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High profile visitors raise the level of excitement and purpose
Today there were more corporate visitors to the Kumbhathon. Most of them represented companies in Nashik and Mumbai, and some of the...
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Read the Latest Article in The Guardian From Waze for crowds to Uber for street food – MIT innovatio
Ramesh Raskar, who spearheads the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’sKumbhathon venture, is head of MIT’s Camera Culture group,...
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Panels of mentors coached teams all day
Today began with some of the MIT team members visiting a Brahmin temple early in the morning, then stopping by the riverside. At the...
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Serious progress evident on day 3 at the Kumbhathon5
Panels punctuated the morning. Synergy was the word for the afternoon. Health care innovations were the highlight of the evening. The...
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Innovators got to work on day 2 at the Kumbhathon5
We all awoke to see three stories in the local media, with photographs of the team with local officials. It is great to see the level of...
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Kumbhathon5 innovators kickoff Kumbhathon5 with much enthusiasm
The morning began with 100+ innovators enthusiastically chanting the Kumbhathon mantra: “We are on, Kumbhathon; Kumbhathon, we are on!”...
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State government ministers welcome MIT team to Nashik before Kumbhathon5
Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of the State of Maharashtra and Ms. Manisha Patankar-Mhaiskar, Secretary of Urban Development for...