Looking forward … S&IN India 2015
Last month I wrote a blog about the exciting events the SIN India team have been involved in. The regional SIN IMEA conference in Mumbai was an excellent venue for all ‘SINners’ to get orientated with...
View ArticleBright idea to transform web access
I had assumed that a simple tiny light emitting diode (LED) can be used only for illumination. But I was zapped when I visited Prof Harald Haas’s lab at the University of Edinburgh last month. I got a...
View ArticleCommemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle
In this guest blog, Colonel Geoff Wright, Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Paris, pays tribute to the British and Indian soldiers who died in the battle of Neuve-Chapelle in the North of...
View ArticleInterview with Emma House, The Publishers Association
Recently, I met with Ms. Emma House, Director of Publisher Relations, The Publishers Association Limited at the British High Commission New Delhi. Over tea, we chatted about the publishing industry,...
View ArticleCatalysing collaboration between UK and Indian space sectors
On 10 March Bangalore played host to a RiffStream# event focusing on developing commercial opportunities between UK and India players in the space sector. It was my first experience of using...
View ArticleIP – savvy future judges
Imagine speaking to an audience of state level judges-in-training on intellectual property (IP)! Well, I had the honour of doing so at the Odisha Judicial Academy in Cuttack, Odisha on 11 April 2015....
View ArticleNewton Bhabha Innovation Workshop: Industry Academia Engagement
On 12-13 May 2015, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), in partnership with the Science and Innovation Network (SIN) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organised a...
View ArticleWorld Health Assembly 68: a GREAT fortnight for global health
Guest Blogger: Dr. Himangi Bhardwaj, Senior Health Adviser for the FCO’s (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) network in India, and part of the official UK delegation to the World Health Assembly, reports...
View ArticleInterview with Andrew Davidson, UK Intellectual Property Office
Andrew Davidson, Head of Global Cooperation and Development with the UK Intellectual Property Office visited India from 01-05 June. He met with several stakeholders from the academia, government and...
View ArticleInnovations for a clean water
Declining water quality is a global issue. At a time when the global population is growing and industrial and agricultural activities grow, plus the impact of climate change, clean water is become...
View ArticleA Very Unlikely Ambassador
Today I celebrate 20 years in the Foreign Office. I joined, like many others, because I wanted to see the world and be a part of something that mattered. I remember during the induction a colleague who...
View ArticleTalking innovation in Kerala
Last month, I participated in a one-day India-UK workshop on innovation and technology commercialisation. This programme was jointly organised by my colleagues from the UK Science and Innovation...
View ArticlePost Harvest Technologies – New Ties – UK and India
The end of November saw the much anticipated launch of a joint funding call on Agri-Food. This call is funded by Newton-Bhabha – our five year £50 million joint programme with India. Under...
View ArticleUK India Science and Innovation relationship soars to new heights!
Within a span of a few weeks UK and India relations in Science and Innovation received a new impetus by a number of high profile visits! In mid-November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the UK...
View ArticleLi-Fi brings digital enlightenment to India
One of the UK’s brightest (quite literally) and revolutionary technological developments is Light Fidelity or LiFi. Invented by Professor Harald Haas, LiFi has the power to change how we access and...
View ArticleOpportunities for UK-India collaborations in advanced manufacturing
In December, we supported a visit of UK advanced manufacturing experts to Pune and Bengaluru in India. This included Ben Kitcher, who represented the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and...
View ArticleUK and India driving a success story
The Indian connection at the heart of the UK automotive boom, and the $4 billion opportunity for Indian companies. As I made my journey into what (on first impressions) appeared to be a rather...
View ArticleUK-India aerospace partnership can scale new heights
Aerospace is a UK manufacturing success story in the global business of making planes. We are a world leader in innovation, design and manufacturing parts for planes. Over the past several years the UK...
View ArticleAnother country
It is a cracking first line for a novel: The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.* As a thought – that the past is somewhere different – the line sounds very appealing. The past...
View ArticleLearning Visit
I was sitting with a group of policemen and border officials in a police hut drinking sweet tea. The younger ones were looking at me anxiously as I started to ask them questions about their work and...
View Article
