Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): SRM University-AP celebrated its second convocation on 08 October 2022, at 3 pm in APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium on campus. Former Chairman of ISRO, Dr K Radhakrishnan, addressed students as the day's chief guest. Dr S Chandrasekhar, Secretary, DST, was conferred an honorary doctorate at the ceremony.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI/PRNewswire): INAI (Applied AI Research Centre) and IHub-Data (TIH and NM-ICPS) at IIIT Hyderabad (IIITH) have been making significant progress in the focus domains of Mobility and Healthcare since it was launched as part of Telangana Year of the AI effort in 2020.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Even Healthcare, a health-tech company and healthcare provider, welcomed the Italian delegation, led by Luigi Di Maio, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs to its office in Bengaluru on Day 2 of his trip to India. During their visit, they discussed Even's ambitions to make preventive healthcare accessible in the country and the company's growth plans.

New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday launched the "ICMR/DHR Policy on Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Medical Professionals, scientists and technologists at Medical, Dental, Para-Medical Institutes and said that the time has come for India to demonstrate its strength through research and innovative initiatives in the health sector.

New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/PNN): Speaking as chief guest commemorating the first Anniversary of the Release of Geospatial Data, the Union Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, said the launch of the pan-India 3D Maps Program by Genesys International (https://www.igenesys.com ) for 100 cities, based on the concept of Digital Twins is historic and revolutionary in nature. And the SVAMITVA program of mapping 6 lac villages will be a game-changer for citizens.

New Delhi Jan 22 PTI Experts from India and the US discussed the challenges and opportunities to combat climate change through technology-led carbon capture and utilisation solutions Carbon capture is capturing carbon dioxide before it enters the atmosphere transporting it and storing it for centuries or millennia The discussions were held at the Indo-US Scoping Workshop on Carbon Capture on Friday jointly organised by the Department of Science and Technology DST and the United States Department of Energy DST Secretary S Chandrasekhar said that at the recently concluded COP-26 in Glasgow Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought forth the countrys remarkable performance as well as ambitions to meet the climate goals despite being one of the fastest growing economy in the world The PM has given a mandate for all of us to become a net-zero emissions nation by the year 2070 Chandrasekhar highlighted in his opening remarks Under a strict climatic regime we can realise the identification and adoption of a right balance of portfolio of emission curtailment technologies he said Chandrashekhar said carbon capture utilisation and storage CCUS is among such key pathways to reduce emissions while continuing to develop sustainably at an unprecedented pace CCUS clearly aligns with five of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals SDGs He briefed the gathering about the recent initiatives of the Department of Science and Technology towards technology-led RDD in the area of CCUS He informed that India became part of the transnational multilateral platforms such as Mission Innovation and Accelerating CCUS Technologies ACT along with other member countries including the US for collaborative RDD in the area of CCUS He further added that the DST and the US Department of Energy are jointly organising these series of Indo-US Scoping Workshops on carbon capture utilisation and storage scheduled to be held from January 21 to February 25 for exploring the complementary strengths and gaps in the area of CCUS between the two countries and evolve collaborative technology-led endeavours for together working towards achieving net Zero Carbon goals Jennifer Wilcox Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management FECM US Department of Energy said that India is a valuable partner in developing new technologies to help in combating climate and clean energy goals Wilcox gave an overview of the US initiatives regarding clean energy and said it is a global crisis and requires a global response in clean energy technologies and an international partnership to achieve carbon net-zero status She hoped that this workshop would provide an opportunity to broaden and deepen collaborations and engagements PTI UZM SMN SMN

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Products by grassroots innovators, outstanding traditional knowledge holders as well as student creativity based innovative products will be available to millions of customers by virtue of a new partnership between NIFientreC and Amazon India, said the Ministry of Science and Technology on Tuesday.

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Experts from India and Israel deliberated on widening the scope of India-Israel Industrial Research and Development (R&D) and Technological Innovation Fund (I4F) at its 8th Governing Body meeting.

New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will organise the first-ever Startup India Innovation Week during January 10-16.

New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Science and Technology (S&T) Dr Jitendra Singh on Wednesday launched the theme of National Science Day (NSD) 2022- 'Integrated Approach in S&T for Sustainable Future' and said the era of working in Silos is over and all should join hands for integrated theme-based projects.