Decreasing gap between knowledge and society can make India world leader in S&T: Raghavan"Human interventions into science and technology have deep-rooted impacts, and the current need is to become a more learning-based self-sus...
02 Mar, 2021, 02.50 PM IST
Cisco along with govt launches competition to attract agri-tech startupsWith a prize purse of Rs 2 crore, the challenge will run in stages over 12 months.
18 Dec, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
Expert group preparing health system for Covid vaccine distribution, administration: PSAPrincipal Scientific Adviser K VijayRaghavan stressed that the COVID 19 pandemic has stimulated extraordinary collaboration between researc...
28 Nov, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
Israel, India conducting trials for 4 technologies with potential to detect COVID in about 30 secsIsraeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka on Friday visited the special testing site created at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital to witn...
31 Jul, 2020, 07.20 PM IST
No compromise on rigorous evaluation for vaccine candidates: Scientific Advisor VijayRaghavanPhase 1 of the human trial of any vaccine usually takes 28 days and that is followed by two other phases, VijayRaghavan said while addressi...
10 Jul, 2020, 09.18 PM IST
30 groups in India trying to develop coronavirus vaccines, many working at good pace: PSA VijayRaghavan"About 30 groups in India, big industry to individual academics are trying to develop vaccines to fight COVID-19 of which 20 are keeping a ...
28 May, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
Vaccine in a year feasible, but access, distribution to take time: PSAIn India, one of the largest manufacturers of vaccines, over 30 attempts are going on at vaccine companies, and through a partnership betwe...
11 May, 2020, 12.43 AM IST
Govt's Principal Scientific Advisor pitches for substantial testing, digital contact tracingDelivering an address in an online conference on 'Combating COVID-19 --Biotech to the Rescue' organised by Bennett University, K VijayRagha...
17 Apr, 2020, 11.12 AM IST
Amitabh Kant discusses transportation of essential goods with e-commerce, logistics firmsAbhiraj Bahl of UrbanClap, Pradeep Parmaweswaram of Uber India, Punnet Bhirani of Ola were the key participants among half a dozen players ...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.57 AM IST
Government reaches out to IT majors for health worker training“There is an increasing need to not only leverage smartphones but also feature phones in accelerating the process of contact tracing and id...
02 Apr, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
You must have the chance to study science in your own language: Principal Scientific Adviser K VijayRaghavanPrincipal Scientific Adviser K VijayRaghavan has been a vocal champion of studying science and communicating it in regional languages. Your...
16 Nov, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Just opposing DNA profiling not correct: K Vijay Raghavan, Principal scientific advisor to govtPrevious PSA and advisory bodies would collate what was happening, distill it and give advice to the government, said VijayRaghavan.
19 Sep, 2018, 09.14 AM IST
We need a coffee shop where basic and applied science meet: K VijayRaghavanThe only route open to our trained students/researchers is to become a professor. There could be exciting opportunities in the industry and...
25 Aug, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
Drug discovery, vaccines to get a biotech boost soonDBT invested close to Rs 6.7 crore as seed funding in India-focussed biotech startups and to tackle the issue of anti-microbial resistance ...
06 Jun, 2016, 10.22 PM IST
Private Secretary to Narendra Modi promoted to the rank of Joint SecretarySenior Indian Foreign Service officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla, who is Private Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, was promoted to the ra...
31 Aug, 2015, 07.17 PM IST
K Vijayraghavan to hold additional charge of Secretary, DSIRAn order issued by DoPT said that Vijayraghavan will hold the additional charge for three months beyond July 31, 2015 or until the appointm...
27 Jul, 2015, 06.59 PM IST
- Roddam, Yash Pal, Ashoke Sen among Padma awardees
Noted science educator Yash Pal and aerospace scientist Roddam Narsimha were today selected for Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highe...
25 Jan, 2013, 10.36 PM IST