NITI Aayog gets two new full-time membersThis takes the total number of members in the Aayog to seven, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month restructured the institution wi...
03 May, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
Who are R Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya, new NITI Aayog members?The Centre has appointed R Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya as full-time members of NITI Aayog, taking the total number of such members to s...
02 May, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
Balasubramaniam, Joram Aniya to be new full-time members of Niti AayogPrime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the appointment of R Balasubramaniam and Joram Aniya as full-time members of NITI Aayog, accordin...
02 May, 2026, 10.48 PM IST
Govt reconstitutes NITI Aayog, appoints new vice chairman; membersThe government has reconstituted NITI Aayog with five new members and Ashok Lahiri as Vice Chairman. Rajiv Gauba, Prof. K. V. Raju, Prof. G...
25 Apr, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
PM Modi to launch Rs 1 lakh crore fund to boost private sector R&D in AI, deeptechPM Narendra Modi is set to launch a Rs 1 lakh crore Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) scheme on November 3 to build a strong, pri...
02 Nov, 2025, 06.58 PM IST
Govt eyes November debut of 1 lakh crore RDI Fund to push innovationThe government is finalising the modalities of the Rs 1 lakh crore Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund announced in the budget t...
24 Sep, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Missing the data bus? India must act fast, urges top statisticianRajeeva Laxman Karandikar advocates for enhanced data-sharing between Indian institutions and the government to improve economic indicator ...
18 Jul, 2025, 09.47 AM IST
Govt to launch PAIR programme to boost research in higher education institutionsThe government is launching the PAIR programme to boost research in higher education institutions by linking top-tier research institutions...
10 Sep, 2024, 09.08 PM IST
India needs to enhance quality workforce and investment in R&D to achieve goal of developed nation status, says officialIndia aims to become a developed nation by 2047, and to achieve this, it needs to increase its quality workforce and investment in R&D in s...
15 Jan, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
Private surveys need to share method, says NSC Chief"As of now, no private agency is required to give any detail on how they collected the data, what they did for processing the same, when wa...
22 May, 2023, 12.15 AM IST
IndiGo cofounder Rakesh Gangwal donates ₹100 crore to IIT-KanpurThe medical sciences and technology school will incorporate engineering research in the medical sciences field and requires ₹600 crore as i...
05 Apr, 2022, 08.20 AM IST
IIT Kanpur starts department of sustainable energy engineeringThe new department aims to develop academic programmes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Karandikar said that the new departme...
07 Dec, 2020, 09.41 PM IST
Cosmos-Maya appoints Priti Karandikar as head of New BusinessesBased in Mumbai, Priti Karandikar will report in to Anish Mehta, CEO Cosmos-Maya. The appointment is in line with the company’s expansion p...
07 Feb, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
5G trials hit DoT hurdle, may now start by year-endHowever, the department is yet to take a decision on allowing China’s Huawei and ZTE to participate in the trials.
25 Mar, 2019, 07.09 AM IST
5G field trials likely by year-end, deployments by mid-2020: Panel chiefThe much-anticipated 5G field trials have hit the policy roadblock with the DoT wireless planning and coordination wing averse to allocatin...
23 Mar, 2019, 03.20 PM IST
Abhay Karandikar takes charge as director of IIT KanpurKarandikar will be replacing Manindra Agrawal, who will be taking on the role of a deputy director at the institute.
18 Apr, 2018, 08.33 PM IST
IIT-B to start a company to run research parkSeveral top companies have expressed interest in the project, prompting the institute to look into the possibility of interim accommodation.
09 Jun, 2015, 04.00 AM IST