.05 on 03-May-2021. Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 91...
Cyient jumps on partnering with IITH, WiSig Networks
Cyient jumps on partnering with IITH, WiSig Networks
Source: Accord Fintech
4/05/2022 11:22:42 AM