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Business Standard
23-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Imperial College Bengaluru welcomes Imperial College London new initiative Imperial Global India
VMPL New Delhi [India], May 23: Imperial College, London, one of the top universities in the world with QS global ranking number 2, launched its Imperial Global India international science hub in Bengaluru to expand its scientific, innovation, and education partnership with India. The hub is expected to promote collaborations with Indian institutes and the university in emerging technologies like telecommunications, critical minerals, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, health tech, clean tech, biotechnology, and advanced materials. Professor Hugh Brady, president of Imperial College, said the university looked for areas around the world where they had the greatest density of collaboration and "that are like-minded in terms of their ambition around research and innovation and that very much feel home away from home." Dr. Hari Krishna Maram, Founder Chairman Imperial College Bengaluru had a great interaction with Professor Hugh Brady, president of Imperial College London for a possible collaboration in AI Research and Development stating our ambition with Imperial Global India is strengthen and expand our academic, industrial and innovation partnerships, and to showcase the world-class impact that UK-India science and innovation can have on shared global challenges. Together we will use science for humanity to create a more resilient world. Professor Hugh Brady, president of Imperial College London wished a great success of Imperial College Bengaluru on their 19th Anniversary. "Imperial college Bengaluru" was established in 2007 by the alumni of ISB, a distinguished educationalist and visionary with a single-minded approach to professionalize the mainstream education and bring the corporate closer to academics. Starting from a finishing school it has grown to be a conglomerate of several divisions serving the need of students as well as professionals looking out for a successful career ahead. The focus of Imperial College Bengaluru is to bring innovative methods. Imparting high quality management education and creating a pool of world class managerial talent were the key objectives of our founders when they established the Imperial College. Moving ahead with that vision we have been successful imbibing the right tenets in our students enabling them in our successful change agents. We feel a profound sense of responsibility for continuing Imperial College of Bengaluru proud legacy of groundbreaking ideas and transformational educational experiences and to be building on the strong foundation. We recognize that we stand at a unique moment in time, and we are energized by the challenges that lie ahead. With business education at an inflection point, we must strive to equip future leaders with the competence and character to address emerging global business and social challenges. At Imperial we believe the role of business is to advance society, creating new wealth and economic opportunity for all people, in developing regions as well as the developed economies. In our research and teaching, we are educating the next generation of leaders with the firm conviction that business can and must be a force for good in the world. Discipline, Dedication and Determination are our Core Values. Dr. Hari Krishna Maram, Digital Brand Ambassador and Chairman of Vision Digital India & Founder Chairman Imperial College Bengaluru and Vice Chancellor Global Digital University USA, Founder Chairman Global Economic Forum and Building World's First AI Technology Digital University Delivering in 50 +Global Languages. Dr. Maram's work in the field of Management and Management Education spans over 28 years. Worked decade in leading MNC Novartis Global Pharma. He has an illustrious career in education and has served as the Governing Council Member at AIMA (All India Management Association), Managing Committee Member CII, Chairperson - International Facility Management Association (IFMA), Vice President at AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools). Additionally, he was Honorable Secretary-BMA (Bangalore Management Association), Treasurer-Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI) South India, Executive Board Member at NIPM, President Lead India Foundation USA, Served in Lions International 20 Years in Different Capacity instrumental in building Lions Super Speciality Hospital of 7 Crore and Chairperson Higher Education Forum -Karnataka. His efforts in management education have been recognized on numerous occasions by the Government of India. He is also a part of the UGC Committee. Besides being an excellent academician and educationist, Dr Maram is involved with many CSR activities. He is the District Chairman of Lion's International and Trustee of Lions Super Speciality Eye Hospital & Lions District Service Foundation. Additionally, he is the Chief Mentor of the great initiative "Bangalore Green" which aims at environmental conservation in Bangalore. Throughout his lifetime, he has received various awards like Prestigious Knighthood Award from UK, Global Icon from UK Parliament, Highest Honour from Egypt and Turkey Government, MTC Global Top 10 Thinkers, Forbes Magazine Listed, Most Admired Global Indian Award at California USA , Highest Honour From SriLanka Government, International Leadership Award from Institute of Economic Studies,Medal of Honour from Education Post, "Ramaswamy P Aiyar Best Young Teacher" Award by AIMS, "J L Batra Best Research Paper" Award, "Education Evangelist of India" Award, Lions International President's Medal, Karmavira Chakra Award, "Medal of Honour" from CIAC Global & The Education, 50 Most Admired Global Indian award from Passion Vista Magazine, Sunfo High appreciation award from Srilanka, International Leadership Innovations Excellence Award from Indo-Srilanka Economic Summit, SHIKSHA RATTAN award from Institute of Economic Studies, International Icon Award from International Economic Summit @ Thailand, Global CIO Award by Global CIO Forum , Gem of India Award Cambridge School , World Peace Award Yogamata Foundation, Dr APJ Kalam Award from Maharashtra Governor , Peace Ambassador Award Global Peace Foundation Malaysia, Skoch Group Order of Merit Award , 28 COE Global Award at Dubai, Zee Media Group Academic Leadership Award , Business Excellence Award from Afghan Embassy and many more ..... Created 3 World Book of Records London in 2 years span, Guinness World Record, Asia Book of Record. As a Chief Guest, Guest of Honour, Keynote Speaker in more than 800 conferences national and International. Written articles, Research Papers more than 100. Research Guide for more than 4 leading Universities and Guided 15 Research students. Awarded 2 Academic, 2 Honorary Doctorate along with 1 academic and 1 Honorary from leading Universities. Studied from top Institution like ISB Hyderabad, Oxford University. Traveled more than 100 countries. Professor Hugh Brady, president of Imperial College London is a graduate of UCD, trained in general medicine and nephrology, and was awarded PhD and MD degrees for research in renal physiology and molecular medicine, respectively. His academic career as a physician-scientist included positions at Harvard Medical School, the University of Toronto and UCD. He is an international authority on the pathogenesis of renal inflammation and diabetic kidney disease. Professor Brady is a recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Science from the Queen's University Belfast, Honorary Fellowships from the Royal College of Anaesthetists in Ireland and Royal College of Physicians London, and the Robert Menzies Medal from the University of Melbourne. Professor Brady is a member of the Royal College of Art's Council, and the League of European Research Universities (LERU) Rectors' Assembly. He was non-executive director of Kerry Group plc from 2014 to 2024 and non-executive director of ICON plc from 2014 to 2022. He chaired Ireland's Public Health Reform Expert Advisory Group and served as a member of Ireland's Higher Education Authority.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
UK-India must co-create technologies that empower the globe: Narayana Murthy
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy has said science and innovation must be the cornerstone of the bilateral relationship between India and the United Kingdom. The two countries, he said, were bound not just by a shared history, but by a shared future - a future rooted in curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. 'As we look towards 2040, it becomes clear that science and innovation must be the cornerstone of our bilateral relationship, and a beacon for building global resilience ,' the Infosys founder said, speaking at the opening of the Imperial Global India, the Imperial College 's India hub in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Murthy urged the two countries to aim high. 'Let us establish UK-India innovation corridors led by Imperial College through seamless networks of startups, universities, research institutions and industries working together across borders. Let us co-create technologies that empower the globe, while upholding ethics, equity, and sustainability.' Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo The Infosys founder said unprecedented grand challenges – potable water, clean air, education, renewable energy, healthcare, including vaccines for dengue and chikungunya, inexpensive but robust infrastructure, climate change, pandemics, food insecurity and digital divide confront the world today. 'These are not the problems of any one nation. They are the problems of our world. And to solve them, we must move beyond transactional partnerships to transformative ones,' he added. 'Just the names of Isaac Newton, James Maxwell, Alan Turing and Adam Smith tell us that the UK's contribution to cutting-edge research has always been at the top. The UK continues to nurture world-famous research institutions, cutting-edge ideas in climate change, AI and computing, biotech ecosystem, healthcare, leading-edge ideas and a culture of innovation. The Imperial College, ranked second in the world among STEM education and research institutions, is aspirational for every Indian researcher pursuing STEM subjects,' Murthy said. Live Events 'On the other hand, India contributes vast talent with much hunger for learning, frugal innovation, a successful digital economy and thriving AI applications. Together, we form a powerhouse capable of driving breakthroughs that serve not only our nations, but the entire globe.' Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories Our convergence in science and innovation, Murthy added, was not just about discovery. 'It is about resilience. It is about ensuring that future generations inherit a world that is healthier, smarter, and more sustainable….The journey to 2040 starts now.'
New Indian Express
22-05-2025
- Science
- New Indian Express
Imperial College London opens science hub in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: One of the world's top-ranked universities, Imperial College London, launched a science and innovation hub in Bengaluru on Wednesday to deepen its collaborations with Indian institutions, scientists and industry leaders. Named Imperial Global India, the hub aims to co-create cutting-edge research and technology solutions with Indian partners, focusing on urgent global challenges such as climate change, antimicrobial resistance, food and water security, and sustainable energy. Speaking at the launch held at the Science Gallery in Bengaluru, Imperial President Prof Hugh Brady said the hub will support flagship initiatives such as collaborative PhD programmes, fellowships, scholarships and long-term research partnerships across areas like quantum science, AI, biotech and advanced materials.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Imperial College London sets up New Science Hub in Bengaluru to Bolster India-UK Research Ties
Imperial College London , on Wednesday, launched a new science hub in Bengaluru to scale up collaborative research with Indian partners in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), climate change and sustainability, food and water security, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Imperial Global India aims to serve as a bridge between Imperial and Indian universities, research institutions, policymakers, and industry. The hub will be led by earth scientist Sanjeev Gupta and biomaterials researcher Elena Dieckmann. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This might be relevant for you Undo The hub will be a platform to rapidly develop and scale groundbreaking ideas into real-world technologies and applications, said Dieckmann. 'Our new science hub, Imperial Global India, will forge and strengthen links between Imperial and partners in India,' said Hugh Brady, president of Imperial College London. 'Through the hub we will support several flagship programmes including research projects, long-term collaborations, student scholarships, collaborative PhD programmes and fellowships in areas such as telecom, critical minerals, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum, biotechnology and health tech, and advanced materials.' Live Events Among the first initiatives announced under the new hub is the India Connect Fund, which will support up to 25 joint research projects every year between Imperial and its partners in India in areas such as AI, quantum science, biotech, and clean energy. Imperial has also rolled out its largest-ever scholarship programme for Indian scientists — the Future Leaders Scholarship, which will benefit 75 STEMB (science, technology, engineering, medicine, and business) students over the next five years. Other collaborations include six new Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Global Faculty Fellowships with the National Centre for Biological Sciences and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to develop a London-Bengaluru AI in Science Network. Additionally, a new collaborative PhD programme with IISc was unveiled. This will be enhanced by a global fellows programme that will facilitate doctoral-level exchanges between laboratories in India and the UK. 'These initiatives will help deliver solutions to the world's biggest challenges,' Brady added.
The Hindu
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
‘Our Indian students are the most entrepreneurial'
Imperial College, London, recently announced establishing its Indian Hub in Bengaluru to strengthen scientific, educational and innovation partnerships between India and U.K. Its fourth international hub after San Francisco, Singapore and Accra, the hub in Bengaluru titled 'Imperial Global India' comes following multiple collaborations of the university with institutions such as IISc and NCBS. Dr. Elena Dieckmann, Academic Co-Director for Imperial Global India and Ben Mumby-Croft, Director of Entrepreneurship at Imperial, were in Bengaluru to take part in 'Climate Dialogues' hosted by the university in partnership with NSRCEL, the incubation arm of IIM Bangalore. The Hindu caught up with them to understand about the larger vision of the hub, how startups in both countries could benefit from such programmes and how India is emerging as a critical destination for global startups. About the entrepreneurial programme at Imperial College, London Ben: The Imperial Enterprise Lab is a dedicated support service for student, staff and alumni entrepreneurs. We're basically there to help any student who has an idea and wants to pursue that. It's not necessarily about starting your business, it's about being inventive, following your curiosity, and exploring an interesting idea. Elena: We have a portfolio of different programmes at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. And what we often see there is that, especially postgraduate students who do a master's with us, they come from a lot of different countries. So, it's highly international, and they often work in teams. This is really where the innovation happens, because it almost gives them the confidence to explore really things that are out of their comfort zone. Usually, our Indian students are the most entrepreneurial. So, it's fantastic to observe that, because you can always be sure that something will come from it. Ben: We support over 2,000 individuals every year, working on about 500 ideas - projects, not companies. And then we see 30 to 40 start-ups emerging. That's by running over 20-plus different programmes and services. Focus areas of the Enterprise Lab Ben: It is kind of sector agnostic, because we're working with very early stage ideas. So, we work across all different kinds of ideas and sectors. What is interesting though is that when you kind of aggregate that and look at the programmes that we run, they tend to sort of separate into two strong themes. One theme is health tech and med-tech. The other really dominant theme is clean tech. Elena: In the clean tech space, it could be anything from behavior change to waste recycling, new ways of storing energy, flood defense... It's not just energy-related; our students are usually trying to solve really interesting niche problems. Can you talk about the Imperial Global India hub and about your association with NSRCEL? Ben: We're launching a global office in Bengaluru. As part of the launch of the new hub, we choose to bring startups in the U.K. that are interested in the Indian market to being, have them be here physically and connect them with people. We find climate-tech start-ups from the U.K., all of which expressed strong interest in the Indian market. The event at NSRCEL is about having those founders to be able to pitch to an audience of NSRCEL stakeholders. It's not necessarily to raise investments, but to talk about what they are working on and find out if anybody in the room can help or connect them with someone. Elena: I think more and more of our start-ups will realise that India is a fantastic destination to venture to. At the same time, I think the U.K. might also be very interesting for Indian start-ups.I hope that things will pick up now with the trade agreement, that we're going to see more dynamic regulations coming in place, that the barriers to entry are reduced and that we can have a more intense exchange between both countries and our innovation ecosystems. Do you see the trend already? Elena: I can tell you just from my observation, We have about 900 Indian students at the moment at Imperial College. And many of them are very entrepreneurial and come to us. Then they see that there's a huge potential in India because you have the best software engineers, the best data scientists and amazing coders. They can rapidly scale their start-ups faster than in the U.K., potentially. So often they go back to India, also to explore more economic manufacturing, and launch their start-up in India. It's also naturally happening because we are increasing the number of Indian students now. Ben: Post-Brexit, there is a real impetus on driving growth globally. So, we are seeing a renewed focus on helping people to start here and can grow internationally. What do you think about the role of emerging technologies, be in the U.K. or in India, in helping address climate and public health challenges globally? Elena: I was in a research project at Varanashi farms in Mangalore. It is an innovation farm, and they do loads of soil engineering using microbiology. My impression is that India is much, much richer in agritech and sustainable farming innovation. That's really impressive. I would say just as an observation from the field. Ben: We went for decades without having a global pandemic. And suddenly we realized it could strike at any time. Untap is a startup which has developed Incredible stuff. They've developed a device that will analyse the wastewater coming out of buildings for a whole range of pathogens and viruses. It provides real time data to the building managers about the risk profile. We need these kinds of innovations to help us protect from future challenges. About other partnerships in Bengaluru/India Elena: We have an MOU with IISc and we're looking to expand on that with different research initiatives. We are also looking to work more with their enterprise lab. Our academics have been working with a lot of different researchers in IITs and other Indian research institutions already. We are trying to expand those collaborations and also support them going forward. A lot of things have been happening, but there was never an idea of a hub, which is now finally happening. There is also a new collaboration with NCBS to facilitate the AI and Science Global Fellowship. Two fellows will work between NCBS and Imperial College, but that's more on the research side. In terms of student collaboration, we're trying to link more enterprise labs. We're really keen to connect innovation ecosystems. Ben: We run a programme called Global Challenge Lab, which has about 25 university partners. We've worked with the Institute of Technology, Madras and have had Indian students from that institution coming on to the Global Challenge Lab programme. There has been lot such activities, but the hub really helps to focus the attention, make more connections and generate more activity. Specifics of the partnership with NSRCEL? Elena: In the meeting with NSRCEL, one of the things that we really discussed was empowerment of female entrepreneurs. And that's also something that the Enterprise Lab is promoting with WE Innovate. Ben: It's an amazing programme for women-led startups. We have been doing it for 10 years. NSRCEL is also really strong in supporting female entrepreneurs. So, we would love to collaborate on that topic and expand what we're doing in the U.K. Going forward, would you be looking at more themes? Elena: For the Imperial Global India Hub, there are actually three different themes at the moment - climate and clean tech, health, and emerging tech, which encompasses quantum AI and machine learning. What is the larger vision for the hub? Ben: I think the larger vision for the global hub is to take forward what we've already started, to amplify it and accelerate it. Academic collaborations, research collaborations, linking with corporate industrial partners and joining the ecosystems are all important because it's about exchanging best practices around the world to support startups in the future. We'd love to see the hub being a portal into the U.K. or into London for Indian startups. Similarly, we'd love to see it being a conduit for startups to come to the U.K.
