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Local developments worth knowing about — from launches, expansions and research to civic works and community achievements.
Kaveri Agritech will supply and maintain grading equipment for three FPOs covering roughly 2,400 member farmers. Under the arrangement the FPOs pay per-tonne rather than upfront, which the company says removes the main barrier to adoption.
A team of four students has won a national schools robotics competition with an autonomous sorting robot. The school says the team built the machine over five months…
Forty full and partial scholarships have been opened for students from municipal schools in Indore, covering fees and materials for classes 11 and 12. Selection is b…
The college has introduced a one-year diploma in industrial automation, developed with input from manufacturers in the Hebbal industrial area. The first intake is ca…
Since 1981 the polytechnic has trained diploma engineers who now run workshops, service networks and small manufacturing units across the region. Principal S. B. Kul…
The Hyderabad collective has onboarded 120 additional artisan households across three Telangana districts. Members receive advance payment against confirmed retail o…
A 26,000 square foot shared cold warehouse has opened on the Indore-Ujjain road, the company’s third facility in Madhya Pradesh. It will serve food processors who pr…
The farmer-owned dairy now collects over one lakh litres a day across 74 village societies, up from 62,000 litres two years ago. The producer company says payment cy…
The Kochi food company has installed an automated filling and sealing line, roughly tripling packing capacity ahead of the festival season. The company said manual p…
One hundred and forty-two students from the fitter, turner and welder trades have been placed with units across the Peenya industrial belt this year, the institute’s…
Researchers have published results from a two-year trial of a lower-cost effluent treatment process for small dyeing units. The centre says water recovery improved m…
Ninety-four diploma students have been placed with manufacturers across Hubballi–Dharwad and Belagavi. The polytechnic says mechanical and electrical branches saw th…
The Coimbatore textile venture received a state award for work on traceability in handloom supply chains. The company links each fabric batch to the weaving cluster …
The company has shipped its first container of turned components directly to a Colombo-based assembler, having previously supplied only through domestic intermediari…
The Peenya unit has commissioned a second CNC line, taking monthly capacity from roughly 40,000 to 65,000 components. The company says the expansion was driven by tw…
A partnership with seven Peenya machining units will give final-year trainees a six-week shop-floor attachment. The institute says the arrangement was designed after…
The company has developed a bench lathe aimed at workshops that have historically bought second-hand imported machines. Priced substantially below comparable new imp…
Eight collection centres have opened across Vidarbha, taking the network to 46. Samples are moved to the central Nagpur laboratory twice daily, with same-day results…
The Jaipur solar firm has completed its 500th rooftop installation for small industrial units across Rajasthan. Cumulative installed capacity now stands at just over…
Rukmini Bai and the women of eleven Davanagere self-help groups began by grinding spice blends for neighbours. Their federation now runs a shared kitchen, supplies 6…
A new certification covering port operations and container handling has been added, aimed at students seeking roles at Cochin Port and nearby logistics operators. Th…
The Mysuru agritech company has closed an early funding round led by a regional agri-focused investor. Funds will go towards deploying 40 additional cold-storage uni…
A scheduling module for dyeing units has been released, allowing processors to sequence lots by colour to reduce cleaning downtime between batches. Eleven Surat proc…
A final-year team has built a portable water testing kit that reports contamination indicators without laboratory equipment. The college says the design is being tri…
Packages traditional Kerala condiments and ready-to-cook mixes with no added preservatives, sold across South India and the Gulf.
A research centre working on dyeing effluent treatment, yarn quality and process efficiency with mills across Tamil Nadu.
A producer collective that markets Telangana handicrafts directly to retailers, sharing margin back with artisan households.
Manufactures lathes and drilling machines for small workshops, with a service network across North Karnataka.
A government polytechnic offering diploma programmes in mechanical, electrical and computer engineering with local industry placements.
A CBSE-affiliated senior secondary school known for its science and robotics programmes, serving around 2,200 students.