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    Edinburgh – a historic university with a focus on the future

    2019-05-07T10:34:13+00:00April 18th, 2019|2019, Women's Edition – April 2019|

    The South Asia head of the University of Edinburgh takes us through several initiatives and collaborations that are strengthening the India-Scotland connect. The University of Edinburgh is one of the six ancient universities in the UK, established in 1583; which has welcomed Indian students for more than 140 years and is today home to just under 400 students from the sub-continent. In the QS World Rankings 2019, Edinburgh ranked 18th in the world and has over 37,000 students. The global [...]

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      Nitrogen may hold the key to unlocking clean air challenges

      2020-03-24T09:23:09+00:00March 10th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – March 2019|

      Environmental experts trace the journey to transforming nitrogen pollution for a cleaner circular economy across South Asia. There is something quite bizarre about nitrogen. For it is almost everywhere and yet almost invisible to the society at large. Consider the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), established by the UN to be reached by 2030. None of the goals explicitly mentions the global nitrogen challenge, and yet nitrogen is relevant for at least two-thirds of the 17 SDGs. To understand this contradiction, [...]

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        Cancer Research UK’s tie-up with India seeks to develop an innovative approach to research

        2019-02-15T14:37:34+00:00February 8th, 2019|2019, Home Page, UK Edition – February 2019|

        Nick Grant, Executive Director of International Partnerships at Cancer Research UK, discusses a unique initiative between the Government of India and Cancer Research UK – the world’s largest independent cancer research charity. Cancer affects all people, from all backgrounds, indiscriminately. The challenge of beating cancer, a disease that has no borders, is a global one. It’s predicted that more than 29.5 million people will be diagnosed with cancer worldwide by 2040*. India is experiencing a rapidly rising cancer burden. In 2018, [...]

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          In Australia, we know we are firmly in the Asian century

          2020-03-16T09:10:27+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018|

          Tania Rhodes-Taylor is the Vice-Principal of External Relations at the University of Sydney. In this interview, she offers an insight into the institution’s recent comprehensive partnership with Indian software major Tech Mahindra and what it means for India-Australia research collaborations. What are the broad contours of the university’s pact with Tech Mahindra? Our comprehensive partnership with Tech Mahindra, one of India’s leading IT services company, will open up two key areas of collaboration for the University of Sydney. For our [...]

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            Ontario: A great destination for Indian investors

            2018-11-23T14:11:21+00:00October 26th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – October 2018|

            The Trade Minister of the Canadian province of Ontario lays out the credentials for Indian companies to invest in the economically vibrant region. Our government wants the world to know we are open for business. The province of Ontario  accounts for 40 per cent of Canada’s economy. We’re located in the heart of North America, with access to 14 road border crossings into the United States and 142 million consumers within a day’s drive. We also lead the nation in [...]

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              Pizza cravings unite India with the world

              2018-09-17T10:24:25+00:00August 22nd, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – August 2018, Home Page|

              The craving to order a pizza or any other kind of popular takeaway meal is at its peak at 7pm and 2am around the world, according to new research based on a global study of internet traffic. Academics from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland examined patterns of food searches online across India, UK, US, Canada and Australia and discovered “double-peaks, occurring every day at 19.00 and 02.00”. The research, published in the Royal Society journal ‘Open Science’, looks at how ancient human patterns of hunger [...]

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                Can the Indian IT sector overcome the H-1B hurdles?

                2018-05-30T10:08:33+00:00October 27th, 2017|2017/2018, October 2017, THE AMERICAS, Year|

                A US-based academic analyses how the Indian IT industry is coping with an intensifying squeeze on HI-B visas. In recent months, the US government has been exerting pressure to curb the H-1B visa programme for companies that rely on them and is stressing the importance behind its Hire America policies. The H-1B programme has come under severe scrutiny, much to the concern of its biggest benefactors: Indian tech companies. Indian firms, however, are trying to adapt. One of the leading [...]

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