8 Nov

Edinburgh at the UK-India Tech Summit

By Professor Charlie Jeffery, Senior Vice Principal, University of Edinburgh  We are now at the UK-India Tech Summit in Delhi where we are exhibiting University of Edinburgh  technologies in Li-Fi and robotics. Our robotician-in-chief Prof Sethu Vijayakumar even had the...
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8 Mar

Edinburgh to seek stronger ties with JNU

By Professor Wilfried Swenden – Senior Lecturer in Politics – School of Social and Political Science; Co-Director – Centre of South Asian Studies Territoriality, citizenship, migration and global governance provided the main points of focus for an interdisciplinary workshop at  Jawaharlal...
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29 Feb

India and Edinburgh – a shared genetic research future?

By Prof Bruce Whitelaw, The Roslin Institute, the University of Edinburgh Following my participation in the excellent brain-storming workshop on Transgenic Livestock, in Bengaluru, organised by the Indian Government’s Department of Biotechnology’s (DBT) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research...
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26 Feb

Edinburgh’s alumni in India

By Rachelle Norry, Head of Alumni Engagement, the University of Edinburgh ‘Amazing’, ‘life-changing’ and ‘inspirational’ are just some of the words alumni I have met over the past few days have used to describe their time at Edinburgh.  With around 1300 graduates...
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25 Feb

Indian reminders of life’s fundamentals

By Catriona McCarthy – Deputy Director, International Office “Never stop thinking out of the box”. It’s a well known phrase but over the last few days in India, I’m reminded of why it’s so important. On Monday evening, an audience of...
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25 Feb

Farm animal health crucial for India

By Professor Neil Sargison – Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, the University of Edinburgh The health of sheep and goats in India is crucial to the lives of thousands of farmers across the Country. I have been in India...
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25 Feb

Transgenic livestock – India’s future?

By Prof Bruce Whitelaw, Animal Biotechnology, The Roslin Institute, the University of Edinburgh   On this trip to exciting India I have participated in a very interesting brain-storming workshop on transgenic livestock, in Bengaluru, organised by the Indian Government’s Department of Biotechnology’s...
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22 Feb

Solar power in film-focus

By Dr Jamie Cross, School of Social and Political Science I’m with a three-man film crew, driving in a taxi at high speed from the humid coastal plains of Visakhapatnam to the cool hills of Koraput in the highlands of...
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18 Feb

Focusing on inequalities in health and more…

By Professor Roger Jeffery – School of Social and Political Science I’m sitting in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) as a visiting professor for a couple of weeks. My main reason for being here – to take forward activities under an...
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18 Feb

Technology and creativity – unboxed!

By Catriona McCarthy – Deputy Director, International Office “Never stop thinking out of the box”. It’s a well-known phrase but over the last few days in India, I’m reminded of why it’s so important. On Monday evening, an audience of...
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