Young Indian politicians get a taste of Cambridge life
5 December 2016
A delegation of 12 Indian student politicians affiliated to various political parties visited Cambridge on 1 December to gain a greater understanding of links between the University of Cambridge and India
Rice farming in India much older than thought, used as 'summer crop' by Indus civilisation
21 November 2016
Thought to have arrived from China in 2000 BC, latest research shows domesticated rice agriculture in India and Pakistan existed centuries earlier, and suggests systems of seasonal crop variation that would have provided a rich and diverse diet for the Bronze Age residents of the Indus valley.
Opinion: How the UK and India can lead the development of ecologically smart cities
8 November 2016
Bhaskar Vira and Eszter Kovacs (Department of Geography and University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) discuss how lessons learned about water management in Nepal and India can guide how cities can be made "ecologically smart".
Drowning in a paper sea: India’s welfare efforts failed by its peculiar bureaucracy
21 July 2016
India’s sophisticated laws and progressive policies fail with startling regularity. A new study locates a possible reason as to why in the convoluted bureaucratic system of the Indian state and its obsession with paper
Opinion: The man who taught infinity: how GH Hardy tamed Srinivasa Ramanujan’s genius
22 April 2016
Béla Bollobás (Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics) discusses the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan and the influence of his tutor Godfrey Harold Hardy.
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