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  • India planning to simplify patent laws to spur R&D: Official May 03, 2023 07:38 AM IST

    India planning to simplify patent laws to spur R&D: Official

    Addressing the CII Global Science, Research and Innovation Summit, Akhilesh Gupta, senior adviser at the Department of Science and Technology, said while India grants an average of 23,000 patents per annum, it lacks the culture of patents filing.

  • Meet GCCs that are deepening India's tech industry March 03, 2023 08:23 AM IST

    Meet GCCs that are deepening India's tech industry

    Global capability centres are playing a crucial role in making India an important destination for engineering R&D

  • India has become our largest site outside US, says Boeing India President Salil Gupte January 30, 2023 06:57 PM IST

    India has become our largest site outside US, says Boeing India President Salil Gupte

    Today the demand for aircraft has jumped high. There is no surprise that Air India is looking for more aircraft, says Gupte

  • Budget 2023-24: US pharma industry seeks R&D policy for India's pharmaceutical sector January 28, 2023 08:05 AM IST

    Budget 2023-24: US pharma industry seeks R&D policy for India's pharmaceutical sector

    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to table the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 before parliament on February 1.

  • China encourages foreign capital to set up R&D centres in the country January 18, 2023 09:21 AM IST

    China encourages foreign capital to set up R&D centres in the country

    China also encourages financial institutions to offer financial support to those centres and will support legal cross-border R&D data flows, said the statement.

  • Samsung India plans to hire 1,000 engineers from IITs, top institutes for R&D units November 30, 2022 01:40 PM IST

    Samsung India plans to hire 1,000 engineers from IITs, top institutes for R&D units

    The young engineers will join the company in 2023, and will work on new-age technologies at its R&D institutes in Bengaluru, Noida, Delhi and at Samsung Semiconductor India Research in Bengaluru.

  • ISRO to move operational activities to NSIL, to focus on R&D, says its Chairman S Somanath November 07, 2022 02:10 PM IST

    ISRO to move operational activities to NSIL, to focus on R&D, says its Chairman S Somanath

    S Somanath said the ISRO has over the years been focusing more on delivering applications for the government and the public; having created systems, and building, launching and operating satellites, providing communication, earth observation and navigation services.

  • Japan's Suzuki drives deeper into India with global R&D unit August 29, 2022 06:51 AM IST

    Japan's Suzuki drives deeper into India with global R&D unit

    The new company, a wholly owned unit of Suzuki Japan, will strengthen the carmaker's R&D competitiveness and capabilities in India and other global markets, Toshihiro Suzuki told an event in Gandhinagar, the capital of western Gujarat state.

  • Private sector should boost R&D: CEA V Anantha Nageswaran August 09, 2022 06:53 AM IST

    Private sector should boost R&D: CEA V Anantha Nageswaran

    Stating that Indian economy cannot remain exempt from the global challenges but it remains resilient and is poised for a rebound as the banking system is better, inflationary issues are peaking out and ongoing recovery is healthy, the CEA said.

  • PM Modi, over 300 vice chancellors, deans to deliberate future roadmap of NEP July 07, 2022 02:11 PM IST

    PM Modi, over 300 vice chancellors, deans to deliberate future roadmap of NEP

    The summit will deliberate on internationalisation of higher education, skill mapping, qulaity enhancement, multidisciplinary education, online education, entrepreneurship in higher educational institutes, and how to improve global rankings, among other subjects.

  • Tata Motors looks to strengthen R&D capabilities with aggressive hiring this year June 05, 2022 11:56 AM IST

    Tata Motors looks to strengthen R&D capabilities with aggressive hiring this year

    Tata Motors is gearing up to strengthen its R&D with fresh hiring as well as upskilling of the current employees this fiscal year in order to scale up capabilities across various business verticals, including the electric vehicle segment, as per a top company official.

  • Honda says to spend $64 billion on R&D as it revs up electric ambitions April 12, 2022 07:28 AM IST

    Honda says to spend $64 billion on R&D as it revs up electric ambitions

    The targets, laid out at a company presentation on Tuesday, mark a push by the automaker to ramp up in the fast-growing market for electric vehicles, where Japanese car makers have risked falling behind new entrants such as Tesla Inc, as well as traditional European and U.S. rivals.

  • Rising India focus by drug firms will benefit consumers March 31, 2022 01:40 PM IST

    Rising India focus by drug firms will benefit consumers

    Pharma companies are building product portfolios based on domestic market needs

  • India, Australia to establish taskforce on qualifications recognition, two-way student mobility, offshore campuses March 21, 2022 07:48 PM IST

    India, Australia to establish taskforce on qualifications recognition, two-way student mobility, offshore campuses

    Improved qualifications recognition arrangements will also underpin trade in professional services between Australia and India.

  • Mercedes-Benz opens new R&D centre in Shanghai March 18, 2022 11:12 AM IST

    Mercedes-Benz opens new R&D centre in Shanghai

    The centre is its second R&D facility in China, it said in a statement.

  • Volvo announces expansion of its R&D operations in India March 17, 2022 02:59 PM IST

    Volvo announces expansion of its R&D operations in India

    As part of the expansion in the country, Volvo Group Deputy CEO Jan Gurander laid the foundation for the 'Vehicle TechLab' for Volvo Group's research and development operations in India, the group said in a statement.

  • HCL Tech sets up engineering and R&D centre in Canada January 28, 2022 12:53 PM IST

    HCL Tech sets up engineering and R&D centre in Canada

    Bringing together an ecosystem of partners from academia, government institutions, startups and technology providers, HCL Technologies’ Innovation Centre will serve as a hub for HCL Engineering teams to co-innovate with customers and solve complex business problems for clients globally, a statement said.

  • Budget 2022 | 'Time to reciprocate help extended by healthcare in duel with COVID' January 25, 2022 08:14 AM IST

    Budget 2022 | 'Time to reciprocate help extended by healthcare in duel with COVID'

    To make India an attractive destination for development and manufacturing in the pharma sector, the government can consider restoring tax incentives for R&D expenditure 

  • China 3-4 generations away from ‘cutting-edge’ chip capabilities: Report January 21, 2022 02:02 PM IST

    China 3-4 generations away from ‘cutting-edge’ chip capabilities: Report

    China’s largest chipmaker, SMIC, has the capabilities to support 28-nanometer chips and have started sampling 14-nanometer, but lacks customers to scale up and the current Chinese ecosystem does not use that technology

  • Oppo India partners BITS Pilani for skill enhancement of India R&D employees January 18, 2022 01:08 PM IST

    Oppo India partners BITS Pilani for skill enhancement of India R&D employees

    With the advent of industry 4.0 and in the era of specialisation, this initiative reiterates Oppo’s focus to help employees acquire skill up-gradation while focusing on innovations centric to advance technologies, a statement said.

  • IIT Madras to focus more on R&D and internationalisation, says new director Kamakoti January 17, 2022 04:57 PM IST

    IIT Madras to focus more on R&D and internationalisation, says new director Kamakoti

    The new director says IIT-M will do translational research with emphasis on areas like regenerative agriculture, Industry 4.0, medical technology and smart civil construction technology.

  • Rajnath Singh urges private sector defence industry to invest in R&D September 28, 2021 01:24 PM IST

    Rajnath Singh urges private sector defence industry to invest in R&D

    In an address at the annual session of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, he said the rapid changes in global security scenario are expected to increase demand for military equipment and the Indian industry must focus on boosting production.

  • MediaTek to scale up R&D in India, plans hiring across board by March September 15, 2021 02:56 PM IST

    MediaTek to scale up R&D in India, plans hiring across board by March

    Without disclosing the actual number, MediaTek in a statement said it is looking to hire across offices in India, with a focus on artificial intelligence technologies, smart home and enterprise segments, 5G and wireless communications, among others.

  • How can India become an R&D powerhouse? This paper shows the way May 27, 2021 09:36 AM IST

    How can India become an R&D powerhouse? This paper shows the way

    A recent working paper by two researchers in the National Bureau of Economic Research offers some ideas

  • Govt launches website to support R&D in coal sector October 09, 2020 08:28 PM IST

    Govt launches website to support R&D in coal sector

    The website broadly displays the guidelines for implementing coal research projects with various forms, so that anybody can submit proposals in requisite manner.