Unilever opens AI-powered fragrance R&D centre at IIT Bombay under €100 million planUnilever is launching a new fragrance research center at IIT Bombay. This is part of a major global investment using artificial intelligenc...
02 Jun, 2026, 10.52 AM IST
Is it 'omelette or omelet'? Pune tech entrepreneur's cheeky post has the internet laughing out loudA simple spelling correction of 'omelette' online sparked a viral conversation. The exchange celebrated Indian English, which blends influe...
23 Apr, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
IIT-Bombay to go completely online next semester, other IITS likely to follow suitThe decision, the first by any IIT, followed deliberations that went on till late night Wednesday.
25 Jun, 2020, 01.40 PM IST
Snowfall may be key to why some Himalayan glaciers aren’t meltingGlobal warming is shrinking glaciers across the world, whether in the Alps or the Himalayas. Except in one spot: the Karokaram mountain ran...
21 Feb, 2020, 04.30 AM IST
Health-tech startup Arvi launches at-home medical alert system for senior citizensArvi installs a smart medical alert system with ‘push buttons’ at all critical locations of the house.
13 Dec, 2019, 01.52 PM IST
Miko expects to expand sales of its emotive robots in USEarlier this year, Miko (a Mumbai-based startup that makes emotive robots) had raised a Rs 53 crore Series A round of funding led by Chirat...
30 Oct, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
Government plans to make BIS hallmarking mandatory for gold jewelleryThe Centre plans to notify the new regulation in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a week’s time, said Anantha Padmanabhan, chairman, A...
23 Aug, 2019, 03.03 PM IST
Robot maker Miko raises 53 cr in Series A investmentThe company will use the fresh round of funding for market expansion in North America, UK and the Middle East.
13 Aug, 2019, 07.40 PM IST
IITs crucial for making India world education leader: MinisterPokhriyal said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the goal of establishing India as the world leader in education by 2024.
10 Aug, 2019, 06.08 PM IST
Indian and Russian scientists make pathbreaking discovery in mining industryAbout 95 million years ago, there was a shallow warm sea at the territory of the Bakchar ironstone deposit (in the Tomsk oblast, Russia).
24 Dec, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
Automakers should increase use of galvanised steel: StudyAbout 500 cars between five and 10 year old across hatchback and sedan segments and based on average Indian family usage were used for the ...
04 Dec, 2018, 05.52 PM IST
Twitter appoints IIT-Bombay alumnus Parag Agrawal as new CTOThe appointment of Agrawal, who completed his PhD in computer science from Stanford University in 2011, was announced internally in October...
09 Mar, 2018, 02.04 PM IST
IIT-B adds another feather in its cap with launch of PRATHAMStarted in 2008 by Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay and Shashank Tamaskar, then third year students of Aerospace Engineering course, the project too...
27 Sep, 2016, 04.06 PM IST
TCS BPO head Abid Ali Neemuchwala quitsHe is still serving the notice period. US-based Neemuchwala had not responded to an email requesting his comment as of press time on Monday.
03 Feb, 2015, 05.04 AM IST
Bridge the gap between expectation and funding for early stage startupsTermSheet has 100 investors registered. It has closed one deal and has 20 in the pipeline. It operates in the range of Rs65 lakh to Rs6 cro...
30 Dec, 2014, 04.04 AM IST
- Bombay IIT joins foreign varsities to set up research centre
IIT-Bombay has joined a consortium of foreign universities for setting up a research centre in New York which would work to solve complex u...
24 Aug, 2012, 05.14 PM IST
- After JEE, now clear Eng test to study at IIT-B
For engineering aspirants who head to the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay will now have to take a test in English proficiency even be...
06 Jun, 2011, 10.41 AM IST