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| India may soon adopt law to commercialise innovations | 21-NOV-09 |
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| India may adopt a law soon to commercialise innovations if the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission are implemented. “An Act similar to the Bayh-Dole Act or the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act in the US would make this possible,” said Somenath Ghosh, chairman & managing director, National Research Development Corporation. |
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| India Eco Summit: 'Affordable innovation needed' | 11-NOV-09 |
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| “The three pillars of social inclusion are telecom, knowledge and innovation. Scalable regional innovations and national and international innovations are required to create a sustainable model for India, as we have the human talent to address the problems of the poor across the world,” said Sam Pitroda, Adviser to Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, at a session on innovation on Tuesday. |
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| 'Innovations are game-changers' | 10-NOV-09 |
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| Innovation should be something that satisfies two basic criteria – fulfil a basic need and should be replicable at economically viable cost, according to KV Kamath, chairman of ICICI Bank Limited. |
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| Financial innovation, ICT can turn around higher education sector: Ficci | 07-NOV-09 |
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| Financial innovation, innovative use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), reinvigorating research, thrust on vocational education and training (VET) and a regulatory framework comprise the five critical areas that can prove to be ‘game changers’ for the higher education sector, suggests a new report on higher education by Ficci and Ernst & Young. |
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| Innovation fund raises Rs 40 cr in first tranche | 06-NOV-09 |
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| The India Innovation Fund (IIF) — set up in January 2008 — promoted by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) and ICICI Knowledge Park, has achieved its first closing corpus of Rs 40 crore. This will be scaled up to Rs 100 crore. |
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| The Strategist Quiz (#092) | 03-NOV-09 |
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| Which company or brand publishes a bi-annual magazine titled Innovation? This company is looked upon as one of the most innovative in its business. |
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| Tata BP Solar wins the Golden Peacock Award for Innovation 2009 | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Tata BP Solar, a pioneer and market leader in the solar energy industry in India, has received the “Golden Peacock Award 2009 for Innovation” for the path-breaking solutions devised by it in the delivery of solar home lighting systems in rural areas in north India. The award, instituted by the Institute of Directors, was received by Mr Tom Prescott from BP at a ceremony held in London recently. |
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| Obama appoints Indian-American to key post | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Indian-American Suresh Kumar, who served as a special adviser to the Clinton foundation and was a news anchor in India from 1970 to 1985, has been appointed to a key administration post by President Barack Obama. |
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| HCL Tech bags 'Golden Peacock' award | 22-OCT-09 |
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| HCL Technologies, an IT services provider, has been conferred 'Golden Peacock Innovation' award for its MTaaS (a business service management centric service delivery platform) offering in the IT sector category. |
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| $150-million cleantech fund on the anvil | 16-OCT-09 |
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| The growing investor interest in clean technology is set to deepen with the launch of a new fund. The Prithvi Sustainability Innovation and Technology Fund will invest in clean technology, renewable energy and sustainability sectors after it ties up commitments worth $150 million (Rs 697 crore) by January next year, according to Shankar Rele, partner and advisor with the fund and chief executive officer of investment advisory ICEStartups.com. |
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