If buildings do not collapse during earthquakes, many lives will be saved. The International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad is undertaking research to ensure this.
A team from SRM University, Chennai, is one of the five groups to have been shortlisted among 6000 students from 82 countries for the Airbus’ Fly Your Ideas Challenge final.
After hands-on training in space research and engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology, Kanika Garg is leading a 40-member team who has built a nanosatellite which is likely to be launched by ISRO in 2014.
Students of Thapar University have initiated an innovative zero-garbage solutions project to manage almost 125kg of food waste produced in just one hostel mess every day.
NUIPS is available for international students starting their studies in September 2013. Each scholarship will have a value of £1,500 per year, payable towards tuition fees.