China to host 10 BRICS S&T Ministerial meeting in Sept 2022
India will host five of the 25 BRICS events planned for this year, while China has proposed to host the 10th BRICS Science & Technological Ministerial meeting and Senior Official Meeting in September 2022, Ministry of Science & Technology said on 18 Jan 2022.
India, which handed BRICS chairmanship to China in January 2022, will host BRICS Startups Forum meeting, Working Groups meetings on Energy; Biotechnology & Biomedicine; ICT & High-Performance Computing; STIEP (Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Partnership) Working Group Meeting and the launching of BRICS innovation Launchpad as a microsite (Knowledge Hub).
These events were decided during the 15th meeting of the BRICS Science Technology Innovation (STI) Steering Committee on 17 January 2022.
The Calendar of BRICS STI activities and expected deliverables were discussed at the meeting organized virtually.
The theme for BRICS 2022 is “Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global Development”. A series of sectoral events and meetings, including Minister level and BRICS Summit, will be organized during the year.
The BRICS STI Steering Committee meeting was attended by representatives from BRICS scientific ministries and foreign missions.
Sanjeev Kumar Varshney, Advisor & Head International Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology, led the Indian team to the meeting.
During the meeting organized virtually, the Chinese side presented broad outline of activities to be carried out during the whole year. It mainly includes thematic meetings, BRICS Young Scientist Conclave, Senior official and Ministerial level meetings.
DPIIT is the main executing agency for BRICS startups Forum and creation of innovation Knowledge Hub.
China has proposed to host the 10th BRICS S&T Ministerial meeting and Senior Official Meeting in September 2022. The meeting theme would promote Open, Inclusive and Shared Science, Technology and Innovation. At the sideline of the Ministerial meeting, an exhibition will be organized showcasing outcomes of successful projects supported under the BRICS Framework Programme (2015-2022).
The meeting also discussed the finalization of BRICS Calendar of scientific events and programs. It was agreed that by the end of this month, all countries will notify the specific dates, venue, and format of meeting.
India tentatively indicated willingness to host the STIEP working group meeting on 23–24 March 2022 and BRICS Startups Forum Meeting in May-June 2022. fiinews.com
