For the greatest benefit of humankind Published September 27, 2019 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi The Nobel Prize signifies humankind’s aspiration for development and advancement – with the purpose of making the world a better place. This year’s Nobel Prize series in India between the 11th-13th of September focused on the initiatory stage...
Engaging with India’s Higher Education sector – the Nordic way Published September 11, 2019 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi India’s draft New Education Policy (NEP) demonstrates a strong urge to revitalize and strengthen its institutions for higher education and innovation. The objective of the NEP is to create world-class multidisciplinary institutions across India...
India’s Innovation hotspot | Bengaluru Published August 28, 2019 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi Last month, we took part in the global launch of this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII) that was held in New Delhi. India has improved its innovation ranking from 29 spots in last five years from 81st position in 2014 to 52nd position in 2019....
Photo: Ola Ericson, imagebank.sweden.se The Bumblebee Nation Published June 20, 2019 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi International experts meet the Swedish innovation ecosystem It has a burly body with tiny wings... and yet it flies. Sweden can be compared to a bumblebee, seeming to defy the laws of economic gravity. High wages, strong unions, generous...
Learning innovation from Sweden! Published June 4, 2019 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi Today’s blog post is excerpts from Dr Premnath Venugopalan’s acccount of his reflections from Sweden. He recently visited Sweden as a part of the Incubators’ delegation led by BIRAC and supported by VINNOVA. The India Incubators...
AlbaNova Laser Laboratory. Photo: Melker Dahlstrand. Imagebank Sweden. Tinkering time! Published May 16, 2019 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi How Government of India is promoting creative learning and digital literacy in schools The Government of India has recognized the need for encouraging innovation at an early stage in schools and colleges and supporting them with various schemes...
Secretary Prof. Ashutosh Sharma’s visit heralds new Sweden-India research and innovation initiatives Published May 6, 2019 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi Within a span of a few weeks, Sweden and India relations in Science and Innovation received a new impetus by a number of high profile visits and events! JCM meeting in Stockholm On 3rd May, I attended the 6th Indo-Swedish Joint Committee...
