A dynamic network of research scholars and skilled faculty members adorn The MIT Sloan School of Management’s research unit. The Institute boasts a number of research units and research centers which are also think tanks which are interdisciplinary. The research scholars from different fields are brought together under the same roof of MIT Sloan research center in order to solve complex problems. There are two groups within the MIT research center such as the MIT Center for Digital Business and MIT Entrepreneurship Center that is focused in solving the complex problems and paving the path for ushering business.

There is ample scope for search work in the MIT Sloan School of Management’s research unit. The research unit of MIT Sloan gets sponsorship every year from approximately 100 organizations. These organizations grant approximately $12 million dollars annually on the research and development of the Institute. The collaboration is highly productive and contributes in creating an education environment that is vibrant and ideal for research work. If you want the perfect ambience and infrastructure to carry on your research and development work, then MIT Sloan School of Management is the place for you. It is the rendezvous for scholars, students, research scientists, faculty members and students to solve the complex challenges that today’s world is facing.

Amity University being the premier Private University in India is aimed at offering the students a vibrant platform for the aspiring scientists and research scholars. The students get a great opportunity to pursue their research work thanks to the advanced infrastructure that the Institute offers. The main motive of the Institute is to make it a rendezvous of internationally reputed scientists and turn the University to a worldwide acknowledged research organization.

The University at today’s date houses a total of approximately 3500 research scholars and senior scientists. Again you will find some of the brilliant scholarship holder students carrying on their higher education programs and research works from Amity University. The research scholars associated to this Institute have till now published approximately 1000 papers in the journals which are both internationals and national. Another feature of Amity is the fact that it offers an appreciable number of fellowships for the doctorate and post doctorate research work.

Another feature of the University which is equally sticking is that the Institute is aiming at the improvement and augmentation of the country education is so that we can have a well identifiable position in the global market as far as higher education and related research work are concerned. With this focus in mind Amity is entering into collaboration with approximately 100 Universities across the world.

Recent research has shown that if we are bombarded by information from any source very frequently, we lose our ability to process the information correctly and our emotional quotient goes down. This means that we will be less able to feel the correct feeling when faced with a bit of information that is supposed to provoke some kind of emotion. Twitter is just an example. To an extent this is already happening. There is a dire need to improve our moral education standards at our schools. The morals should be so drilled in that when the child grows up, his moral compass does not fail him even once. In India, we have historically not done a good job. Hence for most students the moral compass has started to fail when faced with pressure from a fast changing liberalized economy. Do you know any place in India where this trend is being reversed? Please do let us know at Indiaedu.

I had already heard that IIT Bombay has announced “ 10 Great Ideas to Change the World in the next 50 years” and I knew that it was meant for IIT Bombay alumni, staff and students. However, now the contest has been offered to the entire world. Any individual from any country over the age of 18 can participate in this contest and can send their ideas. In fact,a prize money of Rs 50 lakh has been announced for the 10 best ideas., to be allotted as per the merit of the idea. Godrej is sponsoring the project and also promises to help implement some of the ideas in reality. Deadline for entries is May 30 and the registration can be done on the official website of IIT Bombay. A special award is alloted for the best idea to make the world a safer place to live in. Awards will be announced in August this year. However, the biggest feature is that those presenting the best ideas will be invited to present a white paper at an international Round Table  Summit.

Undoubtedly, this event has full of promises for a major breakthrough in research. The entire global village is invited, so we never so brilliant research work may lite the world. Even more fascinating is the fact that this is a mass appeal across the world to make the world a better place to live in.

I was wondering if this could be an idea worth exploring or if it was an idea that has already been taken. The idea of a national level prize that is deliberately made high in stature. We already have the Bhatnagar prize for sterling research work in some sciences. However, if you think about it there is no Nobel-like corpus in India which will honor important contributions in varied fields like economics, liberal arts ,etc. In India, there is a separate award for literature and science which have gained in stature over time to be the gold standard. Is it that we do not have the money? A collective contribution from IT czars and other industry heavyweights should take care of any shortfall. I believe a strong agreement at the government level is required to accomplish this.

What are the rewards. By picking subjects, where basic research and originality is required, we might be able to slowly erase the malaise of following the west at some distant future date. Even if that does not happen, don’t you think you would feel proud if you told your kid ” Study hard and you will get the XYZ prize( not Nobel ,which is given by another country) one day” ? I would.

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The story is really amazing. We do not get hurt when mosquitoes bite us, it is the chemicals in its saliva that causes the irritation. Based on the same logic the researchers at IIT Kharagpur developed a painless injection that uses the same suction based pressure that a female mosquito uses to suck blood. The diameter of the microneedle is 30 micrometre. This injection will benefit patients who have to take several injections through out the day. Frequent repetitions of injection causes several physiological hazards including development of insertion pains.

A female mosquito sucks blood by flexing and relaxing certain muscles in its mouth. This creates suction that draws blood. The microneedle is based on the same technique. The sucking action is provided by a microeletromechanical pump. The patent of the injection is awaited. Already leading biomedical companies are approaching to enter into agreement to bring this device into market. IITs have always been excellent centre of research. The best of brains in the country work in these institutions. More funds should be invested in these institutions in order to upgrade them to the international standard. More scholarships and research fellowship should be provided to the students so that these institutions can create the largest and richest pool of researchers.