Accenture and the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), a private art museum based in Bengaluru, will collaborate to create a digital experience to engage art enthusiasts.
** Six startups at Indian Institute of Science get CSR funds from US conglomerate Honeywell
Three of the six startups are heavily involved in the COVID-19 crisis, said President, Honeywell India, Akshay Bellare, without disclosing the quantum of CSR funds set aside
** Bengaluru tech makes masks foolproof
G-Fab, an innovative germicidal fabric technology developed by researchers at the department of biotechnology’ ’s Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (DBT-inStem) in Bengaluru
** Ramesh Changappa elected as Kodagu Hopcoms prez
Biddatanda Ramesh Changappa has been elected as the president of Kodagu district Hopcoms, while Mallanda Madhu Devaiah has been elected as the vice president.
** New species of burrowing frog named after Bengaluru
** CAMPCO’s arecanut, pepper to be available on Amazon
Having seen good response for its chocolate products on Amazon, the Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Ltd. (CAMPCO) will shortly make available packets of arecanut and pepper on the e-commerce website.
** Appointed as KSIIDC chairman
Shailendra Kashinath Beldal of Bidar has been appointed as chairman of the Karnataka State Industrial and Development Corporation Ltd. (KSIIDC), said a notification.
** MIT team bags gold at iGEM 2020
Manipal BioMachines (MBM), a synthetic biology research team from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, bagged the gold medal on its first attempt at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM 2020). The result was announced at the iGEM Giant Jamboree, hosted virtually from November 13 to 23.
** Kannada prosody introduced in English
First book in English to introduce Kannada metrics to non-Kannada readers: Vivek Rai
** Bengaluru chosen for pioneer cities programme
To help pioneer a new global policy roadmap for smart cities
Bengaluru is among four cities in the country selected by the World Economic Forum, a Geneva-based not-for-profit organisation, to pioneer a new global policy roadmap for smart cities developed by the G20 GlobalSmart Cities Alliance. The other Indian cities selected for the programme are Faridabad, Hyderabad and Indore.