USDFC deploys and invests Rs 90 crore in Pune-based Nutri-Fresh Farm Tech, promoting agri-tech in Maharashtra.

USDFC invests Rs 90 crore in Nutrifresh to boost Maharashtra agri-tech development. Pune: In a major boost to Maharashtra’s emerging agri-tech sector, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has deployed the first tranche of Rs 90 crore out of a proposed Rs 400 crore investment in Pune-based Nutrifresh Farm Tech Pvt. Ltd., marking the…

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Who is Nitin Gupta, the IIT Kanpur professor who left tech for neuroscience, now decoding how the human brain drives behavior?

Professor Nitin Gupta of IIT Kanpur In 2000, when Nitin Gupta scored an All-India Rank 1 in the IIT-JEE and entered the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, the prospect was familiar: a high-performing engineer, likely headed for the tech industry. Instead, Gupta’s career took a quieter, more determined turn—in laboratories, neural circuits, and the unsolved…

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Kashmir startup is betting on laser power tech. Pune is likely to be among the first rollout hubs.

Prime Mover targets Pune for pilot of laser energy transmission system PUNE: A Kashmir-based deep-tech startup is looking to bring futuristic, wire-free power solutions to Pune, positioning the city as a potential early adopter of its laser-based energy delivery technology. Prime Mover, which has developed a system to convert laser beams into usable electrical power,…

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