- SIST plans to be ‘hitech
engineering’ college
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20050716025403&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0
Saturday July 16 2005 13:15 IST
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology
(SIST) at Vellanad near here is proposed to be developed into a
‘hitech engineering’ college in the state offering new
generation courses such as mechatronics and robotics, bionics engineering,
biotechnology, polymer engineering, aerospace engineering, space
science and technology, power and energy engineering and software
engineering.
The institution is also planning to set up a research and development
centre and a production centre.
SIST is the only engineering college run by serving and retired
engineers of leading research and development organisations like
VSSC. SIST has been set up by the Space Engineers’ Welfare
Society (SEWELS), a registered society of serving and retired scientists
and engineers of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with
the approval of the Government of Kerala.
- UK technology has great potential,
says Deloitte
Rich innovation and strong science give country a great chance to
lead
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2139871/uk-tech-great-potential
15 Jul 2005
The UK has the potential to be a top technology nation, according
to a report from consultancy Deloitte.
But international competition from China and India is increasing
and the UK cannot afford to miss the next wave of emerging technologies
and must work hard to nurture tomorrow’s technology leaders,
the report says.
‘The question for the UK is how it can exploit what is currently
a relatively advantageous position,’ says William Touche, a
technology partner at Deloitte.
‘We have a strong science base, good innovations in a number
of important areas, a strong economy and a leading financial market.
[But] the IT sector is maturing and consolidating fast,’ he
said.
The report, based on research carried out with over 50 of the country’s
leading technology influencers, identifies a number of key stakeholders
who must work together better, including government, education and
the financial sector, it says.
Lord Sainsbury, the under secretary of state for science, welcomed
the report, and promised that the UK government believed that science,
technology and innovation are of critical importance to the future
of UK industry.
‘The government must create the conditions in which innovation
can flourish, and this report contains a number of ideas which will
help us take the innovation agenda forward,’ he said.
- US technology, Indian science
INDRANI BAGCHI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1174030.cms
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005 01:15:31
PM ]
WASHINGTON: In the 1950s it was a strategic partnership between
India and American, British and German universities that created
the IITs.
Decades later these institutes of excellence are among India's more
valued assets. Later this week, India and the US hope to kick off
the second generation of revolution in India's science education.
The objective this time is to upgrade the quality of science education
in India by exposing Indian science students to the brains of top-class
US professors and Nobel laureates.
A clutch of top US universities, including Stanford and Carnegie
Mellon will enter into a unique agreement with India. At a meeting
in Washington on Wednesday, they will open the way for top class
physics and other pure science professors to give lectures to Indian
students in Indian institutes.
- India, US sign pact on science
and technology
http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13898349
Monday, 18 July, 2005
Washington: India and the US on Monday signed a series of agreements,
including in the field of energy, science and technology, enhancement
of economic dialogue and global democracy initiatives.
The agreements were signed after the talks between Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and US President George W Bush.
The pact on science and technology is aimed at promoting technological
and scientific cooperation in areas of mutual benefit.
The pact for the first time establishes intellectual property right
protocols and other provisions necessary to conduct active collaborative
research.
The agreement will accelerate cooperation between Indian and US
scientists in government agencies, private sector and academia in
areas like basic sciences, space, energy, nano-technology, health
and information technology.
This would advance scientific understanding and benefit of the peoples
of the two countries, an official spokesman said.
The scientific and economic links between New Delhi and Washington
have remained strong since the early 1960s, first in agriculture,
and then spreading into a broad range of areas involving most of
the US government technical agencies.
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