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10 Best Startup Programs for Students to Launch Your First Startup

10 Best Startup Programs for Students to Launch Your First Startup As a student launching a new company, a student benefits from many unique characteristics of being a student: Access to academic resources (e.g., libraries), time to experiment, networks with other students, often institutional support, and many other advantages that reduce risks in the early […]

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Startup Mentorship Programs in India: How Founders Turn Ideas into Scalable Ventures

Startup Mentorship Programs in India: How Founders Turn Ideas into Scalable Ventures As you develop an innovative concept into an operational business, there is more required than just having the technical ability to do so or the entrepreneurial desire to make your idea work. The main reason 80% of new companies fail is not because […]

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Sustainable Urban Development in India: Key Research Trends and Future Priorities

Sustainable Urban Development in India: Key Research Trends and Future Priorities The rapid growth of urban areas in India to 600 million by 2036 will significantly affect the nation’s long-term development and global efforts to create urban sustainability research in India. Research that informs the hundreds of billions of dollars required for this development will […]

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Emerging Trends in Research on Sustainable Development: India’s Perspective

Emerging Trends in Research on Sustainable Development: India’s Perspective Sustainable development in India is currently experiencing a major shift. Where previous research primarily involved formal and isolation-focused theories, more recent studies have taken an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and innovative approach to research that has an applied focus. With India continuing to face rapid development while also […]

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Why Foreign Universities are Setting Up Research Centres in India

Why Foreign Universities are Setting Up Research Centres in India Higher education and research are rapidly changing around the world, with India becoming a significant place for foreign academic collaboration. Finding international research facilities in India is not just happening through expansion, but because they perceive the interesting problems, intelligent people, and creativity in India […]

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Research Projects in India on Climate, Environment and Energy

Research Projects in India on Climate, Environment and Energy In order to meet India’s challenges of climate change, the environment and energy, we need a solid basis of scientific research to provide solutions. As India faces the dual demand for rapid economic growth and environmental sustainability, there is a need to conduct research that answers […]

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Challenges to Sustainable Urbanisation in India: A Snapshot

Challenges to Sustainable Urbanisation in India: A Snapshot Urbanisation is happening so fast in India–combined with the scale of the growth–that it has never happened before in human history at this rate or scale. Out of over a billion people living in India today, approximately 35.4% are urban; however, the number of urban dwellers will […]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Finding and Joining Funded Research Projects in India

A Beginner’s Guide to Finding and Joining Funded Research Projects in India It is possible for students and early career professionals to take advantage of their research endeavors to establish themselves as knowledgeable experts, uncover new knowledge through collaborations with other scientists/academics, and develop connections that can eventually lead to their advancement in their careers. […]

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Climate Startup Grants in India: Challenges & Opportunities for Youth

Climate Startup Grants in India: Challenges & Opportunities for Youth The youth of India have an opportunity at an intersection of great possibilities and productivity: they can be agents of change in their communities through entrepreneurial innovation (EI) while simultaneously developing and implementing solutions to tackle climate change and create sustainability. With the increasing effects […]

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How Entrepreneurship Programs in India Are Shaping Future Leaders

How Entrepreneurship Programs in India Are Shaping Future Leaders As we enter the 21st century, the nature of leadership continues to transform and develop at an accelerated pace. Leadership now encompasses an expanded array of skill sets, including the capability to effectively manage uncertainty and complexity; the ability to effectively bring together diverse groups of […]

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