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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
IIT-K, SBI Foundation launch startup innovations initiative
Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur's Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), in partnership with SBI Foundation, the CSR arm of the State Bank of India, launched the 'Startup Innovations for Social Good' initiative under SBIF Innovators for Bharat on Thursday. The initiative is also supported by SBI DFHI Limited and SBI Ventures. The programme was announced on Thursday at an event held at the IIT-K Outreach Centre, Noida. The initiative will nurture 30 impact-driven startups—24 of which will be early-stage and 6 will be growth-stage—in domains such as AgriTech, Healthcare, and CleanTech. Spanning 18 months, the program will offer a structured incubation program with continuous mentoring, domain-specific support, and performance monitoring to ensure effective, socially impactful outcomes. The launch event was attended by Amey Karkare, dean of resources and alumni, IIT-K; Deepu Philip, professor incharge, Innovation & Incubation, FIRST; Sanjay Prakash, MD & CEO, SBI Foundation; Ambika Prasad Bhuyan, vice president (head marketing and strategies), SBI DFHI Ltd; Kapil Kaul, CEO, IIT-Kanpur development foundation; Kumar Alok IAS (Retd.), former Chief Secretary Tripura and Prof of Practice, IIT-K; Aman Bhaiya, vice president and head (Strategy) SBI Foundation; and Piyush Mishra, COO, FIRST SIIC Kanpur, among other dignitaries.
New Indian Express
04-05-2025
- Science
- New Indian Express
IIT-K roped in for cloud-seeding trials to check pollution in Delhi
NEW DELHI: A week after announcing that cloud-seeding trials will be discussed at the next Delhi cabinet meeting, a senior environment department official on Saturday said that Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has been given the responsibility to execute the plan. Each cloud-seeding will cost around Rs 1.5 crore. If the proposal is approved, the government is expected to transfer funds directly to the institute. 'They (IIT-K) have already worked on technical aspects. If the proposal gets cabinet approval, no-objection certificates will be sought from 13 departments whose permissions are required to conduct the trial. The government will do the funding,' the official said, adding that after the initial test run, scientific evaluations would be conducted. A total of 13 NOCs will be required from key agencies such as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Airports Authority of India. 'Once approved, it will be shared with all relevant departments for no-objection certificates. We aim to conduct the first trial during peak summer on the outskirts of Delhi,' Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa had earlier said. He had also said that the government was ramping up its pollution control measures using advanced technologies such as digitisation, artificial intelligence-based monitoring, and 24x7 surveillance at pollution hotspots. What is cloud-seeding? An experiment to assess whether it can successfully enhance precipitation, potentially addressing water scarcity or improving air quality Involves introducing substances like silver iodide or dry ice into clouds Substances act as 'nuclei', providing a surface for water vapour to condense and form ice crystals, which can then grow into raindrops or snowflakes Why Trials conducted
Hindustan Times
02-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
IIT research scholar who had accused police officer of rape booked in UP's Kanpur
Kanpur , In a turn of events, police have registered an FIR against a 27-year-old research scholar from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur , who had previously alleged rape against a senior police official. The FIR has been filed on a complaint from Suhaila Saif, the wife of Mohsin Khan, an assistant commissioner of police accused of sexually exploiting the IIT-K student. According to ACP-Kalyanpur Abhishek Pandey, the Rawatpur police station registered the case following orders from the chief metropolitan magistrate's court on Wednesday. Sub-Inspector Pushpraj Singh has been assigned to conduct an investigation into the charges. Elaborating on the allegations to the media, Saif said the IIT-K student arrived at her official residence in Rawatpur on December 1 last year and allegedly barged into her room. At the time, Saif's parents and her newborn child were also there in the house. Saif claimed that the research scholar locked the door from inside and identified herself as a PhD student from the IIT-K. She allegedly stated her desire to marry Khan, expressing her affection for him and asserting that Saif and her children were obstacles to this union. Furthermore, Saif alleged that the research scholar demanded that she leave Khan and threatened her with false accusations. She also purportedly threatened to get the police officer suspended on charges of physical exploitation and also threatened self-harm to implicate him and others if her demands were not met. Saif said when she objected to these statements, the woman became furious and violent, verbally abusing her and her family and issuing death threats. Saif also alleged that her husband was deliberately implicated in what she described as a "honey trap". Saif approached the court after reviewing the report filed by the Rawatpur police in the matter. The court subsequently ordered the registration of a case against the IIT-K student and directed for a proper investigation into the charges. The then ACP, Collectorganj, Khan was transferred on December 12 last year following the initial allegations of rape made by the IIT-K research scholar. A Provincial Police Service officer from the 2013 batch, Khan was relieved of his duties in the Collectorganj circle and attached to the director general of police headquarters in Lucknow. He was also booked at the Kalyanpur police station on Thursday for allegedly seeking "sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means" and subsequently, placed under suspension. The IIT-K had also terminated Khan's PhD programme in cybercrime and criminology approximately four months ago, following a recommendation from the DGP headquarters.
