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LET’S CELEBRATE. NARESH —

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Let’s celebrate.

Naresh — Tomorrow is a big day for Team Hillary — folks in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Florida, and North Carolina head to the polls! Want to watch the results come in with other supporters in your community? There’s a results watch party near you: WHAT: Hillary for America Little Super Tuesday NYC Watch Party WHEN: Tuesday, March 15th 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm WHERE: 127 4th Avenue New York, NY 10003 Yes, I’ll be there. I can’t make it, but keep me in the loop!* Tomorrow is the kind of day you’ll want to remember. You should spend it with other members of this team. You’re out there working hard, now get ready to have some fun. RSVP to the results watch party in New York today: Reserve your spot Thanks, Adam Adam Parkhomenko Director of Grassroots Engagement Hillary for America

UK SCIENCE AND INNOVATION NETWORK

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Issue 84  Funding OpportunitiesI Upcoming Events IReports I News from the web Dear Mr Naresh Sagar, Welcome to the March Edition of the UK Science and Innovation Network in India’s Newsletter. In this month’s newsletter you can read on how Lifi can make a big change for India. We would also like to highlight the Antimicrobial Resistance workshop on Hospital Design and Infection control being held in Mumbai. SIN Spotlight Li-Fi brings digital enlightenment to India One of the UK’s brightest (quite literally) and revolutionary technological developments isLight Fidelity or LiFi. Invented by Professor Harald Haas, LiFi has the power to change how we access and transmit data in offices and home around the world. You can read more about Sunil Kumar’s (SIN advisor, Bangalore) visit to Prof. Haas’s lab in the University of Edinburgh last year. One of the many highlights was his demo of an LED carrying gigabytes of data and a solar panel which could not only generate power but also receive data. Read more… Top Stories Opportunities for UK-India collaborations in advanced manufacturing In December, we supported a visit of UK advanced manufacturing experts to Pune and Bengaluru in India. This included Ben Kitcher, who represented the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and the University of Sheffield. Ben wrote an excellent blog(originally on the University of Sheffield website) capturing why this sort of visit is so important in furthering UK-India collaborations in the area of high value manufacturing. Read more… Reports British Deputy High Commission Chandigarh organised a workshop on UK Research Funding Opportunities and Gen UK Programmeon 16th February in Dehradun. The objective of this workshop was to increase the visibility of UK excellence in Education, build new partnerships based on mutual interest and increase the  number of quality applications from Indian research organisations and universities to UK funding sources including Newton-Bhabha funding. The workshop provided a common platform for different stakeholders including UK university, Indian universities, funding bodies of UK and Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology. Kavita Vijh (Newton Fund Strategic Programme Manager (India)) delivered the Newton-Bhabha programme presentation which focused on Research and Innovation for Growth and Prosperity. Please look out for her blog next month with more information on this workshop. Funding Opportunities  Newton Funding Jo Johnson, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, officially announced the expansion of the Newton Fund. It was announced in December 2015 that the Newton Fund will be extended to 2021. * The Newton Fund will be doubled from £75 million per year currently to £150 million per year by 2021. * This means total UK Government investment of £735 million in the Newton Fund since its launch in 2014. Chevening Scholarship Programmes The Chevening Gurukul Fellowship Programme for Leadership and Excellence is the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s flagship fellowship scheme for India and it is aimed at mid-career and high-flying young professionals from diverse backgrounds with a strong and demonstrable leadership potential. Every year twelve selected Gurukul Fellows are offered an intensive, all expenses paid, twelve-week residential course atKing’s College London. Programme commences September 2016,Applications are open from 21 Dec 2015 – 7 Mar 2016 For a full list of funding opportunities, please check out our monthly summary Upcoming Events Workshop on Hospital Design for infection control. 15th March 2016, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai. Glocalising Innovation 18th March 2016 in Coimbatore. If you are planning a visit to India soon check out our top tips for a successful trip. Or check out ourmap of Indian Science & Innovation to plan your itinerary. We’ve also produced a map of the UK if you’re heading in the other direction! News from the web Ministerial appointment: Mark Ian Price Winners of £2 million autonomy and big data funding announced. From Pac-man to developing foreign policy – learning from innovation across sectors. Science and Technology: India Union Budget 2016-17. The UK: your partner for health systems development. How technology is working to support patients and staff in the UK. Cloud Computing Would be a Solution for BIG Data Problem. India Scientists Develop Breakthrough Dengue Drug. India, Cambridge sign MoU on crop science SIN India Team News Our SINners have been very busy with business planning and staff changes. The new financial year looks promising with new project activities and events which only means we will bring you more interesting blogs to read! Thank you for your continued interest in our work. Thanks for reading! Sarah, Murtaza, Swati, Rita,Kavita,Sunil,Pradeepand Supri, The UK Science & Innovation Team in India Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe now to get next month’s edition direct! In the meantime, stay connected…             For press related queries, please contact : Sakthy Edamaruku , Press and Communications, New Delhi, T: +91 24192473 Email:  Sakthy.Edamaruku@fco.gov.uk Copyright © 2016. All Rights Reserved.

THE MEDIA FOUNDATION

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THE MEDIA FOUNDATION

Cordially invites you to the

B. G. Verghese Memorial Lecture on 

The Environment for India’s Environment

Delivered by former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh

India International Centre Auditorium (Main)

Thursday March 17, 2016, 06.00 pm

The lecture will be followed by a brief panel discussion on the topic.

Discussants

Darryl D’Monte, Chairperson, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India 

Bahar Dutt, Award-winning journalist and Author  

Shibani Ghosh, Environment Lawyer and Fellow, Centre for Policy Research.

The lecture will be preceded by the presentation of the Chameli Devi Jain

Award for an Outstanding Woman Journalist 2015-16.