Perspective Action Plan on EU-India Collaboration in ICT R&D

Pe erspe ective Ac ction Plan n on EU U-Ind dia Colla C bora ation n in IICT R&D R

For a Europea an Commiission sp ponsored d FP7 Pro oject titled

SYN NCHR RONISER Synch hronising g the Rese earch Po olicy Dialo ogue to tthe Indian Dimension (Proje ect no. 24 48867) www.synchron niser.org

Table of Con ntents

4 1. Abstraact ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Backgground of thee Perspective e Action Plan n (PAP) ..................................................................................... 5 5 2.1 Miission and ob bjective of th he PAP .......................................................................................................... 6 6 2.2. M Methodology//Structure ad dopted ......................................................................................................... 6 6 2.2.1 Selection o of SSC memb bers and development off questionnaire .................................................... 6 6 2 Strategy off SSC Think TTank Meetinggs ............................................................................................. 7 7 2.2.2 2.2.3 3 SSC Preliminary meetin ng – India ...................................................................................................... 7 7 2.2.4 4 SSC Think TTank Meetin ng 1 – Brusseels ............................................................................................. 7 7 2.2.5 5 SSC Think TTank Meetin ng 2‐ Copenh hagen ........................................................................................ 7 7 2.2.6 6 SSC Think TTank Meetin ng 3 ‐ Brussells .............................................................................................. 8 8 3. List off Priority areeas as per Position Paper 1 ............................................................................................. 9 9 4. Reviseed list of prio ority areas fo or joint reseaarch, as envissaged by thee SSC ............................................... 10 0 4.1 Bo ottom‐Up Ap pproach ........................................................................................................................... 10 0 4.1.1 IPv6 ................................................................................................................................................. 10 0 2 Internet off Things .......................................................................................................................... 11 1 4.1.2 4.1.3 3 Smart Grid ds .................................................................................................................................... 11 1 4.1.4 4 Satellite Co ommunicatio ons .............................................................................................................. 12 2 4.1.5 5 GNSS – Galileo ............................................................................................................................... 13 3 4.1.6 6 Trust, Secu urity, Privacyy and Monito oring ....................................................................................... 13 3 4.1.7 7 DNS Security .................................................................................................................................. 14 4 4.1.8 8 Cloud Com mputing ........................................................................................................................... 15 5 4.1.9 9 Sensor Nettworks ........................................................................................................................... 16 6 4.1.10 Multimed dia Technolo ogy ............................................................................................................... 17 7 8 4.1.11 Open Datta .................................................................................................................................... 18 op‐Down App proach ............................................................................................................................ 18 8 4.2 To 4.2.1 e‐Inclusion n ..................................................................................................................................... 18 8 2 e‐Governance ................................................................................................................................ 19 9 4.2.2 4.2.3 3 Healthcaree, e‐Health ..................................................................................................................... 20 0 ______

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4.2.4 4 Ageing ............................................................................................................................................. 22 2 4.2.5 5 Ambient A Assisted Living (AAL) ....................................................................................................... 23 3 4.2.6 6 Culture & H Heritage and d Digital Presservation tecchnologies .......................................................... 24 4 4.2.7 7 Multi Langguage and Language tech hnologies ................................................................................ 25 5 4.2.8 8 Spectrum M Managemen nt ................................................................................................................. 26 6 4.2.9 9 ICT for Envvironment ...................................................................................................................... 28 8 4.2.10 EU‐India Regulation aand Standard dization .................................................................................. 29 9 ng .................................................................................................................................... 30 0 4.2.11 e‐Learnin 1 4.2.12 Intelligent Transport SSystems ...................................................................................................... 31 2 4.2.13 Support ffor Research by SMEs .................................................................................................... 32 nt co‐creatio on ............. 32 2 4.2.14 Future Intternet Open Innovation eecosystems aacross bordeers on conten ope Cooperation on Futu ure Internet N Networks and Platforms ................................... 33 3 4.2.15 Indo‐Euro ope Technolo ogy Platform m on ICT ................................................................................... 34 4 4.2.16 Indo‐Euro ommon priorrity areas ideentified by th he SSC for joint research ................................... 35 5 4.3 Summary of co 5 5. Impacct and challenges for the identified reesearch priorities ................................................................... 35 6. Action n Plan ................................................................................................................................................. 38 8 6.1Sho ort term (201 12 – 2014) ..................................................................................................................... 38 8 6.2 Me edium term (2012 – 2016) ............................................................................................................... 39 9 6.3 Long term (201 12 – 2020) ..................................................................................................................... 40 0 oad mappingg – Action Plan .......................................................................................... 40 0 6.4 Summary of Ro 3 7. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................ 43 5 8. Refereences ................................................................................................................................................. 45 9. SYNCH HRONISER Stteering Committee (SSC)) Members ............................................................................. 48 8 Annex: Q Questionnairre Snapshot ................................................................................................................... 49 9

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1. Abstract This doccument, the Perspective Action Plan (PAP) propo oses a detaileed action plaan for enhan ncing the EU‐‐ India co ooperation in n the field of o ICT, based d on the ou utcomes of discussions d aand deliberaations of thee SYNCHR RONISER Steeering Committee (SSC) tthat transpirred mainly during the Th hink Tank Meetings. Thee Perspecttive Action Plan docum ment has be een produceed followingg the foresigghted debatte based on n background materiaal, suggestions from SYN NCHRONISER R partners an nd further eelaboration of o views and d nal inputs fro om the SSC experts. addition The SSC is a blend o of representaatives from aacademia, in ndustry as weell as govern nment from both EU and d ome of them m are key decision makers at the nattional level w with expertisse in one or more of thee India. So thematic areas beingg proposed ffor joint reseearch.

Since itss inception over o two years back, the SSC has been b deliberaating and deebating on the t status off India‐EU U cooperation in the ICT sector, particularly reassons and facttors affecting joint projeect proposalss in respo onse to the EU Framew work Program mmes. Takingg Minutes of o Meeting o of the 6th In ndia‐EU Jointt Workingg Group (JW WG) meetingg on Inform mation Societty that tookk place in M March 2009 9 along with h background study d documents compiled byy the SYNCH HRONISER project p as a starting point, the SSC C w priority arreas based on o recent ad dvances in the field of ICT as well as a correctivee suggesteed some new measurees that could d be taken to o encourage jjoint researcch.

The PAP P was intend ded to be sub bmitted for consideratio on by the EU U‐India JWG in its 7th meeeting, which h unfortun nately did no ot happen aas scheduled. To keep ab breast of thee latest deveelopments and events in n the ICT ssector, the SSYNCHRONISSER project continued with its activitiies and SSC m meetings. Th he PAP is thee outcome e of these aactivities and d SSC meetin ngs that took into consid deration info ormation gathered from m the follo owing sourcees:

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India’s 12th ffive year plan n (2012‐2017 7) documentt.

EU’s Horizon n 2020 progrramme.

Discussions during the EEU‐India JWG G meeting heeld on 28th aand 29th Marrch, 2012. o‐European R Research & Innovation C Conference o organized att Brussels on n Proceedingss of the Indo 31st May & 1st June, 2012.

This doccument (PAP P), thus elabo orates the en ntire course of action takken by the SYYNCHRONISEER project to o arrive att the revised d list of prioriity areas for joint researcch as well ass recommend dations mad de by the SSC C for boosting the im mpact of EU‐‐India ICT co ooperation process. Sum mmary of th he action plan that hass d as a conseq quence is as follows: emerged

1. Increase aw wareness on IICT Calls in tthe FP7 and Horizon 202 20 in India th hrough appro opriate wayss and means o of informatio on disseminaation. w in n 2. Build mutuaal trust amoongst stakeholders on thhe two sidess through networking workshops important ciities and tow wns of India aas well as EU U states.

3. Identification of apprropriate priiority areass and suitaable projecct partners based on n s to eencourage jo oint projectt complementting strengtths, particularly from the SME sector proposals. ______

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4. Training and d problem solving s workkshops for researchers and a other sttakeholders on the two o sides for EU U Frameworkk Programmees as well ass EU‐India Jo oint funding programmes, suggested d by the Indian side in the 7th EU‐India JWG meetin ng held on 28 8th & 29th Maarch, 2012. perts in the IST Advisorry Group (ISSTAG) respo onsible for EU‐India E ICTT 5. Inclusion off Indian exp cooperation n.

2. Backkground o of the Perrspective A Action Plaan (PAP) The aveerage outcom me of EU‐Ind dia cooperattion in ICT research projjects funded d under FP7,, as also the e extendeed gap in th he political dialogue d faccilitated by the t EU‐Indiaa Joint Workking Group proceedingss created the need fo or an ad hoc supporting action. As aa result, SYNCHRONISER was one of the projectss under FP7, eenvisaged to foster reseaarch cooperation betweeen the two paartners. funded u Through h a well‐structured apprroach, the SYYNCHRONISEER project was w successful in identifyying lacunaee and suggesting remedies to tackle various b bottlenecks tthat were posing hindraances in the cooperation n m both sides to convene the SSC (SYN NCHRONISER R process.. By bringingg together relevant stakeholders from Steeringg Committeee), taking their inputs and a recommendations as a well as ad dditional vie ews from 30 0 individual visionariees covering different thematic t arreas of ICTT, the SYNC CHRONISER project hass he governmeents on both the sides. successffully reported these reveelations to th Perspecttive Action P Plan (PAP) caan serve as a very useful document in n attainmentt of the objeectives of thee joint decclaration on research & innovation ccooperation signed betw ween EU and d India on 10 0th February,, 2012 at New Delhi.

W Gro oup (JWG): A A Joint Working Group (JWG) on IC CT, established under an n EU‐Indiaa ICT Joint Working institutio onal agreem ment betwee en the Europ pean Union and the Go overnment o of India’s Department off Information Techno ology (DIT), now DeitY (Departmen nt of Electro onics and In nformation Technology)) primarilyy comprisess policymakeers, concerne ed ministerss, researcherrs and other stakeholde ers from thee two sidees. The JWG G meetings are inter‐governmental,, closed‐doo or meetings that follow a top‐down n approacch. The JW WG meets annually a and d discusses agreed agendas and p programmes for mutual cooperaation, especiaally in the arrea of ICT reesearch. It reeviews the jo oint action p plan and imp plementation n reports of the precceding year and subseq quently arrivves at new or modified d policy and d regulatoryy framewo orks for thee subsequen nt year. To date, d seven JWG meetings have taaken place. In order to o identify “Joint Reseaarch Prioritiees”, there is a point of deeparture by both the sid des from thee set practice e olders and scientific s com mmunities in ndependently while deffining prioritties for theirr of involvving stakeho own reggion.

SYNCHR RONISER Stee ering Comm mittee (SSC): SSC is a platfform created d by the SYNCHRONISER project with h participaation by elitee researcherrs and industtry stakehold ders from bo oth the regio ons. Its main n objective iss to brainstorm and identify preccise research h paths for the “Joint Reesearch Priorrities” shortllisted by thee m at the annual meeetings of th he JWG. Due to the interest in thee SSC activitiies and also,, policy makers thanks tto the recom mmendationss from the EEuropean Co ommission´s reviewers’ tteam, the SSSC group hass been weell diversified d since its incception.

Position n Paper (PP): The docum ment explainss precise dim mensions of the research h priorities sshortlisted in n the prevvious JWG M Meetings. PP P1 was an ou utcome of th he first SSC meeting, wh hich was intended to be e ______

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submitte ed for consid deration of tthe EU‐India JWG for incclusion of ICTT research p priorities as ssuggested byy the SSC members. In n addition, itt also includees recommen ndations of tthe SSC on w ways and means to boostt dia policy diaalogue in the field of ICTT and strenggthening the internationaal dimension n the impact of EU‐Ind E ICT research prrogramme. The PP1 waas further elaborated e and enhanced in light off of the EU‐India debates with SSC experts an nd SYNCHRO ONISER parttners and included i co omments raised at thee RONISER review for the 2nd year to arrrive at PP2.

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2.1 Miission and d objectiv ve of the P PAP The aim m and objecttive of the Perspective P A Action Plan (PAP) is to propose and d disseminate an action n plan to the stakeho olders, which h should also o include inp puts from th he outcome of the 7th EU‐India JWG G meetingg. The 7th EU‐‐India JWG m meeting did not take plaace as sched duled. It was postponed thrice in the e th th last 2 ye ears and wass finally orgaanized on 28 and 29 March, 2012.

M d A joint declaration on rresearch and innovatiion cooperattion that was signed on 10th Februarry 2012 betw ween the European Com mmission and d the Indiaan Government is expectted to furtheer strengthen the existing cooperatio on under the e umbrella off the EU‐India S&T Co ooperation Aggreement siggned in 2001 1.1 P is based on n the outcom mes of discusssions and deeliberations o of the three physical SSC C Think Tankk This PAP Meeting gs, discussion ns of the 7th EU‐India JW WG meeting h held in March h 2012, as w well as proceeedings of the e st st, Indo‐European Reseearch & Inno ovation Partn nership conference held on May 31 and June 1 1 2012. Thee n “Joint Reseearch Prioritties”, recom mmendationss and Action n Plans wass content for PAP, especially on members in tthe SSC meeeting held on June 1st, 201 12 at Brussels. discusseed with SSC m

2.2. Methodolog gy/Structture adop pted 2.2.1 Se election of SSSC membe ers and devvelopment o of question nnaire SSC mem mbers with rrelevant exp pertise were selected fro om different ICT sub‐dom mains from b both EU and d India. TThe memberss represente ed governme ent, academiia as well as the industryy. The profile of the SSC C experts ranged from m industry stakeholders s who are well versed with w the currrent ICT technology and d research h scenarios of their resp pective regio ons and acrross the glob be, research hers from accademia and d policy experts e who o closely fo ollow or aree involved in internatiional collaboration policies of thee governm ment.

To begin n with, the SSYNCHRONISSER team diistributed reelevant projeect and public documen nts, includingg the repo orts on previious EU‐Indiaa policy dialo ogues for thee SSC memb bers to read through and d analyse the e outcome es. Providin ng backgrou und materiaal in advancce was neccessary to facilitate brrainstormingg discussio ons in the SSSC Think Tank Meetings.

A questiionnaire wass prepared b by the projecct team and sent to the SSC membeers to gather their viewss and opin nions on thee EU‐India IC CT cooperatio on. The questionnaire w was further d discussed in the first SSC C Think Taank Meeting.. A snapshot of the questtionnaire is aattached as A Annex.

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Europe an nd India sign Jointt Declaration on Research and Inn novation Cooperaation available at http://ec.europa.eu/researcch/index.cfm?pg= =newsalert&lg=en&year=2012&na=na‐100212

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2.2.2 Sttrategy of SSSC Think Taank Meetin ngs A two day round tab ble, brainsto orming sessio on of the 10 0 experts was planned in n order to an nalyse all thee precedin ng EU‐India “Joint Reseearch Prioritties” and minutes m of JWG meetin ngs, as well as proposee recomm mendations for f precise research paths for thesee joint prioriities. These recommend dations weree recorded d in Position n Papers and d submitted to the EU‐In ndia JWG. Th hese SSC meeetings ensu ured that thee needs and a prioritiees get transsmitted from m research to the policcy dimensio on. Altogether four SSC C meetinggs were foresseen during the tenure o of the Project; two Think Tank Meetings, (one in each year to o be held before the JJWG meetinggs) and two Action Plan Meetings (o one in each yyear, to be held after thee JWG meeetings).

2.2.3 SSSC Preliminary meeting – India An intro oductory meeting of Indiian SSC mem mbers was orrganized on August 31st, 2010 at New w Delhi. Thee meetingg also included a brainsttorming sesssion on the EU‐India E “Joint Research h Priorities” identified in n the 6th EU‐India ICT JJWG meetingg. with non‐EU countries. periences reegarding join nt projects undertaken u SSC members shareed their exp ng the discusssions, they suggested preparation p of a draft proposal on aa joint Indo‐‐EU ICT R&D D Followin th fund, wh hich could bee submitted for considerration in the 7 JWG meeeting.

2.2.4 SSSC Think Tank Meetingg 1 – Brusse els The firstt SSC Think TTank Meetin ng was succeessfully orgaanized at Bru ussels on 30th Septembeer, 2010. Thee meetingg enabled SSSC memberss from both sides to share their thoughts and exchange views v on thee th ongoingg ICT cooperaation dialogu ue between EU and Indiia. The minu utes of the 6 EU‐India JW WG meetingg were disscussed in deetail vis‐a‐viss the prevaleent ICT scenaario. Based o on the societtal challenges on the two o sides and other relevant factors including prriorities in co ore ICT R&D,, a common set of priority areas wass identifieed for joint research projjects. Consid dering the po oor outcome e of FP7 fund ded ICT proje ects in India,, ways an nd means to o overcome bottleneckss and arrive at amicablee solutions were also discussed d forr possiblee implementaations.

The main outcome o of the meetin ng was a set of importan nt points for the development of a Po osition Paperr uld be submitted for con nsideration in the 7th EU‐‐India JWG m meeting. Furrther information on thee that cou meetingg including prresentationss is available on http://syynchroniser.o org/Synchron niserOutcom mes.htm#ssc

2.2.5 SSC Think T Tank Meetting 2‐ Cop penhagen The sixth EU‐India JW WG meetingg was held in n March 2009. The 7th JW WG meeting was postpon ned thrice in n nd it was orgganized on M March 29th 20 012 at New D Delhi. the last two years an he SYNCHRO ONISER project was to provide updated inputs to o the JWG on n One of tthe main objjectives of th potentiaal areas of joint researcch. The SSC C meetings, both “Thinkk Tank” and “Action Plaan” revolved d around tthe JWG meetings and w were complettely dependeent on the policy level discussions. ______

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To keep pace with th he advancem ments in tech hnology and be prepared d at all timess for the JWG G meeting, itt priate to carrry on with th he project irrrespective off the happen ning of the JW WG meeting. was deeemed approp The firsst Action Plan Meetingg had to bee cancelled, but the prroject activiities continu ued through h discussio ons through h e‐mails and conferencce calls with h SSC memb bers, which eventually enabled thee Project tteam to deveelop the drafft Perspectivve Action Plan (PAP).

The second Think Tank T Meetin ng was organized on 2ndd September 2011 in co onjunction with w the Co‐‐ n Conferencee 2011 at Cop penhagen. creation SSC meembers attended the Co‐creation C Conference 2011, whicch brought together in ndustry and d academia to understtand the pottential of co‐‐creation forr Innovation.. During the Think Tank M Meeting, thee mbers discussed and an nalyzed seleccted research priorities listed in thee draft PAP consisting c off SSC mem technicaal & horizonttal recommeendations. Th he importantt outcome o of this meetin ng was the ssuggestion off categoriizing the research prioritty areas und der bottom‐u up and top‐d down approaaches. Thesee approachess and the priority areaas have been n elaborated in the sectio ons that follo ow. mmendations of SYNCHR RONISER SSC C members during this meeting aree Other key outcomes and recom on of the pro oject websitee: availablee in the Outccomes Sectio http://syynchroniser..org/Synchro oniserOutcom mes.htm#sscc.

2.2.6 SSSC Think Tank Meetingg 3 ‐ Brusse els The thirrd SSC Think Tank Meeting was orgaanized on 1stt June, 2012 to coincide with the Ind do‐European n Research & Innovation Conferen nce organizeed at Brussels on 31st Maay & 1st Junee, 2012. Main agenda off nk Tank Meetting was focu used on the following im mportant poin nts: the Thin a. Contents of Position Pap per and draftt PAP that were the outccomes of 1st aand 2nd SSC m meetings.

7th EU‐India JW WG meetingg held at New w Delhi on 28 8th & 29th Maarch, 2012 b. Discussions during the 7 o‐European R Research & Innovation C Conference o organized att Brussels on n c. Proceedingss of the Indo 31st May & 1 1st June, 201 12, particularrly those of tthe ICT them matic session d. Points suggeested by the European Co ommission aafter the reviiew meeting of Februaryy, 2012: 

New priority areas: accessible, trransparent a and to enable the privatee  Open Data: make publicc data more a sector to add value to pu ublic data arnessing Biig Data in e‐‐research, go overnment a and the privvate sector iss  Big Data: ha one of 2012 2’s major ICTT trends and d a critical enabler e to m meet a varietty of societal and econom mic challengees

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utputs and consideratio c on of the EU‐India Straategic Reseaarch Agendaa ICT Workshop’s ou ped by e DG R Research, 27 7 EU Membeer States and d DST develop Impact aassessment, possible obsstacles and cchallenges off the selected research p priorities and d recomm mendations

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e. New issues//proposals in ncluded in this PAP:   

Endorsee or modify the recommeendations inccluded in thee draft PAP aand their rele evance Approvee or modify tthe proposed d actions asssociated to each recomm mendation Recomm mend on the most suitable entities to o carry out eaach action an nd the propo osed timing

3. List of Priorityy areas ass per Posittion Paper 1 During the t 6th JWG meeting, itt was agreed d upon to upgrade u the scope of th he JWG to include i jointt projectss in which reesources cou uld be pooled on strateggic areas of IICT. The follo owing techn nology areas,, such as enablers as w well as new innovative seervices weree shortlisted for joint pro ojects: • • • • • • • • •

IPv6 N) New Generation Nettworks (NGN ource Softwaare (OSS) Open So RFID, Bio ometrics and d Smart Card d India‐EU U research neetwork connectivity and e‐Infrastructture 3G Deployment m Managem ment Spectrum Internett Governancee Universaal Service

The abo ove list was ttaken by the SSC as a refference, alth hough furtheer work was needed to sshape up thee priority list with regaards to reseaarch prioritiees. Position P Paper 1 was the first atteempt to set tthe research h oration of joint priorities however followed a serries of physiccal meetingss and remotee priorities. The elabo consultaations amongg stakeholdeers.

As thesee technologyy areas weree identified almost overr three yearss back, SSC members haave included d addition nal relevant priority areaas in their discussions. d TThey have also taken into account the t updated d publishe ed ICT Workk Programmee 2011‐2012 2, in which the t current research priorities of th he European n Commisssion are clearly identifieed. In addition, inputs frrom the disccussions durring the 7thEU‐India JWG G meetingg held in New Delhi in March M 2012,, as well as proceedingss of the Indo European Research & & Innovatiion Partnership Conference organizeed on 31stMaay & 1st Junee, 2012 with h a dedicated session on n ICT have e also been cconsidered. A As the main ffocus of Euro ope’s Seventth Frameworrk Programm me (FP7) is to o increasee European competitiven c ness, speciall attention needs n to be paid to areaas where Ind dia can offerr more vaalue. Of special relevance e are the Info ormation Tecchnology secctors related mostly to so oftware.

Moreover, for a better underrstanding off the comm mon ICT fields where EEurope and India could d cooperaate, SSC expeerts thoughtt it useful to o differentiatte the prioriities and approaches, de epending on n the natu ure of participating entitties: SMEs, laarge compan nies, researcch centres an nd universities/academicc institutio ons.

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4. Revised list o of priority areas for joint rese earch, as e envisaged d by the SSSC Priority areas proposed by SSC members for joint research r weere classified d into “Top‐‐Down” and d m‐Up” appro oaches. Top p–Down and Bottom–Up are esssentially strrategies of information n “Bottom processiing and know wledge orderring.

While classifying th he priority areas, the exxperts consid dered the “core “ ICT tecchnology do omains” thatt ure novel tecchnological evolutions as a Bottom‐Up priorities. These are the t prioritiess determines the futu nsidered for ffuture techn nological advvancements and for bringing out state‐of‐the‐artt that neeed to be con innovatiive results. On the otther hand, Top‐Down T p priority areas are the rresearch chaallenges and d associated technologies which aare considereed as priorityy from service or societaal points of vview. Typical CT areas thatt are application oriented, extensivee research to o eradicate “grass‐root”” examplees include IC problem ms and addreessing concerrns of the society like heaalthcare, edu ucation, ageiing, climate change, etc.

Information on each h of the prio ority areas with w indicatio on on how joint researcch could ben nefit the two o mpiled in the following sub‐sections. The inforrmation has been taken n from mostt sides haas been com relevantt sources an nd compiled d here for an a overview of the currrent scenario with resp pect to each h thematic area in EU as well as In ndia.

4.1 Bo ottom‐Up Approach h Priority areas focusin ng on new and future technologies:

4.1.1 IP Pv6 The Inteernet Protoccol version 6 (IPv6) is the new version of th he internet protocol, enlarging thee possibilities for the world of nod des and IP aaddresses. It replaces thee old version n, IPv4. The main reason n m IP addresses. Devveloped in 1 1981, IPv4 was w primarilyy for the IPv6 deployyment is thee need for more d for researcch networks. IPv4 is ablee to provide 4.3 billion IP P addresses. With the ch hallenge of aa designed worldwide populatio on of 6.4 billion people aand an ever iincreasing neetwork, the address spacce is runningg short. IP Pv6 provides 56.9 billion IP addressees. With a larrge address sspace it is qu uite possible e to make an n arbitraryy number of devices per user, availab ble over the iinternet.

IPv6 is h having great impact in reesearch as laarge scale neetworking teest beds are easy to deploy with thiss protocol, primarily d due to auto‐‐configuratio on and mobiility enhanceements. Reseearch protottypes can bee n real world d scenarios and a the gap between simulated theeory and reaality can be closed. IPv6 6 tested in allows the possibility of peeer‐2‐peer co ommunicatio ons within these netw works; allow ws seamlesss nication han ndovers and d satisfies the t requirements of id dentity man nagement within w thesee commun networkks. The deployment of IPv6 by neetwork operrators and content/app c lication providers is an n increasin ng priority fo or all interneet stakeholdeers. In termss of public po olicy, IPv6 pllays an impo ortant role in n security,, interoperab bility and com mpetition.

India haas a populattion of 121 million interrnet users (10.20% of the t overall p population) representingg about 15 500 times grrowth of inteernet users in n the period between 20 000‐2010 and d constituting about 11% % of the total t regionaal internet users. u India enjoys e secon nd ranking in the accesses to Googgle, Amazon,, ______

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Faceboo ok, LinkedIn,, etc. An IPvv6 Indian forum was created in 2001 with a p political endo orsement to o monitorr progress on n the deploym ment of IPv6 6.

EU‐Indiaa cooperation in new developments of technologgies and servvices based on IPv6 dep ployment will enable tthe growth o of the interneet to support further inn novation. IPv6 converts ittself into a tw wo‐fold goal: enabler for further research an nd innovation n based on a more pow werful infrasttructure of internet and d objective to develop p advanced internet applications, among otherrs, those con ntained in th he European n Future Internet Publlic Private Paartnership (FI‐PPP).

4.1.2 In nternet of TThings The Inteernet of thin ngs concept is described as a self‐cconfiguring wireless nettwork of sen nsors with a a purposee to intercon nnect all thin ngs. The Inteernet of thin ngs is likely to t be a non‐deterministtic and open n networkk in which au uto‐organized d or intelligeent entities aand virtual objects will bee interoperaable and ablee to act in ndependentlly dependingg on the context, circum mstances or environmen nts. It will host Ambientt Intelligence built upo on Ubiquitou us Computin ng.

The systtem will be an example e of event‐d driven architeecture; botttom‐up made and will consider c anyy subsidiary level. Theerefore, mod del driven an nd functionaal approachees will co‐exist with new w ones to be e usual evolutiion of processses. In an In nternet of Th hings, the meaning of an n able to ttreat exceptiions and unu event will not necesssarily be bassed on a deterministic orr syntactic m model but wo ould instead be based on n the conttext of the evvent itself: this will also be a semanttic web. Bein ng made up o of billions off parallel and d simultan neous eventss; time will n no longer be used as a co ommon and linear dimen nsion but will depend on n each enttity. Accordin ngly, it will be based on m massive paraallel IT system ms.

The Inte ernet of thin ngs will thereefore be con nsidered and d studied as a complex system due to the hugee number of different links and intteractions beetween auto onomous acttors and its ccapacity to in ntegrate new w 2 actors.

EU‐Indiaa cooperation in this areaa can yield su ubstantial an nd useful results for mutu ual benefits.

4.1.3 Sm mart Grids The smaart Grid is an n electrical neetwork that integrates digital compo onents to opttimize the diistribution off energy tthrough a neetwork. Thro ough mechan nisms of a tw wo‐way com mmunication,, the Smart G Grid reducess costs and increases rreliability and transparen ncy of the neetwork in dellivering electtricity.

The maiin objectivess of the Smart Grid are tto respond in ntelligently tto different cconditions of supply and d demand d ‐ respondin ng quickly to o changes in n the networrk at the fall of a node, providing smart energyy demand d, improving availability, trying to red duce peak deemand and o optimizing th he use of offf‐peak hours;; providin ng megabits,, kilobits witth power co ontrol and selling s the reest (resellingg the excesss bandwidth h provisioned on the SSmart Grid); addressing sscale and sco ope; thanks tto the Smartt Grid, scalingg obtained iss robust and a fault‐pro oof, so if thee backbone network goees down, the e Smart Grid d can keep on o supplyingg power to t consumerrs in island mode; m Homee Area Netw work ‐ try to o create a ho ome networrk to control

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electricaal consumption of various household electronicc devices offfering more information n on what iss consumed by each d device at eveery moment aand even turrn off automatically if necessary. position for EU and India to develop p the energyy The Smaart Grid expeerience coulld be an inteeresting prop grid of the t future, seeking solu utions for seervices and devices, d reaching large economies of scale and d immersive applicatio ons.

4.1.4 Saatellite Com mmunicatio ons Satellite broadband is offering new mode off communicaation optionss to users (individual and d companies)) ns of the wo orld. Successs emanates ffrom superio or coverage performance e of Satellite e across aall the region technolo ogy combineed with drasttic reduction n of prices, w which is a dirrect consequence of the introduction n of high tthroughput SSatellites and fierce com mpetition am mong many Satellite operrators spread d around thee globe. ork providingg strategic ap pplications in n Satellite communicaations are esssential elemeents of any gglobal netwo the dom main of inform mation and education viia cost effecttive broadcaast networks,, true service e continuity‐‐ anywhere (inland, overseas o and d in the air)), digital incllusion as weell as securitty, defence and disasterr management.

Satellite communicaations is a strrategic domaain within the European ICT sector. TTelecom markets accountt t Europeaan Satellite industry tu urnover (up and down stream revvenues) and d for about 2/3rdof the ment as well as for 90% of all Europ pean commercial launchees. Thereforee, the Europ pean Satellitee employm commun nication industry is a fu undamental element to o sustain the European space indu ustry and itss strategicc independen nt access to space.3 The Euro opean Spacee Agency and d its members and coopeerating statees are develo oping space ttechnologiess and systtems, suppo orting innovation and global g compeetitiveness and a preparin ng for the future. f Theirr activities are focused on explo oration of space s and o on the basic tools: acccess to spacce, scientificc dge and technologies. knowled Internattionally, Indiaa is viewed b by space faring nations as an emergin ng space pow wer capable of achievingg its goalss in a more cost effectivve and timee‐efficient manner. Coun ntries look to o India for assistance a in n buildingg up their ccapabilities to derive benefits b of space techn nology. The scope of internationa i l cooperaation has become widerr and diverse e, as Indian Space Reseearch Organiisation (ISRO O) has madee tremend dous progresss in recent times. Form mal cooperative arrangem ments in thee form of Aggreements orr Memoraanda of Und derstanding (MoU) or Framework F Agreementss have been n signed witth European n Centre for f Medium Range Weatther Forecassts (ECMWF)), European Organisation n for the Exploitation off Meteoro ological Sateellites (EUM METSAT), European Space Agency (ESA) and with specific European n Countriees (such as FFrance, Germ many, Hungaary, Italy, Spaain, Sweden,, The Netherlands, Unite ed Kingdom,, etc.) witth a massive scope for further cooperration.4 Thereforre, joint co ooperation between b Eu uropean and d Indian researchers in n the field of Satellitee

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commun nications offfer a very prromising landscape. Thee European Integral I SatC Com Initiativve (European n Technolo ogy Platform m ISI) can bee used as an instrument to channel joint researrch between Europe and d India on SatCom relaated technologies.

4.1.5 GNSS – Galile eo A relevaant European n project in the field of navigation aand position location is tthe Galileo system (fully s y civilian o owned and m managed as opposed to GPS that is ffully owned by the US m military). Aiming to satisfyy both Eu uropean and d non‐Europ pean marketts, Galileo ccan be used d to providee security in n traffic and d transporrtation, from m engineering surveys, through co onstruction, to the maaintenance of o roads, to o accidentt studies, navvigation and d mapping. In n addition, Location Baseed Systems ((LBS) nowadaays forms an n important aspect of Galileo.

India has a great inteerest in collaaborating witth Europe on n space reseaarch and theere is a strong demand in n India fo or internatio onal cooperration in th he framewo ork of Galileeo technolo ogy. Probab ble areas off cooperaation could be:  Ro oad: constru uction and maintenance m of roads, navigation an nd mapping, road monitoring, trafficc m management and contro ol, traveller information n systems and a parking management, accidentt sttudies.  Avviation  Lo ocation Based Systems: e e‐commerce,, entertainment, emergency and mob bility applicaations.  Aggriculture: topographic t reports, farrm managem ment, crop yield monittoring, build d maps with h hiistorical revieew of the fieeld areas.  Laand and marritime navigaation systemss could provide a dramattic improvem ment in the q quality of lifee in n India in a m more sustainaable way.

4.1.6 Trrust, Securitty, Privacy and Monito oring The new w forms of in nteraction via social med dia, mobile ccommunication, Internett of things caan give more e autonom my to media users. With h the boom o of new mobile technologgies and soccial networkss, one of thee major concerns of businesses, Governmen nts and userrs is to ensu ure the secu urity of the information n containeed in these new media. The vulnerability of peeople engagiing in mass self‐communication will change aand possiblyy increase. Th his notion off ‘vulnerabilitty’ refers to issues like prrivacy, surveeillance, trustt and secu urity.

“The primary mission of the Unitt "Trust and Security" of the Europeaan Commission's Directorate General or the deve elopment off Information Societyy and Media is to support and coordinate research fo trustworthy ICTs thaat respect cittizens' rights and protectt their privaccy and personal data. Thee ambition iss ological, eco onomic, legaal and social to coheerently addreess securityy, trust and privacy from a techno perspecttive, ensurin ng innovation n and economic growth o of society an nd providing freedom and security to o its citizeens.

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technolo ogies for seccure softwaree developmeent, trusted ccomputing, ccryptology and advanced d biometrics.

Support to interoperability and standardisation is prrovided wheere appropriate, to streengthen thee he technologgy results. societal impact of th Particulaar attention is paid to the horizon ntal aspectss of trust an nd security in ICT, by emphasisingg multidisciplinary ressearch and th he relevancee of aspects like usabilityy, societal accceptance an nd economicc 5 f the research h results. and legaal viability of The Govvernment o of India has mandated implementaation of ISO O27001 ISMS (Information Securityy Manageement) by all critical seectors. It has mainly three compon nents; Techn nology, Proccess Incidentt Reportin ng and Moniitoring. Out of 7735 certtificates issueed worldwid de, 296 certifficates have been issued d in India that mainlyy belongs to o IT/ITES/BPO O sector. ICEERT (the Indian Computter Emergency Responsee ment‐mandaated IT security organizaation createed with the purpose to respond to o Team) iss a Governm computeer security incidents, report r on vulnerabilities and prom mote effectivve IT securiity practicess throughout the coun ntry.6 onitoring and security reemains a matter of priority for both Europe and India; hencee Thus infformation mo identifyiing specific jo oint research h topics in th his field beco omes all the m more essential.

4.1.7 DNS Securityy The Dom main Name SSystem (DNS) is vital to th he internet, providing a mechanism ffor resolvingg host namess into IP aaddresses. In nsecure undeerlying proto ocols and lack of authenttication and integrity cheecking of thee informattion within tthe DNS, thrreaten the prroper functio onality of the DNS. The DNS also supports otherr internett directory‐liike lookup capabilities c to retrieve information pertaining to DNS Naame Servers,, Canonical Names, M Mail Exchanggers, etc. Un nfortunately many security weaknesses surround d IP and thee 7 uld expose in nternet userss to attacks by allowing hackers to re edirect userss protocols carried byy IP. This cou dresses. Ressearchers aree working on o DNS secu urity extensio ons to increease securityy to fake website add within the DNS. The majority of the weakneesses within tthe DNS fall into one of tthe followingg categories: poisoning, client floodingg, dynamic update vulnerability, information leakkage and com mpromise off Cache p 8 the DNSS servers’ autthoritative daatabase.

DNSSEC (Domain Name N System ms Security Extension) is i an internet standard that preven nts spoofingg by allowing websites to verify their domain nam mes and corrresponding IP addresses using digital attacks b signaturres and publlic‐key encryyption. It is being b deployyed across the t internet infrastructure, from thee root servers at the ttop of the DN NS hierarchyy to the servers that run.. (Dot) com aand. (Dot) net and otherr nd then dow wn to the servvers that cacche content ffor individual websites. top‐leveel domains an Afilias, aan organizattion which op perates .(Dot) info and m more than a dozen otherr website exttensions is in n the proccess of deplo oying DNSSEC on 13 of the domains it operate, including .(D Dot) info, India's .(dot) in,,

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and the Hong Kong‐based .(dot) Asia.9

CANN’s (Inteernet Corporration for Asssigned Namees and Numbers) new development program on n Under IC IDN (Intternationalizeed Domain Names), the e number off gTLDs (Gen neric top‐levvel Domains) at the end d portion of an Interneet address name, such ass “.(Dot)com m” or “.(Dot)o org”, that aree not associated with anyy d from its cu urrent 21 to include alm most any worrd, in almostt specific country will eventually be expanded 10 any langguage.

Internattional coopeeration on DNS D securityy therefore is i of vital im mportance tto avoid posssibility of a a breakdo own in orderr to maintaiin a healthyy DNS system m for contin nuity of a siingle, intero operable and d reliable Internet.

4.1.8 Clloud Compu uting Cloud Computing is a new oppo ortunity for large‐scale d distributed computing. c It is based on the use off Computing iss existing technologies such as virrtualization, service‐orientation and grid computting. Cloud C om speculation and hypee to widesprread adoptio on by the ICTT communityy. now in aa period of realization fro Cloud teechnologies and modelss have not yet reached their t full potential and many of the e capabilitiess associated with clou uds are not yyet developeed and reseaarched to a d degree that allows their exploitation n 11 1 ullest and meeting all the requiremeents under all potential circumstancees of usage. The markett to the fu research h firm Gartner has publiished a stud dy that prediicts an immiinent explossion of Cloud d Computingg market. Over the neext five yearss, it is expeccted that oveer 100,000 m million dollarrs will be invvested in thee P as a Service (P PaaS) and Inffrastructure as a Service e segmentts of Softwaare as a Servvice (SaaS), Platform (IAAS). ortunities to o participatee in the “Cloud Movem ment” consisst in particu ular, aspectss Europe’ss main oppo related to extendingg and complleting the caapabilities off current clo oud systems,, whereas th he long‐term m nsists in realiizing meta‐sccalable cloud d systems an nd services. SSome of the opportunitie es suggested d goal con by an exxternal Expeert Group to o the Europeean commisssion in theirr report calleed “The futu ure of Cloud d Computing – Opporrtunities for European Cloud Computting Beyond 2010” are: Provisioningg and furtherr d development of Cloud infrastrucctures, wherrein telecommunication companies aare particulaarly expected c platfo orms, which the telecom mmunication n to proviide offeringss; (2) Provissioning and advancing cloud industryy might see aas a businesss opportunity, as well as large IT com mpanies with h business in n Europe and d even large non‐IT businesses with underutilized hard dware. (3) Enhanced service proviisioning and d d and should d develop a ‘‘free market for IT servicces’ to match h development of metta‐services: EEurope could oods, servicees, capital and skills. Again telecommunication ind dustry could supplementt the movvement of go their serrvices by pro ovisioning ISP Ps with exten nded Cloud ccapabilities; (4) provision n of consultaancy to assistt

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businessses to migraate to and utilise effectivvely, the Clo oud capabilitties. This alsso implies prrovision of a a toolset tto assist in analysis and m migration.12 The clou ud system derives an en normous bussiness value from the fact that both h technologiccal and non‐‐ technolo ogical aspectts are involvved in cloud provisioningg. Europe is in a strong p position to aaddress both h these areas: a technologically, due d to its excellent baackground in many of the key reesearch and d development areas related to Cloud C system ms, such as G GRIDs and Service S Orien nted Architecctures (SOA)) n‐technologiccally due to Europe’s un nique positio oning as a un nited body. EEurope also has a strongg and non market p presence witth a large chunk of conttributors from m different ffields originaating from Eu urope.

In India,, Cloud Computing is exp pected to reeshape the ITT market by generating new opportu unities for ITT vendors and driving in traditionaal IT offeringgs. Chances aare high thatt companies that are nott adopting ITT nd those wh ho don't have e major inveestments in d data centress and server farms will directly movee today an into the cloud modeel. Collaborattion on e‐Go overnance via Cloud tech hnologies will help speed d up the roll‐‐ out of m more Citizen‐centric Serviices, a key prriority of Govvernment IT spending to oday and is also expected d to help increase thee access to these servicces. Currently, IT/ITeS co ontributes to o 19 percentt of the total market in India, followed by Telecom at 18, BFSI aat 15 per cent, manufactturing at 14 percent and d Cloud m 13 governm ment at 12 peercent.

14 Accordin ng to India based reseearch firm Zinnov Z , thee Indian Clo oud Computting market is going to o experien nce a tenfold growth byy 2015. Acco ording to the firm, the current Clou ud Computin ng market iss worth $110 Million today with, approximateely, 66 Millio on in the SaaaS market do ominated by applicationss such as collaboration apps, CRM M and ERP. Th he remainingg $ 44 Millio on is shared by the PaaS and IaaS. Byy he Cloud Com mputing market in Indiaa will reach 1 1 Billion with SaaS captu uring $650 Million while M e 2015, th PaaS and IaaS cumu ulatively getting around $ $440 Million n. This data m mirrors the u understandin ng about thee market.15 Indian m

Considering the wid de opportun nity for Clou ud Computin ng research in India, this is one of the obviouss boration. priority areas for EU‐India collab

4.1.9 Se ensor Netw works Smart Networks N present new challenges for the design of bu uilding, utilities, industtries, home,, transporrtation, auto omation and d other areaas. Sensor data d will constitute cruccial elementts for future e intelligent networks. Sensory daata comes fro om multiple Sensors of d different modalities. The information n ded by distributed wireeless Sensor Networks,, which aree needed by smart environments is provid he processing hierarchy. responsible for sensing as well as for the firstt stages of th

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Research h on wirelesss Sensor Ne etworks is fo ocused on asspects like effficient enerrgy motes deesigns, mesh h routing protocols or o sensor inttegration. Re esearch in tthis area is also intended to be a support forr ose who havee ideas abou ut how to usse data acquired by Senssor Networkss physicistt, chemists, ffarmers, tho but lack the technicaal knowledgee required fo or electronic design.16 In India,, Sensor Netw work techno ology is curreently a reseaarch area maainly for applications succh as Wildlife e Research h and Planeetary Exploraation.17 In Europe E several projects have been initiated su uch as ESNA A (European Sensor Network Arch hitecture), CR RUISE (Creatting ubiquito ous intelligen nt sensing en nvironments)) and LOISS (LOFAR Outtrigger in Scaandinavia).

India can n take advan ntage of the EEuropean exxperiences to o fast track its ventures in n this area.

4.1.10 M Multimediaa Technologgy Multimeedia or networked mediaa rely on the technologicaal process kn nown as Con nvergence, th hanks to this,, all kindss of media including i texxt, image, 3D 3 graphics, audio and video produ uced can be distributed,, shared, managed an nd consumeed through various v netw works, such as a Internet, WiFi, WiMA AX, GPRS, 3G G on, in a conveergent mann ner. and so o Networkked Media also encapsullates the con ncept of a deecentralized medium of mass communication, in n which th he audience can actively contribute to the producction of the media.

The imp portance of N Networked Electronic Me edia (NEM) fo or Europe is undisputed and requires a proactivee approacch to lead the transition towards Future F Mediia Internet. The contrib bution of NEEM activitiess ensure that t Europe plays an im mportant role in the Futture Networrked Media world, as th hey are also o 18 addressiing a major industrial and d cultural challenge beyo ond just med dia technologgy.

In India,, the multimedia industrry has flourisshed by leap ps and bound ds in the lastt fifteen years or so. Thee electron nic revolution symbolizeed by televission, telecom mmunication n and computers has trremendouslyy boosted d the requireements of multimedia m co ontent production and innovative aapplications. It is furtherr expandeed through powerful disssemination networks liike cable TV V, internet, b broadband and a wirelesss handhelld devices likke mobile phones and po ocket PCs.19 As mostt content is created and d consumed d online, keyy sectors forr future, succh as health h, education,, culture aand entertaiinment will b be relying m more and mo ore on these new media.. Multimediaa technologyy can thuss be considerred one of th he joint priorrity research topics for EU U and India.

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4.1.11 O Open Data Open Data D is conssidered as part p of the National e‐Governancee Plan but nowhere else does itss significance seem to o be explaineed in e‐Goveernance/e‐G Government sections. It iis a ‘front off mind’ issuee d with maany policy maakers acrosss the world trying to makke public datta more acceessible, transsparent, and to enablle the privatee sector to add value to public data, much of which remains unused.

Collaborration in thiss area can help h in development of effective e‐G Governance solutions su uch as those e required d for improveement of health servicess.

4.2 To op‐Down A Approach h The folllowing sections do pro ovide descrip ptions about the reseaarch areas inspired by the societal concerns and high leevel ambition ns in the technology field d.

4.2.1 e‐‐Inclusion e‐Inclusiion ('e' stand ding for elecctronic, e‐Incclusion is also o referred to o as 'digital integration') is a conceptt centred on involvingg people in the Informaation Societyy through facilitating acccess and usee of ICT. Thee objective of e‐Inclussion is to achieve a truly iinclusive Info ormation Socciety by redu ucing the diggital divide att a work, in education and a in publicc domain th hrough e‐Go overnance an nd e‐Health services, e‐‐ home, at Educatio on, e‐Agriculture, e‐Busin ness, etc.20 e‐Inclusiion features prominentlyy in the Digittal Agenda fo or Europe ad dopted by th he European Commission n in May 2010. Under Pillar 6 (en nhancing diggital literacy,, skills and inclusion) of the Digital Agenda, thee o measuress to promotee ‘take‐up’ of o digital tecchnologies byy potentiallyy Commisssion proposes a series of disadvan ntaged groups, such as elderly, lesss‐literate, low w‐income peersons. Imprroving access for peoplee with a d disability is aanother of th he policy acttions set by tthe Digital A Agenda. An important p part of the e‐‐ inclusion n agenda is aalso tacklingg demograph hic ageing with the help of ICT: a bettter quality o of life for thee elderly, reduced costt of care, bussiness opporrtunities in th he "silver eco onomy".21 ainable and More Inclusiive Growth”;; In India,, the approacch to Twelfth Plan has seet the goal ““Faster, Susta going byy this broad objective, th he strategic p plan aims at more inclusive growth eenabled by e e‐Inclusion to o 22 ensure ssocial justice and alleviation of poverrty to the exttent possiblee with the heelp of ICT. e‐Inclusiion has the aability to imp prove the so ociety as a w whole by social inclusion. Expanding aaccess to ICTT for margginalized gro oups is likelyy to reduce ttheir social eexclusion by facilitating aaccess and p participation,, while th he potential o of the intern net as a vehiccle for expression and eaasier commu unication ofte en translatess

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into capable individu uals who aree more involvved and communities thaat are more iintegrated. 233

m research in the field o of language ttranslation, w which is a keey service to o e‐Inclusiion can also benefit from foster prrovision of so olutions in th he e‐Inclusio on field. e‐inclusiion is recommended by tthe SSC mem mbers as one of the poten ntial areas fo or collaboration between n Europe aand India.

4.2.2 e‐‐Governancce All Europ pean countries show e‐G Government initiatives, m mainly related to the improvement off governancee at the national n leveel. Significantt e‐Governm ment activitiees also take place at thee European Commission n level.

The Euro opean Comm mission is acttively supporting e‐Goveernment both h at the national level an nd at its own n supranational level. The Vice‐Preesident for administrativee affairs is re esponsible fo or the advanccement of e‐‐ ment at the Commission n level throu ugh large‐scaale activitiess that impleement the e‐‐Commission n Governm strategyy. The Inform mation Sociiety and Media Directo orate‐Generaal and the Directorate‐‐General forr Informattics implemeent this strattegy, through h several pro ogrammes an nd related acctivities. Two o of the mostt promine ent such initiiatives are th he IDABC (In nteroperable Delivery of European e‐‐Government Services to o public Administratio A ons, Businessses and Cittizens) programme and its successsor, ISA (Inte eroperabilityy Solution ns for Europeean Public Ad dministration ns). IDABC w was a Europeean Union Prrogram launcched in 2004 4 that pro omoted the correct use of ICT for cross‐borderr services in n Europe. It aimed to sttimulate thee development of onliine platformss delivering p public e‐Servvices in Europe. w ISA programme was ad dopted by th he Council and the European Parliam ment in Septtember 2009 9 The new and has replaced th he IDABC pro ogramme, which came to an end on n 31stDecemb ber, 2009. ISSA addressess the neeed for efficient public services s by facilitating efficient an nd effective cross‐borde er electronicc collaborration betweeen European public adm ministrationss. The ISA prrogramme crreates a fram mework thatt allows M Member Stattes to work together to create efficiient and effeective electrronic cross‐b border publicc services for the benefit of ciitizens and businesses.. It offers European public p admin nistrations a a compreh hensive approach to thee establishm ment of electtronic servicces that can easily coop perate acrosss borders (interoperab ble electroniic public servvices). Prom motion of thee interoperab bility of electtronic publicc hat deal with h services forms the fiirst pillar of tthe ISA programme. The programmee also supporrts actions th nd tools that reduce the t costs off sharing and reuse of best praactices, metthodologies, services an hing interopeerable servicces. These acctions belongg to the seco ond pillar of ISA programm me.24 establish e‐Governance in In ndia has steeadily evolveed from com mputerizatio on of Goverrnment departments to o nce, such as citizen centrricity, servicee orientation n initiativees that encapsulate the ffiner points of Governan and tran nsparency. LLessons from m previous e‐Governanc e ce initiativess have playeed an imporrtant role in n shaping the progresssive e‐Goveernance strattegy of the country. Duee cognizancee has been taken t of thee t to speeed up e‐Govvernance im mplementatio on across th he various aarms of Govvernment att notion that

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nationall, state, and local levels, a programm me approach needs to bee adopted, guided by com mmon vision n and straategy. This ap pproach has the potential of enablin ng huge savings in costs through shaaring of coree and sup pport infrastructure, enaabling intero operability th hrough stand dards and o of presentingg a seamlesss view of G Governmentt to Citizens ((G2C).

The Nattional e‐Govvernance Plaan (NeGP), takes a holisstic view of e‐Governance initiatives across thee d this idea,, a massive country,, integratingg them into o a collectivve vision, a a shared caause. Around e countryw wide infrasttructure reaching down n to the remotest of villages v is eevolving and d large‐scale e digitization of recorrds is takingg place to en nable easy, reliable acceess over thee internet. The T ultimatee n the vision sstatement off NeGP.25 objective is to bring public servicces closer to citizens, as aarticulated in ICT reseearch in e‐Go overnment iss focused on n the underlyying technologies that leead to a simplification off services – from thee end‐user’ss point of view v to the public orgaanisations. EEuropean Co ommission iss h projects in tthe field of ee‐Governmen nt. currentlyy funding 9 FFP7 research EU‐Indiaa collaboration in e‐Governance research will enable sharin ng of best prractices, identifying new w challengges and jointly resolving tthem. * World Bank B gives the following defiinition of e‐Govvernment. “E‐G Government” reefers to the use by governmeent agencies off informatio on technologiess (such as Widee Area Networkks, the Internett, and mobile co omputing) thatt have the abiliity to transform m relations with citizens, b businesses, and d other arms of o government. These technollogies can servve a variety of different ends: actions with business and in ndustry, citizen empowermentt better dellivery of goverrnment servicess to citizens, improved intera through access a to inforrmation, or mo ore efficient go overnment man nagement. Thee resulting ben nefits can be less l corruption,, increased transparency, g greater convenience, revenue growth, and/orr cost reduction ns.” ance in comparrison, is much wider in its deefinition as it encompasses e t whole gam the mut of ICT and its impact and d e‐Governa assessmen nt on Governmeent to bring ab bout better govvernance to its ccitizens.

Source: W World Bank, 2011, http://world dbank.org

4.2.3 He ealthcare, ee‐Health ICT adop ption in heaalthcare indu ustry comprisses implemeentation of vvarious ICT ssolutions wh hich facilitate e efficientt, enhanced and high qu uality health hcare operattions. e‐Heallth refers to the use of modern ICTT technolo ogies to meeet the needss of citizens, patients, heealthcare pro ofessionals, healthcare p providers, ass well as p policy makerrs, while nott being physsically presen nt in the sam me location, thus, provid ding a virtual presence.

In Europ pe, healthcarre systems arre becoming increasinglyy dependent on ICTs to deliver top‐qu uality care to o its citize ens. e‐Health h is breaking down barriers, enabliing health service providers (public authorities,, hospitals) from diffferent Mem mber States to work mo ore closely together. e‐‐Health tools, such ass nt records, m mobile monitors that tran nsmit data aautomaticallyy or handlingg systems forr databases for patien d t of a Europe ean market in the secto or, which hass patient call centres also benefitt from the development where they ccan tackle th he global market.26 The EEU’s e‐Health h enabled them to build a strong base from w

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action p plan sets outt a clear road d map for th his sector. Eu uropean Unio on has supported researrch efforts in n the field d of e‐Healtth for more than two decades d now w. The technologies devveloped in hundreds off successfful projects have contrib buted to imp proving healthcare provvisions in maany and variied areas. e‐‐ Health is a priority for EU reseaarch fundingg in FP7 and there are currently c mo ore than 70 FP7 projectss CT for Health h. under IC India is poised to w witness addittional growtth in its eco onomy as a result of po ositive trends within thee 27 wth in the heealthcare ind dustry and n need for overcoming thee rural‐urban n healthcaare sector. Rapid grow gap in service availaability will drrive ICT adop ption in healthcare indu ustry in Indiaa.28 Reports iindicate thatt t major ssectors that would fuell economic growth and d healthcaare sector iss going to be one of the 29 contribu ute to increased revenuees, along with h IT Services and Education sectors in n the countryy.

The intro oduction of e‐Health rep presents the promise of ICT to improvve health and the healthcare system.

To work towards thee goal of “Go ood Health C Care Services Round the C Clock for Eveeryone, Everyywhere”, thee W (MoH H & FW), G Government of India had d proposed to facilitatee Ministryy of Health & Family Welfare expansio on of e‐health initiativess to all the sstates of thee country ove er its Eleven nth Five Yearr Plan (2007‐‐ 2012) in n a compreheensive manner:  Co omputers, Software and d Networkin ng: All primary health centres in villaages should be equipped d w computeers and patient manageement software to give quality treatment at the grass roott with leevel. The softtware can heelp in the diagnosis as weell as in the treatment of the patient.  Health Card: A A health Carrd should be issued to a household w which would bear health record of all m members of th he family.  E‐‐consultation ns/E‐prescription: The software should have latest evid dence based d treatmentt prrotocols for common disseases which h can be boo on to a docttor working in PHCs & C CHCs helpingg heer/him deliveer quality treeatment at aa patient’s do oor‐step as w well as mainttaining comp plete patientt & disease dattabase, whicch could be priceless in policy makiing & diseasse preventio on and otherr d objectives.. Complicated patients w who need a specialist’s o opinion can be taken up p heealth related fo or e‐consultaation over th he internet with remotee doctors through softw ware withoutt leaving thee co onsultation cchamber of aa distant PHC C.  Hospital Man nagement So oftware: A hospital h & paatient managgement software can be e installed att biigger districtt/multi‐speciialty hospitals for increaased quality of clinical w work and work efficiencyy.

Bo oth the softw ware can be linked together vide inteernet for tran nsfer of data & work efficciency.  e‐‐Governancee in Health SSector: Healtth Informaticcs is implemeented to ton ne up the administration,, faacilitate acco ounting and enable effeective manaagement con ntrol. It also o deals with h collection,, sttorage, retrieval, comm munication and optimal use of heaalth related data, inforrmation and d kn nowledge baase. 30

Presidenttial Address , 99 Indian Science C Congress , Januarry 3, 2012, http:///www.isc2012.co om/pdf/Presiden ntial.pdf ICT Adop ption in Healthcare Industry in India 2011 avaailable at: http://www.docstoc..com/docs/926122751/ICT‐Adoptio on‐in‐Healthcare‐ Industry‐‐‐India‐2011 29 India’s Neew Opportunitiees‐ 2020”, ‐Healtthcare prepared d by the All Ind dia Managementt Association, Bo oston Consultingg Group and thee Confederattion of Indian Industries (CII), http p://www.sbtechnologies.in/health hcare.html 30 Telemediccine & e‐Healtth Initiatives of o Ministry of Health & Faamily Welfare, Govt. of India, available att http://www.e‐ healthsoluttion.com/ministryyofhealthfamily.aaspx 27

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4.2.4 Aggeing The European Comm mission laun nched a speccific Action Plan on ageeing well. Th his plan was launched in n order to o respond to o challenges and opportunities regarding the inttensive use of technologgies to solvee problem ms associated d with the aggeing in Euro ope. This plan n is certainlyy very relevan nt and its maain elementss 31 are reprroduced heree. The main m measures of the Action P Plan are:  Raaising aware eness and bu uilding conseensus via stakkeholder coo operation an nd the establishment of aa beest practicess internet portal and Eu uropean awaard scheme for smart h homes and independent i t livving applicattions;  Overcoming technical and a regulattory barrierrs to markket develop pment through markett d benchmarrking and by b facilitatin ng the exch hange of be est practicess asssessments, studies and beetween Mem mber States;  Acccelerating take‐up t thro ough, for exxample, a set of pilot prrojects under the ICT Po olicy Supportt Prrogramme and use of Strructural Funds; 11 large pilot projectts related to ICT & ageingg have so farr beeen launched d with involvvement of m more than 40 European reegions and 10,000 users.  Bo oosting rese earch and in nnovation to o foster the emergence of innovatiive, ICT‐base ed products,, se ervices and ssystems for Europe's aggeing populaation. More tthan 30 ageiing related R R&D projectss haave been lau unched undeer Framework Programme 6 and 7 un ntil now.

One eighth of the global g Elderlyy Population n lives in Ind dia. The dem mographic prrofile depictss that in thee 000‐2050, th he overall po opulation in India will gro ow by 55% w whereas pop pulation of p people in thee years 20 categoryy of 60 yearss and above will increase by 326% aand those in the age group of 80+ byy 700% ‐ thee fastest ggrowing grou up. As a resu ult of the cu urrent ageingg scenario, there is a need to provid de for all thee aspects of caring forr the Oldest O Old (80+ yeaars) namely, ssocio econom mic, financiaal, health and d shelter.32 The use of technolo ogy to support independeent living an nd promote iindependencce of older p persons findss a mention in Goverrnment policcy documentts (e.g. Natio onal Policy on o Senior Ciitizens). There are otherr ment (and some non‐ggovernment)) initiatives which, alth hough not specifically targeted att Governm technolo ogical intervventions for older perso ons, could contribute to owards supp porting comffortable and d dignified d living for this section o of the societty. There exists a vast sccope of technology interrventions forr welfare of elderly peeople in the country so tthat technolo ogies are acccessible, affo ordable and aadaptable to o ons can greaatly help in aachieving thee objectives of the NPOP P the speccific needs. TTechnologicaal interventio by proviiding vital inp puts and cap pabilities. In order to tackle the issuee of elderly ccare in a holistic manner,, technolo ogy interventions are envvisaged and categorized under the fo ollowing themes33: • • • •

Health and nu utritious food d Designs nd Networking an ent Reecreation & entertainme

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4.2.5 A Ambient Asssisted Liv ving (AAL) An impo ortant European initiativee connected with Ageingg is “Ambient Assisted Living” (AAL)344which aimss at using the ICT to asssist humanss on their daily life and w working envirronment. mbers of eldeerly people.355 Ambient Asssisted Livingg ICT can help authorities meet the needs of ggrowing num olutions meaan ageing ciitizens can continue c to live in their preferred environmen nt for longerr (AAL) so duration n. AAL userrs gain incrreased autonomy, self‐confidence and mobilitty. AAL savves valuablee resourcees in the heealth and carre communiities; it also presents neew challengees and oppo ortunities forr 36 research hers, compan nies and policy‐makers aalike . In maany EU counttries where over half of people aged d 65+ live alone, such technologie es can significantly exten nd the time ffor elderly p people to co ontinue livingg indepen ndently in their own house, while at the same time avoid co osts for hospitalisation an nd provide aa basis fo or additional application ns in the future(smart f homes, tele‐monitorin ng, robotics,, embedded d systems, biosensorss, etc). Ageing Well in the Inform mation Societty: the Com mmission has supported d Ambientt Assisted Livving (AAL) joint research programmee of Member States withiin FP7.37 The Indian tradition n of joint faamily culture e has preven nted the neeed for AAL being recoggnized as an n hat the demand is gradu ually increasing owing to o important priority area; howeveer there is no denying th mber of olderr adults prefeerring to livee independen ntly. the num The Indiian Governm ment has yet to work outt a plan to deeal with this need of the country’s agging citizens,, but the private secctor has recognized itss potential and has beeen actively selling the concept off A retirementt home is esssentially desiigned on thee concept of a Smart Hom me. A “Smartt retiremeent homes. A Home” is a residential setting equipped with w a set off advanced electronics, e sensors and d automated d or care delivery, remotte monitorin ng, early deetection of problems p orr devices specifically designed fo ncy cases, promotion p o residential safety an of nd improvin ng quality o of life. Inforrmation and d emergen Communication Tecchnologies (ICTs) ( are utilized to alllow individu uals to live independen ntly in theirr preferreed environmeent. Thus, syystems are p patient‐centeered rather tthan institution‐centered d as they aree designed d to address the needs o of individualss, their familiies and careggivers.

In India,, as of now, the new Smart S Homee based retirrement com mmunities are available only for thee affluent. A residentt pays a sum m of around d 350 Euro per month, which is a bit unafford dable to thee n man in a ccountry wherre an averagge worker haardly earns 9 90 Euro a mo onth. An und dercurrent iss common however slowly beccoming visiblle in the Govvernment co orridors and DeitY (erstw while DIT) is expected to o need into foccus and draw wing out its p policy for ide entifying AALL take thiss forward, grradually incrreasing the n as a prio ority area for research and developm ment. This in n turn, is exp pected to promote innovvation in the e

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industryy for develop pment of low w cost solutio ons to help senior citizens improve ttheir qualityy of life at an n affordab ble cost.38

4.2.6 Cu ulture & He eritage and Digital Presservation te echnologies From a p problem firstt faced by arrchives and liibraries, digital preservattion has become an issue e relevant to o all the sttrata of a mo odern societty. Today a vvast amount of the digitaal content haas come to re epresent thee knowled dge base, culltural heritagge and the so ocietal memo ory of the fu uture of a cou untry.

The firstt efforts in D Digital Preserrvation on a European leevel were fo ocused on raising awaren ness for longg term prreservation issues. Starrting with projects p like ERPANET, continued w with DELOS and Digital Preservaation Europee, a series off presentatio ons and worrkshops were held with the focus on awarenesss raising, identification of potentiial target gro oups and creeation of a scientific s community thaat addressess collaborratively this novel and in nterdisciplinary topic. The T second aim was to consolidate the existingg work in the realm o of digital presservation, in nitially integrrating only n national initiaatives, later on includingg erent researcch projects o on a pan‐Euro opean level. the diffe Current activities ad ddress Digital Preservattion issues aat three levels, namely:: fundamenttal research,, & developmeent and neetworking. TThe fundamental researrch moves beyond thee applied research & i on interacctive objectss, embedded d preservaation of simple documents and dataa structures.. The focus is objects, ontologies and ephem meral data; applied a reseearch and development d t in Digital Preservation n focuses on scalable preservation systems. TThe third issu ue addressed by currentt projects is networking. p community is the outcome of pastt projects en ncompassingg The broadening of tthe digital preservation intensive outreach aand publicatiion activitiess. Awarenesss about Digittal Preservation stretches far beyond d ditional Archiive, Library aand Museum m sector (ALM M), reachingg the academ mic communiity as well ass the trad the indu ustry and entterprise dom mains.

The future researcch challenge es in Europe will focus on the development d t of DP‐ready systems,, integrating DP requirements in any system design and developmen nt process. A A further areea of focus iss automattion at all levels to bee able to deeal with inccreasing amo ounts as weell as growing levels off 39 complexxity of objectts that have tto be dealt w with.

India is a rich storeehouse of ancient manu uscripts with h the Indian n National Database D of Manuscriptss mated that only 20% of tthe country’ss having aa world record of five miillion documents. Howevver it is estim rich historical legacyy stands digittized. Other spheres where there is aa need for lo ong–life dataa are Medical d Records, eetc. To addreess these neeeds, DeitY haas embarked d Records, Satellite & Earth Servicce Data, Land on the ambitious National Digittal Preservattion Program mme (NDPP) with particcipation of whole w lot off stakeholders and reesearchers.40 A project "Tools for digital presservation management of Heritagee

by C‐DAC Pune is focused d on develop pment of sofftware tools tto address th he long‐term m Archivess" executed b digital preservation issues relateed to Heritagge Archives liike managem ment of digital content, m managementt ource management, auto extractio on of techniical metadatta, interfacee of preseervation meetadata, reso design fo or curators o of heritage archives et al. C‐DAC has also signed a MoU with the Nationaal Archives off

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India (N NAI), New Delhi D which is an attach hed Office o of the Minisstry of Culture responssible for thee preservaation of all o official record ds of the Government off India. This MoU has beeen signed as part of thee project o of ‘Centre off Excellence for Digital Prreservation’ sanctioned by DeitY The implementation of thee MoU wiill enable NAI N to develo op the techn nical capabillities for Diggital Preservaation and accceptance off records.41 Cooperaation in this aarea can result in buildin ng collaborattions for devvelopment off internation nal standardss on Digitaal Preservation formats aand technolo ogies. It will aalso supportt preservation of the collective digital memoryy compliant to these staandards. Joint research projects can n be initiateed for development and d deploym ment of technologies to ffacilitate seaamless access to digitallyy preserved d data across o old, new and d future access devicees/platforms,, in keeping p pace with co ontinuous advancements in ICT techn nologies.

4.2.7 M Multi Languaage and Lan nguage tech hnologies Europeaan support ttowards lan nguage technology deveelopment an nd research has been stepped up,, starting with the pu ublication of the Commu unication "Multilingualism m: an asset ffor Europe aand a shared d ment" and being follow wed up by the t creation n of the Uniit: Languagee technologies, machinee commitm translatiion. Europe,, with its people and skills s and diiversity of laanguages acccounts for 50% of thee worldwide languagee services market. The European E Commission haas supported d HLT (Humaan Languagee ogy) for arou und 40 yearss now. HLT co overs many rresearch gro oups and discciplines inclu uding natural Technolo languagee processingg, speech technology, maachine translaation and infformation exxtraction and d so on.42 In recoggnition of thee importancee of languagges in the diggital age, thee Work Programme 2011 1‐2012 has aa specific challenge "Technologies for Digital Content an nd Languagees". It aims to make on nline contentt ble for all, forr citizens and d businessess alike. From the total am mount of fund ding which w was availablee accessib in recen nt HLT Calls, 40% has been earmarkeed for SMEs. The European Commisssion wishess to promotee SMEs in n their international acttivities. Increeased intern nationalisatio on reinforces growth an nd enhancess competiitiveness of SSMEs.43 In Europ pe, target areeas for R&D iin language ttechnology aare:  Sp peech Processsing - Speech Recognition n - Speech Synthesis  Natural Langu uage Processing (NLP) - Machine Translation n - Informaation Extraction & Retrievval (IR) - Semanttic Search  Optical Characcter Recognition (OCR)

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Governm ment of Indiaa. The TDIL ((Technology Developmen nt for Indian n Languages)) Programme e initiated byy DeitY, haas the objective of developing Inform mation Proceessing Tools and Techniq ques to facilitate human‐‐ machinee interaction without lan nguage barrieer; creating aand accessin ng multilingu ual knowledgge resources;; and inteegrating them m to develop p innovative user produccts and servvices. The Pro ogramme alsso promotess l Languagge Technolo ogy standard dization thrrough activee participation in natiional and internationa i standard dization bod dies such ass ISO (Intern national Orgganization fo or Standardization), UNIICODE, W3C C (World‐w wide‐Web) cconsortium aand BIS (Bureeau of Indian Standards) to ensure aadequate representation n 44 of Indian n languages in existing an nd future lan nguage techn nology stand dards.

In India, target areass for R&D in language tecchnology fun nded by DeitYY include:  Sp peech Processsing - Speech Recognition n - Speech Synthesis  Natural Langu uage Processing (NLP) - Machine Translation n - Informaation Extraction & Retrievval (IR) - Semanttic Search  Optical Characcter Recognition (OCR) - Indian LLanguages O OCR - Indian LLanguage On n‐Line Handw writing Recoggnition (OHR R)  Lo ocalization or Indian Lan nguages - Fonts (TTTF & OTF) fo - Data Processing Too ols - Standarrdization in LLocalization b benefiting e‐‐governance - Localizaation of Midd dleware - IDN &e‐‐mail ID in lo ocal languagees - Transliteration amongst Indian languages

Europe and India ass multilinguaal regions caan partner in n bringing ou ut solutions to challengees related to o issues off language teechnology.

4.2.8 Spectrum M Manageme ent Spectrum m Managem ment is the prrocess of reggulating the u use of radio frequencies to promote efficient use e and gain n a net social benefit.45 TThe term rad dio spectrum m typically reffers to the fu ull frequencyy range from m 3 kHz to o 300 GHz thaat may be ussed for wireleess commun nication.

Worldwide, the regu ulation of speectrum is currently a verry important task. The usse of efficien nt techniquess ntries. The in ncreasing deemand of Speectrum by a large varietyy for managing Spectrrum is a musst for all coun oviders, etc. provides im mpetus for Sp pectrum managers to use advanced d of userss, operators, service pro technolo ogies and meethodologiess to better exxploit the scaarce resources of Spectru um.

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Spectrum m Managem ment is a grow wing problem m due to the burgeoning number of SSpectrum usaage:

 Over the air broadcasting (that started d in 1920).  Government aand Research h which inclu ude defence,, public safetty (maritime,, air, police), resource m management, , transport, rradio astrono omy, etc.  Co ommercial seervices to the public (voiice, data, hom me networkiing)  In ndustrial, scieentific and m medical servicces which incclude Teleme edicine, remote control, etc.46 Radio Sp pectrum is an a essential resource un nderpinning one of Europe’s most dyynamic sectors: wirelesss commun nications as well as telecommunicaations. Wireeless technologies suppo ort services in areas ass diverse as transportt, security an nd environmental protecction. Howevver the Specctrum is a fin nite resourcee a reequires effecctive and efficient coordination att European (and globall) level. Thee so its allocation technolo ogies and ap pplications which w make use of Radio o Spectrum are considerred most inn novative and d essentiaal for econom mic growth. TThe EU has aa key role in eensuring the best use of Radio Spectrum through h provision of an optim mum regulattory framewo ork.

At preseent, a numbeer of topics aare on the scanner of pollicy‐makers: Reorganizatiion, transporrt, electronicc commun nications serrvices. The total volume of services which depend on Radio o Spectrum aavailability iss estimateed to be at leeast worth € €200 billion aannually in EEurope. The aallocation an nd managem ment of Radio o Spectrum m in Europe is administeered by natio onal regulatory authoritie es.

Radio trransmissions transcend internationall borders, so o internation nal co‐operattion is a vital element off Radio Sp pectrum man nagement an nd developm ment. In addiition to closee liaison with h European national and d regional authorities,, the Commisssion has clo ose connectio ons with inteernational bo odies that de evelop global ons and guid delines for Raadio Spectrum managem ment.47 regulatio In India, the Wirelesss Planning aand Coordinaation (WPC) wing of the Departmentt of Telecomm munications,, Ministryy of Commun nications & In nformation TTechnology, ccreated in 19 952, is the National Radio Regulatoryy Authoritty responsible for Frequeency Spectru um Managem ment, includiing licensingg and caters tto the needss of all wireless users (Governmen nt and Privatee) in the cou untry. 48 Demand ds on Specttrum are in ncreasing manifold m for variety of applicationss both by private and d governm ment sectorss. Private seector particip pation in thee field of telecommunicaations for baasic services,, cellular Mobile, radio trunking, radio pagin ng, VSAT, etcc., as well as increase in n number off players forr providin ng these servvices with a view to havving competiition and consumer satissfaction has significantlyy increaseed the demand of the Sp pectrum. MTTNL/BSNL, ass public Teleecommunicattion service provider hass also envvisaged masssive plans. V Various otherr sectors likee police, elecctricity, transsport, oil and d natural gass and otheer utility servvices have also extensivee plans for w wireless netw works and considerable re equirementss for Specctrum.  Reequirement of Spectrum m by IT sectorr has increassed manifold for variety o of applications in view off Government’ss initiative to o promote th he sector.

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 Brroadcasting sector has b been opened d up for privvate sector p participation for various applicationss reesulting in complexities c and enhanced demand ds on Specttrum. TV u up‐linking an nd FM radio o brroadcasting by the privaate sector have been peermitted. Besides B thesee, the Prasar Bharti, thee sttate broadcaster has also o drawn exteensive plans ffor expansio on.  Department o of space has extensive p plans for sateellite based networks for variety of applications. n for coordination c n of orbital slots and Sp pectrum for the satellitee Trremendous eefforts are needed neetworks.  Defence and other secu urity agenciees have trem mendous deemand on sspectrum fo or variety off ny other sectors like oil, transport, public utilityy services, paramilitary aagencies, etcc syystems. Man also have requ uirements fo or variety of networks.  Many new tec M chnologies are emergingg nationally aand internatiionally. While there is a need to find d w ways and mea ans to introd duce new teechnologies aand to meett gigantic deemands of vaarious users,, exxisting netw works cannott be shut do own and neeeds to be protected. Spectrum Management M t prrocess has, thus becom me extremeely complexx and involving electro omagnetic compatibility c y an nalysis.49

With Spectrum Man nagement beecoming one of the key p priority areass in both reggions, cooperation in thiss nced. area hass to be enhan

4.2.9 IC CT for Env vironment The imp pact of humaan activities on the environment is increasinglyy causing serrious concern across thee world. The T ways in which ICTs are being raapidly deplo oyed around the world constitute an enormouss potentiaal to assist in better usse of the naatural resou urces as well as minimizing the impact on thee environm ment.

ICT can provide a range of to ools to betteer manage climate c change, environ nmental datta and risks. nces a numb ber of reseaarch projects in this areea through its research h Europeaan Commissiion co‐finan framewo ork program mmes. The EC E aims to make m sure ICTs contribu ute to the d developmentt of a moree sustainaable Europe and is therrefore, focussing on Enerrgy Efficiency, Water Maanagement and Climate e Change Adaptation.. In FP7, the EC has caalled for pro oposals relatted to ICT aapplications in the field d mental manaagement and d energy efficciency. environm ICT can assist in resh haping the demand side of energy‐deependant so ociety, reduciing energy co onsumption,, urbing CO2 (C Carbon dioxiide) emission ns particularrly in electricity distribution, high‐risee and subsequently cu m efficientt buildinggs, transport and logisticcs, public secctor, rural arreas and cities. Thus thee study of most 50 usage off the ICT to p protect the eenvironment is of high priority for Eurrope.

Anotherr research priority under FP7 terme ed as “ICT fo or low carbo on economyy” explores how h ICT can n contribu ute to deliveering a sustainable, low carbon socieety and help p progress to owards the Europe E 2020 0 targets o on climate an nd energy.

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In India, the Nationaal Environmeental Engineeering Researrch Institute (NEERI) under Council off Scientific & & nology, Goveernment of In ndia recognizzes the need d Industriaal Research ((CSIR), Minisstry of Sciencce and Techn for usingg ICT for Envvironment. It I is devoted d to research h and innovaations in envvironmental science and d engineering besides solving a ran nge of probleems posed b by industry, G Government and public. The Ministryy of Environment & Forests, F Government of India hosts the Environ nmental Info ormation Sysstem (ENVIS)) ndia, on varrious dimensions of en nvironmentall protection,, networkk of about 100 organizzations in In management and ed ducation. Th he ENVIS nettwork coverss the areas o of pollution control, toxiic chemicals,, e ally sound aand approprriate technology, bio‐deggradation off central and offshoree ecology, environment a environment managgement, etc. which also includes ussing ICT for Environmentt as a majorr wastes and thrust area.51 nment should d thus be considered a p priority reseaarch topic.

EU‐Indiaa cooperation in using ICTT for Environ

4.2.10 EU‐India R Regulation n and Stan ndardizatio on This is a horizontal p priority that should be taaken into acccount while approachingg research in n the priorityy h areas menttioned in thee earlier sections. research Effective e regulationss have resulteed in greaterr economic ggrowth, increeased investm ment, loweriing of prices,, higher q quality of serrvices and peenetration and more rap pid technologgical innovattion in the IC CT sector. ICTT standard dization produces benefits for all stakeholders s s in society: individuals,, businessess and publicc administtrations.

ICT stan ndardisation is part of the generaal standardissation activities and co ontributes to o the policyy objective of improvving Europeaan competitiveness and industrial innovation i w while balanccing industryy expectattions with societal need ds. European n public auth horities stro ongly supporrt open standards in ICTT becausee they can h help ensure open comp petition in the electroniic marketplaace and meet the basicc requirem ments of the single market.

It is pro oven that reegulation and d standardizzation are im mpacted by a variety off factors, inccluding legal tradition ns, multilateral and regio onal commitments, other legislationss and the nature of the m marketplace.

Thus, th he design of the regulato ory framewo ork may varyy, but certain n critical elements should always bee included d effective reegulatory frameworks.

ICT standardisation w work program mme of the European Co ommission co overs following priority d domains:52      

Dom main 1a: e‐Heealth Dom main 1b: Stan ndardisation in the field o of regulated medicinal products Dom main 2: e‐Inclusion Dom main 3: Intelligent transport Dom main 4: RFID Dom main 5: Electrronic signatu ures

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          

Dom main 6: e‐Invoicing Dom main 7: eSkills and eLearn ning Dom main 8: ICT fo or sustainablle growth Dom main 9: Intern net of thingss Dom main 10: e‐Pu ublishing Dom main 11: e‐Seecurity Dom main 12: e‐Bu usiness Dom main 13: e‐Go overnment Dom main 14: Support to stand dards implem mentation Dom main 15: Emeergency Com mmunicationss Dom main 16: Digital content

The draaft National Telecom Po olicy, 2011 aims a at deveeloping new w standards and generation of IPRss (Intellecctual Propertty Rights) to o make Indiaa a leading nation in th he area of ttelecom stan ndardisation,, especially among Assia Pacific cou untries. n Forum for India) is an eeffort to creaate a new co oherence and d strengthen n GISFI (Global ICT Staandardization the role of India in th he World staandardization process byy mapping th he achievemeents in ICT in n India to thee on trends.53 TThe scope off GISFI involvves global sttandardizatio    

Unifying standardization n efforts in In ndia pecificity of tthe Indian m market Creating standards addreessing the sp ndian activitiees in ICT Creating an information centre on In ndian initiatiives to develop into global standards Promoting In

In this ccontext, coop peration tow wards the exploitation off research reesults and co onverting the em into new w standard ds is of high vvalue for EU‐India coopeeration.

4.2.11 e‐Learnin ng e‐Learniing supplements the con nventional deelivery of insstructions in n the class‐ro oom and hellps in qualityy improveement of con ntent using IC CT tools i.e. ccomputers, m mobiles, teleevision, multtimedia and tthe internet.

Advanceements in digital electronics have made e‐learning a very am micable way of imparting education,, given the fact that in nformation ccan be accesssed randomlly, retrieved fast and manipulated wiith minimum m storage space requirrements. pe, e‐Learning has integgrated advan nced ICTs in nto the educcation system m. e‐Learnin ng is makingg In Europ significant contributtion with both workers and a organizaations transfforming the way they learn, interactt moted sociaal integration n and inclussion, opening access to learning forr and work. e‐Learning has prom ps, migrants,, people with special needs and those livingg in difficultt circumstances (marginalised group Modern e‐leaarning solutiions recognisse the imporrtance of learning as a so ocial process,, single paarents, etc. M offering possibilitiess for collabo oration with h other learners, for intteraction wiith the conttent and forr guidancee from teach hers, trainerss and tutors.. Several EU initiatives haave been creeated for a 'ccritical mass' of resou urces to leveerage e‐Learrning development and usage by lau unching the e‐Learning Programme,,

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analysing the Europeean market ffor e‐learningg, Grids for ee‐Learning ettc.54

ptance to a large extent in the Indian market sceenario. e‐Leaarning is onee e‐Learniing has also found accep of the im mportant areas identifie ed by DeitY for impartin ng education n. The main thrust of the e‐Learningg l program mme is to efffectively inttegrate e‐Leearning methodology an nd approach h with the conventiona c classroo om system. This T is towarrds maximiziing the beneefits and increasing its rreach to morre and moree learnerss. Efforts are also on to sp pread e‐Learrning from teeaching of ITT related subjjects to othe er subjects in n the scho ool curricula..

A number of academ mic institutio ons and R&D D Labs have been financiially supportted by DeitY to carry outt ojects in the field of e‐Leaarning. Impo ortant areas iin which pro ojects have been awarded d include55: R&D pro    

Real time vid deo compresssion and deecompression n techniquess Developing A Authoring To ools in Indian n Languages Developing ccontent inde ependent of platform & eenvironmentt Quality Assu urance in e‐Learning

e‐Learniing is also catching c up in the privaate sector, as a a preferrred mode off imparting training and d enhancing skill sets of employyees, particu ularly in orgaanizations spread s acrosss multiple locations. e‐‐ Learningg is one of the thrust areas a identiffied by both h EC and DeeitY for imp parting education usingg educatio onal tools an nd communiccation mediaa.

4.2.12 Intelligen nt Transport Systemss ERTICO‐‐ITS Europe is a multi‐sector, pu ublic‐private partnership p pursuing the develo opment and d deploym ment of Intellligent Transp port Systemss and Servicees (ITS).56 National Highway Authority A of India (NHAI)) is looking for f Intelligen nt Traffic Sysstems (ITS) solutions s forr on Roads and d Tunnels.57 Traffic o Common areas of co oncern on wh hich both sid des can workk together arre:  

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Optimization n of data co oncerning ro oads, traffic and travel through an information n service on n traffic and trravel in real time.

Continuity of o traffic and freight managemen nt ITS servicces on tran nsport corrid dors and in n conurbation ns through a common fraamework.

Improvemen nt in supplyy chain logiistics to red duce wastagge of perish hable goods, which hass emerged as one of the p prime concerrns in many ccountries acrross the worrld.

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Promotion of good prractices in road r safety and securiity through the promo otion of thee d Driver Assistance Systeems and ITS ssystems for ssafety and seecurity. deploymentt of advanced Integration o of vehicles in n transport infrastructuree, for examp ple through aa platform off ITS servicess and applicattions.

Personal datta protection n.

4.2.13 SSupport forr Research b

by SMEs In the specific spheere of suppo ort to the Eu uropean and d Indian constellations o of SMEs, thee results and d mendations of o the Euro opean Experrts Panel on n research by b SMEs caan be kept as targeted d recomm referencces. Other su uggestions w worth mentio oning includee:  

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“Ensure thatt the Researrch work pro ogrammes do o match thee needs of th he SMEs and d their role iss 58 clearly identtified. Each C Call should have a clear scope for thee SMEs.” “The particip pation of SM MEs in the ressearch conso ortium is certainly very small, in comparison with h the indicato ors showing tthe number of SMEs in EEurope and iin India, or tthe contributtion of SMEss to the overaall GDPs of Eu urope and In ndia. Therefo ore, objectivees should bee set for the desired level of participattion of SMEs in the reseaarch Consortia.”59 “The Open Innovation model is well known and a describeed. Howeverr, it is not yet y put into o when Researcch and Innovvation dimen nsion is considered. Often troubles sttart eruptingg operation w when trying to set coope eration among many actors, who do not necessaarily require b being part off the Consorttium. With the new mod dels of Horizzon 2020 funding schem mes, the parrticipation off third partiess might be simplified and motivated d without arttificially enlaarging the co orrespondingg 6 Consortia.”60

“The final goal of the reesearch outp puts should be the exploitation of tthe research h results, nott just the con nfirmation th hat new kno owledge hass been creatted. Therefore, the coop peration EU‐‐ India should d be motivaated towardss finding thee societal an nd business profits of the t research h 61 efforts.”

o foster SMEEs’ participattion in R&D& &I activities and synergiees’ promotio on in supportt Source: Measures to MEs of innovvation and SM

4.2.14 Future Inteernet Open Innovation n ecosystem ms across bo orders on co ontent co‐ccreation Leveragiing Networkk Innovation in the Futuree Internet off People (IOP P) is a key ICTT EU researcch priority fo or the Euro opean Comm mission. The challenge w will be to design an experrimental futu ure internet environmen nt that skills and emp powers the citizens with advanced future inteernet techno ologies to co‐create any nity applicattion and seervices in a smart city with diversse communiities as well as in ruraal commun commun nities. The u user will be aan active part of this design processs, involving sscientists, en ntrepreneurss,

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technicians and the citizens on aan equal basis. To foster the cooperaation betweeen India and Europe there is a neeed for a sharred experimental Futuree Internet teest‐bed infraastructure, aat large scalee, supporting access to mobile and d/or wireless technologies, interconn nected or federated with h existing Fu uture Interneet uctures as w well as the acctivation of aan Indo‐Euro opean large scale user ccommunity for real‐world d infrastru experim ments to co‐d design smartt cities and regions. Thee large scalee experimen nts will creatte a relevan nt number of solid evaaluated resullts to serve aas a basis for decision‐m making to improve the leearning, living ons of citizen n in future sm mart cities and communities. and worrking conditio

4.2.15 Indo‐Europ pe Cooperattion on Future Interneet Networkss and Platfo orms The currrent efforts in Europee regardingg the Future Internet Public‐Privaate Partnersship can be e summarrized in the following chart which mentions th he most releevant projeccts being caarried out in n Europe.

Bearing the above in mind, th he SSC madee the follow wing proposaal, based on n identifyingg a series off o Future In nternet adap pted to Ind dian environ nment: smart energy, smart s cities,, application cases of h, eTourism, etc. To do th hat, the follo owing activities are propo osed: eEducation, e‐Health     

Identify common graand societal challenges in n India Identify existing activities/projecct in these fieelds in India and Europe Identify the key com mpetencies an nd the key partners in bo oth regions Set up a working gro oup having th he objective to describe each challen nge Identify the technicaal requiremeents of each challenge and check the availabilityy of required d enablerss on the Futu ure Internet core platform m

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Launch aa specific calll with a speccific budget Set up m mirror test beeds in Europe e and India in order to exxperiment usse cases

4.2.16 Indo‐Europ pe Technolo ogy Platform m on ICT Europe h has organiseed the ICT sector using Eu uropean Tecchnology Plaatforms in orrder to define specialized d sectoral visions and the correspo onding strateegic research h agendas:

CT sector: 6 ETPs have been createed in 2005 to cover the IC o o o o o o

NEM : Netw worked Electrro Media (htttp://www.neem‐initiative.org) Net!works : mobile and fixed connecctivity (http:///www.netw works‐etp.eu)) ware and serrvices (http:///www.nessi‐europe.com m) NESSi : Softw ISI : Satellitee communicaation (http:///www.isi‐inittiative.org) EPOSS : Inteernet of thinggs (http://ww ww.smart‐systems‐integrration.org) Photonics21 1 : photonics (http://www w.photonics2 21.org)

hould be an opportunityy to setup m mirror Indian n Technologyy Platforms iin order to sshare visionss There sh and reseearch agend da. In additio on, the succeess of nation nal technolog gy platformss, like the M Mexican MTP, P, could bee mirrored a as reference for further action in In ndia in the p process of grrouping reseearch criticall masses.

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4.3 Summary off common n priority y areas ide entified b by the SSC for joint research After evvaluating the significancee and relevan nce of severaal technology areas, the SSC experts through thee “Think TTank Meetinggs” came outt with the fo ollowing list o of priority areas for joint research:

Top‐Do own Approacch

Botto om‐Up Apprroach           

IPv6 Interneet of things Smart G Grids Satellite Communiccations GNSS ‐ Galileo Trust, SSecurity, Privvacy and Monito oring DNS Seecurity Cloud C Computing Sensor Networks Multim media Techno ology Open D Data

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e‐Inclusion e‐Governancce Healthcare, ee‐Health Ageing AAL) Ambient Asssisted Living (A Culture & Heeritage and Diigital Preservation n technologiess Multi Languaage and Langu uage technologiess Spectrum Management ICT for Environment EU‐India Reggulation and Standardizattion e‐Learning Intelligent Trransport Systeems Support for R Research by SSMEs

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Future Interne et Networks an nd Platforms

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Indo‐Europeean Technologgy Platform on ICT techn nologies

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Bottom‐‐Up

Teechnology to opic

Challen nges

IPv6 im mplementation n

Dep ployment of IPvv6; opening new w research avenues

Get fast deployment of IPv6

Intern net of things

Imm mersive applicaations in e‐Healtth servvices, e‐Govern nance, e‐Educattion, Am mbient Assisted Living, etc.

Proliiferation of stan ndards, diffeerent regulation n, Slow deplloyment of IPv6 6

Smartt Grids (Energy))

Higgh interest from m India on the Eurropean develop pments. Enlargeed market for Europee and India. Launch of sup per‐smart grids.. Reduction of p power cuts owing to efficcient management.

Diffeerent operation nal requ uirements from Utilities companies

Satelliite Communications

Mu ultiplication of tthe joint satellitte payyload developm ment. Facilitation of thee use of satellitee systems in botth reggions. Shared ussed of SatCom.

IPRss. Service provissioning.

GNSS – Galileo

Join nt research on G GNSS‐Galileo technologies deveelopment will faacilitate dep ployment of tecchnologies and app plications based d on early phase research cooperattion towards exp ploitation of thee new radio‐location systtem, serving larrge strata of users.

Lackk of focus from Indian research h proggrammes due to o easy availlability of otherr Radio‐ deteermination (GPSS) systems.

Trust, security, privaccy and monittoring

Higgh priority for Eu urope and Indiaa.

Ado option of equivvalent levels of ssecure technologies woulld contribute to o enlarged markets

Lackk of common intternational regu ulation for security and privaacy.

DNS SSecurity

Goo od technology p practices to be imp plemented acro oss the borders.

Prim mary focus on early deploymeent

Lackk of a common EU‐India platfform for discusssions on issues involved

Cloud Computing

Rap pid proliferation n of new servicees and advvanced applicattions in diverse markets.

IPRs, Security, Regu ulation, Affordable commun nity, Open sourrces.

Senso or Networks

Posssible merger off Internet of things and d Sensor Netwo orks. Solution to owards inteeroperable Sensors/Networks..

Inteeroperability an nd slow deplloyment of IPv6 6.

Con nsiderable inteerests in Indian and Eurropean communities developin ng con ntent for multip ple distribution chains

Largge investments..

Open Data

Maassive requirement from Govvernments to m manage the growing datta which has to be offered as p part of e‐G Government praactices.

Piraacy, Security

e‐Inclu usion

Red duction in the ccost of technolo ogy solu utions. Digital d divide not bridgged;

Neeed for public fun nding and publlic/social sectorr prioritization.

Multim media Technolo ogy

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Sign nificant populattion still out o of the loop

Multtilingual/speech h issues

e‐Govvernance

Higgh priority for the Indian Govvernment to seerve citizens thro oughout the co ountry

Unaavailability of su uitable netw works on ubiquitous contexts

Health hcare, e‐Health h

Posssibility of reducing the cost off health servvices making it accessible to sign nificant portion ns of the populaation

Inteeroperability, traaining

Ageingg

Draawing attention n of authoritiess and thee idea of social living to suppo ort independent livingg of elderly peo ople

Social interest to b be enhanced

Culturre & heritage an nd Digital Preservation

Devvelopment and deployment off technologies for seeamless accesss to digitally preserved d data across old, new and d future access devices/platforrms, kee eping pace with h continuous advvancements in IICT technologiees.

Com mmunication gap between stakeeholders on spe ecific needs of tech hnology develop pments for enab bling seamless access to digittally preserved data.

Multi language and Langu uage Technologyy

Parramount need tto foster culturaal, bussiness and open nness of the Ind dian socciety. Major issu ue in Europe to reach higher layers of po opulation.

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Investment prriority Digital Divide

Intelliggent Transport Netwo orks

Strrategic opportunity for imp plementation of advanced com mmon research results to o solve Europeaan and Indian problems reelated to trafficc management and efficient tran nsportation. Deevising Technolo ogies for safety enhanceements.

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Proliferation o of multitude and non‐interroperable solutions.

Standardizatio on

EU‐Ind dia Regulation aand standaardization

Enlarging market tthrough stan ndardization an nd sharing good d reggulatory practicees and interopeerability

Political decisions

e‐Learrning

Red duction of educcation costs. Exttending a. edu ucation to largee population gro oups b.

Spectrrum Managemeent

Harrmonization of Spectrum and red duced cost of deevices and conssumer pro oducts

Political decisions cconstrain coop peration on Speectrum Man nagement practtices

Ambieent Assisted Livving (AAL)

Largge population b benefiting from m advvances in researrch in the AAL ffield

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b.

b.

Need for public prioritization.

Multilingual isssues

Investment prriority not endorsed Lack of awareeness in the Indian contextt

ICT for Environment

An important elem ment in the higgh level prio ority; having treemendous impaact on pro otection and improvement of tthe envvironment in India

Investment priorityy not endorsed.

Suppo ort for Research h by

Neeed for balancingg/enhancing th he

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SMEs

parrticipation of prrivate SMEs in research projects.

due to lack of/limitted public fund ding to private SSMEs

Futuree Internet open n innovaation ecosystem ms on Conteent co‐creation

Acttivating a large scale user community across India and Europe and creaating a shaared large‐scalee experimental ffacility for Future Interneet research.

The availability of tthe new Future Interrnet infrastructtures capable to o serve and run conte ent applications on to op of it, and on n due time is an n impo ortant challengge. Cultural issuees might imped de joint deveelopment of suitable content co‐created by userss.

Dessign an experim mental future in nternet envvironment that empowers anyy citizen with advanced tecchnologies to co o‐ create any commu unity applicatio on and servvices in a smartt city with diverrse com mmunities as w well as in rural com mmunities. The user will be an n active parrt of this design n process, involvving scieentists, entreprreneurs, techniccians and d the citizens on n an equal footting.

Futuree Internet netw works and Platforms

A laarge potential aand high prioritty for Eurrope. Need of eendorsing the FI trends at w worldwide level, India being aa privvileged partnerr

Investment priorityy in India

Indo‐EEurope Technology Platfo orm

An affordable mecchanism to creaate crittical masses of rresearchers in IIndia, which can constitu ute groups capaable of coo operating with Europeans, sim milar to succcessful outcom mes with Mexicco, Colombia, Brazil, eetc.

Limited scope of prromotion to privaate research seectors by the Indiaan Governmentt

6. Action Plan Based on recommen ndations mad de by the SYNCHRONISER Steering Committee fo or boosting the impact off wing plan of aaction has em merged, which is proposed below forr EU‐Indiaa ICT cooperaation processs, the follow considerration by thee EU‐India JW WG on Inform mation Society:

6.1Sho ort term ((2012 – 20 014)  

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Creation of website fo or disseminaation of info ormation on n EU calls w with informaation bulletss specific to In ndian audien nce to motivaate Indian interests in “H Horizon 2020 0”.

Compilation n of a directo ory of poten ntial EU partn ners willing to collaborate with India and Indian n partners willling to collaborate with EU, includin ng their project ideas. Th his information togetherr with other useful conttent could be dissemin nated through a dedicaated EU‐Ind dia ICT R&D D n to create a channel to ffacilitate coo operation am mong researcchers from the two sidess cooperation on a large number n of common prio ority areas. EEventually, this t is expectted to pave the way forr establishmeent of an Indo‐Europe Technology T Platform that has been n suggested by the SSC C rd st recently in the 3 SSC Th hink Tank Me eeting held aat Brussels o on 1 June, 20 012.

Organization n of worksh hops in Indiaa and EU sttates to preesent and b brainstorm project p ideass between researchers with w active participation p of academia, public fu unded labs and a industryy

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from both ssides. To kickk‐start the p process, orgaanization of a trial worksshop in Indiaa before thee end of this yyear facilitatting submissiion of at least one succeessful joint p project propo osal as a PoC C (Proof of Co oncept) was suggested by the Indian SSC membeers. This proposal has em merged from m the recent EU‐India JW WG meetingg discussion ns on ICT cooperation based on a a co‐funded d approach.

Organization n of awaren ness & prob blem solvingg workshops will immeensely help in breakingg notional barrriers as well as understaanding groun nd level diffiiculties faced d by stakeho olders on thee two sides. This will further lead to t building mutual trusst culminating into successful jointt projects, wh hich is the evventual goal.

6.2 Me edium terrm (2012 – 2016) The SSC C also recom mmended stu udying in dettail the already established joint calls between Europe and d other co ountries such h as Brazil an nd Russia. Th he rules and governancee of such join nt calls will b be extremelyy useful in n defining a cco‐funding scheme betw ween Europee and India.

Other documents, ssuch as the EEC‐Australia S&T COOPEERATION ROA ADMAP 2009 9‐201062 or the EU‐Latin n a Strategic Reesearch Agen nda can also o serve as refferences to d define a com mmon researrch roadmap p America for coop peration bettween EU an nd India. This cooperatio on roadmap could includ de the development of aa Work Prrogramme in n which the ccommon priorities in thee ICT field fo or both regio ons are clearly explained.

Accordin ng to the priorities statted in that Work Progrramme, new w project pro oposals for cooperation n between n EU and Ind dia could be ssubmitted on n a “co‐funded” scheme.

Owing to high expenses involveed in travelling, it is sugggested to alllocate a parrt of the bud dget for pre‐‐ proposa al interaction n and physiccal networkin ng. It is undo oubtedly dem monstrated tthat cooperaation is more e effectivee when partners meet face to facce and jointt interests are a shared. Personal relationship iss important amongst researcherss and we need n to enccourage events and excchanges to foster f thesee hops focuseed on speccific domain ns and info ormation dissemination n contactss. In additiion, worksh infrastru ucture (e.g. websites, w neewsletters, conferences, c etc.) should d be supportted to create awarenesss about IC CT needs and d available reesources (R& &D capabilitiees and techn nology solutio ons). The exaample of the e Spanish AMETIC‐Aprrotech Officee, which sup pports the paarticipation o of Spanish in ndustries (no otably, SMEs)) in the Eu uropean fram mework proggramme cou uld serve as aan inspiration for a similaar tool, whicch the Indian n NCP ICTT could launcch with supp port from thee concerned d Indian Ministry responssible for rese earch on ICTT themes. oration with h ETPs and xETPs initiaatives was suggested. s IC CT‐related ETPs E addresss In addittion, collabo complem mentary tech hnology field ds. Each ETP (NEM for eleectronic med dia, NESSI for Software & & Services, e‐‐ Mobilityy (renamed Net!Works) for mobile applicationss, etc.) has its own Straategic Reseaarch Agendaa (SRA) th hat defines short, s mediu um and longg‐term reseaarch challenges and ideentifies futurre importantt trends in their speccific technolo ogical fields. The cross‐European Teechnology P Platforms (X‐‐ETPs) group p also has a SRA that ttakes as startting point th he X‐ETPs Futture Internett (FI) Vision D Document (V VD). This SRA A ection of acctive and up pcoming devvelopments in the Futu ure Internett reflects a comprehensive colle h world, while clearly aim ming toward ds the realizaation of the FI Vision. Th he main obje ective of thiss research SRA is to o provide a w well‐structured and consistent publiication that reflects and covers a bro oad set of FI

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aspects. This action should also o be extendeed to the initiatives on tthe Private P Public Partneership (PPP),, PP. notably those focuseed on the ICTT domain, likke the Futuree Internet PP n addressingg general ICT innovatiion issues towards the European n ETPs arre also oveerlapping in Commisssion. ETPs are discussingg a cross‐ETP P initiative (ssimilar to thee Future Inteernet cross EETP initiativee that hass led to the EEFII spin‐out)) so that thee ETPs messaages on innovation becom me strongerr if shared byy the ICT EETPs in a "cro oss ETP inno ovation initiative".

An interresting oppo ortunity for India and EU U is to use the t ETPs as effective instruments to produce a a roadmap for cooperration, both iin specific teechnology fieelds as well aas ICT innovaation issues. If successful,, possiblee promotion of Indian teechnology platforms cou uld be part of any future work to enhance e the e India‐Eu urope cooperration.

6.3 Long term ((2012 – 20 020) The IST Advisory Grroup (ISTAG) has been set up to ad dvice the Eu uropean Com mmission on n the overall owed in carrrying out the t IST them matic prioritty under th he European n frameworkk strategyy to be follo program mme for reseearch. The ISTAG I refleccts and advisses on the definition d an nd implementation of a a coheren nt policy for rresearch in ICT in Europee. This policyy should ensure the masttering of tecchnology and d its appliications and should help p strengthen n industrial competitiven c ness and ad ddress Europ pean societal challengges.

The SSC C also sugggested that reinforcing the ISTAG by involvin ng Indian G Gurus (members of thee SYNCHR RONISER & EIS expert groups g and visionaries)) could be another too ol to promo ote EU‐Indiaa cooperaation. Formattion of an EU U‐India ISTAG G was also su uggested.

6.4 Summary off Road ma apping – A Action Pla an Recom mmendatio ons

Proposed A Action

Addresssed Organization

Tim meframe

Shorrt term (2012 2 – 2014) Websitee

Desiggn & develop pment of an SYNCHRO ONISER, on India specific web bsite towardss request ffrom “Horizon 2020”.

European Commissio on and/or D DeitY

Before end of 2012 2

Directorry of EU and India partners. Launch of India channel

Prepaare a compreehensive reporrt on the EU interests in reseaarch in India. Launch EU‐ India cooperation n in the networked electronic media (NEM M) field, to bee promoted

by SYYNCHRONISER to EU

Before end of 2012 2

SYNCHRO ONISER, on request ffrom European Commissio on and/or D DeitY

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stakeholders.

A trial w workshop in India for a Pro oof of Concept of the co o‐funded research h model proposeed by the Indian side in the 7th EU‐Ind dia JWG meeeting on 29tth March, 2 2012.

A seeed fund of 1 M Million USD DeitY and d European was p proposed forr carrying outt Commisssion a Proof of Concep pt involving reseaarchers and industry from m the tw wo sides on aa co‐fundingg modeel. A worksho op in India has been suggested to kickofff the process with aa goal to generrate at least two succeessful joint proposals.

Before end of 2012 2

Worksho ops in India –– Project iideas

Conducting worksshops on speciffic thematic areas of ICT in imp portant cities of India and EEU states to eencourage joint proposals on n projects that ccan be fundeed under Horizon 2020 as w well as the joint ffunding mod del proposed d th h

by DeeitY in the 7 EU‐India JWG meeting.

2012–2 2020

DeitY and d European Commisssion

Trainingg/Coaching on FP Organ nization of w workshops on n European Commissio on FP7 aand Horizon 2 2020 with DeittY’s support manu uals, similar tto the manu uals of EU Me ember States (e.g.: Spanish FP6 6 and FP7 manu uals).

2012‐2014

Address ISTAG

2012 ‐2 2014

Set up collaboration with ETP Ps and xETP Initiativees and launch Indo‐EU Technologyy Platform m on ICT

Brief ISTAG on thee potential coope eration with India, as a signifficant part off the overall EU FP P7/Horizon 2 2020 strategyy on intternational ccooperation..

Launcch the Indian n Technologyy Platfo orm Channell which would d act as a cattalyst to prom mote better coordination..

This ttool horizonttal to all ICT

European Commissio on

European Commissio on, 2012‐2014 European Technology Platform ms, PPPs and DeitY, Go overnment o of India.

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technolo ogies.

relateed ETPs, wou uld bring forth Indian conceerns to the debattes within th he framework of ETP Ps and xETP Innovation initiattives.

Mid d Term (2012 2 – 2016) Setting JJoint Calls co o‐ funded b

by Europe an nd India

Joint proposals on n identified prioriities by reseaarchers with indusstry participaation from bo oth sides can be subm mitted to an EU‐ India joint workin ng group for cco‐ funding of the pro oject.

Eu uropean Com mmission 2012‐2016 an nd DeitY

Initiatingg fast track cco‐ funding program focused on one/two o thematic areas as a Proof off Concept

Fast ttrack program mmes based d on one o or two imporrtant themattic areass can be impllemented. Th he progrress of these projects can n be trackeed by joint P Progress Reviiew & Steerring Committtee.

Eu uropean Com mmission 2012‐2016 an nd DeitY

Setting u up the JWG Action G Group

An Acction Group constituting Eu uropean Com mmission 2012‐2016 nominated officers/representtatives an nd DeitY from EU and Indiaa can work togetther to impleement the deecisions of JW WG.

Develop p detailed research h road‐mapp ping for EU‐In ndian researrch cooperaative projectss

Based d on India’s 1 12th 5‐year p plan agend da on ICT roaadmap and EEU’s Horizon 2020 pro ogramme, a w well‐ defined agenda caan be proposed for joint research pro ojects.

Estab blishment of a Support Offfice (eg. SSpanish Apro otech) will heelp the causee in a big wayy.

Eu uropean Co ommission, D DeitY, Go overnment o of India, Indian researcchers an nd stakeholders

2012–2016

Longg Term (2014 4 – 2020) Address ISTAG Group

Brief ISTAG on th he potential coope eration with India, as a signifficant part off the overall EU FP7/H Horizon 2020 0 strategy on n intern national cooperation and d the

Eu uropean Com mmission 2014–2020

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10 keey recommen ndations on EU ICT R&D aand Innovatiion beyond 2 2013 as propo osed by EU ISSTAG members.

Involve Indian experrts in the ISSTAG related activities

Identifying new m mechanisms ffor allow wing Indian exxperts to gett involvved in the reelevant bodiees shaping priorities and strategic directtions of the FFP7/Horizon 2020 for en nsuring in meeeting the techn nological and d societal neeeds coverring ICT and ICT applications for non‐ICT disciplinees in both thee regions.

Eu uropean Co ommission, N National ICTT Directors meetings

2014–2020

Signing of an EU‐Ind dia co‐funde ed ICT R&D agreeme ent

Need for a co‐fun nded model ffor reseaarch projects was stressed upon by the SSC memb bers from Ind dia, which h also got disscussed in th he 7th EU‐In ndia JWG meeting.

Eu uropean 2014–2016 Co ommission, N National ICTT Directors meetings, DeittY, Govt. off India

7. Con nclusions The SYN NCHRONISER R project, oveer its tenure e of various activities spanning 30 m months has b been able to o reinforce/reveal thee following faacts:

1. With common values annd beliefs thhat EU and IIndia share, it has once again emergged that thee nt research in n ICT apart ffrom several other areass of common n two can be perfect partners for join interest.

2. Following are the issues that need to be addrressed in ordder to improove success of the jointt projects und der FP7: a. Public funded laabs in India aare generoussly funded b by the Goverrnment of India. There iss quate fund available with w the DeitY (Departm ment of Eleectronics & Information n adeq Tech hnology), Go overnment o of India for R R&D projectss to these laabs. Large private sectorr orgaanizations arre mostly invvolved in contract R&D, which is focused mainly on markett need ds. Besides, they have adequate a R& &D fund for carrying ou ut independe ent research h with hout partnerring with exteernal organizzations whilee IPR is anoth her major isssue. b. SMEEs are the m most suitablee candidates for receiving EU Framework Prograamme funds,, but EU’s fundin ng mechanissm doesn’t suit their requirements r s. They havve found EU U adm ministrative p procedures m most difficultt to deal with h.

3. Possible solu utions that tthe SYNCHRO ONISER project has been n able to ideentify after d deliberationss with SSC meembers from the two side es and inputts from vision naries in Indiia: a. For EU’s FP fundded research programmees i. Identifying most suittable priorityy areas for jooint researchh projects. ii. Change in disseminaation approaaches and inccreased awarreness raisinng ventures. ______

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iiii. Simplifyying administtrative proceedures. i Facilitating increased involvement of Indian SMEs througgh mechanissms suited too iv. quirements. their req

b. For co‐funded reesearch proggrammes (most appropriiate model inn the contexxt of EU‐Indiaa ICT rresearch coo operation) i. Evolvingg an effectivve co‐fundinng scheme for ICT research progrrammes andd signing aan agreemen nt at the JWG G level. ii. Organizee networking and probleem solving w workshops in n India and EU states to o build mu utual trust and identify ccompatible p partners from m the two sid des based on n complim menting stren ngths to facilitate joint project propo osals i Joint revview and steeering comm iii. mittee with administrativve procedure es, which aree easy to understand and comply with.

In the quest for convening suitable s meembers to the SYNCHR RONISER Steering Com mmittee, thee SYNCHR RONISER projject was ablee to facilitate e participatio on of some key decision n makers from m the Indian n Governm ment, drawin ng their atteention towarrds the comp plimenting sttrengths bettween the tw wo sides and d the harvvest that cou uld be reapeed through jo oint research h in common n priority areas concerning both thee regions. o ociation is evvident from the Minutess of Meetingg of the 7thJW WG meetingg The possitive effect of their asso th th held in N New Delhi on 28 and 2 29 March, 2 2012. The joiint ICT R&D fund suggessted by the Indian side iss one of the most enccouraging siggns, which is bound to en nhance the ccooperation movement in a big way. out a Proof o of Concept in nvolving reseearchers and d A seed ffund of 1 Million USD was proposed ffor carrying o industryy from the two sides. A workshop in India has been suggested before the end of this year to o kickoff the process w with a goal to o generate at least two ssuccessful joiint proposalss.

Accordin ngly, this Peerspective Action A Plan provides three key eleements to support future decisionss regardin ng the EU‐Ind dia Cooperattion in the IC CT domain:

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Iden ntification off most suitab ble research p priorities forr joint researrch Impact and asseessment on the potential of each prio ority area Speccific roadmap and action n plan with tiimelines

The sam me is submittted as SYNCH HRONISER prroject reportt for consideeration of thee EU‐India Jo oint Workingg Group o on Informatio on Society.

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42. www.retire2india.co om/2008/03//retirement‐‐homes‐in‐in ndia.html 43. http://neeri.res.in/aaboutus.php 9‐2010.pdf 44. http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/australia_ec_roaadmap_2009 Othe er referencees and docu uments used d in the pro ocess of elaaborating this Plan are here below w sum mmarized: [1] SSynchronising the Researrch Policy Dialogue to the Indian Dim mension DoW W, FP7‐ICT‐20 009‐4 (ICT‐4‐‐ 9.1) Supportt Action n° 24 48867 [2] M Minutes of th he Sixth Indiaa‐EU Joint W Working Grou up Meeting o on Informatio on Society [3] Eleventh Fivve Year Plaan 2007‐201 12, Informattion Technology Sector of the Dep partment off Information Technology, Ministry off Communicaations & Information Tecchnology [4] D2.1.1 Backkground Rep port on EU‐India Researrch prioritiees and dimeensions, SYN NCHRONISER,, Project no. 2 248867 [5] ICT Work Pro ogramme 2011‐2012 RATION ROA ADMAP 2009 9‐2010 [6] EEC‐Australia S&T COOPER [7] EEU‐Latin Ameerican strateegic research h agenda on tthe networked media fieeld. SALA+ prroject, 2010.

[8] EEU – Colomb bia roadmap for cooperattion on the n networked m media techno ology field [9] EEU – Uruguayy roadmap fo or cooperation on the neetworked meedia technology field [10] Summary of o responsess to the Consultation on o the Green Paper con nverting chaallenges into o opportunitiees (the Comm mon Strategiic Framework).

[11] http://pib.n nic.in/newsite/PrintReleaase.aspx?reliid=72617 nitiative Inno ovation Union, Research and Innovation Policy, 20 011 [12] Europe 2020 Flagship In uropa.eu/infformation_so ociety/activitties/e‐Inclusion/research h/index_en.h htm [13] http://ec.eu [14]http://tdil‐dc.in/index.php?option=ccom_verticall&parentid=2 2&lang=en w.cdac.in/htm ml/mlingual.aaspx [15]http://www uropa.eu/info ormation_so ociety/index__en.htm [16]http://ec.eu

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9. SYN NCHRONIISER Stee ering Com mmittee ((SSC) Me embers

bers is provided here who w have paarticipated in the assistance to SYN NCHRONISER R A list off SSC memb project to elaboraate several SYNCHRON NISER reports (first table), follow wed by thee details off SYNCHR RONISER conssortium (seccond table)

SYNCHRO ONISER Steeringg Committee M Members

Dr Ash hok K Chakravaarti Dr Mukul K Sinha Dr Hiraanmay Ghosh Dr Deb bashis Dutta Dr S.Z. Haque Mr Vin nay Deshpande Mr Alb bert Sitja Mr Stu uart Campbell Dr Latiif Ladid Prof Baarry Evans Mr Pieerre‐Yves Daneet Mrs Caarmen Mac W Williams Mrs Nu uria de Lama Mr Rogger Torrenti

Cen ntre for Development of Ad dvanced Comp puting (CDAC)) India Exp pert Software Consultants LLtd, India Tatta Consultancyy Services, Ind dia DeitY (erstwhile DIT), Ministryy of Communiication & Inforrmation Techn nology, India DeitY (erstwhile DIT), Ministryy of Communiication & Inforrmation Techn nology, India Enccore Softwaree Limited, India CTTTC – Centre Teechnologic de Telecomunicaacions de Cataalunya, Spain TIEE Research Devvelopment & Innovation, U UK IPvv6 Forum & Un niversity of Lu uxembourg University of Surrrey, UK Oraange Labs, Fraance Graassroots and A Arts, Germanyy Ato os Origin, Spaiin Sigma Orionis

SYNCH HRONISER conssortium partners

Partne ers Technical Support fo or European O Organisations Sprl.

Euro‐In ndia Research h Centre Rose V Vision, S.L. Centree for Developm ment of Advanced Computting Softwaare Technologgy Parks of Ind dia Indian Institute of Science Fraunh hofer Gesellscchaft

Partners’’ short name TESEO EIRC ROSE C‐DAC STPI IISc FhG

Country Belgium m India Spain India India India German ny

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Annex x: Questionnaire Snapshot

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