The trend among the companies internationally are to colloborate locally or internationally to leverage the mutual strengths. The technology richness can be exploited by cooperation in mutlitude of ways. To facilitate this Government of india has signed MOU's with more than 65 countries. The public private partnership initiative by CII and DST can give the necessary leverage to collaborate in technology internationally.

- G K Moinudeen & Vineet K Goyal

• India: The emerging R&D collaborative opportunity
  9 August 2005)
  The Indian pharmaceutical industry is one of the world’s largest. In 2002, pharmaceutical sales were US$4.5 billion, growing...
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• Drug patents? India is 2nd globally
  August 16, 2005
  
  India has received 1,312 applications for patent of pharmaceutical products, becoming only the second country after the United States...
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• Pee-powered battery smaller than a credit card
  15 August 2005
  
  The first urine-powered paper battery has been created by physicists in Singapore. The credit-card sized unit could be a useful power source
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• Nanotechnology drives golf to new lengths
  The same technology that has been used to repair nuclear steam generator rods and armor U.S. military vehicles may soon...
  
  A state-of-the-art portable biosensing device based on micro- and nanotechnologies will empower doctors to rapidly and accurately...
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• Citing security concerns, India slows Huawei expansion plans
  08/16/2005
  
  Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies' expansion plans here have again drawn the attention of Indian security agencies...
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• Altera uses local firm for Indian R&D
  08/19/2005
  
  Altera Corp. may be the only FPGA company to have a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary firm, but it has no plans to set up a R & D center or outsource software...
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• India bypasses the wires to bring Wi-Fi to its remote residents
  08/19/2005
  
  Three years ago, paying the electric bill in the south Indian village of Palakkode was a day-long task. With unreliable postal service,..
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• ‘Dirty silicon’ to enable cheaper solar cells
  08/16/2005
  
  Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed a new technique based on “dirty silicon” that could reduce the cost of solar cells...
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• INDUCTION OF CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
  
  The Government has taken a number of steps to induct clean coal technologies in the coal industry. Thermal power stations located in specified areas...
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• BindView and Tata Consultancy Announce Strategic Alliance for IT Security Compliance
  Aug. 6
  
  BindView Corp., a global provider of IT security compliance solutions, and Tata Consultancy Services, a global technology services...
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• Intel in training tie-up with India's NIIT
  08/18/2005
  
  Starting with India, chip maker Intel Corp. and Indian software training firm NIIT, are to roll out a program across China and Asia-Pacific aimed at getting...
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• IBM opens new research facility in Bangalore 8/18/2005 4:34:32 PM IST
  08/10/2005
  
  IBM on Thursday launched a new Services Innovation and Research Center at Bangalore in India. The center will work in close collaboration with IBM's Global Services...
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• Syngenta rice gene patenting threats Indian food security
  August 5, 2005
  
  New Delhi: In an attempt to have monopoly control over rice, Swiss biotech giant Syngenta has sought global patents over nearly 30,000 gene sequences...
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• Battling malaria with turmeric!
  August 11, 2005
  
  Exciting new research results on using a turmeric extract to arrest the malaria parasite holds promise...
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• WHO adds 10 Indian-made AIDS drugs to prequalification list
  2005-08-19
  
  The World Health Organization (WHO)said Friday that it has reinstated seven anti-AIDS generic drugs made by Ranbaxy Laboratories ...
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