UK-US tie-up creates largest Indian genomics project

    2018-05-23T12:35:51+00:00April 18th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – April 2018, Spotlight, Year|

    A new multi-year collaboration between a UK-based genomics data platform and an American genetics company is set to create the world’s largest project of its kind to study Indian populations. Global Gene Corp believes its tie-up with US-headquartered Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, is aimed at finding innovative diagnosis and therapies for rare diseases. “We believe that genomics will help India to achieve a paradigm shift in healthcare,” said Deepak Bagla, [...]

      India’s inclusivity challenge is to provide productive jobs

      2018-05-22T14:34:44+00:00April 18th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – April 2018, Spotlight, Year|

      Professor Kunal Sen is the  at the University of Manchester. He is at the forefront of research into inclusive economic development, principally focusing on India but also on East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In this interview, the economist tells ‘India Global Business’ why he chose to focus his research on India’s economic growth story. My research, which I have been working on for probably the last 15-20 years, has essentially been about understanding India’s economic growth. I have observed how [...]