Das had been with SAP for over eight years.
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that is more fuel efficient and equally clean.
Want to improve your intelligence? Well, then all you need to do is get smart about what you eat, suggests a new study in mice.
Imagine that the particles visible in turbulent water are like an army of ants being chased through a bowl of mixed-up red and blue spaghetti.
Air travellers have come to recognise as routine the gut-wrenching sensation they experience as their flight jostles after hitting an 'air-pocket'-- scientifically known as turbulence.
Feeling the pinch because of the rising costs of fuel, Americans long used to gas guzzling vehicles with power and speed are steadily moving to smaller and energy efficient cars, says an Indian professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Do you think foreign funds should be allowed in India's higher education sector? Will it be a boon or curse for the Indian economy? Or does it sound silly to run foreign playschools, colleges and universities in India?
For the 'most promising and exciting' innovations and research in the United States, six Indian-American scientists under the age of 35 will be awarded by Technology Review 35, the prominent tech journal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The transparent fibre-webs could even enable huge computer screens to be activated with beams of light instead of the touch of a finger.
With its age-old fascination for education, southern states have done better than the North. Start-ups, IT hubs, and industry majors setting up shop have changed the face of the South. Nearly 79% of global offices set up by international conglomerates in India are in the South. Almost 46% of tech unicorns are from the South. The GDP per person in the South is 4.2 times higher than the North. None of these indicators can be ignored by any central government, whatever the political compulsions, notes Ramesh Menon.
The Tamil Nadu government will constitute an 'economic advisory council' to the chief minister comprising Nobel laureates, former Reserve Bank of India governor and other economic experts from around the globe to advise the state on how to reverse the economic slowdown.
A Pakistani woman, who mysteriously disappeared five years ago, having alleged links with the al Qaeda, was arraigned in a New York federal court on the charges of attempting to kill American soldiers and officials in Afghanistan and a bail hearing was set for Monday.
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IT services exporter Patni Computer Systems Ltd has appointed Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and business strategist Michael A Cusumano as an independent director on its board.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named two minor planets after two girls from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
'There was a time between 1985 to the mid-1990s when computing power was with the chip. Then till 2005, the power was with network. We have now just entered a phase where the power will be with the people. People are the new computers,' says Dr Ramesh Raskar, associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute Technology's Media Lab.
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The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop the entire rule from going into effect.
Arthur J Pais has interviewed Anita Desai many times over the years. Here, he shares impressions and anecdotes about the celebrated author.
The top 10 are from the United States of America.
West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta, an MIT alumnus, had announced last month that the MIT is eager to open a Kolkata chapter and tie up with leading institutions in the state.\n\n
For the first time, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Bombay and Delhi were ranked among QS top 50 engineering colleges in the world.
Twelve universities from India feature in the top 100 of QS Rankings by Subject 2021.
It is part of the Indian cultural mentality to be innovative and entrepreneurial. India, in ten years, will be a significant economic power, says Vanu Bose.
The mask can potentially be worn longer, causing less plastic waste as it does not need to be replaced as frequently, the researchers said.
Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with a new way to power electronic gadgets without an electrical cable.
A patent is to an idea what an alert watchman is to your property. Everyone can look, but no one can steal.
Angry with a friend who is too busy to pick up the phone? Just leave a voice message and he will take the hint through an on-screen 'emotica' -- a new age technological marvel, to hit the market soon.
Researchers at the institute have been trying to engineer a patch of tissue that has the same properties as native heart tissue.
