Sandipan Dasgupta, at The Blogs

Feb 1, 2021, 4:01 PM

Green menstruation: Towards making sustainable choices

When we talk about periods, accessibility has always been prioritized over sustainability. However, one does not have to undermine another. Disposable pads pose a grave environmental crisis An average woman is likely to menstruate about 450 times throughout her lifetime. This...

Aug 17, 2020, 9:16 PM

Chapter two of India – Israel Relations: Beyond defense and diamonds

The Indo-Israeli bilateral partnership is a unique case study for students of international relations. Bilateral trade between India and Israel had grown from a meager $200 million in 1992-93 to $6 billion in 2012-13. However, since then it dipped to...

Apr 14, 2020, 11:51 PM

How does a COVID-19 testing center look like?

The current time is unprecedented. We haven’t seen anything like this in the last ~100 years and (hopefully) won’t see in the next 100 years. But, as a Ph.D. student in Molecular Genetics, it is moving to answer curious...

Dec 25, 2019, 12:02 AM

Reflections on Israel’s thriving biotech industry

The Israeli life science industry is uniquely poised in the global ecosystem and the trajectory is likely to go north. According to a recent report by Israeli Advanced Technology Industries (IATI), the robust Israeli life ecosystem has produced close...

Sep 3, 2019, 11:06 PM

Israeli deep-tech startups find themselves ‘hot’ in India

In 2018, when Flipkart, the leader of $32 billion Indian e-commerce market, wanted to deliver critical insights about the product inventory to its sellers, it looked towards Israel for solutions. In a major buyout, Flipkart, which is now a...

Dec 23, 2018, 12:24 PM

Israel’s bid to solve India’s “billion-dollar” healthcare problem

Israel’s healthcare industry has been one of the top contributors to its export-driven economy. According to the annual industry report published by Israeli Advanced Technological Industries at the MIXiii-BIOMED-2018 conference in Tel Aviv, pharmaceutical and medical technology exports accounted...

Nov 18, 2018, 5:56 AM

Israeli tech can assuage India’s worst water crisis

In June 2018, NITI Aayog, the policy think-tank arm of Government of India, published a report titled, “Composite Water Management Index” on the current state of water usage patterns and availability in India. The executive summary of the report...

Aug 25, 2018, 12:53 AM

Making academic research profitable: Take lessons from Israel

At 4.25%, Israel spends the most share of its GDP on R&D than anyone else. Not surprisingly, the investment has helped Israel to earn the title of “Startup Nation”, much of which is attributed to its thriving entrepreneurship culture. For a nation...

Jun 11, 2018, 6:23 AM

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Burgeoning footprint of Israeli agricultural technologies in India

Illustrative: An undated image of a farmer in the western Negev town of Kadesh Barnea inspecting a crop of cherry tomatoes. (Gili Yaari / Flash 90)

Close to fifty-eight percent of India's population is directly engaged in agriculture as its primary source of employment

Jun 3, 2018, 6:07 AM

Destination India: your innovation is well-guarded

For many innovative companies, the first yardstick while devising a market-entry strategy is favorable intellectual property (IP) regime. India is one such market that embraces innovators with open arms. In fact, it serves as its competitive advantage over other...

About Me

Sandipan Dasgupta is a Ph.D. candidate at Weizmann Institute of Science, a co-founder of Weizmann Biotech Club, and a shaper at the Tel Aviv Hub of Global Shaper Community of the World Economic Forum. Previously, he was an Israel-Asia Leaders fellow at Israel-Asia Center, Jerusalem. Please visit: www.sandipandasgupta.com Note: All opinions expressed are personal and are not endorsed by any affiliated institution or organization.