Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) on Feb 21 launched the ‘Sustainability Garage’ – a Mercedes-Benz initiative, for promoting innovation in sustainable mobility.  In association with Prayoga Institute of Education Research, the Sustainability Garage, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, will serve as a hub for multidisciplinary research, focusing on developing eco-friendly materials with diverse applications to benefit society. Underscoring its commitment …

Under the leadership and guidance of Dr Mylswamy Annadurai, former Director of Indian Space Research Organization’s Satellite Centre and popularly called as the Moon Man of India, and in collaboration with UAE-based Edutech4Space, a pioneer in the field of space technology education, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus (BPDC), recently launched and tested 5 Pico Satellites using Drone Satellite Launch Vehicle (DSLV) at Sanad …

When the Covid-19 outbreak crippled the world, P Mohan Aditya, a 3rd-year Mechanical Engineering student from SRM University, AP, took to innovation and application of his knowlege into developing the highly useful face shield made from bio-degradable substances. He named it “Facial Shield 2.0, as it was an improved version of the ordinary face shields. Adimulapu Suresh, Minister for Education, …

“What is special today, will be common tomorrow,” says Jim Tung, Fellow at the US-based MathWorks (esb 1984), a company that develops the popular mathematical computing software/language, Matlab, used by engineers and scientists for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation along with Simulink to  accelerate their works in innovation and development. With his association going for more than …

In April 2016, India will publish its first-ever national rankings of institutions of higher education after the ministry of human resources development announced the national institutional ranking frameworks for engineering & management streams. In a related development, which may raise interest level in rankings further, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, London will publish BRICS university rankings, which would be …

Sardar Patel institute of Technology team wins CIMA Challenge Team Maverick Minds from Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai won the 7th edition of CIMA Global Business Challenge, held in Mumbai early this month. The winning team was declared after a closely fought presentation round, and will now represent CIMA India at the Global finals in Poland with winning teams …