A wide range of fields covered in research work
India and the EU have agreed to further collaborate in research and innovation based on the principles of mutual benefit and reciprocity during a virtual summit.
The commitment follows the five-year renewal of the India-EU Agreement on Science and Technology which was concluded in 2001 but expired on 17 May 2020.
“Both parties are committed to launch the renewal procedure in time and acknowledge 20 years of robust cooperation on research and innovation,” the joint statement said on 16 July 2020.
This will help to enhance research and innovation cooperation in different fields like Water, Energy, Healthcare, Agritech & Bioeconomy, Integrated Cyber-Physical Systems, Information and Communication Technologies, Nanotechnology, and clean technologies, etc.
It will also strengthen the institutional linkages in research, exchange of researchers, students, startups and attract co-investment of resources for co-generation of knowledge.
India EU summit meeting was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the European Union delegation headed by European Council President Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
Earlier, Minister for Science & Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan reviewed via video conferencing the India-EU S&T agreement with all Indian stakeholders, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
The review meeting, which suggested the renewal of the agreement on S&T co-operation between the countries, reported that 73 joint research projects have been implemented, resulting in around 200 joint research publications and filing of few patents in the last five years.
There have also been 500 exchange visits of researchers & students during the five years as well as joint activities in knowledge generation, human capacity development, technology development, technology deployment in Water, Health, Material (including Nano sciences) and Bioeconomy.
The review meeting was attended by Professor Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary DST, Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary DBT, Professor Shekhar Mande, DG CSIR, Parvinder Maini, Scientist MoES, N Madhusudan Reddy, Scientific Councellor, Embassy of India in Berlin, Dr. SK Varshney & other concerned officials. #research #EU #India #Bioeconomy @Nano #water #health #knowledge #material /fiinews.com
