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Dr Katja Lasch takes over as Director of the DWIH New Delhi and the DAAD Regional Office New Delhi

Dr Katja Lasch has taken over as the Director of the German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New Delhi and the DAAD Regional Office New Delhi with effect from 1st October 2019.
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Event Report: Science Circle Lecture – THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY, THE GERMAN “ENERGIEWENDE” AND THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION

The DWIH New Delhi had the pleasure of hosting the eminent climatologist Prof Hans Joachim Schnellhuber, Director Emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and initiating a dialogue on the climate emergency.
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DWIH Annual Report 2018

The DWIH Annual Report 2018 is now available in an interactive, navigable, multimedia format called Pageflow in addition to a downloadable PDF. Learn more about the 5 German Centres for Research and Innovation across the globe, our focus topic(s) and our activities and highlights from the last year. Also find out how we enhance research cooperation, and strengthen Germany as a land of science, research and innovation all over the world.
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TUM Hyperloop Wins Hyperloop Pod Competition in Los Angeles for the Fourth Time in a Row

For the fourth time in a row, the Hyperloop team of the Technical University of Munich has won the globally publicized Hyperloop competition. Their pod reached 288 miles per hour (463 km/h) – just under the world record of 290 miles per hour (467 km/h) set by the TUM team in last year’s competition.
11 Institutions Declared ‘Excellence Universities’ under the German Excellence Strategy

After a long selection process, 10 universities and one university association made it to the list of the best German universities, also referred to as ‘Excellence Universities’ under the ‘Excellence Strategy‘, an initiative by the German government to promote cutting edge research at German Universities.
Falling Walls Venture 2019 – Applications Open!

Nominations for the Falling Walls Venture 2019 are now open.
Germany Announces Continued Increases to Research Funding

Good news for researchers looking at Germany as their research destination! On May 3 this year, German federal and state legislators announced that research funding in science will continue to increase by 3% annually for the coming ten years, 2021-30.