A team representing BharatGen from The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has launched Patram-7B-Instruct, India’s first vision-language foundational model built from scratch for complex document understanding tasks. BharatGen is a Government supported initiative for developing India-centric Multimodal Large Language Models. Patram is part of BharatGen suite of Multimodal Large Language Models being …

KFTL having entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO Ahmedabad, for collaborative work towards STEM education, N M Desai SAC, ISRO in the presence of SAC delegation of six senior scientists inaugurated the Kalorex Future Tech Lab (KFTL) on March 17. Shri Desai interacted with the students & staff members and encouraged them to take full advantage …

Two major space science and technology international conferences, Space for Sustainability: Science, Technology, Education, and Policy (S²-STEP2025) and the 6th Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC-2025), held synchronously at IIT-Roorkee from March 4-7 reinforced the importance of government initiatives, institutional research, and industry partnerships in shaping India’s space sector. Programs like IN-SPACe, the National Space Policy, and Atmanirbhar Bharat are paving the way for greater private …

The Amazon Future Engineer program, launched in 2021, has successfully trained 3 million government school students and over 20,000 teachers across 272 districts in 8 Indian states.  This was stated at the inaugural edition of Amazon Future Engineer program’s ‘Careers of the Future’ summit held in Delhi on Jan 21. The ‘Careers of the Future’ Summit 2025, brought together key …

Researchers at National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) have developed a new class of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, presenting a promising alternative to cobalt-based designs. This innovation addresses challenges associated with the high cost, scarcity, and environmental concerns of cobalt, a key component in conventional lithium-ion batteries. The research team, led by Dr. Partha Saha, Associate Professor, Ceramic Engineering, includes …

Bengaluru-based biotechnology startup CrisprBits Private Limited has inaugurated a CRISPR gene editing and diagnostics laboratory in Bengaluru. The new facility includes advanced infrastructure laboratory features with dedicated spaces for lyophilization (a process used to keep reagents stable at room temperature), cell and tissue culture, bacterial culture, molecular biology research, and cleanroom operations. Additionally, the laboratory includes a specialized gene editing …