India

The Many Planned Moon Landings of 2025 (and Beyond)

February 24, 2025
Aerospace & Aeronautical

If the moon were a living, thinking being, it would have learned long ago to be very patient with visitors from Earth. In the 1960s there was a stream of spacecraft—and then they stopped, almost entirely, for 50 years. Now there is a new wave of missions—some crashing into the…

October 29, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Manu Prakash spoke with IEEE Spectrum shortly after returning to Stanford University from a month aboard a research vessel off the coast of California, where he was testing tools to monitor oceanic carbon sequestration. The associate professor conducts fieldwork around the world to better understand the problems he’s working on,…

October 24, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The teachings of Mahatma Gandhi were arguably India’s greatest contribution to the 20th century. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar has borrowed some of that wisdom to devise a frugal new form of innovation he calls “Gandhian engineering.” Coming from humble beginnings, Mashelkar is driven to ensure that the benefits of science and…

October 23, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Duncan Turner is the managing director at Hax, a startup accelerator that specializes in “hard tech”—innovations in physical science and engineering. Hax offers up to US $500,000 in funding alongside resources that include chemical, mechanical, and electronics labs, and access to a global team of engineers and scientists. Turner’s group…

September 19, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

In an effort to meet net-zero targets, India plans to build a large fleet of small nuclear reactors to power hard-to-decarbonize industries like steel and cement. During her budget speech in July, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman unveiled plans to develop the 220-megawatt Bharat Small Reactor (BSR) in partnership with private…

July 28, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

In March, India announced a major investment to establish a semiconductor-manufacturing industry. With US $15 billion in investments from companies, state governments, and the central government, India now has plans for several chip-packaging plants and the country’s first modern chip fab as part of a larger effort to grow its…

June 11, 2024
Aerospace & Aeronautical

A rocket featuring the world’s first rocket engine 3D printed as a single piece blasted off from India’s east coast in late May. Startup Agnikul fabricated the engine in just 72 hours and hopes the approach could open the door to “on-demand” rocket launches for operators of small satellites. The…

21 Mar 24

AI Takes On India’s Most Congested City

Civil, Structural & Architecture

In just 30 years, the South Indian city of Bengaluru has gone from a sleepy retirement town to the capital of the country’s burgeoning technology sector. But such rapid development has left it with some of the most congested roads in the world. Now, a former chip engineer has been…

06 Mar 24

India Injects $15 Billion Into Semiconductors

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The government of India has approved a major investment in semiconductor and electronics production that will include the country’s first state-of-the-art semiconductor fab. It announced that three plants—one semiconductor fab and two packaging and test facilities—will break ground within 100 days. The government has approved 1.26 trillion Indian rupee ($15.2…

The Many Planned Moon Landings of 2025 (and Beyond)

For this Stanford Engineer, Frugal Invention Is a Calling

Gandhi Inspired a New Kind of Engineering

Hardware Startups Navigate Global Trends with Hax’s Help

India Backs Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Heavy Industry

How India Is Starting a Chip Industry From Scratch

Indian Startup 3D Prints Rocket Engine in Just 72 Hours

AI Takes On India’s Most Congested City

India Injects $15 Billion Into Semiconductors

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