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How India is leading in digital transformation?

Published October 26, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi

The Covid-19 induced lockdown in India has accelerated digital transformation and ensured business continuity. India is now the second-fastest digitizing economy and is increasingly recognized as a global force. Enabled by massive investment in new...

From Circular Economy to Polar Science | From Intellectual property rights to Innovation Policy – India and Sweden continue to join forces

Published October 9, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi

The COVID-19 crisis hit the innovation landscape at a time when innovation was flourishing. Despite the adverse effects the pandemic is having on global economies, the crisis has already catalysed innovation in many new and traditional sectors,...

Did you know that India is the third largest FinTech market worldwide?

Published September 25, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi

India is one of the fastest growing fintech markets globally. Although nascent, estimates show that India is already the third largest center for fintech. [1] It is at the same time a market with huge, untapped potential. Nearly 1.5 billion payment...

10 years old Indian kids to learn coding at school – Reflections from India’s new National Education Policy

Published September 11, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi

Even though much has changed in India, school kids learn from the same books that were used for teaching 10 years ago. The Indian education system promotes rote learning, and this promotes conformism rather than curiosity in children. Clearly,...

What have vector-borne diseases to do with Covid-19 and urban planning?

Published August 28, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in Coronavirus

For this week’s blog post we conducted an interview with the Swedish researcher Dr Johanna Lindahl. Johanna is an Assistant Professor in veterinary epidemiology at both Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and...

The power of a billion | India’s Genome Project and Future of Precision medicine

Published June 16, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in New Delhi

What if you were prescribed treatment based on your genetic makeup, environment and lifestyle? This is already a reality and the practice is called precision medicine or personalized medicine. Essentially, this means your genes determine the...

Giving wings to talent – how IIT Bombay is supporting made-in-India Covid-19 solutions

Published May 29, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in Coronavirus

The outbreak of Covid-19 has affected every sector in society and the way of battling the virus varies between governments, industries and academia. What everyone seems to agree upon is the need to support R&D initiatives - nationally and...