Cambridge India Partnership

India Talks
16 October 2008

A senior figure from one of India�s most innovative companies will be speaking at Judge Business School this Friday lunchtime in the first of a series of seminars launched by the new Centre for Indian Business.

'India Talks' will feature leaders of Indian firms and firms from elsewhere with an interest in India, as well as India-related policy makers and academics. More

First Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships named at St John�s College, Cambridge
22 July 2008

Three outstanding Indian students will begin study for their doctoral degrees at St John�s College, Cambridge this September as winners of the first Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships.

The scholarship programme, announced in New Delhi last November, has been set up in honour of the Indian Prime Minister who is a graduate and Honorary Fellow of St John's College, having gained a First in Economics there in the late 50s. More

Cambridge students start work on community projects in India
11 July 2008

Four students flew out to India last week as the first Cambridge participants in an international student internship programme launched last January by India's largest business conglomerate.

The University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley, signed MOUs with the Tata Group in January this year to take part in the Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme (TISES). More

Vice-Chancellor introduces the Nehru Memorial Lecture
21 May 2008

Professor Alison Richard was in London last night to introduce the 2008 Nehru Memorial Lecture at the Nehru Centre, the cultural wing of the High Commission of India in London. The main Nehru Memorial Lecture, entitled �The India Growth Story: Challenges of a pluralist democracy�, was given by Minister Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in the Indian Government. He is a distinguished practitioner and commentator on law, economic reform and international affairs. More

7 May 2008

The novel that defined India�s national song and inspired a whole generation of freedom fighters over a century ago has been translated by a Faculty of Divinity scholar. Professor Julius Lipner�s recent work is the only complete English translation of �Anandamath, or the Sacred Brotherhood,� a novel penned by author, poet and journalist Bankimcandra Chatterji in 1882. For his work, Prof Lipner received the 2008 A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation. More

Appointment of the first Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at Cambridge
2 May 2008

Professor Jaideep Prabhu has been appointed the first Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise at the University of Cambridge. The Professorship, funded by a �3.2 million grant from the Government of India, is to be based in the Judge Business School and attached to the Cambridge Centre for Indian Business, newly established with financial support from the BP Foundation. More

Doing business in India
24 April 2008

Dame Sandra Dawson, Master of Sidney Sussex College and KPMG Professor of Management Studies, Judge Business School was in London this morning for a breakfast meeting at the House of Commons to discuss the UK�s developing business relations with India. Hosted by Alderman David Lewis, the Lord Mayor of London, the breakfast meeting was attended by senior parliamentarians, representatives of the public and private sector bodies engaged in the Indian market and relevant senior �stakeholders�. More

The signing of a joint Memorandum of Understanding paves the way for numerous future research collaborations and exchanges of students and staff between the University of Cambridge and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). Professor Alan Windle was in Mumbai yesterday, on behalf of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Alison Richard, to present the Memorandum for signing by Professor Ashok Misra, Director, IIT Bombay. More

Cambridge and India in Partnership
21 January 2008

A wide-ranging delegation of University of Cambridge academics has just returned from an unprecedented two-week visit to India. The University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard and more than 20 senior colleagues were in India travelling to New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai. More

Launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru Professorship of Indian Business and Enterprise
3 January 2008

Vice-Chancellor Professor Alison Richard today announced, at a press conference in New Delhi, the launch of the �Jawaharlal Nehru Professorship of Indian Business and Enterprise'. The Professorship, in the Judge Business School, has been set up with a fund of �3.2 million, a contribution made by the Government of India to celebrate the centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru's arrival at Trinity College Cambridge, where he studied for a degree in Natural Sciences before going on to become India's first Prime Minister. More

Prestigious Indian honour for Cambridge scientist
14 December 2007

A leading cancer scientist at the University of Cambridge is to receive this year's medical research award from the charitable foundation of India's largest pharmaceutical company. The Ranbaxy Foundation has recognised the work of Professor Ashok Venkitaraman, a specialist on the genetic basis of cancer. He has been singled out for work which has uncovered how mutations in certain genes can make people more susceptible to cancer. More

St John's College announces prestigious scholarships for Indian students
28 November 2007

�35,000 scholarship per student set up in honour of the Prime Minister of India exclusively for Indian students to read for PhD & MPhil degrees in science, technology and social sciences at the University of Cambridge. St. John's College, Cambridge yesterday announced the prestigious �Dr. Manmohan Singh Scholarships' at the residence of Dr. Manmohan Singh, Honourable Prime Minister of India. The scholarship programme has been set up exclusively for Indian students to read for PhD & MPhil degrees at St John's College in areas such as science, technology and social sciences. More