VACB arrests former fisheries sub-inspector

The Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Tuesday arrested a former sub-inspector of Fisheries department who failed to comply with a court order to serve her sentence in a 2009 embezzlement case. The accused, S. Anitha, was convicted for misappropriating ₹68,555 from a bank in Ancuthengu, which offers financial assistance to women engaged in…

Ganga Hospital designated as GCOE in trauma, joint replacement, arthroscopy surgeries

Kanakavalli Shanmuganathan (fourth right), Managing Director of Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, and Yoo Jin Chey (third right), Vice President, Asia Pacific, Johnson and Johnson MedTech, with the memorandum of understanding in the presence of S. Rajasekaran (fourth left), Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery at Ganga Hospital, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Siva SaravananS…

CSIR-NIIST to organise conclave on intellectual property monetisation and technology transfer in May

As part of its golden jubilee celebrations, the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST) is organising ‘Conclave on Intellectual Property (IP) Monetisation and Technology Transfer’ on May 14. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, will inaugurate the conclave. C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-NIIST, will preside. The conclave is aimed at empowering research organisations and industries…