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The Dollar Business Bureau The Narendra Modi chaired cabinet has been officially informed of a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed between India and Russia for co-operation in the field of science and technology, according to news from the Indian Press Information Bureau. The agreement was one among the nineteen announced and sixteen formally signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India, around the sidelines of the BRICS conference in Goa in October 2016. The agreements were officially announced under the banner of the 17th India-Russia Annual Summit that saw deals ranging from energy to smart cities. Signed by Mikhail Kotyukov, Head of the Federal Agency for scientific organisations (FASO), and Pankaj Saran, Ambassador of India to Russian Federation, the agreement enables the ...

PTI A top US body in international education and global investment banking has announced a scholarship and mentoring programme for the Indian women university students in science and technology-related fields. Under the scholarship - 'WeTech Goldman Sachs Scholars' - announced by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Goldman Sachs, 25 Indian women will receive a merit-based $1,500 scholarships for the 2017-18 school year and be connected with an experienced mentor from Goldman Sachs for a six-month mentorship from June through December 2017, a statement said yesterday. "Engaging women at various stages from their academic years to a career is a critical step in addressing the gender gap often seen in the technology industry," said Shubha Iyer, managing director ...

Sheela Mamidenna This was no ordinary bootcamp, but a hall full of tech girls, would-be-entrepreneurs, designers, tech students and graduates, with dreams and aspirations to make it big and different in the world. A total of 234 young women had gathered to take part in the final day of the tech bootcamp organised by the non-profit organisation Girls in Tech (GIT). What was commendable is that around 40% of them had come from Tier II and Tier III cities of Telengana and A.P., breaking the thought that technology and digital literacy is only prevalent in cities and metros. The 3-day bootcamp titled, Power Tools: Confidence, Leadership and Entrepreneurship was organised with the support of the US Consulate General, Hyderabad and the Telengana ...

The Dollar Business Bureau In a step to further the ambitious scheme of ‘Make in India’, India and the US have decided to include ‘advance manufacturing’ in their Dialogue on Science and Technology. Both the countries have also agreed to add ocean wave modeling and agriculture science, in the field of science and technology (S&T). In this regard, a decision was taken during the S&T Joint Commission meeting, between India and the US, which was held at the White House. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Science and Technology Minister co-chaired the meeting with John Holdren, Assistant to the President for S&T. The two sides also reviewed the progress between the two countries under five Joint Working Groups for S&T cooperation and have decided that ...

The Dollar Business Bureau   IIT Madras’s incubated water technology company InnoNano Research (INR), has bagged an investment of $18 million from US based NanoHoldings (NH). Encouraged with this investment, the Indian start-up may soon expand its presence in the international market. Using nano technology, INR provides clean drinking water, free from arsenic and fluoride to rural areas affected by heavy metals. This technology was already implemented in more than 700 villages across Punjab, West Bengal and Karnataka. The company plans to cover over 1,500 villages by 2017. “The presence of arsenic and iron in drinking water affects the health of rural people. We are using latest water technology to remove the contaminants at affordable cost,” said H Anshup, Co-Founder and Managing Director of ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Collaboration between private and state-run science and technology laboratories is the key to success of the government’s “Make in India” campaign, said Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology. The minister asked private players in the field of scientific research to look within to achieve technological competitiveness and breakthrough products. He said ‘‘Make in India’ is already happening in the laboratories of the Centre of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and other institutions. In his address to the media after visiting the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) in Thiruvananthapuram, the minister expressed concern over the lack of cooperation between private science laboratory operators and the government in the country. “Our scientists are getting ...

The Dollar Business Bureau On Friday, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma met Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and discussed issues of mutual cooperation and ties to ensure world food security. The Agriculture Minister expressed interest in the technology used by the US for weather forecasting to improve preparedness as well as redressal of problems caused by natural calamities, said a PIB release. The two countries emphasised on transforming the structure of the cooperation vis-à-vis the current scenario, which needs changes in the agreement signed in 2010 in the agriculture and allied sectors. Both the countries agreed to focus on their cooperation in agriculture and take immediate steps for renewing the MoU signed in 2010 at the earliest. The two parties ...

The Dollar Business Bureau A pitch for the deployment of technology in the Agriculture sector was made in a recent report by The Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s (ASSOCHAM) report. The ASSOCHAM-Skymet paper made out a case for the technology intervention in solving the problems of small and marginal farmers. The paper referred to the government’s moves towards providing all-out support with advanced technologies and means which include the use of Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). “Drones are quickly moving from the battle field towards the farmer's field and are on the verge of helping growers oversee millions of acres, thereby saving big money for them in the process,” the paper noted. Raising concerns over the existing ...