Page 3 - Research And Development

India R&D team plays a key role in development of OnePlus 5G phone

The OnePlus smartphone portfolio will continue to be 'Made in India' including flagship and Nord series, which also includes the upcoming OnePlus Nord 2, says OnePlus India

'We maintain a double-digit growth outlook,' says HCL Tech CEO

HCL Technologies to focus on its Mode-2 and Mode-3 offerings, demand remains robust

BPCL's R&D centre bags 80 patents in 20 years; over 50 more pending

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has bagged as many as 80 national and international patents in the past two decades, and approvals for 53 more filings are pending, for various innovations including the world's cheapest and the fastest crude oil assaying tool BP Marrk. Its research and development (R&D) centre, located at a 68-acre sprawling campus at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, has won 18 patents in the past 12 months alone. BPCL has an annual budget of Rs 80-100 crore for R&D. "Over the past two decades, we have won as many as 80 patents, and 53 more are pending for approvals. Between July last year and now, we have secured 18 patents," Arun Kumar Singh, director (refineries and marketing) at BPCL, told PTI on Sunday. One of the most notable patented innovations of the centre is BPMarrk, which is an intelligent tool for advanced assaying of crude oil that characterises and evaluates the crude at a fraction of the time taken by traditional assaying ...

US House passes bill to boost science research competitiveness with China

The US House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation that would boost scientific research in an effort to make the US more competitive than China.

India's eng, research & development market to reach $63 bn by 2025: Nasscom

India's share in the global engineering and research and development (ER&D) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12-13 per cent to reach USD 63 billion by 2025, according to industry body Nasscom. Speaking at the Nasscom Engineering R&D Showcase 2021 event, Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh noted that the pandemic has altered the way consumers behave, interact with companies, and how businesses interact. Contactless technologies, analytics, software-led systems are changing how products are designed, redesigned, engineered, and consumed, she added. "...this represents a very unique opportunity for the ER&D companies in India that are primarily focusing on product design and innovation to partner with global enterprises and engineer the future, global megatrends like sustainability, create even more opportunities for product redesign and innovation and that is going to be tremendously important for the future of this industry," Ghosh said. She

US Senate eyes R&D Bill to counter China and bolster manufacturing

What started as a pragmatic effort to boost scientific research and development has morphed into a sweeping Senate Bill aimed at making the US more competitive with China and other countries

China's scientific muscle

Its technological advancement will have global implications

Gave some aid for clinical trials of covid vaccines, not R&D: Centre to SC

The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that no governmental aid, assistance or grant was made either for research or development of Covid-19 vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield

Bharat Biotech's Krishna Ella wants maximum price for its vaccine

Says the company would like to recover the costs incurred in clinical trials, and other things and reinvest the money into R&D to be ready for future pandemics

Karnataka govt, Nasscom launch ER&D policy to foster innovation in state

50% rent reimbursement, recruitment assistance and investmengt subsidy on anvil for MNCs looking to establish new R&D facilities or expand existing ones

Research spends have been under pressure as listed companies go slow

Many record zero spending for the latest financial year

FM stresses on more investments in biotech, pharma R&D ahead of budget

Says India has capacity to produce Covid vaccines for itself and other countries

Cut import dependence for special grade steel, boost R&D: Govt to industry

The government on Thursday stressed the need to cut import dependence for special grade steel, exhorting the domestic players to go for research and development activities and take required measures to make India self-reliant in value-added steel production. Union Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste, while speaking at a Ficcci event, said though the country is the second largest producer of crude steel in the world, it is purely dependent on imports for special grade steel. Value added steel or special grade steel is used in segments like power, ship, rail, metro, defence, auto etc. Kulaste asked steel makers to identify those grades of steel which are not manufactured in the country and are widely used and develop them in India. He said the industry players can conduct research and development (R&D) activities, go for transfer of technology or form Joint Venture to set up special grade steel plants in the country. This will help India become 'Aatmanirbhar' in ...

Capgemini to provide app development services to Daimler's R&D facility

Bengaluru-based Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) has selected Capgemini to provide application development and maintenance services, a release said on Wednesday. Under the terms, Capgemini will enable application development and maintenance across all the client's application clusters, including generic, testing and niche technologies, Capegemini said in the release. MBRDI is the largest R&D facility of Daimler outside Germany. The contract was awarded as part of a vendor consolidation exercise in which Capgemini was selected as one of the major partners in the multi-vendor deal for application services, technology and delivery capabilities in business transformation, the release said. "We are delighted to be a lead partner in the digital transformation journey of the captive unit, to transform their (MBRDI) current IT into valuable assets aligned to the business objectives of their headquarters," said Ashwin Yardi, CEO of Capgemini, India and member of the ...

Centre, States will have to increase investment in research: Prez Kovind

The Centre and State governments will have to increase investment in research and innovation, said President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday

Auto sector needs to expand R&D to create indigenise technology: Niti Aayog

Centre's think-tank Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant believes that auto industry needs to ramp up R&D to create indigenise technology.

Covid-19 pandemic led to revival of technology, expertise: Nandan Nilekani

He said that during Covid-19 crisis, digital and medical technologies stood out, which enabled people to work from home, and helped in dealing with the virus by developing better tests, drugs, vaccin

Innovating in pandemic, around a third of companies will have new products

Nearly half of companies surveyed were evaluating acquisitions, says PwC India report

Huawei named world's 6th most innovative company by BCG, jumps 42 spots

Huawei is shifting itself from an Innovation 1.0 Model to Innovation 2.0, driven by new technologies and broadened vision for future

Indian drug makers take a hit on quality compliance, R&D investments

The trend is unlikely to reverse in the near term, say experts