Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Startup India 5 years journey
The government has come out with report card after a 5 year jouney.
Has India reached the inflection point? The billions of dollars going into startups represent large bets on distant outcomes, not value generation by way of revenues.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Social Stock Exchange (SSE) -India
On 19 September 2022, SEBI vide a circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/PoD-1/P/CIR/2022/120 (the Framework), issued a detailed framework prescribing the minimum requirements to be followed by an Not for Profit Organisation (NPO) that desires to be registered/listed on an SSE. The main themes of the Framework are depicted below:
- Registration of a Not for Profit Organisation (NPO)
- Disclosure to be provided by NPOs for raising funds through the issuance of Zero Coupon Zero Principal (ZCZP) Instruments
- Annual disclosures to be provided by an NPOs
- Disclosures forming part of the Annual Impact Report (AIR) submitted by Social Enterprises (SEs).
- The circular also prescribes the time limit for submission of statement of utilisation of funds by an NPO.
Monday, January 16, 2023
Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India- feedback on draft invited.
University Grants Commission (UGC) invites comments/ suggestions/ feedback on draft University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023
Deadline: January 18, 2023
Eligibility:
- If the applicant is a foreign university, it should have secured a position within the top 500 of overall / subject-wise global rankings, as decided by the Commission from time to time;
- The campus of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions may evolve their admission process and criteria to admit domestic and foreign students.
- The Foreign Higher Educational Institutions shall have the autonomy to recruit faculty and staff from India and abroad as per its recruitment norms. 6.2.It may decide the qualifications, salary structure, and other conditions of service for appointing faculty and staff. However, the FHEI shall ensure that the qualifications of the faculty appointed shall be at par with the main campus of the country of origin. 6.3.It shall ensure that the foreign faculty appointed to teach at the Indian campus shall stay at the campus in India for a reasonable period.
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Compendium of Technologies available for transfer from IIT Delhi
Some areas for Licensing
- Communication
- Environment
- Electric Vehicles
- Energy Management
- Healthcare
- Life Sciences
- Material Sciences
- Motors and Machines
- Power Generation and Disctribution
- Renewable Energy
- Smart Technologies
- Textiles
Tuesday, January 03, 2023
CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2022
Grand Award- The Most Innovative Company 2022 –Lohum made a breakthrough by launching Metelec™Lithium-ion battery recycling and extraction technology at significantly lower financial and environmental expenses.
Top Innovative Company (Large) in Manufacturing: Tata Chemicals for High dispersible silica - a patented product.
Top Innovative Company (SME) in Manufacturing: Lohum for their patented Metelec™Lithium-ion battery recycling and extraction technology.
Top Innovative Company (Large) in Service: TATA Elxsi Ltd for Future of Connected TV.
Top Innovative Company (SME) in Service: GPK Logistech Pvt Ltd for StoreMart innovation.
Undem Making biodegradable Low-Density Polythene (LDPE) using thermoplastic starch.
This is followed by IIT Madras.
Top 3 Most Innovative Institute 2022 under the category of Disruptive Innovation goes to Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Paavai Engineering College and Kumaraguru College of Technology
Top 3 Most Innovative Institute 2022 under the category of Innovation Quotient goes to IIT Roorkee, International Institute of Information Technology and Northern India Textile Research Association.
Top 3 Most Innovative Institute 2022 under Innovation Realisation goes to IIT Madras, IIT Palakkad and Uttaranchal University
Other companies who secured position in Top Innovative companies are:
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
- Bosch Ltd f
- Uno Minda Ltd
- Nokia Solutions and Networks India Pvt Ltd
- Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
- Tata Steel Ltd
- Forbes Marshall Pvt Ltd
- Kone Elevators India
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
- Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd
- Tata Chemicals Ltd
- Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd
- Shriram Pistons and Ring Ltd
- SEG Automotive India Pvt Ltd
- Thermax Limited
- National Engineering Industries Ltd
- Pidilite Industries Ltd
- Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd
- Adani Defence and Aerospace
- Pricol Ltd
- Merino Industries
- Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
- Garrett Motion Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd
- Nestlé India Ltd.
- Sterlite Technologies Ltd
- Fluid Controls Pvt Ltd
- Polymedicure Ltd
- Praj Industries Ltd
- Meteoric Biopharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
- KOHINOOR ELASTICS PVT. LTD.
- MICROLIT
- VST Tillers Tractors Ltd.
- ELICO Ltd.
- MATRIX COMSEC
- Lohum
- Ramelex Pvt Ltd
- Paques Environmental Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
- SAHAJANAND TECHNOLOGIES Pvt. Ltd.
- Avantel Limited
- GLOBAL ENGINEERS LIMITED
- Accenture Solutions Private Limited
- The TATA Power Company Limited
- Tata Elxsi
- CitiusTech
- Access Healthcare
- Syngenta Biosciences
- Bigbasket
- Adani Transmission Ltd
- Mercedes Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI)
- Tsecond Generation Technology Pvt Ltd.
- IntelliSmart Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
- Plutomen Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Online PSB Loans Limited
- GPK Logistech Pvt. Ltd
- Judge India Solutions
- TMS TECHNOV M SYSTEMS P LIMITED
- Ekta Telecommunication & Systems
- Revayu Systems Private Limited
- Webskitters Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd
Monday, January 02, 2023
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology invites feedback on the draft amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 in relation to online gaming
With the user base of online games growing in India, need has been felt to ensure that such games be offered in conformity with Indian laws and that the users of such games be safeguarded against potential harm. Further, with a view to enable consideration of issues related to online gaming in their totality, Government of India has allocated matters related to online gaming to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
The draft amendments envisage that an online gaming intermediary shall observe the due diligence required under the rules while discharging its duties, including reasonable efforts to cause its users not to host, display, upload, publish, transmit or share an online game not in conformity with Indian law, including any law on gambling or betting. Moreover, it shall observe additional due diligence by displaying a registration mark on all online games registered by a self-regulatory body and informing its users regarding its policy related to withdrawal or refund of deposit, manner of determination and distribution of winnings, fees and other charges payable and KYC procedure for user account registration. Self-regulatory bodies will be registered with the Ministry and may register online games of such online gaming intermediaries who are its members and which meet certain criteria. Such bodies will also resolve complaints through a grievance redressal mechanism.
The draft amendments :