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WIN-COEs to accelerate commercialization of acadedmic innovations

Hyderabad, June 11 (UNI) The Wadhwani Foundation, a high-growth tech organization dedicated to social good, on Tuesday, announced it has signed MoUs with AICTE, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, IISc Bangalore, and C-CAMP to establish Wadhwani Innovation Network Centers of Excellence (WIN-COEs) to accelerate the commercialization of academic innovations.
This partnership aims to transform academic and laboratory research by Indian faculty, students, and researchers into real-world applications that can be sold, used, or implemented in various industries, thus creating long-term economic value, and benefiting society, the foundation said in a release.
Currently, less than 1 percent of higher education institutes in India are engaged in research. Their participation in India’s Gross Expenditure in Research and Experimental Development (GERD) is just 9 percent.
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Heritage Foods consolidated net profit rises 60 pc yoy to INR 431 Mn

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ED attaches Rs 1 26 cr properties of TN Min under PMLA in DA case

23 Jan 2025 | 9:02 PM

Chennai, Jan 23 (UNI) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chennai Zonal Office on Thursday
evening provisionally attached immovable properties valued at Rs 1.26 crore located in Thoothukudi,
Madurai and Chennai under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002
belonging to Tamil Nadu Minister for Fisheries, Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry and
others, involved in the offence of Money Laundering.

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Iron age began from Tamil landscape, tech to extract iron from ore introduced 5,300 yrs ago : Stalin

23 Jan 2025 | 8:53 PM

Chennai, Jan 23 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday declared that the iron age began from the Tamil lanscape and cited the research findings validated by various national and world research labs to declare this historic announcement to the world.

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Telangana: Student’s suicide attempt over harassment sparks inquiry

23 Jan 2025 | 8:38 PM

Hyderabad, Jan 23 (UNI) In a tragic incident, a student named Gadda Lavanya from Mahatma Jyothibapule BC Residential School in Charla Patelguda attempted suicide on November nine, 2024, allegedly due to harassment by school teachers.

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TN: DRI seizes 12 kg hashish meant for smuggling to Maldives, 4 held

23 Jan 2025 | 8:35 PM

Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu), Jan 23 (UNI) Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 12 kg of hashish meant for smuggling to Maldives and arrested four persons, including a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel from Thoothukudi old port.

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