Medical research blooms with ‘paper flower’
February 14, 2021
IIT-Kanpur researchers seek to grow human skin cells from bougainvillea
Who will say no to a ‘bloom-like skin’, especially if it is not just for beauty but also for health?
Taking inspiration from nature, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has sought to harvest artificial skin from bougainvillea flowers.
The researchers have demonstrated that the flowers of these thorny ornamental bushes have the right ingredients to help “grow” living skin cells which can have a gamut of industrial and medical applications, potentially.
The IIT-K team, led by professor of chemical engineering, Sri Sivakumar, was attracted to this interesting proposition when their counterparts from TCS’ Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC) approached them two years ago. The TRDDC team wanted the IIT researchers to create in the lab a computer-simulated model of artificial skin th
It will house major research centres, besides academic blocks and hostels
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the satellite campus of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras coming up at Thaiyur in Chengalpattu district.
“Friends, the Discovery Campus of IIT-Madras will have a 2-lakh square metre infrastructure to house world-class research centres. I am sure that very soon, the Discovery Campus.will be a leading centre of discovery. It will draw the best talent from all over India,” Mr. Modi said.
The campus will host not only major stand-alone research centres that require large and dedicated facilities but also academic blocks, hostels and other amenities. The provision of 163 acres of land was approved by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa around 36 km from the main campus at Guindy, IIT-Madras said in a release.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is keen to tie up with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar to take up various kinds of research in the field of defence and turn the institution into a centre of excellence. It has asked the prestigious institute to come out with innovative plans to develop long-term partnership with DRDO.
Addressing the students of the IIT, Bhubaneswar on its 13th Foundation Day in the virtual mode on Friday, chairman, DRDO and scientific advisor to defence minister Dr G. Satheesh Reddy said: “We need to promote research, put up start-ups and have a synchronisation with the industries to make the country prosperous.”
Soon, a floating ‘koothambalam’ to woo cruise tourists
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₹4.80-crore performing arts theatre likely to be readied by August
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₹4.80-crore performing arts theatre likely to be readied by August
About one lakh tourists who arrive in Kochi in cruise ships every year will soon be able to watch Kerala’s traditional art forms while seated in a floating ‘koothambalam’ - a cruise tourism facilitation-centre-cum-performing-arts-theatre that can accommodate 300 people at a time.
The structure, which will be readied by August, will largely be based in the waterbody that abuts the international cruise terminal in Willingdon Island, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 14. It could be towed to any location in the backwaters, including to Bolghatty Island that had India’s first full-fledged marina on its eastern side, said S. Vijayakumar, Secretary of Ernakulam District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC).
Updated Feb 12, 2021 | 15:10 IST
Simi Karan, an IIT Bombay graduate cracked UPSC Civil Services Exam in 2019 in her first attempt without coaching and secured All India Rank, AIR 31. IIT Bombay graduate Simi Karan cracked IAS Exam | Photo Credit: Facebook
One of the toughest examinations in the country, UPSC Civil Services Exam was cracked by an IIT Bombay graduate in her first attempt in 2019. Simi Karan cracked the IAS exam in her first attempt without coaching and secured All India Rank 31. Her journey of graduating from IIT to cracking the UPSC examination is full of inspiration and motivation.
Simi Karan was only 22 years old when she cracked the Civil Services exam. Born in Odisha and brought up in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, Simi completed her schooling at DPS Bhilai school. Soon after qualifying her Class 12 exams, she took admission to the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay where she completed her graduation in Electrical Engine