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Project:
D2.5 Report on Bilateral Agreements
INDIA GATE ACCESS4EU ‐ INDIA (Contract Number 244442) “Increasing the dialogue between India and Europe by improving EU awareness and access to Indian Research and Innovation technology Programmes” Funding Scheme: CSA (Supporting) Theme: INCO‐2009‐5 Start date of project: 01 January 2010
Issued by:
EIRC
Issue date:
22.12.2010
Due date:
31.12.2010
Work Package Leader:
CSIR
Duration: 36 month
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Deliverable:
D2.5: Report on Bilateral Agreements
Grant Agreement number:
244442
Project acronym:
INDIA GATE
Project title:
Increasing the dialogue between India and Europe by improving EU awareness and access to Indian Research and Innovation technology Programmes
Funding Scheme:
Support Action
Project Starting Date
1. 1. 2010
Project Co‐ordinator Name:
Mrs. Diassina Dimaggio
Organisation:
APRE ‐ Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea
Tel:
+ 39 06 48 93 99 93
Fax:
+39 06 48 90 25 50
E‐mail:
Dimaggio@apre.it
Project website address:
http://www.access4.eu/india/193.php
EC Scientific Officer:
Mr. Michele Genovese
Deliverable No.
2.5
Deliverable Name
Report on Bilateral Agreements
WP leader
CSIR
Dissemination Level
PU
Due Date
31/12/2010
Actual Deliverable date
22/12/2010
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SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME Capacities, International Cooperation
Report on Bilateral Agreements Project: INDIA GATE Grant agreement no.: 244442 “Increasing the dialogue between India and Europe by improving EU awareness and access to Indian Research and Innovation technology Programmes”
Final version Funding Scheme: CSA (Supporting) Theme: INCO‐2009‐5 Start date of project: 01 January 2010 Duration: 36 months INDIA GATE is an FP7 project funded by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION © 2009 INDIA GATE All rights reserved. Reproduction only with written consent by the coordinator This publication reflects only the author’s views – the Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................... 8 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................ 8 Scientific Cooperation......................................................................................................................... 8 Sectoral Dialogues and Exchanges...................................................................................................... 9
S&T COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND EU 27 MEMBER STATES...................................... 10 1. INDIA‐AUSTRIA........................................................................................................................ 10 1.1. S&T Cooperation ........................................................................................................................ 10 1.2 Areas of Research Cooperation .................................................................................................. 10 1.3 Funding........................................................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Analysis of bilateral cooperation using key drivers for the S&T cooperation ............................ 11 2. INDO‐ BELGIUM ...................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 S&T cooperation ......................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Other forms of cooperation ........................................................................................................ 12 2.3 Analysis of Indo‐Belgium S&T cooperation using key drivers..................................................... 13 3. INDO‐BULGARIA ...................................................................................................................... 13 3.1 Joint meetings ............................................................................................................................. 13 3.2 S&T Co‐operation........................................................................................................................ 14 3.3 Areas of Research and scientific cooperation............................................................................. 14 3.4 Funding Rules ............................................................................................................................ 14 3.5 Analysis of India‐ Bulgaria S&T cooperation ............................................................................... 15 4. INDIA AND CYPRUS.................................................................................................................. 15 4.1 Analysis of using key drivers for the S&T cooperation between India‐ Cyprus .......................... 15 5. Indo‐CZECH REPUBLIC ............................................................................................................. 16 5.1 S&T cooperation ......................................................................................................................... 16 6. INDIA‐ DENMARK .................................................................................................................... 16 6.1 S&T cooperation ......................................................................................................................... 16 6.2 DBT‐Danish Council for Strategic Research ................................................................................ 16 6.3 Analysis of Indo‐Denmark S&T cooperation ............................................................................... 17 7. INDIA‐ESTONIA ....................................................................................................................... 17 7.1 S&T cooperation ......................................................................................................................... 17 7.2 Analysis of Indo‐Estonia S&T cooperation .................................................................................. 18 8. INDIA‐FRANCE ......................................................................................................................... 18 8.1 IFCPAR/CEFIPRA .......................................................................................................................... 18 8.2 India‐ France ICT cooperation ..................................................................................................... 18 8.3 People‐people contacts .............................................................................................................. 19 8.4 Joint laboratories ........................................................................................................................ 19 8.5 Analysis using key drivers for Indo‐ France S&T cooperation..................................................... 20 9. INDIA‐ FINLAND ...................................................................................................................... 21 9.1 DBT‐ Academy of Finland Research Council ............................................................................... 21 9.2 Researcher cooperation.............................................................................................................. 21
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9.3 Joint Research collaboration....................................................................................................... 22 9.4 DBT/DST‐Academy of Finland ..................................................................................................... 22 9.5 Researcher mobility .................................................................................................................... 22 10. INDIA‐GERMANY ................................................................................................................... 23 10.1 Joint Meetings........................................................................................................................... 23 10.2 DST‐BMBF Research cooperation ............................................................................................. 23 Areas of research cooperation.......................................................................................................... 24 10.3 Joint Research Projects ............................................................................................................. 24 10.4 DST‐DFG .................................................................................................................................... 24 10.5 INSA‐DFG Exchange of scientists cooperation .......................................................................... 24 10.6 DST‐DAAD.................................................................................................................................. 25 10.7 DST‐Max Plank Society.............................................................................................................. 25 10.8 Indo‐German Science and Technology Centre.......................................................................... 25 10.9 BMBF‐ICMR ............................................................................................................................... 25 10.10 Funding Rules.......................................................................................................................... 26 10.11 Indo‐ German Centre on computer science............................................................................ 26 10.12Analysis of India‐ Germany S&T cooperation using key drivers .............................................. 26 11. INDIA‐GREECE ....................................................................................................................... 27 11.1 S&T Cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 27 11.2 Areas of cooperation................................................................................................................. 27 11.3 Analysis of Indo‐Greece S&T cooperation ................................................................................ 28 12. INDIA‐ HUNGARY ................................................................................................................... 28 12.1 Bilateral agreements................................................................................................................. 28 12.2 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 28 12.3 Other forms of cooperation ...................................................................................................... 29 12.4 Analysis of Indo‐Hungary S&T cooperation .............................................................................. 30 13. INDIA‐ ITALY .......................................................................................................................... 30 13.1 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 30 13.2 Areas of cooperation................................................................................................................. 31 13.3 Joint research projects .............................................................................................................. 31 13.4 Analysis of S&T cooperation of India and Italy ......................................................................... 31 14. INDIA‐IRELAND ...................................................................................................................... 32 14.1 Areas of cooperation................................................................................................................. 32 14.2 Ireland’s future plans involving India........................................................................................ 32 14.3 Agreements and upcoming opportunities ................................................................................ 33 14.4 Analysis of Indo‐Ireland S&T cooperation ................................................................................ 33 15. INDIA LATVIA ........................................................................................................................ 33 15.1 Indo‐Latvian Economic and Commercial Relation .................................................................... 33 15.2 Trade Relations ......................................................................................................................... 34 16. INDIA‐ LITHUANIA ................................................................................................................. 34 17. INDIA‐ LUXEMBOURG ............................................................................................................ 35 17.1 Economic relations.................................................................................................................... 35
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17.2 Important Bilateral Treaties and Agreements with Luxembourg ............................................. 35 18. INDIA‐ MALTA ....................................................................................................................... 35 18.1 High‐level bilateral Visits........................................................................................................... 36 18.2 Important Bilateral Treaties and Agreements .......................................................................... 36 19. INDIA NETHERLANDS ............................................................................................................. 36 19.1 Main Bilateral Treaties and Agreements .................................................................................. 36 19.2 S&T Cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 36 19.3 Areas of cooperation................................................................................................................. 37 19.4 Economic and trade cooperation.............................................................................................. 37 20. INDO‐ POLAND ...................................................................................................................... 38 20.1 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 38 20.2 Areas of cooperation................................................................................................................. 38 20.3 Funding...................................................................................................................................... 38 20.4 Other bilateral cooperation ...................................................................................................... 39 20.5 Analysis of Indo‐Poland S&T cooperation using key drivers..................................................... 39 21. INDIA‐ PORTUGAL ................................................................................................................. 40 21.1 DST‐Foundation for Science and Technology (FST) .................................................................. 40 21.2 Areas of cooperation................................................................................................................. 40 21.3 Workshops ................................................................................................................................ 40 21.4 Post‐ Doctoral Fellowships........................................................................................................ 41 21.5 Analysis of Indo‐ Portugal S&T cooperation ............................................................................. 41 22. INDIA‐ROMANIA .................................................................................................................... 41 22.1 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 41 22.2 Areas for cooperation ............................................................................................................... 41 22.3 Funding...................................................................................................................................... 42 22.4 Analysis of Indo‐Romania S&T cooperation using key drivers.................................................. 42 23. INDO‐SPAIN .......................................................................................................................... 43 23.1 Science &Technology Cooperation ........................................................................................... 43 23.2 Funding...................................................................................................................................... 43 23.3 Research cooperation ............................................................................................................... 43 23.4 Areas of research cooperation.................................................................................................. 44 23.5 Funding...................................................................................................................................... 44 23.6 Non S&T cooperation................................................................................................................ 44 23.7 Analysis of India‐ Spain S&T cooperation using key drivers ..................................................... 44 24. INDO‐ SWEDEN ..................................................................................................................... 45 24.1 DST‐ VINNOVA........................................................................................................................... 45 24.2 Funding...................................................................................................................................... 45 24.3 DBT‐Sweden S&T cooperation .................................................................................................. 45 24.4 Analysis of bilateral cooperation using key drivers for the S&T cooperation .......................... 46 25. INDO‐ SLOVAKIA .................................................................................................................... 46 25.1 Important Bilateral treaties and Agreements........................................................................... 47 26. INDIA‐ SLOVENIA ................................................................................................................... 47
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26.1 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 47 26.2 Funding...................................................................................................................................... 47 26.3 Analysis of bilateral cooperation between India‐ Slovenia....................................................... 48 27. INDO‐UNITED KINGDOM ........................................................................................................ 49 27.1 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 49 27.2 Analysis of Indo‐UK S&T cooperation ....................................................................................... 50
PICTORIAL ANALYSIS OF INDIA AND EU 27 MEMBER STATES ............................................... 51 S&T COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND EU‐ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES.............................. 55 28. INDIA‐BELARUS ..................................................................................................................... 55 28.1 DST and SCST‐ Belarus............................................................................................................... 55 28.2 Areas of cooperation and Eligibility Criteria ............................................................................. 55 28.3 Funding...................................................................................................................................... 56 29. INDO‐ CROATIA ..................................................................................................................... 57 29.1 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 57 29.2 Analysis of the key drivers of the Indo‐Croatian S&T cooperation........................................... 57 30. Indo‐ISRAEL........................................................................................................................... 57 30.1 S&T Collaboration ..................................................................................................................... 57 30.2 Modes of Cooperation .............................................................................................................. 58 30.3 Space collaboration................................................................................................................... 59 30.4 India–Israel S&T Cooperation Programme ‐ Call for Proposals – 2011 .................................... 60 31. INDO‐ NORWAY..................................................................................................................... 60 31.1 S&T cooperation ....................................................................................................................... 60 31.2 Areas of cooperation................................................................................................................. 61 31.3 Other forms of cooperation ...................................................................................................... 61 32. INDO‐ SWISS ......................................................................................................................... 61 32.1 S&T co‐operation‐ DBT‐ISCB (SWISS)........................................................................................ 61 32.2 DST‐SER ..................................................................................................................................... 61 32.3 Indo‐Swiss science promotion unit in Bangalore...................................................................... 62 32.4 Indo Swiss Joint Research project............................................................................................. 62 32.5 Analysis of bilateral cooperation using key drivers for the S&T cooperation .......................... 64 33. INDIAN COOPERATION WITH SERBIA & MONTENEGRO............................................................ 64
34. CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................... 64 Summary of the report ..................................................................................................................... 64 Points which can be considered........................................................................................................ 65
35. ANNEX ........................................................................................................................ 65 Additional Information...................................................................................................................... 65 35.1 Indo‐Italian S&T agreements .................................................................................................... 65 35.2 India‐Denmark Agreements...................................................................................................... 68 S&T agreements................................................................................................................................ 68 35.3 India‐Greek Agreements ........................................................................................................... 68
36. SOURCES OF INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 69
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This deliverable summarizes the existing bilateral co‐funding opportunities between India and the 27 member states of the EU. The aim of this deliverable is to serve as a support material which enables the project partners to comprehend the areas of cooperation EU and India hold, to understand the structure and methodology adopted in order to identify best practices, to analyze the governing reasons behind the success/failure of the models. This exercise helps formulate a good functioning model of S&T cooperation between India and EU as a whole. This deliverable focuses on the areas of S&T cooperation, the implementing nodal agencies, the funding rules and procedures, eligibility criteria etc between India and the EU member states of Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland Sweden, Slovenia, and UK/ England. The information on India and EU Associated countries is also provided. The information is sourced from reliable government agencies, news articles, approved reports and informal opportunistic interactions with academicians executing some of the research projects.
BACKGROUND EU‐India relations date back to the early 1960s when diplomatic relations were established. It was however the 1994 Cooperation Agreement (which is still the current legal framework for cooperation) that opened the door to the broad political dialogue that has since evolved, notably through annual Summits since 2000, and through regular ministerial and expert‐level meetings. India and the European Union (EU) are committed to an equal and dynamic dialogue on all areas of mutual of interest and concern as major actors in their own regions, and as emerging global players on the world stage. EU is India’s first partner in terms of trade and actual investment inflows and one of its major partners in the fields of economic and development cooperation. The launching of an India‐EU Round Table of eminent personalities and the creation of an India‐EU network of Think Tanks are significant steps towards greater mutual cooperation in all fields. In the same spirit, the development of academic and cultural exchanges plays an increasing role in broadening the spectrum of India‐EU relations. At the same time, the momentum generated by various on‐going projects under the India‐ EU Economic Cross‐Cultural Programme serves to boost cooperation in the fields of media, academia and business enterprises. European Union and the Republic of India benefit from a longstanding relationship going back to the early 1960s. The Joint Political Statement of 1993 and the 1994 cooperation agreement, which is the current legislative framework for cooperation, opened the door to a broad political dialogue, which evolves through annual Summits, regular ministerial and expert level meetings.
Scientific Cooperation S&T plays an important part in the EU‐India Strategic Partnership. The solid partnership between the EU and India, their great traditions in science and technology as well as the recent political impetus provided by the EU‐India Ministerial Science Conference, are now being translated into ambitious,
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high quality and mutually beneficial co‐operative programmes, projects and dialogues. India is also showing a growing degree of openness in the identification of mechanisms to support the co‐funding of joint or coordinated calls for proposals with the European Union (EU). Research cooperation between the EU and India started in the mid‐1980s and the first EU‐India Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement was signed in 2001 and extended in 2009. Science and Technology (S&T) was one such key area of bi‐lateral cooperation. India has become the fourth largest international partner for the EU under the 7th (2007‐2013) EU Framework Programme for Science and Technological development (FP7). Indian organizations are participating in research projects in various technological areas of which health, environment, food agriculture biotechnologies and ICT are the most prominent. India has become a full partner in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) nuclear fusion project. Three EU‐India Coordinated Calls for Proposals have been launched so far. The first such call, launched with the Department of Science and Technology, with co‐funding of 5 million from each side, on computation materials science, attracted 25 proposals, of which six have been funded. The Second Coordinated Call, launched with the Department of Biotechnology, with co‐funding of 3 million each on food, health and well being, again attracted 25 proposals, of which two have been funded. The third Coordinated Call for Proposals, , launched with the Department of Science and Technology, with co‐funding of 5 million from each side, on solar energy systems, attracted 23 proposals, of which three will be funded. Coordinated calls for proposals under Water related challenges have been identified and Indo‐EU workshop on “Water Technology Research and International Collaboration” took place in Bangalore and New Delhi. Topics for future coordinated calls for proposals are being discussed at the moment.
Sectoral Dialogues and Exchanges Joint Working Groups have been set up to facilitate exchanges on subjects as diverse as Agriculture, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Food Processing, and Environment. A Joint Customs Cooperation Committee serves to strengthen dialogue on a wide range of issues in that field. The increased importance given to Climate Change mitigation and related cooperation activities was reflected when the 2008 Summit in Marseilles adopted a Joint Work Programme on Energy, Clean Development and Climate Change. Follow‐up activities were confirmed at the Summit in November 2009, when the EU and India agreed to expedite cooperation activities on Climate Change mitigation, clean energy (clean coal technology, nuclear energy) energy efficiency and renewable energy (in particular solar energy). Migration is becoming an increasingly important subject in the relationship and is covered through regular meetings in Delhi of the EU‐India Working Group on Visa and Consular Issues. Ways to strengthen cooperation on migration related issues are being explored. Fostering EU‐India knowledge‐based strategic agenda‐setting It is recommended to: • Deepen the knowledge‐based dialogue between the EU Member States and Associated Countries on S&T cooperation with India as a strategic partner of the EU •
Complement the ongoing S&T dialogue between the European Commission and India with an S&T dialogue between the EU MS (and possibly AC) and India, following the high‐level
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strategic forum on EU‐India S&T cooperation in February 2007. Such a dialogue should aim at identifying joint interest beyond the themes of the EU RTD Framework Programme and at fostering coordination of concrete implementation measures building on MS´ (and AC´) instruments. •
Make regular use and ensure a proper dissemination of results of completed or ongoing EC‐funded coordination and support projects targeting India.
S&T COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND EU 27 MEMBER STATES 1. INDIA‐AUSTRIA 1.1. S&T Cooperation In 2007 November the Austrian Minister of Science & Technology Dr. Johannes Hahn and Shri Kapil Sibal, Indian Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences signed a MoU. The Agreement provides for exchange of scientific and technological information, documentation and publications, exchange of scientists and experts and implementation of bilateral‐projects of mutual interest. Department of Science & Technology (DST) of Ministry of Science & Technology on the Indian part and the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF) on the Austrian part are the nodal agencies promoting research and technology cooperation between India and Austria. To strengthen the scientific co‐operation between the two countries through promotion and support of mobility of scientists in the framework of bilateral scientific co‐operation projects joint research project proposals between Indian and Austrian scientists / researchers, are invited. Exchange of scientists is encouraged.
1.2 Areas of Research Cooperation Except social and behavioral sciences, all fields of natural / engineering sciences and technology/and pure sciences are open for research cooperation between the two nations. The implementing agencies for this programme are the following in both countries: • Department of Science & Technology‐India • Department of Biotechnology‐ India • BMBF‐ Austria • CSI‐ Austria
1.3 Funding It is expected that basic funding for other expenditure (project manpower, equipment, consumables etc.) is already available with the project implementing Scientists/Institutions for both the countries. Only exchange visits of project team members are supported under this call as mentioned below. Funding for the exchange of scientists • •
Travel costs of Indian scientists to Austria are covered by DST. Living expenses of Indian scientists visiting Austria will be covered by Austria.
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Travel costs of Austrian scientists are covered by Austria. The Austrian scientists visiting India within the framework of approved projects would be provided accommodation in a guest house or a hotel with reasonable facilities and transport for airport transfers. In addition they would be provided a per diem towards meals and out of pocket expenses : Rs. 1,000/‐ per day for short‐term stays of up to 10 days and Rs. 20,000/‐ per month for stays of up to a 3 months
Rates have been fixed as follows (including accommodation costs): • Daily rate for Indian visiting researchers: EUR 73 per day for short trips to Austria up to 10 days • Monthly rates for longer stays of up to 3 months: EUR 940 per month for students and graduates up to 30 years; EUR 1040 per month for graduates from 30 years to 35 years; EUR 1200 per month for researchers over 35 years. • It is expected that basic funding for other expenditure (project manpower, equipment, consumables etc.) is already available with the project implementing Scientists/ Institutions from other sources. On Austrian side each project can apply for max. Eur 3000‐ per year. Networking pilot projects‐DBT‐EU: Center for Science and Innovation‐ Austria is one of the project partners of the New Indigo multilateral project which has launched a call for proposal under its Networking pilot programme. 13 projects are being currently funded under this programme wherein DBT is the funding body jointly with EU for this programme. The EC is the funding agency for this programme. Other forms of cooperation ‐Trade cooperation India and Austria have identified ways and means of stepping up bilateral trade between the two countries and furthering cooperation in the health and railway sectors. Draft agreements in these sectors are under negotiation, which are expected to be signed by the two sides in due course.
1.4 Analysis of bilateral cooperation using key drivers for the S&T cooperation Indo‐Austria S&T Mode of Implementing Implementing cooperation (Key cooperation Machinery within machinery within drivers) India Austria Embassy, S&T Cooperation meetings, through seminars, ministerial meetings and seminars Cooperation Trade cooperation agreements S&T agreements Mobility Researchers
DST
of Joint research DST, DBT, projects targeting exchange of scientists,
Status
Ongoing and Regular
Under negotiation
BMBF
Ongoing
BMBF, CSI
13 Ongoing
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Networking projects Current funding Joint projects in application phase area of water research
5 projects
2. INDO‐ BELGIUM 2.1 S&T cooperation A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in space technology was signed between the two sides in November 1998. India is participating in the EU’s Galileo Project where Belgian companies are also involved. A framework agreement for cooperation in Science and Technology was signed during the visit of Belgian PM to India in November 2006. Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Dr. T. Ramasami led a 4‐member delegation to Belgium in june 2007 for the First Meeting of India‐Belgium Joint committee on Science & Technology. The two sides agreed to cooperate in the areas of Nano Science and Technology, Life Science, Health care and Agro Bio Tech, new energy resources and clear energy, astronomy and astro‐physics, environment and global change, transfer of technology and innovations, mobility of researchers and innovators. The next meeting will be held in New Delhi. In June 2007 a federal agreement has been signed between DST and BELSPO of Belgium to support cooperation in • Environment, • Climate Change, • Biotechnology, • Health, • Water related challenges.
2.2 Other forms of cooperation Belgium has emerged as one of India's most important trading partners in the European Union (EU).Belgium is presently India's third most important European trading partner. Total bilateral exports between both the countries exceeded 8.8 billion Euros in 2008. Ten agreements were signed between Belgium and Indian companies in New Delhi. These were signed in the framework of the visit of a 340 strong economic mission to India, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Steven Vanackere to have a high profile meeting with the Vice President of India, Mr. Hamid Ansari. The 10 agreements signed between the Indian and Belgian companies are in the sectors of • • •
logistics and infrastructure, renewable energy, Transport and engineering.
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Specific seminars in these sectors have also been organized for business people active in these sectors from both countries. The economic mission is multi‐sector with clusters in automobile, aeronautics, transport infrastructure, clean technology and renewable energy, bio‐pharma, audiovisual and diamonds.
2.3 Analysis of Indo‐Belgium S&T cooperation using key drivers Indo‐Belgium S&T Mode cooperation (Key cooperation drivers) Cooperation agreements‐
of Implementing Machinery within India DST,
Mobility, Research Joint research fellowships programmes exist Joint Committees, Regular Missions & Meetings, Framework settings, Extension of Agreements & Institutional partnerships based on evaluations
Implementing machinery within Belgium BELSPO
Status
S&T agreements have been signed but yet not completely active Present Active
3. INDO‐BULGARIA Indo‐Bulgarian ties have traditionally been close and friendly. Diplomatic relations were established in 1954. Close political understanding marked by frequent high level exchanges, as well as extensive cultural interactions, have been important features of bilateral links between India and Bulgaria.
3.1 Joint meetings The 6th session of the Joint Science and Technology Committee meeting was held in Sofia on 14 May, 2009 during which the Programme of Cooperation (POC) in the field of Science & Technology for the period 2008‐10 was signed. Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary (DST) signed the POC on behalf of the Government of India whereas Dr. Vanya Dobreva, Deputy Minister of Education & Science of the Republic of Bulgaria signed the POC on behalf of the Bulgarian side. During the meeting, both sides approved a list of 13 new joint projects to be pursued jointly by the Indian and Bulgarian scientists in different areas of science along
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with 24 ongoing projects were renewed. implementation.
9 out of the 13 projects were approved for joint
3.2 S&T Co‐operation DST‐ MES (Bulgaria) Department of Science and Technology (DST) of India and the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) of Bulgaria are the supporting agencies for joint research projects involving exchange of visits under the Indo‐Bulgarian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation programme with special emphasis on further academic training and specialization of scientists/scholars in following areas of cooperation:
3.3 Areas of Research and scientific cooperation • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Information Technology Metal Sciences and New Materials Nano‐materials High Energy Physics Satellite Technology Alternate Renewable Energy Sources, including Solar Energy Geophysical Instrumentation and Earthquake Engineering including its forecasting Food Technology Biotechnology (including gene‐biotechnology) Medicine (especially, Traditional Medicines based on herbs) Laser Science and Technology Astronomy Ocean Science and Technology
3.4 Funding Rules Grants will be offered towards travel and living costs, (normally upto 2 visits per year from each side) within the framework of well‐defined and approved Indo‐Bulgarian research projects. The sending side shall cover the expenses on international travel (including overseas medical insurance) up to the capital city/city of arrival in the host side both ways. The receiving side shall arrange the in‐country travel of the visiting scientists from the capital city/city of arrival to the place of the institute to be visited by appropriate means and living expenses. The local hospitality terms for visiting scientists in each others’ host countries are as follows: For Indian scientists: an allowance up to Leva 900 per month or Leva 36 per day (if the stay is for less than 21 days). For Bulgarian scientists: an allowance of Rs.1,000/‐ per day in case of short term visit (up to 21 days) and Rs. 25,000/‐ per month in case of long term visit (more than 21 days) towards food and out of pocket allowances. The mutual visits of the scientists must be balanced in number (up to 6 visits from each side spread over entire duration of the 3 year project) and should in general, be only for a short duration of time. Each participant from either side would be allowed to avail only one visit per year of the project.
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A Memorandum of Understanding for ICT was signed between the State Agency for IT and Communications of Bulgaria and the Ministry for Communications and IT of India, to actively promote facilitation of cooperation of for ICT research, establishment of Techno parks. Other Bilateral agreements In order to enhance trade and economic cooperation between both the countries, bilateral institutional arrangements like Joint Commission on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation at Governmental level, Joint Business Council at non‐governmental level and Working Groups on four different sectors have been set up and have been meeting regularly.
3.5 Analysis of India‐ Bulgaria S&T cooperation Indo‐Bulgaria S&T Mode of cooperation (Key cooperation drivers) Mobility of Joint research researchers, projects
Joint meetings,
Implementing Machinery within India DST
Implementing machinery within Bulgaria Ministry of Education and Science
S&T
Status
29 Ongoing projects and 9 new projects approved. Active
4. INDIA AND CYPRUS India and Cyprus have agreed to cooperate in the area of information technology and computer software including software development, hardware supplies etc. in view of the good prospects of cooperation in this area. The Cyprus delegation evinced keen interest in availing of India's professional skills in the field of IT, including specialized computer education facilities which noted Indian computer education institutes could offer. The most substantive part of the business visit was the signing of a MoU between two Cyrus‐based companies and Indian entity, CASE engineering, on solar energy cooperation which is expected to see an investment in India of 50 million Euros. Cyprus is recognized as a leader in the field of research and technology in the solar energy sector.
4.1 Analysis of using key drivers for the S&T cooperation between India‐ Cyprus Indo‐Cyprus S&T Mode of Implementing Implementing cooperation (Key cooperation Machinery within machinery drivers) India within Cyprus Cooperation Economic agreements cooperation in Solar Energy, MOUs in biotechnology. JWG established to further S&T
Status
Under Negotiation
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cooperation
5. Indo‐CZECH REPUBLIC 5.1 S&T cooperation India and Czech Republic S&T cooperation is mainly in the fields of water technology collaboration. Czechinvest and CSIR are collaborating in this area whereas collaboration through projects on bio‐ waste water treatment is happening between private companies like Voltas (India) and Ecofluid (Czech).
6. INDIA‐ DENMARK 6.1 S&T cooperation India and Denmark have signed three pacts to enhance cooperation in trade, renewal energy and environmental issues. The pacts were signed after delegation level talks headed by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his Danish counterpart Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen has materialized in the form of MoU’s. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between India and Denmark for cooperation in new and renewable energy technology.
6.2 DBT‐Danish Council for Strategic Research The Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and The Danish Council for Strategic Research’s Programme Commission on Health, Food and Welfare (DCSR) calls for applications for funding of strategic research collaborations between Indian and Danish researchers within biotechnology. The applications should follow these guidelines. Indian and Danish partners must submit applications jointly. The DBT and the DCSR have jointly allocated funding within research in biotechnology, see call text for themes. A total of approx. € 2 M is made available. Applicants are encouraged to apply for the full amount, i.e. a total project budget of € 2 M. Added to the above cooperative efforts the partnership between Denmark and India will focus on six major areas: • • • • • •
Political dialogue Trade and investments Research, science and technology Energy, environment and climate Education, cooperation between peoples and culture Attracting foreign work force
Plans to develop cooperation between Denmark and India in the areas of research, science and technology are already advanced – and they are in accordance with the plans that figure in a joint action plan for the strategic EU‐India partnership. The EU and India have entered a cooperation
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agreement within science and technology, and India has high priority in the EU’s 7th framework programme for research (FP7). Denmark has well‐established and politically rooted research cooperation with India in the biotech area and will furthermore concentrate on building a partnership with India in information and communication technology (ICT). These are the two areas where India is strongest at present.
6.3 Analysis of Indo‐Denmark S&T cooperation Indo‐Denmark Mode S&T cooperation cooperation (Key drivers) Cooperation agreements
Current calls
Joint projects
Delegation visit
Technology transfer
of Implementing Implementing Status Machinery within machinery within India Denmark Under Negotiation/ Advanced
research DBT
Danish council Call for for strategic published research. and funding application in process. Process initiated.
7. INDIA‐ESTONIA Estonia is represented in India by 2 honorary consulates (in Mumbai and New Delhi). India is represented in Estonia through its embassy in Helsinki (Finland) and through an honorary consulate in Tallinn.
7.1 S&T cooperation Estonia and India have several agreements on co‐operations on subjects varying from Science and Technology to Culture, Education, Science, Sports, Arts, Mass Media, Tourism and Youth Affairs. In 1999 India and Estonia signed a joint business council agreement to increase investment and trade between the two countries. •
Agreement on Co‐operation in the Fields of Science and Technology came into force in 1999.
The joint research projects recommended for implementation under the Programme of Cooperation in Science & Technology between the two countries were processed for clearances before their implementation. In short the cooperation is at a beginning stage. Other agreements •
Declaration of Principles and Directions of Co‐operation between the Republic of Estonia and the Republic of India which came into force October 15, 1993
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Agreement on Co‐operation in the Spheres of Culture, Education, Science, Sports, Arts, Mass Media, Tourism and Youth Affairs which came into force November 11, 1999 Agreement on Economic and Technical Co‐operation which came into force March 13, 2000 Agreement on Trade and Economic Co‐operation which came into force August 24, 2004
7.2 Analysis of Indo‐Estonia S&T cooperation Indo‐Estonia S&T Mode cooperation (Key cooperation drivers) Joint research projects Cooperation agreements
of Implementing Implementing Machinery within machinery India within Estonia
Economic, cultural S&T agreements in place
Status
Under process for clearances Moderately active
8. INDIA‐FRANCE 8.1 IFCPAR/CEFIPRA The Indo French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (or CEFIPRA – le Centre Indo ‐ Français Pour la Recherche Avancée) is a bilateral center between India and France constituted for the promotion and financing of scientific collaboration between the two countries. The centre is currently funded through an annual corpus of 3m €. India and France equally contribute 1.5m € each. The centre’s objectives are as: 1. To promote cooperation between India and France in advanced areas of fundamental and applied scientific research. 2. To develop cooperation through identification of scientists and scientific institutions of the two countries likely to cooperate in a profitable manner. 3. To provide assistance in the form of grants and equipment as well as other appropriate means of support for the pursuit of advanced research. 4. To organize workshops/seminars and other types of fora on topics of mutual interest. Since its inception it has evaluated over 1050 projects and has supported the creation of over 380 scientific collaborations. These, in turn, have resulted in over 1800 journal articles and over 2000 exchanges visits between Indian and French scientists.
8.2 India‐ France ICT cooperation • •
MOU was signed in September 2000 Areas of Common Interest identified as ‐ Software development, IT enabled services, telemedicine, cyber education, electronic commerce, electronic governance, information
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security & cyber crime, human resource development, research, design and development and exploring third country markets Joint Working Group ‐ The seventh meeting of the JWG was held in October 2009 at Paris and discussed issues like French experience in broadband and Wimax, Digital economy, Spectrum, Policy for innovation and competitiveness of SME/clusters and E‐governance. C‐DOT‐Alcatel Research Centre was set up in Chennai in September 2005 to work in WiMax
8.3 People‐people contacts India and France agreed to intensify cooperation in the fields of education, culture, tourism & scientific research. It was agreed that efforts will be made for early establishment of an Indian Cultural Centre in Paris and that France will facilitate this task. The two Sides decided to promote cooperation in the field of education, enhance linkages between their respective educational systems as also foster exchange of students. This, along with creation of joint international laboratories, cooperation on technologies for water management and the establishment of an Indo‐French University Consortium, is expected to result in all round intensification of ties. To promote such wide ranging people‐to‐people contacts, both countries agreed to the reciprocal opening of Consulates in each other’s territory and, in this context, welcomed the opening by France of two new Consulates in India, in Kolkata and Bangalore, in 2008. To enhance their strategic dialogue, both countries will hold regular consultations between high ranking officials of their respective Foreign Ministries on issues of mutual interest. The two countries agree on the importance of an early, balanced and comprehensive outcome of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations with focus on the development dimension. India and France are committed to environmental protection and in this context have issued a separate joint declaration.
8.4 Joint laboratories • • • • • • • • •
Indo French Centre for Water Sciences Indo French Centre for Ground Water Research ‐ CEFIRES/IFCGR Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at Interfaces Indo French Centre on Waste Water Treatment Indo French Centre for Bioprocesses and Environment Neurosciences‐PROTECT Indo French Institute for Mathematics IFIM International Associate Laboratory in Chemistry Campus France
The eight joint laboratories/centres are established with an objective to promote research in the priority areas identified by both the countries. As the outcome of the Indo‐French Seminar on innovation and the transfers of technology, that took place in September 2006 Sophia Antipolis, the Foundation Sophia Antipolis signed a cooperation agreement with Pune Technology Park (India). Recognizing the desire to promote innovation and bilateral cooperation, the French Senator Pierre Laffitte and President of the Foundation Sophia Antipoli and Dr Rajendra Jagdale, General Director of the Pune Technology Parks decided to promote and further establish bilateral activities in terms of science and industry, and to develop relations between French competitiveness clusters especially the cluster of the Province Alpes‐Côte d’Azur region, and the Indian clusters.
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The agreement also anticipates the exchange of personnel between the two parks, the creation of a summer (winter) school, the organization of a seminar on management and innovation covering the topics of intellectual property, technology transfer, and the financing of young innovative companies.
Other bilateral cooperation Both the nations have aimed to increase bilateral trade from • 6.5 billion euros to 12 billion euros by 2012; • Trade expanded by 26% in 2007 • France and India established a Consortium of Indo‐French Universities to increase educational cooperation ‐ approximately 1,300 Indian students study in France. • India and France have also signed agreements on social security for Indians living in France • Both the nations agreed for joint cooperation on space research and technology.
8.5 Analysis using key drivers for Indo‐ France S&T cooperation Indo‐France S&T Mode of cooperation (Key cooperation drivers) S&T Cooperation Bilateral centers agreements Seminars, Workshops
Implementing Machinery within India Government of India
Mobility of Bilateral Centre Researchers, Academic exchanges, joint research projects, Joint Laboratories
Joint Laboratories
Bilateral S&T Centres People‐people exchange programme
Co‐funded by DST India‐France Lighter cooperation through embassies, cultural interaction and consulates Research projects DST
Current calls
Implementing Status machinery within France Government of Active France Active through IFCPAR 1050 proposals evaluated and over 380 collaborations supported. 5 joint laboratories active CEFIPRA/IFCPAR Active Active
INRA
Funding evaluation phase
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9. INDIA‐ FINLAND India and Finland signed three agreements to boost cooperation in science and technology, a move, which could enable the two countries, issue a joint call for research proposals, the latest one being in march 2008. The agreements were signed during the India‐Finland Technology Partnership Forum meeting in Delhi.
9.1 DBT‐ Academy of Finland Research Council In pursuance of the MOU signed between The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India and The Academy of Finland Research Council for Health, Government of Finland on co‐ operation in the areas of vaccine research, diagnostics and drug development signed in 2005, the Indian scientists are invited to submit joint research project proposals in collaboration with Finnish scientists. The aim of the Call is to support systematic research cooperation especially to establish long‐term research networks between Finland and India. The broad scientific areas mutually agreed will be pursued. The Finnish research group will apply for funding from Academy of Finland according to their instructions. DBT and Academy of Finland will make the funding decisions in cooperation, so that both Finnish and Indian research groups will get funding from their own funding organisations, if successful. Financial support for the Indian component would be provided by DBT and financial support of the Finish component would be provided through the Academy of Finland. Because this is a joint partnership between Finland and Indian Govt., involving both euros and rupee funding decisions, it is essential that -
Both Academy of Finland and DBT receive the identical Research Plan with all pertinent details and a description of the relative role of the Finland and Indian collaborators; Justification must be provided for the collaboration and must include all necessary supporting documents and signed agreements from respective institutions
9.2 Researcher cooperation The aim of this funding opportunity is to raise the standard of research and to promote the international mobility of researchers, particularly at the postdoctoral stage. The funding is awarded to support researchers’ work in a foreign research organization outside Finland usually for a minimum of one semester and a maximum of one academic year. The funding is awarded as a personal grant for research. The goal of this funding opportunity is to support the transfer of a maximum of one year by PhD‐level researchers working within business and industry or public administration to work full‐time at a university or research institute and vice versa. Funding may be provided to support the mobility of researchers across the sectors also between Finland and India.
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9.3 Joint Research collaboration Based on the bilateral agreement between the Academy of Finland and the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Finnish and Indian researchers can apply for funds for joint research projects in the field of biotechnology. The specific theme of each joint call is mutually agreed by the Academy and the DBT. The goal is to support long‐term, systematic research collaboration as well as the establishing and strengthening of research collaboration networks between Finland and India. The joint projects are funded for a maximum of three years. Grants for research at Indian universities and research institutes in the following fields agreed with the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT): • Advanced Biotechnology: Gene Therapy, Structural and Functional Biology with relation to Genomics and Proteomics • Medical Biotechnology: Drug Development including vaccines, Diagnostics • Food Biotechnology: Nutraceuticals • Agriculture Biotechnology: Trans ‐genics and Agro biotechnics • Environmental Biotechnology: Bioremediation Application procedure Finnish and Indian researchers shall draft a joint project application (incl. joint research plan and budget). Finnish partners apply for funding for their own research from the Academy, while Indian partners apply for funding for their own research from the DBT in accordance with DBT practices. The applications are reviewed using joint international peer review. The funding is intended for researchers’ salaries, for supporting researcher mobility and for acquiring material and research equipment, for other costs (e.g. arranging scientific meetings) and for overheads.
9.4 DBT/DST‐Academy of Finland Grants for research are funded together with the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) at Indian universities and research institutes. Grants are awarded for short visits to Finnish researchers who have completed a higher academic degree for preparation of joint research projects, centre of excellence cooperation and thematic research programmes. An invitation from the Indian host institution is required. The Academy of Finland covers travel expenses from Finland to the destination in India and back. The DBT/DST covers accommodation and per diem allowance.
9.5 Researcher mobility General research grants: Research grants to be applied for funding research projects in all scientific fields are the key funding opportunity of the Academy. The funding is mainly granted to Finnish research organizations and it may include funds for travel, grants for researcher training or research abroad or for work on the team by a foreign researcher for a maximum of one year.
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Indo‐Finland trilateral programme on diagnostics: DBT, Academy of Finland (AoF) and Tekes, Finland announced a joint trilateral program with the three stakeholders officially signing the mutually agreed guidelines for the program aimed at promoting scientific and technological cooperation in the field of medical diagnostics. 20 proposals have been received under the recent call for proposals. The combined financial commitment of AoF and Tekes towards this call was 2.5 million Euros. Tekes maximal funding for research projects is 1 million euros. For company projects, Tekes' funding amount is flexible.
9.6 Analysis of bilateral cooperation using between India and Finland
Indo‐Finland S&T cooperation (Key drivers) Joint Research projects Mobility of Researchers Current calls
Mode cooperation
of Implementing Machinery within India DBT
Funding from the DST/DBT‐ respective funding agencies Joint research DBT projects DST
Implementing machinery within Finland Academy of Finland Academy of Finland TEKES Academy Finland
Status
18 Ongoing Ongoing projects
Funding evaluation of stage
10. INDIA‐GERMANY Cooperation in science, research and technology between India and Germany dates back to the 1960s. Since 1971 and 1974 it is based on two governmental agreements. Subsequently several special agreements between German and Indian research organizations were signed aiming at initiating and implementing common research projects as well as the exchange of scientists.
10.1 Joint Meetings The Indo German Science and Technology Committee meets every 18 months alternately once in Germany and once in India. The 8th Joint Committee meeting was organized on March 12, 2010, in New Delhi. Both sides were represented by the State Secretaries and their respective delegations comprising of officials and scientists. The meeting took stock of the progress on ongoing activities and those in the pipeline and decided on future areas of activities.
10.2 DST‐BMBF Research cooperation The Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Government of Germany are the nodal agencies for implementation of the bilateral Indo‐German agreement on “Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technological
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Development”. At the implementation level DST on the Indian side and the International Bureau (IB) of the BMBF and the DLR on behalf of BMBF, coordinate and support the cooperative activities. Areas of research cooperation • • • • •
Nanotechnologies, intelligent materials and new production technology (new production processes) and other innovative physical and chemical technologies leading to wide technical and commercial utilization Information and communication technologies Environmental research and sustainability research Disaster and security research Other promising fields (depending on the total number of applications received)
10.3 Joint Research Projects The programme is essentially designed to support the exchange of scientists, technical and academic personnel between the India and Germany. The sending side covers the travel costs between the places of work in two countries and the receiving side covers the local stay costs. Both partners will contribute products and/or research results to the joint project on a comparable scientific / technological level. On the Indian side, the basic infrastructure to implement the projects is expected to be available with the implementing institution and hence, equipment purchases will not be generally funded. However, in exceptional cases some support for equipment purchase could be considered (For example: in cases where the proposed research is being attempted for the first time in the country or addition of small piece of equipment will highly facilitate the project implementation). Some limited consumables/ contingency expenditure up to Rs 2 lac/year could be considered on a case‐to‐case basis. On the German side, IB will provide only the exchange visit related funding to the German partners. However, IB funding is not available for equipment, manpower, consumables etc.
10.4 DST‐DFG In pursuance of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Oct 2004 and subsequently a Programme of Cooperation (POC) signed in Nov 2006 on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Department of Science & Technology, (DST) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) intends to invite new joint research proposals for support under Indo‐German (DST‐DFG) Programme.
10.5 INSA‐DFG Exchange of scientists cooperation In the year 1986 the DFG (German Research Foundation) – INSA (Indian National Science Academy) – Programme for further enhancement of academic exchange was set up. The INSA‐DFG Agreement allows the provision of funding for the following scientific activities: 1. exploratory visits, 2. Consultative visits, 3. Joint bilateral seminars For all of the above categories financial support is restricted to travel and living expenses. The sending organization will cover the return travel costs from its country to the first host institute, while domestic transport as well as an adequate living allowance will be provided by the organization of the host country.
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10.6 DST‐DAAD Young scientists are supported under a project based exchange programme by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and DST (Department of Science and Technology). The DST‐DAAD Project based Personnel Exchange Programme (PPP) was launched in 1998 through an MOU signed between DST and DAAD, and since then 20 projects are being supported each year in the areas of – • • • • • •
Agricultural, Veterinary and Forestry Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Geo Sciences; Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Sciences and Informatics; Medical, Life, Health and Nutritional Sciences; Physical, Material and Chemical Sciences.
There is a special emphasis on academic training and specialization of young scholars/ researchers who are doing their PhD in Indian universities.
10.7 DST‐Max Plank Society In 2004 the Max‐Planck‐Society signed a fundamental agreement with DST covering joint research projects, joint seminars and the exchange of scientists. Following the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Oct 2004, the Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India) and Max Planck Society (Germany) invites applications/ proposals for – research projects between and MPS i.e Max Planck Partner Groups and Indian Partner Institutions (IPI). The society also constituted the Max‐Planck India Fellowships.
10.8 Indo‐German Science and Technology Centre IGSTC was set up after a MoU was also signed during the visit of the German Chancellor Merkel to India in 2007 with both sides committing up to 2million Euros each year for a period of 5 years with a matching funding. The Centre aims to be a model for Public Private Partnership for Scientific and Industrial research.
10.9 BMBF‐ICMR Within the agreement of Indo‐German cooperation in S&T of 1974 and the ICMR‐GSF special arrangement of 1976 further renewed in 1990 with the addendum of ICMR‐IB/BMBF at DLR in 2005, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) support Research and Development projects in fields of common interest in the field of Health and medicine sectors. The purpose of the funding is to stimulate new collaborations, e.g. the preparation of joint projects under national funding programmes. The programme facilitates bilateral cooperation between the scientific communities of India and Germany by way of joint research projects, bilateral workshops/seminar, exchange visits of scientist, scientific delegations and composite (scientific and industrial) delegation. Both sides will explore the possibility of funding from European Union research programmes.
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (MoH & FW), Government of India, New Delhi and the International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (IB‐BMBF at DLR), Bonn are the nodal implementing agencies from the Indian and German sides respectively
10.10 Funding Rules Scientists/faculty members working in regular capacity in Universities, national R&D Laboratories/ Institutes and private R&D institutes can apply under this programme. Private Sector: Partners from all kind of private sectors are welcome, but financing is limited: 1. For Indian scientists from the private sector, only local hospitality in Germany as part of the exchange visit is available from the German side; 2. For German scientists from private sector, only travel costs are available for small and medium size enterprises as defined in SME ref. to 2003/361/EC) as well as local hospitality in India will be borne by themselves. 3. Project duration 2 years, extendable by one year.
10.11 Indo‐ German Centre on computer science An Indo‐German Centre on Computer Science (IMPECS) was established with joint funding from DST and MPG with a total commitment of 12 crore rupees from Indian side and 2 million euros from max plank society •
CSIR‐FzJ Cooperation Science Programme: Under this programme 5 projects have been successfully completed. At present 6 joint projects in the areas of Electronic Science & Engineering, Chemical Sciences (NCL and IICT), Bioactive molecules, Earth Sciences (NGRI) are under implementation.
10.12Analysis of India‐ Germany S&T cooperation using key drivers Indo‐Germany S&T cooperation (Key drivers) S&T Cooperation agreements Regular joint S&T meetings, Exploratory visits, Seminars Mobility of Researchers, Fellowships Academic exchanges, joint research projects, Seminars
Mode cooperation
of Implementing Implementing Machinery within machinery India within Germany
Status
Active INSA
Joint Research DST projects.
DFG
MAX Society
Active
Planck 35 Joint research projects 4 IPI of MP Institutes and 6 India‐MPG Fellowships
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were supported Bilateral Centres People‐people =exchange programme
S&T Through IGSTC and IMPECS
DST
Project based DST exchange of young scientists
International Active Bureau – BMBF and MPG DAAD Active
11. INDIA‐GREECE 11.1 S&T Cooperation Diplomatic relations between Greece and India were established in May 1950. The new Greek Embassy building in New Delhi was inaugurated on 6 February 2001. In 1996, a Defence Attaches office was also opened at the Embassy. In September 2006 the speaker of the Indian Parliament, Mr. Somnath Chatterjee, carried out an official visit to Greece, Also, the President of the Republic of India, Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam made an unofficial visit to Athens in April 2007. The harmonious relations between the two countries as well as their active cooperation have been confirmed, thus helping to forge close friendly ties. In January 2008, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis paid an official visit to India, during which, he met with his Indian counterpart Dr Man Mohan Singh, while promoting political, economic and technological cooperation between the two countries. Deputy Foreign Minister Petros Doukas and Indian Ambassador Dilip Sinha signed a protocol of exchange of ratification instruments regarding the agreement of scientific and technological cooperation between Greece and India. The agreement forms the basis of trade in the field of research and technology between the two countries authorities.
11.2 Areas of cooperation In particular, this cooperation relates to the following sectors: • Information Technology • Nanotechnology • Biotechnology • Seismology • Geodynamics • energy and environment technologies • Oceanography. It is based on the principle of mutual benefit and mutual opportunities for access to programmes and activities, according to each country’s current legislation and regulations. This agreement will enable the two countries to implement joint research programmes and projects on technological
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development. It will also help promote exchanges of scientists, researchers, and experts through the organization of meetings, congresses, seminars, conferences, and exhibitions. The Department of Science & Technology, Government of India had signed an S&T Cooperation Agreement with the Hellenic Republic (Greece) on 26th April, 2007. Joint programmes and collaborative research projects however, are yet to take off under this umbrella agreement, between the two countries.
11.3 Analysis of Indo‐Greece S&T cooperation Indo‐Greece cooperation drivers) Cooperation agreements
S&T Mode of cooperation (Key
Implementing Machinery within India
Mobility of Researchers, joint research programmes, joint research projects
Implementing machinery within Greece Present but not active at the moment Not active at the moment
12. INDIA‐ HUNGARY The Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany visited India in January 2008 covering Delhi, Agra and Bangalore. PM Gyurcsany called on President of India, and met with the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Chairperson of UPA and Leader of Opposition. Agriculture Minister Josef Graz also accompanied the delegation and met his counterparts in India.
12.1 Bilateral agreements Seven Agreements/MoUs were signed between the two countries. These include: • Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine; • Agreement for Cooperation in Agriculture, • Plant Quarantine and Protection and Animal Husbandry; • Letter of Intent on the Establishment of an India‐Hungary Strategic Research Fund; • Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between ONGC and MOL.
12.2 S&T cooperation Cooperation in the field of Science & Technology is active with regular exchange of visits; the 7th session of S&T JCM was held in New Delhi in Dec 06. S&T Co‐operation is implemented through two Agreements ‐ between the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and the Hungarian Academy of
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Sciences (HAS), and between our Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Office for Research and Technology [NKTH] Hungarian Ministry of Economy and Transport. There is also an MoU between IIT (Mumbai) and the premier Hungarian University of Technology, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE) under which joint research activities, exchange of academic staff and post‐graduate students and organizations of various seminars and workshops are envisaged. The two sides agreed that cooperation in Science and Technology, both at the bilateral level and within the EU framework, was a key priority. They noted that the 7th session of the India‐Hungary S&T Committee Meeting in New Delhi on 4 December 2006 has identified 22 bilateral projects in the following areas given below: •
Life sciences, biotechnology,
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material science,
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nanotechnology,
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ICT, health and agriculture.
The establishment of the India‐Hungary Bilateral Strategic Research Fund of Euro 2 million, which would provide a strong impetus to joint S&T projects, was welcomed by all the members of the S&T committee. Both sides also agreed to identify successful bilateral projects that could be supported under the Seventh Framework Programme (2007‐13) of the EU. Exchange of Scientific personnel Indo‐ Hungarian S&T Cooperation: Exchange of researchers with the following rules forms one of the important approaches of scientific cooperation. General Rules for Scientific Exchanges under Indo‐Hungarian Strategic Research Fund The visiting side pays for the international travel from place of work in home country to the nearest international air‐port of the place of work in host country and medical insurance to the visiting scientist. The hosting side 1. Pays for the accommodation and living expenses (per‐diem) of the other party's exchanged or assigned personnel; 2. Pays for the in‐country travels of the other party's exchanged or assigned personnel provided that these travels are connected with the joint project. 3. General rule: Not more than one visit of 30 days duration per year and per project collaborator. 4. Expenses covered: India‐Hungary return flight, economy class at the lowest available price.
12.3 Other forms of cooperation India‐Hungary bilateral Investment relations have been showing a marked increase. India’s biggest IT and software company Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) has set up a European Software Development Centre(SDC) in Budapest. Satyam Computers has opened an office in Budapest on the 2nd November 2004. It was announced in August 2006 that Satyam’s subsidiary NIPUNA would start a BPO
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(Business Process Outsourcing) centre in Budapest in 2007. TELCO has a Swiss company called SWISSCAR acting as its regional distribution centre in Budapest for sale of its vehicles. In 2000 A Calcutta based company Ms Mc Nally Bharat Engineering Ltd acquired 100% of the equity of a company in Hungary called M/s Eroterv Wagner Biro Ltd., which specialises in handling ash in large plants. An Indian company Technocraft Industries( India) Ltd has acquired Danube Knitwear Ltd. in Baja, Hungary. In August 2006, Indian major Crompton Greaves, through their Belgian subsidiary Pauwels Limited, acquired the Ganz Transelektro (GTV), in the power sector. The Thapar group also acquired a caning firm Dunakiliti Konzeruzem in North‐west Hungary. Indian companies in Hungary employ more than 1000 people. India has mounted a big diplomatic and economic push to strengthen bilateral ties with Hungary with an eye on further improving its ties with the European Union, its largest trading partner. Hungary is set to assume the presidency of the European Union in 2011. A number of other agreements provide the overall institutional framework for economic cooperation with Hungary: • • • • •
Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAC) (signed in November, 2003) Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (BIPA) (Nov, 2003) MoU on IT Cooperation (Nov.2003) Agreement on Defence Cooperation (Nov.2003) Cultural Exchange Programme (Oct 2006).
12.4 Analysis of Indo‐Hungary S&T cooperation Indo‐Hungary S&T cooperation (Key drivers) Joint research activities, exchange of scientists Cooperation agreements Mobility of Researchers
Mode cooperation
of Implementing Machinery within India Joint research DST projects through a joint fund S&T agreements
Exchange of DST personnel through joint projects Joint committee Regular meetings meetings, Seminars
Implementing machinery within Hungary IHSRF
IHRSF
Status
22 projects identified Moderately active Active
Regular
13. INDIA‐ ITALY 13.1 S&T cooperation Collaboration in the R&D field between Italy and India officially started in 1978. The Italian foreign minister and the Indian Science and Technology minister, in consultation with their respective research institutions, universities and industries, signed a Scientific and Technological Collaboration Agreement. This agreement was then split into three yearly “Executive Programmes”, to identify
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priority areas for the development of bilateral collaboration and to define norms for implementing these programs. The Executive Program (EP) in effect for the period 2008 ‐ 2010 was signed in Delhi on 21 November 2008. A joint approval was given for: • 23 new research projects: • 4 projects of national importance • 3 on‐going projects
13.2 Areas of cooperation • • • • • • • •
Electronics, Telecommunications and Computer Sciences Health, Food and Biotechnology Design Engineering and Technology Materials Science and Technology Physics, Technology and Application of Accelerated Particles Transport Systems including Automotive Technologies Energy and Environment Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration Technologies
Under the EP 2008 ‐ 2010 seminars, conferences, specialized training and workshop‐cum‐exhibitions were organized which shall witness participation of eminent Italian and Indian personalities from the science and industrial field. Measures taken to foster S&T • • • •
New and more modern instruments (also financial) for collaboration identified; Participation in projects under the 6th and subsequent Program Framework of the EU; Regulations for issues related to protection of patents and utilization of results of such projects (IPR); New initiatives such as “creation of joint centers and research laboratories and joint centers of excellence” and “creation of a virtual network of laboratories and scientific research academies”.
13.3 Joint research projects 27 Indo‐Italian Research Projects have been approved for co‐funding (including Indian scientist’s access to Italian synchrotron facility– Elettra & Phase II of India‐ Trento Program for Advanced Scientific Research‐ITPAR).
13.4 Analysis of S&T cooperation of India and Italy Indo‐Italy S&T cooperation (Key drivers) Joint utilization & co‐funding of res. infrastructures &
Mode of Implementing Implementing cooperation Machinery within machinery India within Italy Joint centers of excellence
Status
Ongoing in the fields of Telecommunications,
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large facilities Cooperation agreements Mobility Researchers
MoU’s and S&T DST, CSIR, TIFR agreements active of Joint research projects, Training workshops
Joint Seminars Seminars, leading to MOUs Conferences, workshops and Joint S&T meetings
MEMS science Active
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23 new projects approved for co funding, 3 ongoing projects and 45 on‐ going Indo‐Italian projects under DST‐ MAE framework Regular
14. INDIA‐IRELAND 14.1 Areas of cooperation Through a programme of cooperation in science and technology concluded in May 2009, areas like • Biotechnology, • Nano‐sciences, • food and agricultural sciences, • medical and health sciences, • marine sciences, chemical, • biochemical and pharmaceuticals, • sustainable energy and • energy‐efficient technologies, • Information and Communications Technologies etc. These have been identified for joint research between India and Ireland. Researchers from both countries have evinced mutual interest in establishing research linkages between research institutions in both countries.
14.2 Ireland’s future plans involving India Ireland plans to produce 8,000 PhDs from its universities between 2006 and 2013. Mary Hanafin Minister for Education and Science said: to achieve this goal, we are looking at students from India in a big way. We are seeking Indian talent for our doctoral programmes in business management, IT, science and medicine and have set up an organization called Education Ireland for this purpose. The Irish delegation, which included representatives from prominent colleges such as University College, Griffith College and Trinity College, met officials from more than 40 different Indian colleges
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and universities. Ms Mary Hanafin, said she hoped the two countries would collaborate on research and exchange programmes, especially at postgraduate level. She added: ‘It is estimated that foreign students in Ireland are worth more than 300 million Euros to the Irish economy. We want to increase that figure, and India is one of the countries we are looking at. We have inked 10 different agreements with various colleges during our mission and exchange of students, staff and research staff will begin immediately.' Ireland, which is the fastest growing economy in Europe and a hub for the pharma and biotech industries, envisages a big need for trained graduates in these fields. The government plans to launch a green‐card system for skilled immigrants, which will allow international students, including those from India, to stay on in the country and work after they finish their courses in Ireland. A new law on green cards is likely to be passed by Easter this year. Also the pledging to increase bilateral trade between the two countries during a trade mission to India in January, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern pinpointed areas of software and education where Indo‐Irish collaboration could be enhanced.
14.3 Agreements and upcoming opportunities During the mission, India and Ireland signed three agreements ‐ a cultural co‐operation pact, an agreement on Scientific and Technological co‐operation and an MoU between the Indian National Science Academy and the Science Foundation of Ireland.
14.4 Analysis of Indo‐Ireland S&T cooperation Indo‐Ireland S&T Mode of cooperation (Key cooperation drivers) Cooperation MoU on S&T agreements cooperation between INSA and Science foundation of Ireland. PoC in many S&T areas Joint research projects, Mobility of Researchers
Implementing Machinery within India INSA
Implementing Status machinery within Ireland SFI‐ Scientific Under Active Foundation of consideration Ireland
Under Active consideration
15. INDIA LATVIA 15.1Indo‐Latvian Economic and Commercial Relation Relations between India and Latvia are warm and growing. Latvia seeks an enhanced engagement with India as it recognizes India’s credentials as a democracy and economic power and a perception of common cultural roots. India recognized Latvia as a sovereign and independent state on September 7, 1991 and established diplomatic relations on February 25, 1992. The relations between India and Latvia are friendly and wide ranging. Latvia is envisaged as the nation that occupies a pivotal position as gateway to the opportune Baltic market. Latvian leadership at all levels is keen to strengthen relationship with India. The Latvian government has identified India
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as a country of strategic importance and has concurrently accredited the Latvian Ambassador to Lithuania to New Delhi. The Latvian Government has appointed its Honorary Consuls in Delhi and Chennai. The Latvian Government has also authorised the Hungarian Embassy in Delhi as well as the Consulate of Netherlands in Mumbai to issue visas to Indian nationals for Latvia. The Indian Mission in Stockholm is concurrently accredited to Latvia.
15.2 Trade Relations Indian exports to Latvia include tea, coffee, tools, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, garments, iron & steel etc. Indian imports include chemicals, fertlisers, iron & steel, machinery etc. There are around 42 registered Indian ventures in Latvia which range from production, marketing and software development. Indian investment in Latvia is about USD 1.7 million. Important Bilateral Treaties and Agreements • Declaration of Principles and Directions of Co‐operation between India and Latvia was signed during the visit of MOS (EA) in September, 1995. • Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in the fields of Culture, Arts, Education, Science, Mass‐Media and Sports was signed in Sept 1995, during MOS (EA) visit to Latvia. • Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation between Latvia and India signed in Sept 1995, during MOS (EA) visit to Latvia. • Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations was signed in Riga in Sept 1995, during the visit of Minister of State, External Affairs. • Air services Agreement was signed in October 1997 during the Latvian presidential visit to New Delhi. • Agreement on Inter‐Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation was signed during the First Round of FOC in Riga, Latvia in June 2001.
16. INDIA‐ LITHUANIA In July, 1993 an Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation was signed between India and Lithuania. The major items imported from India include pharmaceuticals, paper, and textiles. Lithuania exports cement, metals, sulphur, and base metals. The total bilateral trade between the two countries stands at € 44 euros. Lithuanian – Indian Forum to be established The Lithuanian – Indian forum will be established at the initiative of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the aim to raise the interest of Lithuania’s institutions and public in economically booming India, also to find Lithuania’s circle of friends in India. The forum will have a goal to unite all, who take interest in India, have professional relations with India, all who want to share their experience of communication with India, to learn more about this country, its culture and modern life, to search for new forms and areas of cooperation with India. Any natural or juridical person will be able to sign the founding declaration of the Lithuanian – Indian forum and to become members of the forum. Members of the Lithuanian – Indian forum will be able to exchange information about their activities, projects, trips, sharing experiences and resources on the website http://www.lithuania‐india.com/.
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17. INDIA‐ LUXEMBOURG 17.1 Economic relations There is no record as to the S&T cooperation between the two countries however the economic and trade ties are strong . Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from Luxembourg into India amounted to US $ 321.76 million from April 2000 to April 2010 (Source: Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion). th
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Luxembourg is the 25 largest investor in India worldwide and 10 largest within the EU. The total FDI into India from Luxembourg comprises only 0.14 percent of the total, much below the potential. Indian direct investment in joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries in Luxembourg was US$ 18.25 million from April 1996 to February 2006 (Source: Website of Ministry of Finance).
17.2 Important Bilateral Treaties and Agreements with Luxembourg • • • • • •
Bilateral Agreement on Health in April, 1996 Cultural Agreement in September, 1996 Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPPA) in November, 1997 with BLEU. ‐ 2 Bilateral Air Services Agreement in January, 2001. Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion in June, 2008 Bilateral Social Security Agreement in September, 2009
11th Economic Joint Commission Meeting ‐ The 11th round of Economic JCM between India and Belgium‐ Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) took place in Brussels on May 4‐5, 2009 after a gap of eight years. The two sides reviewed the ongoing cooperation and discussed possible cooperation in the fields of transport, iron and steel, diamonds trade, tourism, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, ICT, aeronautics; investment and market access matters; financial sectors; science and technology; bilateral social security agreement; Consular matters etc. The meeting reviewed the present status of economic relationship and focussed on the future areas of bilateral cooperation. The next round of the JCM will take place in New Delhi in 2011.
18. INDIA‐ MALTA There has been no record of any S&T agreements so far between India and Malta. However there has been good trade and economic ties between the two countries. The Maltese government encourages Indian businesses to set up in their nation and has offered various incentives to Indian companies. Malta has also signed a bilateral trade agreement with the Indian government, for the avoidance of double taxation. Bilateral trade between the two countries increased nine‐folds during the first three years of the 21st century, reaching 97 million USD in 2003‐04 and 122 million USD by 2005‐06. The main exports from Malta are electronic goods, electrical machinery, and professional instruments, while the major export from India is petroleum goods. Malta opened a High Commission in New Delhi in 2007 and it also has an honorary consulate in Delhi and Mumbai. India is represented in Malta through its embassy in Tripoli (Libya) and an honorary consulate in Valletta. Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations. India was
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one of the first countries to recognize independence of Malta in 1964 and established diplomatic relations with her in 1965. India‐Malta bilateral relations as a whole have been very friendly.
18.1 High‐level bilateral Visits There have been several high level contacts between the two countries. From India, President Mr. R. Venkataraman visited Malta in 1990. From the Maltese side, Prime Minister Dr Edward Fenech Adami visited India in 1989. He was accompanied by Maltese Foreign Minister Dr Guido de Marco. This was followed by the visit of Maltese President, Dr Censu Tabone in January 1992. Hon’ble Minister for Foreign Affairs of Republic of Malta Dr Michael Frendo visited India in March 2005 and again March 2007. A Maltese Goodwill Delegation of Parliamentarians visited India in July 2007. Our then Minister for Commerce & Industry Shri Kamal Nath visited Malta at the head of Indian delegation to CHOGM in November 2005. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dr. Tonio Borg visited India in January 2010 to formally open the Maltese High Commission in New Delhi. Maltese Speaker Dr.Galea attended the Commonwealth Speakers Summit in New Delhi in January 2010.
18.2 Important Bilateral Treaties and Agreements • Cultural Cooperation Agreement • Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement • A Civil Aviation Agreement finalised in 1994 is being reconsidered before implementation.
19. INDIA NETHERLANDS 19.1 Main Bilateral Treaties and Agreements Various agreements, which together constitute a comprehensive framework for bilateral co‐ operation, are operational between India and the Netherlands. These include agreements on • • • • • • • •
Air Services (May 1951), Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals (Anglo – Dutch Treaty of 1898 effected in 1971), Economic and Technical Cooperation (February 1983), Cooperation in Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (June 1984, September 1990), MoU on Cultural Cooperation (October 2007), Scientific Cooperation (July and November 1985 respectively), Telecommunication (September 1987), Environmental cooperation (January 1988), Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion (July 1988), Promotion and Protection of Investments (November 1995), and Investment Promotion (February 2004).Social Security Agreement (October 2009).
19.2 S&T Cooperation Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced an International exchange programme with Eastern Europe, India and Australia. The Academy supports the international transfer of knowledge and science through funding. It awards grants for working visits and researcher exchange programmes. Most agreements specify a maximum number of days. Exchange of scientific visits agreements have been signed with:
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Indian National Science Academy: India and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in Biotechnology in Oct 2005. The MOU was signed by Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science and Technology and Ocean Development and Mr. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands. The MoU aims at developing joint activities between investigators of Institutes of Higher Education of Government of Netherlands and universities and Laboratories of India. It also envisages setting up of 30‐50 Ph.D. sandwich bursary projects for Indian researchers working in the Indian research institution. While signing the MoU, Shri Kapil Sibal said that both the countries have decided to identify key areas of cooperation and will prepare a road map for the next one year. Mr. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands emphasized the need for biotechnological solutions for food security and health care. He hoped that this bilateral cooperation will prove beneficial for public as well as private sector. The joint activities shall be aimed at developing tailor made biotechnology products, processes, techniques and policy matters based on local consultation and local needs involving joint research and development activities between India and Netherlands. The specific areas of cooperation include agriculture and food biotechnology and medical biotechnology as well as cross cutting biotechnology policy issues. Two joint workshops were organized in India on biomedical devices and health research, These workshops are followed by two separate call for proposals, one in life sciences nad health and one in new instruments for health care.
19.3 Areas of cooperation Projects will be developed in the areas of molecular biology, plant breeding, and food processing technology, food nutrition, bioorganic chemistry, microbiology, life‐science developments, intellectual property rights, bio‐safety and others. First round of project proposals selected based on peer‐review and the recommendations of a Joint Action Committee were implemented from the financial year 2005‐06 onwards.
19.4 Economic and trade cooperation Both countries have a genuine political will to expand bilateral economic cooperation. The Netherlands has great expertise in agro‐technology and floriculture; water management; environment and spatial management; logistics including ports and highways/inland water transportation. The Dutch, on their part, view India as a growing market where they need to expand their traditional multilateral presence with the entry of small and medium enterprises with niche technologies in major areas of its expertise and capabilities. Besides trade and investment, they are also looking to India for knowledge workers to enhance Dutch competitiveness and innovation for economic regeneration. Both sides have taken significant steps to identify new areas of cooperation. They are currently working to develop a long term partnership in the new avenues for economic and commercial cooperation in the fields of ICT, biotechnology; agriculture and food processing, urban water and solid waste management, inland water transport; dredging; ship building; port development; infrastructure; environment; oil and gas etc.
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20. INDO‐ POLAND 20.1 S&T cooperation Relations between India and Poland have generally been close and friendly, characterized by understanding and cooperation on international front. Both countries have long‐standing history of cooperation in science and technology. The first Indo‐Polish Agreement on this cooperation was signed in March 1974; subsequently, a new agreement of (POC) in S&T was signed. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) have ongoing scientific exchange programs with the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). DST‐MNISW As a follow up of the agreement on Cooperation in science and technology signed on 12 January 1993, a programme of cooperation facilitating bilateral cooperation between the scientific communities of two countries by way of joint research projects, bilateral workshops/seminar, exploratory visits of scientists, scientific delegations and composite (scientific and industrial) delegation visits are ongoing. Proposals are invited from time to time. Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi and the Ministry for Scientific Research and Higher Education (MNII), Warsaw are the nodal enabling agencies from the Indian and Polish sides.
20.2 Areas of cooperation The support is available to the broad gamut of scientific areas. Proposals submitted in national priority areas would be preferred. Scientists/faculty members working in regular capacity in Universities, national R&D Laboratories/ Institutes and private R&D institutes* can apply under this programme.
20.3 Funding Financial support is available from the respective nodal agency from the two sides for the exchange visit component only as per the financial terms given below: 1. The sending side (DST or MNISW) shall cover the travel expenses of the visiting personnel up to the capital city of the host country. 2. The receiving side shall meet the domestic inter‐city travel expense in its own country, connected with the agreed programme of the visit and shall pay airport tax wherever necessary. 3 In case of visit of Indian scientists to Poland up to 20 days, the Indian scientists shall be provided with a daily allowance @ Zloty 300 a day to cover lodging, boarding, pocket money expenses and local journey. When a visit is of longer duration, then allowance shall be paid in monthly installment at the beginning of each month @ Zloty 6000 a month. For visits periods between 21days to less than a month, the total allowance shall be limited to Zloty 6000/‐. In case of visit of the Polish scientists to India up to 20 days, the Polish scientists shall be provided with a daily allowance @ Rs 400/‐ a day to cover boarding, out‐ of‐ pocket money expenses and local journey. When a visit is of longer duration, the allowance shall be paid in monthly installments @ Rs 8000/‐ a month. For visit periods between 21days to a month, the allowance shall be restricted to Rs
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8000/‐ only. The Polish scientists shall also be provided free accommodation in Guest House. (Source: DST Website) Allowance for visits exceeding a month shall be paid on the basis of monthly allowance in proportion to the number of days beyond a man‐month period. These are the broad extract of the general and financial terms agreed upon by the Indo‐Polish Joint Science & Technology Committee and could be revised during its subsequent meeting. It is expected that participating institutes themselves support for equipment, manpower, consumables, etc. Further, for scientists belonging to the private sector, only local hospitality as part of exchange visit is available.
20.4 Other bilateral cooperation The bilateral trade between two countries has grown about eleven times from 1992 to 2008. Bilateral trade, which totaled US$ 675.73 million and US$ 861.78 million in 2006 and 2007 respectively, crossed US$ 1 billion in 2008 with US$ 1274.77 million. During 2005, major Indian companies signed several agreements on investments that are expected to create more than 3,500 new jobs in Poland. India's major exports to Poland include Tea, Coffee, Spices, Textiles, Pharmaceuticals, machinery and instruments, auto parts and surgical items. India's imports from Poland include Machinery except electric and electronic appliances, artificial resins, plastic material, non‐ferrous metals and machine tools. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has sent several delegations to Poland to explore economic opportunities in various sectors.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Poland_relations cite_notePOLISH_ECONOMY-Foreign_Trade-2 Indian companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro Technologies, ZenSar and Videocon have already set up their bases in Poland.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Poland_relations cite_notePolish_companies_seek_closer_ties_with_India-3 Indo‐Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPCCI) was formed in 2008 to protect and represent the interests within the range of economic activity and to promote economic relations between India and Poland. Poland has also shown interest to establish direct flights between the two countries by 2009. Important bilateral Agreements • • • • • • • •
Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investments (7 October 1996, Warsaw) Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation (21 June 1981, Warsaw) Protocol on Foreign Office Consultation (1996, Warsaw) Agreement on Cultural Cooperation and subsequent Cultural Exchange Programmes (CEP): (27 March 1957, New Delhi) Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Organized Crime and International Terrorism: (February 2003) Agreement on Defence Cooperation (February 2003) Extradition Treaty (February 2003) Agreement on Economic Cooperation between India and Poland (19 May 2006, Warsaw)
20.5 Analysis of Indo‐Poland S&T cooperation using key drivers Indo‐Poland S&T Mode cooperation (Key cooperation drivers) Scientific Exchange Programme
of Implementing Machinery within India of CSIR, INSA
Implementing Status machinery within Poland Polish Academy 25 exchange
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cooperation S&T, Economic and other forms of cooperation
Joint research projects, bilateral workshops/seminar, exploratory visits of scientist, scientific delegations.
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21. INDIA‐ PORTUGAL The Indo‐Portuguese S&T Cooperation was initiated with the conclusion of the bilateral S&T Cooperation Agreement between two countries on 3rd December, 1998. This Agreement provides the basic framework for the S&T cooperation.
21.1 DST‐Foundation for Science and Technology (FST) A Programme of Cooperation (POC) identifying modes and areas of cooperation for a specified period is concluded as a follow up of the Agreement. The current POC covering the period 2007‐09 provides for cooperation in the following fields of R&D
21.2 Areas of cooperation 1. Ocean Science & Technology 2. Computer Software and Applications 3. Cellular and Molecular Biology 4. Biotechnology 5. Material Science including Nano Technology 6. Health Sciences 7. Agricultural Sciences 8. Chemical Sciences 9. Engineering Sciences 10. Energy, Ecology and Environment Joint Call inviting R&D projects in both the countries is under finalization. This call for projects would be placed on DST website shortly upon finalization by the two countries. Projects may be submitted, based on the Call for Projects when announced, to the respective coordinating officers on both sides as per the prescribed format which will be indicated in the Call for Projects. These projects would be examined by the respective Expert Committees on each side. Projects recommended by both sides would then be finally examined by Joint Committee of the two countries, or through a separate mechanism, for a final decision.
21.3 Workshops Four workshops were organized in India and Portugal during the period 2007‐09. The areas selected for the workshops are:
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Nano Sciences Energy including Renewable Energy Marine Science & Technology
21.4 Post‐ Doctoral Fellowships Five post‐doctoral fellowships from each side are to be awarded during the period 2007‐09. Applications for the fellowships would be called through a coordinated call in the call for proposals.
21.5 Analysis of Indo‐ Portugal S&T cooperation Indo‐Portugal Mode of S&T cooperation cooperation (Key drivers) Joint Workshops, Seminars, Research fellowships Joint Research Coordinated call projects
Implementing Machinery within India DST
Implementing Status machinery within Portugal Foundation for Active. Science and Technology
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19 ongoing projects
22. INDIA‐ROMANIA 22.1 S&T cooperation Department of Science and Technology (DST) for the Government of the Republic of India and the National Authority of Scientific Research for the Government of the Republic of Romania are the supporting agencies who extend support for joint research projects involving exchange of visits under the Indo‐Romanian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation programme with special emphasis on further academic training and specialization of scientists/scholars.
22.2 Areas for cooperation Faculty, Scientists and Academicians belonging to Universities, Deemed Universities and Research Institutes having permanent positions can apply as Principal Investigator (PI). In order to qualify for such funding, investigators are required to have a concrete and sound research proposal on any of the following areas: • • • • • • • •
Information and Communication Technologies Life Sciences & Biotechnology (including Pharmaceuticals) New Materials Food Safety Environment Protection and Energy Manufacturing Oil, Gas, Mining and Metallurgy; and Nuclear energy and Safety
The following types of proposals shall NOT be considered:
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• Already existing collaborative projects where travel and living expenses are financed by some other source; • Purely individual visits / training programme;
22.3 Funding Grants will be offered towards travel and living costs (limited to a total of one short term visit and one long term visit of one month per year from each side) within the framework of well‐defined and approved Indo‐Romanian research projects normally of one to three year duration. The sending side shall cover the expenses on international travel (including overseas medical insurance) up to the capital city/city of arrival in the host side both ways. The receiving side shall arrange the in‐country travel of the visiting scientists from the capital city/city of arrival to the place of the institute to be visited by appropriate means and living expenses. The local hospitality terms for visiting scientists in each others’ host country are as follows: For Indian scientists: 60 RON as daily allowance and separate accommodation in the guest house/hotel with reasonable amenities, covered by the receiving institution according to the legal provisions into force, regardless of short/long term visit. For Romanian scientists: paid accommodation and a daily allowance of Rs.1,000/‐ per day in case of short term visit (up to 21 days) and Rs. 25,000/‐ per month in case of long term visit (more than 21 days) towards food and out of pocket allowance. The mutual visits of the scientists must be balanced in number {limited to visit by two researchers during the year and the final result is 6 persons (or visits) from each side spread over entire duration of a project of 3 year duration} and should, in general, be for a short duration of time. Each participant from either side would be allowed to avail only one visit per year of the project. According to the internal rules in force, besides the financial support towards the exchange of scientists mentioned above, the Parties may provide additional research funds to their respective project teams. Project Duration: Support to the project will be granted for a maximum duration of 3 years. The sanctioned visits (i.e. maximum 6 from each side) will have to be completed within the duration of the 3 years. Request for extension of the project shall not be considered.
22.4 Analysis of Indo‐Romania S&T cooperation using key drivers Indo‐Romania S&T cooperation (Key drivers) Joint Research projects, Exchange of visits, academic Training Cooperation agreements Exchange of scientific personnel
Mode cooperation Joint Support
of Implementing Machinery within India DST
S&T Programme of Cooperation Joint research DST projects
Implementing Status machinery within Romania National On going Authority of Scientific Research
National Authority Scientific Research
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23. INDO‐SPAIN 23.1 Science &Technology Cooperation The S&T cooperation between India‐Spain is mainly driven by the Bilateral Technology Cooperation Programme which promotes joint technology cooperation projects between entities from India and Spain via technology transfer, industrial research, technology development and innovation in areas of mutual interest for the purpose of generating economic benefits for both India and Spain. Agreements and MOUs to aid enhanced S&T cooperation are under consideration in a number of areas such as social security, Information Technology, Film Production, Tourism and Environmental issues. Basic Eligibility Criteria under the technology cooperation: Cooperation projects must involve at least one qualified partner from each country (Spain and India) in any technological area of mutual interest. After approval, both TDB and CDTI recognize officially that the cooperation project carried out by the consortia meet the eligibility criteria will be funded by TDB for the Indian partners and CDTI for the Spanish partners. Two bilateral projects were also approved under India Spain Innovating Program (ISIP) between CDTI, Spain and TDB to promote, assist and fund the development of joint technology cooperation/tansfer projects and for supporting SME growth via technology transfer and innovation for the purpose of generating economic benefits to both the countries.
23.2 Funding As for CDTI's (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnologico Industrial) financing, preferential funding of projects can be awarded subject to the following conditions: • • •
Credit of up to 60 per cent at zero rate of interest, of the budget of the Spanish participation Period of amortization of up to 10 years with a grace period of 3 years Up to 25 per cent of the R&D related costs for the credit granted by CDTI may be non‐ reimbursable.
For the Indian companies with projects awarded with the India & Spain Innovation label, the TDB (Technology Development Board) will consider financial support to the project as long as these enterprises meet the TDB's eligibility criteria.
23.3 Research cooperation Under the framework of the Indo‐Spanish Joint Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology, a call for proposal was launched in may 2009 and subsequently 25 new research projects were approved with the implementing key Institutions being Department of Science and Technology DST‐India and Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN)‐ Spain. The existing bilateral S&T agreements:
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MoU between Technology Development Board (TDB) and the Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (2006). MoU of cooperation in the field of S&T (2007)
23.4 Areas of research cooperation • • • • • •
Renewable Energy Information Technology (including Computer Science) Health and Medical Research Life Science and Biotechnology (including Pharmaceuticals) Agriculture Technology and Food Processing Nanotechnology
23.5 Funding Funding provided within this call is intended to enhance project participants’ capacity to collaborate. The program is designed to support additional expenses related to cooperation with a Spanish counterpart for an Indian researcher or with an Indian counterpart for a Spanish researcher, such as personal expenses, consumables, small equipment and travel and visiting costs for exchange visits. Each host institution is expected to extend basic facilities to its researchers; the proposed activities shall also be supported by the applicants’ use of their own available resources. Financial support for the exchange visits will be as follows: the sending party will provide round‐trip economy‐class airfare to the relevant entry city of the host country as well as medical insurance. The receiving side will arrange local hospitality (meals and lodging expenses) for the visitors. Host institutions must be informed in advance of planned visits in accordance with their specific regulations.
23.6 Non S&T cooperation Trade between India and Spain has been growing in the last three years. Political and diplomatic relations have been cordial; Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) implementation was less than satisfactory. Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation started in 1972, Agreement on Cultural Cooperation has started in 1982. To strengthen the trade ties India and Spain have entered into many agreements promoting trade cooperation. India has the following non‐ S&T treaties/agreements with Spain • • • • • •
Civil Aviation Agreement (1986). Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (1993). Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (1997). Extradition Treaty (2002) MoU on Institutionalization of Political Dialogue (2006) Mutual Legal Assistance treaty on Criminal Matters (2006).
23.7 Analysis of India‐ Spain S&T cooperation using key drivers
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Indo‐Spain S&T cooperation (Key drivers) Joint utilisation & co‐funding of res. infrastructures & large facilities Cooperation agreements
Mode cooperation
of Implementing Machinery within India Technology Development of Board(TDB)
Technology cooperation, Transfer technology, Funding available Respective Bilateral agreements and departments Treaties in S&T and non S&T areas of Joint research DST projects
Mobility Researchers Knowledge Transfer, Business cooperation & clusters inclusions. innovations & SMEs Joint research projects
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Implementing Status machinery within Spain Centre for Ongoing Development of Industrial technology (CDTI) S&T agreements Signed MICINN
Projects approved Versatile instruments available
MICINN
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24. INDO‐ SWEDEN 24.1 DST‐ VINNOVA The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (DST) and the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA) has agreed to launch a joint call for proposals during 2010 to promote Indo‐Swedish research cooperation in the field of embedded systems. The call was closed on the 15th of July 2010. The approach is to establish and strengthen collaborative research networks between India and Sweden by funding joint research projects, exchange visits and technical missions.
24.2 Funding Funding provided within this call is intended to enhance the project participants’ capacities to collaborate. The program is designed to support additional expenses related to cooperation with a Swedish counterpart for an Indian researcher or with an Indian counterpart for a Swedish researcher. This includes funding to carry out the joint research, mobility of researchers with a main emphasis on leading‐edge researchers, the dissemination of results etcetera. Different principles of eligible costs and cost calculations may apply on the Indian and Swedish sides, respectively. Participating companies should cover their own costs. Each host institution is expected to extend basic facilities to its researchers. The cooperative research period shall be 3 years in total, counting from start date of the project. There have been 4 research projects which have been executed in India in the field of water which are mainly funded by Swedish Research Links Grant.
24.3 DBT‐Sweden S&T cooperation
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DBT and Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA), Sweden has agreed to support top level research co‐operation between Indian and Swedish scientists in the field of “Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis”. The programme is one of the first bilateral co‐ operations, based on joint funding, between the two countries. Under this scheme, VINNOVA will fund the Swedish research teams while DBT would support the Indian counterparts. From a total of 15 proposals received, four Indo‐Swedish projects have been selected for support for the next three years. These are: • Doctor’s office diagnostic instrument for detection of M. tuberculosis under “in the field” conditions adapted for use by unskilled personnel. • Mechanisms of protein synthesis and ribosome targeting antibiotic drugs in Mycrobacteria. • Biology of gene‐deleted M. tuberculosis strains ‐ immunological marker profiling. • Structure‐guided design of new antibacterial agents against dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This initiative is seen as major step in boosting Indo‐Swedish scientific collaboration as highlighted by Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Director, International Collaboration & Networks, VINNOVA. This collaboration is seen as an important step to further strengthening the research and innovation collaboration between the countries.
24.4 Analysis of bilateral cooperation using key drivers for the S&T cooperation Indo‐Swedish S&T cooperation (Key drivers) S&T Cooperation agreements Mobility of Researchers
Mode cooperation
of Implementing Implementing Machinery within machinery India within Sweden
Joint research DST And DBT projects
VINNOVA
Current calls
Joint research DST projects
VINNOVA
Status
Active Ongoing, 4 proposals were selected for funding under the biomedical call and 4 for water research 5 projects selected for funding
25. INDO‐ SLOVAKIA Three bilateral agreements ‐ Economic Cooperation Agreement, program of Cooperation in the field of Culture and Arts for the period 2004‐2007 and Memorandum of Understanding between the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC) India, and the National Agency for Development of Small & Medium Enterprises (NADSME) ‐ were signed. The President of Slovakia addressed a well‐
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attended business forum jointly organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to discuss various forms of business and S&T cooperation. It was concluded in 2007 to hold Joint S&T committee meetings to increase cooperation in S&T.
25.1 Important Bilateral treaties and Agreements • Protocol on Scientific cooperation ‐Slovak Academy of Sciences and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1995) • Agreement for formation of the Indo—Slovak JBC (1995) • MOU on Defence Cooperation (1995) • Air Services Agreement (1996) • Agreement on Cooperation in Science & Technology (1996) • Agreement on Scientific Cooperation between Indian National Science Academy & Slovak Academy of Sciences (2001) • Economic Cooperation Agreement (2004) • Programme of Cooperation in the field of Culture (2004) • Bilateral Investment Promotion Agreement (2006)
26. INDIA‐ SLOVENIA 26.1 S&T cooperation Department of Science and Technology (DST) of India and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MHEST) and the Slovenian Research Agency extend support for joint research projects involving exchange of visits under the Indo‐Slovenian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation program with special emphasis on further academic training and specialization of scientists/scholars. Faculty, Scientists and Academicians belonging to Universities, Deemed Universities and Research Institutes having permanent positions can apply as Principal Investigator (PI). In order to qualify for such funding, investigators are required to have a concrete and sound research proposal on any of the following areas: • • • • • • •
Health and Biomedical science Metal Sciences and New Materials Polymer Chemistry Mathematics Electronics Alternate Renewable Energy Sources, including Solar Energy Food Technology
26.2 Funding Grants will be offered towards travel and living costs, (normally up to 2 visits per year from each side) within the framework of well‐defined and approved Indo‐Slovenian research projects. The sending side shall cover the expenses on international travel (including overseas medical insurance) up to the capital city/city of arrival in the host side both ways. The receiving side shall arrange the in‐country
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travel of the visiting scientists from the capital city/city of arrival to the place of the institute to be visited by appropriate means and living expenses. The local hospitality terms for visiting scientists in each others’ host countries are as follows: For Indian scientists: paid accommodation in the House of Postgraduates plus daily allowance in accordance with the Slovenian regulations on reimbursement of travel expenses regardless of short/long visit. For Slovenian scientists: paid accommodation and an allowance of Rs.1,000/‐ per day in case of short term visit (up to 21 days) and Rs. 25,000/‐ per month in case of long term visit (more than 21 days) towards food and out of pocket allowances. The mutual visits of the scientists must be balanced in number (upto 6 visits from each side spread over entire duration of the 3 year project) and should in general, be only for a short duration of time. Each participant from either side would be allowed to avail only one visit per year of the project. Project Duration: Support to the project will be granted for a maximum duration of 3 years. The sanctioned visits (i.e. maximum 6 from each side) will have to be completed within the duration of the 3 years. Request for extension of the project shall NOT be considered.) Application Procedure: Joint research projects in the prescribed format, duly forwarded by the Head of the Institutions are to be submitted simultaneously by the Indian Project Leader to the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, and by the Slovenian Project Leader to the Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia. Applications received by both the agencies with all necessary documents shall only be considered. The project leaders are required to submit the identical project document to their respective Government organizations. The Slovenian project leaders would send 2 copies to the Slovenian Research Agency,
26.3 Analysis of bilateral cooperation between India‐ Slovenia Indo‐Slovenia S&T cooperation (Key drivers) Foreign office consultations and ministerial meetings Cooperation agreements Mobility of Researchers
Mode cooperation Very regular
of Implementing Implementing Status Machinery within machinery within India Slovenia Very active
MoU’s and S&T agreements active Joint research DST projects.
Active Slovenian research Agency
13 ongoing projects. 14 proposal under consideration
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27. INDO‐UNITED KINGDOM The UK and India are planning wide‐ranging agreements in science and technology to cement bilateral cooperation in medicine, R&D, ICT, energy and education to the benefit of both counties. The plans were unveiled in the southern Indian cities of Bangalore and Chennai. Prime Minister David Cameron lead a major delegation to India in July 2010 consisting of UK Government ministers, including Business Secretary Dr. Vince Cable and Universities and Science Minister David Willetts. The delegation also includes businesspeople, academics and cultural figures. DFID reiterated their commitment to disburse 825 million pounds grant assistance to India for the ongoing projects during the period 2008‐09 to 2010‐11.‐ Source : • • •
UK and India research funders have committed up to £60 million worth of jointly‐funded research into climate change, water and food security and disease prevention. British and Indian scientists will collaborate on £2 million worth of research that will help nuclear power stations to be safer, more efficient and produce less waste. And the Wellcome Trust has announced £45 million of research with the Indian Department of Biotechnology on affordable healthcare.
Existing and new initiatives • Extending the successful UK‐India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). • Encouraging the twinning of the UK's top universities with the fourteen new Innovation universities India plans to create.A new Rolls‐Royce Science and Innovation Scholarship • Enabling Innovation programme. This is a three‐year programme of activities designed to deliver an increase in bilateral trade and investment between the UK and Indian ICT industries.
27.1 S&T cooperation India and the UK see considerable potential for growth in Research, Science and Technology collaboration. They share the vision for further strengthening their partnership through new and existing initiatives and agree to widen discussion to all research funding bodies in both countries through the India‐UK Science and Innovation Council mechanism. The UK’s proposal to establish a Research Councils UK (RCUK) office in India is a welcome development that would lead to enhanced collaboration between the two countries. Underlining the importance for further developing Research and S&T cooperation, India and the UK shall establish a Science Bridges Initiative to build institution to institution relationships on equal partnership with joint funding under the principle of parity. RCUK will contribute £ 4 million with a matching grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST) India to promote this initiative. The UK and India also agree to support a further round of UKIERI awards designed to establish networking links between Indian and UK education and research institutions with the UK committing £ 2 million over 3 years and DST agreeing to match this funding on a parity basis. DST and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK also agreed to collaborate on the initial phase of development of major projects in select research areas. Joint councils: India and UK have come together with different approaches of S&T cooperation such as the Indo ‐ UK Science & Innovation Council; Indo‐UK Joint Cooperation Fund (with allocation of equivalent of Pounds 8 Million for next five years).
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1st Meeting of Indo‐UK Science & Innovation Council (at London, June 26,2006) led by Shri. Kapil Sibal Hon'ble Minister for S&T, India and Lord David Sainsbury Minister for S&T, UK came up with new strategies for deepening Indo‐ UK cooperation in the area of science & innovation. Following decisions & shifts in programmatic focus emerged from the meeting: •
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Earmarking of about Pounds 6.5 to 8 Million from each side sides for next five years for supporting joint science and innovation initiatives of the two Governments; Formation of "Joint Oversight Committee" for best deployment of science and innovation fund by developing guidelines and roadmap for cooperation in area of science and innovation; Adoption of bottom ‐up approaches for joint research projects between individual scientists and engineers; Adoption of top‐down model for mounting mega projects under networked mode in five jointly agreed thrust areas, namely, (i) Stem cell research & animal biotechnology;(ii) Next generation Networks in telecommunications; (iii) Nano science and materials science;(iv) Weather science and climate change; (v) Energy technologies including hydrogen fuel; Support to grand challenge projects of importance to both nations Continuation of on‐going modalities of cooperation, namely, Joint Thematic Workshops & Mobility of scientists & engineers as capacity building initiatives.
27.2 Analysis of Indo‐UK S&T cooperation Indo‐UK S&T cooperation (Key drivers)Science and Jointly funded projects in various priority S&T sectors Cooperation agreements Indo‐ UK Science and innovation council Capacity building initiatives Joint projects
Mode cooperation
Jointly research
of Implementing Implementing Machinery within machinery India within UK
funded
Joint Funding
DST
RCUK and EPSRC
Declared commitment
DST
RCUK and EPSRC
Decisions taken
Mobility, Joint thematic workshops research Joint research DST projects
Mobility Researchers
of Under Research projects
Status
Active
UKERI
16 projects approved and 25 ongoing projects supported. Active
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PICTORIAL ANALYSIS OF INDIA AND EU 27 MEMBER STATES The below chart depicts the Indo‐ EU bilateral cooperation in various S&T sectors with geographical categorization. The colors mark the different countries of the Europe and the vertical axis represents the number of countries representing cooperation agreements in the given sectors. Bilateral Agreements of Indo‐EU (MS) 1
India has S&T cooperation agreements with the 26 member states of EU, and the life sciences and biotechnology is a sector with which India has a cooperation agreement with as many as 18 EU MS. However it is to be noted that all the cooperation agreements have not been translated into call for proposals. ICT stands next in line with 12 MS having agreements with India. The spread of the agreements with the EU MS only emphasizes the common research priority between India and EU and gives a direction in which the cooperation can be mutually beneficially. These agreements will come into full play only when all the activities in these agreements are enforced through regular proactive steering committee meetings, coupled with joint workshops, and better awareness of the agreements to the stakeholders. All of the above steps will be fully
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enforceable subject to the issue of reciprocity of the EU scientists in Indian funding programmes is resolved‐ Recommendation by Independent Expert Prof Vijay Pandey in his impact assessment report on INDO‐ EU S&T cooperation. The below Charts depicts the level of bilateral cooperation taking into consideration the key drivers for the cooperation. Based on the information gathered the level of cooperation has been benchmarked by assigning values to the key drivers. The values ranging from 1‐5 depict the cooperation level as follows 1‐ Absent 2‐ Under negotiation /Advanced Negotiation 3‐ Less active / Not yet active 4‐ Moderately active 5‐ Ongoing/Active Countries with Low level of bilateral cooperation
It may be concluded from the above graph that the level of bilateral cooperation is low between Belgium, Slovakia, Cyprus, Estonia, Ireland and Greece, and India. It is observed by experts that the time lag between signing of the cooperation agreements and their follow‐up meetings have been too long resulting in loss of time and opportunities between some of the member states like Belgium and Ireland. However there have not been any joint ministerial meetings so far between countries like Slovakia, Cyprus and Greece for the S&T cooperation to take a start in the first place. The reasons for the S&T cooperation not very active with these countries could be many including the absence of scientific attaches & inter‐governmental meetings between the two regions, pointing towards the absence of political force to establish cooperation. More often than not cooperation agreements with periodic rigorous follow‐up meetings from the governments generally are the starting point to chalk out the action plan for enhanced cooperation. Conducting of workshops to create interest between both the scientific communities and programs
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to stimulate the student, scholar, and scientist mobility are identified as the important drivers for S&T cooperation. The abovementioned countries are marked by little presence of these key drivers to demonstrate S&T cooperation. However other forms of cooperation such as trade, economic and commercial cooperation are active between India and countries like Belgium, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Estonia and Malta. Chart showing countries with moderate bilateral cooperation with India‐ Figure‐1
Chart showing countries with moderate bilateral cooperation with India‐ Figure‐2
Thirteen EU‐member states can be categorized as having moderate level of S&T cooperation with India, based on the 5 key drivers identified. Portugal, Poland, Romania, and Sweden have reasonable cooperation in terms of mobility & joint research projects. It can be noted the countries having
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regular ministerial meetings and active bilateral centers are able to have enhanced cooperation with India as opposed to those who have cooperation in terms of mobility and joint research projects only. Awareness as to the presence of agreements, perceptions of both the countries as to the administrative procedures, poor reciprocity especially relating to mobility of researchers to work in Indian system has been identified as few of the barriers for the existing level of cooperation with certain countries. Most of the above countries have very good economic and commercial ties too, the reason for moderate level of S&T cooperation between India and the above mentioned countries could be the rate of opening up of joint funding programmes in research by India. Countries which have Enhanced cooperation with India
Germany, France, Italy and UK can be categorized as countries having enhanced S&T cooperation levels with India due to historic, cultural and political involvements. The cooperation with these countries can be the bench mark for desired level of cooperation and hence the best practices followed administratively, operationally, and politically can be adopted by EU as a whole to increase the S&T cooperation between India and EU.
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The share of joint research projects between India and the given EU member states under the bilateral agreements are given in the pie chart. DBT has an out lay of Rs 2 billion for international cooperation while DST has Rs 4.5 billion in the 11th five year plan. The above projects which account for a total of 350 are the projects with EU‐MS where as the international cooperation covers other countries like USA, Japan, Russia, China and other countries. Hence the budget outlays include other countries also.
S&T COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND EU ‐ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES 28. INDIA‐BELARUS 28.1 DST and SCST‐ Belarus Department of Science and Technology (DST) for the Government of the Republic of India and the State Committee for Science and Technology for the Government of the Republic of Belarus have decided to come together to support for joint research projects involving exchange of visits, workshops/conferences, under the Indo‐Belarusian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation programme with special emphasis on further academic training and specialization of scientists/scholars.
28.2 Areas of cooperation and Eligibility Criteria Faculty, Scientists and Academicians belonging to Universities, Deemed Universities and Research Institutes having permanent positions can apply as Principal Investigator (PI). In order to qualify for such funding, investigators are required to have a concrete and sound research proposal on any of the following areas:
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The priority areas for this Call as were mutually agreed are given below: • Bioinformatics and biotechnology in areas of common relevance to both countries; • Information and Communication Technology • Oceanographic research; • Astronomy, Astrophysics and space science; • Nanotechnology and Nano science; nano powders for hydrogen storage, microelectronics • Energy and renewable energy resources; • Resource saving and energy effective technologies for manufacturing of competitive products; • New materials and new sources of energy; • Technologies of agricultural products manufacturing, processing and warehousing; • Medicine and pharmacy; • Ecology and rational nature management. The following types of proposals shall NOT be considered: Already existing collaborative projects where travel and living expenses are financed by some other source; purely individual visits/training programme;
28.3 Funding Grants offered within this call is strictly limited to participant’s mobility (travel costs and daily subsistence allowances) within the framework of well‐defined and approved Indo‐Belarusian research projects normally of two to three year duration. The sending side shall cover the expenses on international travel (including overseas medical insurance) up to the capital city/city of arrival in the host side both ways. The receiving side shall arrange the in‐country travel of the visiting scientists from the capital city/city of arrival to the place of the institute to be visited by appropriate means and living expenses. The local hospitality terms for visiting scientists in each others’ host country are as follows: For Indian scientists: Paid accommodation and a daily allowance in accordance with the regulations of the Republic of Belarus. For Belarus scientists: paid accommodation and a daily allowance of Rs.1,000/‐ per day in case of short term visit (up to 21 days) and Rs. 25,000/‐ per month in case of long term visit (more than 21 days) towards food and out of pocket allowances. The mutual visits of the scientists must be balanced in number from each side spread over entire duration of a project. Project duration: Support to the project will be granted for a maximum duration of 3 years. The sanctioned visits (i.e. maximum 6 from each side) will have to be completed within the duration of the 3 years. Request for extension of the project shall normally NOT be considered. Application procedure: Joint research projects in the prescribed format (Annexure‐A), duly forwarded by the Head of the Institutions are to be submitted simultaneously, by the Indian Project Leader to the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and, by the Belarusian Project Leader to the State Committee of Science and Technology, Belarus. Applications received by both the agencies with all necessary documents shall only be considered. Date of opening of the Joint Call: November 01, 2010 The last date for receipt of applications is December 31, 2010. Applications received after last date will not be entertained. An internal evaluation procedure will be followed in each country after the last date of receipt of the proposals i.e December 31, 2010. The final selection of the proposals will be made in by the Joint Committee, which will take into consideration the evaluation from both sides. Projects as recommended by the Joint Committee will only be co‐financed by the Indian and Belarusian Authorities to be implemented under the Indo‐Belarusian Programme of cooperation for the period 2007 ‐ 2010.
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29. INDO‐ CROATIA 29.1 S&T cooperation Croatian Minister of Science Dragan Primorac and his visiting Indian counterpart, the then S&T minister Kapil Sibal, signed a declaration on strengthening bilateral scientific and technological co‐ operation. Under the deal, a joint fund of 1m Euros will be established to further expand exchanges in • Environmental science, • Oceanography, • Biotechnology, • Pharmacology, • Nanotechnology • Ship building. The 2nd session of the Indo‐Croatian Joint Science & Technology Committee was held in New Delhi on 17‐18 May 2007. Shri Y P Kumar, Adviser & Head (IC), DST and Dr. Radovan Fuchs, Assistant Minister for International Cooperation, Government of Croatia co‐chaired the meeting. The Joint Committee worked upon the guidelines for development of industrial R&D programme, which was launched subsequently. 12 joint project proposals have been received, which are being evaluated jointly. Subsequently 12 joint R&D projects are being implemented
29.2 Analysis of the key drivers of the Indo‐Croatian S&T cooperation Indo‐Croatia cooperation drivers) Joint committee meetings ministerial missions Mobility researchers
S&T Mode (Key cooperation
of Implementing Implementing Machinery within machinery India within Croatia S&T S&T Cooperation agreements and
of Joint R&D projects
DST
Status
Present
12 Ongoing research projects
30. Indo‐ISRAEL 30.1 S&T Collaboration India‐Israel Intergovernmental Agreement on Cooperation in Science & Technology was signed on 17th May, 1993. India is building closer ties with Israel in the areas of nanotechnology, information technology, water technology and biotechnology. In 1998, the Indo‐Israel Joint Symposium on Human Genome was held in Jerusalem. Subsequently, as a follow up to the symposium, a call for joint research proposals
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on Human Genome was issued in July 1999 for which 11 proposals were received. Out of these, 6 research projects have been recommended for implementation. Another Indo‐Israel status seminar on human Genome Research was organized in India on December 2000. In 1999‐2000, Israel and India were involved in 22 joint research projects. Scientists from both countries visited the laboratories of their collaborators and short term exchange visits were organized. The Indo‐Israel Joint Committee of scientists was constituted with the DST (Department of Science and Technology) and India as Co‐chairmen with representatives from various research organizations in India and the Ministry of Information Technology as members. The 4th Meeting of the joint committee was held in the first week of November 1999 in Jerusalem, attended by a 3 member Indian delegation. In 2003, Israel's Minister for Science and Technology said that Israel was interested in strengthening science and technology ties with India considering that the latter had a rich base of scientists and technologists and the two countries could benefit by synergizing their activities. In 2003, the two countries proposed to double the investment under the ongoing science and technology collaboration to €1 million with €0.5 million from each country in the next biennial period starting October 2004. In 2004, the Ministry of Science and Technology in India signed a MoU with Israel for jointly funding industrial R&D projects. In an agreement signed on May 30, 2005, India and Israel pledged to set up a fund to encourage investment and joint industrial ventures. According to the Press Trust of India, there are five priority areas for enhanced collaboration: nanotechnology, biotechnology, water management, alternative energy, and space and aeronautics. India and Israel will each start by contributing € 1 million euro to provide risk‐free grants to entrepreneurs in the two countries. India purchased 50 Israeli drones for €200 million euro in 2005. India is also in the process of obtaining missile‐firing Hermes 450s. In 2008, Israel and India finalized a three‐year plan to introduce crops such as olives, dates and grapes to be introduced and cultivated in the states of Rajasthan and Maharashtra, to create an agricultural market that meets Western demand for products like olive oil. In addition to the hope that this plan would boost yield and stave off famine, officials presented the project as symbolic. India and Israel have decided to tighten ongoing scientific cooperation with special emphasis on research in the field of renewable energy and computer sciences.
30.2 Modes of Cooperation • Exchange of scientists/ researchers/ technical personnel and experts • Joint Research Project • Joint workshops/ seminars/ symposia • Participation in conferences/ seminars/ other scientific meetings by invitation • Exchange of research results/ publications/ scientific and technical information An Indo‐Israel Joint Committee of Scientists was constituted to implement the programmes under the Agreement. Till date six meetings have been held so far. • First meeting 8‐9 May 1994 New Delhi • Second meeting 9‐13 July 1995 Jerusalem • Third meeting 27 October 1997 New Delhi • Fourth meeting 3 November 1999 Jerusalem
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Fifth meeting 31 October 2002 New Delhi Sixth meeting 28 July 2004 Jerusalem
First Working Programme of Cooperation in S&T giving the administrative and financial arrangement was signed in August 1996. Nodal Agencies for implementation: • Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India • Ministry of Science, Government of Israel. Subsequently three periodic Work Programmes were signed with the latest being signed in July 2004. Modes of cooperation identified under the Working programme: Joint Research Projects, Exchange visit of scientists, Organization of joint symposia, seminars, conferences, exploratory visits Subject areas for cooperation • Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology • Advanced Materials • Nanotechnology • Communication Information Technology • Lasers & Electro‐optics Indo‐Israel projects: 14 in areas of Agricultural and medical biotechnology, Advanced materials, Nanotechnology & Genomics are currently under implementation under DST, Govt.of India ‐Office of Chief Scientist, Govt.of State of Israel Framework; these include (i) "Fabrication of novel biomaterials in nanoscale by peptide self‐assembly" using novel scaffold technology ( between Indian Institute of Technology‐ Kanpur, Kanpur.& Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ) . It involves effective utilization of advanced microscopic facilities available at Israeli institution as well as expertise vital for evaluation of selected peptide based biomaterials for bio‐chemical applications; (ii) "Molecular identification and characterization of potential heat tolerance ‐inducing genes in tomato" (between ICGEB, New Delhi & The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel) with an effective utilization of Israeli expertise and instrumentation.
30.3 Space collaboration Israel's Minister for Science and Technology has expressed interest in collaborating with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) towards utilizing satellites for better management of land and other resources. Israel has also expressed interest in participating in ISRO's Chandrayaan mission of sending an unmanned craft to the moon. A Memorandum of Understanding, signed by ISRO and Israel's space agency, provides for cooperation in multiple areas of space science and technology. Israel's TecSAR radar satellite was launched by India on 22 January 2008.The Indian PSLV launch‐ vehicle was chosen instead of its own home grown Shavit rocket. In March 2009, India launched the RISAT‐2 satellite which is based on the technology employed in Israel's TecSAR. The satellite has the capability to take high resolution images at night and can carry out reconnaissance operations even through a dense cloud cover. Most Indian satellites currently in operation lack these capabilities. The decision to purchase the satellite was taken in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The 300 kilogram RISAT‐2 was successfully launched by India's PSLV rocket in April 2009.
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30.4 India–Israel S&T Cooperation Programme ‐ Call for Proposals – 2011 The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi and the Office of Chief Scientists (OCS), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Israel, Jerusalem to promote bilateral scientific collaboration between India and Israel. Applications are invited from eligible Indian researchers/scientists to submit proposals for joint projects. Areas of cooperation: The support is available to the following scientific areas: Solar Energy (Thermal and Photovoltaic) & Information and Communication Technology (Imaging and Robotics). Who can apply: The joint application must include one Indian and one Israeli Principal Investigators, who would be responsible for technical as well as administrative co‐ordination of the project and its periodic scientific and financial reporting to the DST/OCS respectively. The Principal Investigator (PI) and other investigators in India should be scientists/faculty members working in regular capacity in UGC recognized Universities/Deemed Universities/Academic Institutes and National Research and Development Laboratories/Institutes. It is preferred that a member of the project team may be designated as Co‐PI. The Israeli PIs must be full time researchers employed at Universities or other research institutions recognized by OCS. Further details in respect of Israeli participants OCS website: http://www.most. gov.il/ may be referred to. Kind of support available: DST provides the following support under the Programme: For Indian Researchers – Cost of international airfare to and from the designated research location, visa fee, airport taxes, overseas medical insurance premium for the approved visit duration and airport transfers in India, consumables, manpower (JRF, etc.) and minor equipments. For Israeli Researchers – Costs of accommodation in a guest house, per diem and domestic travel expenses in India including airport transfers as per DST norms.
31. INDO‐ NORWAY 31.1 S&T cooperation As a follow‐up of the Norwegian Government’s India strategy the Norwegian Research Council, with funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is launching a new research program, INDNOR, in order to promote Indo‐Norwegian research cooperation. Two calls are now being launched – one in cooperation with the Indian Department of Science and Technology. The other with Norwegian total allocations for both calls are up to 20 million NOK. This decision was taken in March 2010. Subsequently an Indo‐ Norwegian call was published with cooperation from DST in April. The Program for Research Cooperation with India (INDNOR) has been established to promote collaboration on research and research funding between India and Norway. The Program is part of the effort to enhance the internationalization of Norwegian research. Activities in specified thematic priority areas under the program will be carried out in cooperation with the relevant thematic research programs of the Research Council of Norway. The program will enable the Research Council to negotiate joint financing of Indo‐Norwegian research cooperation with the Indian authorities. It will facilitate the integration of Indo‐Norwegian research cooperation in the Research Council’s programs and activities and enhance research collaboration.
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To ensure concrete collaboration between the Norwegian and Indian research communities, The Research Council are launching two calls for proposals. Regarding the first call The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and The Research Council of Norway (RCN) invite Indian and Norwegian scientists / researchers to submit proposals for cooperative research projects in the research fields given below:
31.2 Areas of cooperation 1. 2. 3. 4.
Climate research including CCS (carbon capture and storage), Renewable energy including solar energy, Geo technology and early warning systems for geo hazards and Nano‐science/ Technology related to renewable energy.
For the second call support is available for Indo‐Norwegian joint research projects and project‐ related visits, exchange of researchers, workshops and pilot projects of high scientific quality that have a potential for longer high‐quality research collaboration. This call is addressing the following areas of research: International political issues, climate, the environment, clean energy and social development. Deadline for both calls are 21. April 2010.
31.3 Other forms of cooperation India has sought Norwegian investment in the telecom sector and bilateral cooperation in renewable energy, hydro power and hydrocarbon sector. India has also mooted cooperation in shipping, fisheries, knowledge‐based economy and space technology. India‐Norway bilateral trade is around US$ 1 billion. About 70 Norwegian companies are present in India with a cumulative investment of UD$ 1.5 billion. Indian companies have invested in Norway to the tune of US$ 1.8 billion. As Norway has the second largest Sovereign Fund in the world to the tune of US$ 460 billion, India is interested in attracting investment particularly in the energy sector, including offshore technology for oil exploration.
32. INDO‐ SWISS 32.1 S&T co‐operation‐ DBT‐ISCB (SWISS) At present two bilateral agreements between the Swiss and Indian governments formally regulate cooperation in Science and Technology (S&T). The first one is the Indo Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB), initiated in 1974 and financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Total budget of the ISCB for 2004 ‐2007 was CHF 6.8 Million, 4.5 Million from SDC and 2.3 Million from DBT.
32.2 DST‐SER The more recently established bilateral cooperation between Switzerland and India is framed within the agreement between the Swiss Federal Council and the Indian Government for the promotion of bilateral cooperation in Science and Technology, signed on the 10th November 2003. Responsibility for carrying out the terms of the agreement is vested within the Swiss Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) in Switzerland, and the Indian Department for Science and Technology (DST).
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32.3 Indo‐Swiss science promotion unit in Bangalore Extending their cooperation in the field of science and technology, India and Switzerland will establish a science promotion section at the Swiss Consulate General in Bangalore, an official statement was made. The two countries renewed their agreement on scientific cooperation Monday, 44 years after the first agreement was signed. “With the signature, India and Switzerland reaffirm their willingness to continue and even further strengthen their long‐standing cooperation in science and technology,” an official statement from the Swiss Embassy said. The agreement which was signed at the Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto, makes provisions for an extension of the scientific cooperation till Dec 31, 2012. The agreement was signed in the presence of Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Swiss State Secretary for Education and Research Mauro Dell’Ambrogio. Human health and medical sciences; material sciences and nanotechnologies and information and communication technologies will be the focus areas of research. The Swiss minister will officially announce the setting up of the science promotion section “Swissnex India” within the premises of the Swiss Consulate General in Bangalore.
32.4 Indo Swiss Joint Research project As a follow up of the 2003 agreement, the Indo Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP) was initiated in 2004. ISJRP was founded in 2005 by the Swiss State Secretariat of Education and Research ((SER) and the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) with the goal of furthering cooperation in strategic scientific and technical areas relevant to Switzerland and India. Indo‐Swiss Joint Research Programme launched to support joint research projects (in basic and applied sciences in Public Private Partnership mode) and Institutional Partnerships. Indian side is to match the Swiss funding of 2 Million Swiss Francs per year (approx. Rs. 8 crores per year). About 20 joint research projects have been supported, 20 research fellowships of Indian Ph.D. students were provided, 15 visits were supported for joint utilization of advanced facilities and Institutional partnership projects were supported. Some of its main features are as follows: • Started with a two years pilot phase (July 2004 to June 2006), with a further extension of 1 year • Funds are provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the DST to equal amounts • During the pilot phase, the contribution of the Swiss National Science Foundation to the ISJRP was to the tune of CHF 1.5 Mio • Focus on two areas of research: Information and Communication Technologies and Life Sciences This purpose is achieved primarily by supporting research partnerships between Swiss and Indian scientists, by promoting faculty and student exchanges between the two countries, and by facilitating access to specialized equipment and resources in the counterpart country. ISJRP has three programme priorities: • to catalyze the formation of Indo Swiss research partnerships and institutional links • to facilitate the mobility of scientists and students between Switzerland and India; and • to enhance excellence in research and research capabilities through combining the resources of both countries. On the Indian side, ISJRP is directed and coordinated by DST. In Switzerland, ISJRP is implemented and managed by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Swiss Leading House for India. Since 2008, EPFL is assisted by the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the Associated Leading House for India. ISJRP operates on the principle of reciprocal funding. Swiss funds made available by SER are
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being matched by funds from DST. Since its inception, ISJRP has issued two calls for joint proposals, one in January 2005 and one in December 2007. Both calls aroused strong interest among Swiss and Indian scientists, reflecting the high demand for such an opportunity. A specific call for exchange grants (Research Fellowships & Joint Utilization of Advanced Facilities) is slated to be repeated on a yearly basis over the period 2008‐2011. New funding mechanism ‐ the Indo Swiss Public‐Private Partnership Pilot Programme (Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme) ‐ has been created through which academic research organizations or institutions and industry may seek support for joint bilateral market oriented R&D projects. In Switzerland, the Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme is implemented under the leadership of the Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency (CTI) in close collaboration with the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) who acts on behalf of the Swiss National Steering Committee of ISJRP, and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) as the Swiss Leading House for India. In India, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is the coordinating department for the implementation of this programme. DST will identify and nominate the leading house(s) on the Indian side. Funding: The Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme provides funding to market oriented R&D projects involving academic and industrial partners from Switzerland and India. Swiss project partners receive funding from Swiss sources and Indian partners from Indian sources. Funding provided to the project partners must be in accordance with the policy, regulations and procedures in effect of the corresponding funding source. Swiss applicants: For more details on eligible project costs, please refer to CTI Guidelines for Salaries (French version l German version) and ISJRP Guidelines for the Organization of Visits and Exchanges. Indian applicants: Indian academic partners get funding from DST as per the existing norms and regulations. DST (Govt. of India) does not provide grants to private industry for R&D projects. Hence, the Indian industry partner has to bring in its own resources for any project related activity under the project. General requirements for the submission of applications • The proposal should be innovative and lead to a new solution, service, product or technology with clear commercial potential. The proposal must include participants from Switzerland and India. • Participation from universities, research institutions and companies of countries other than India and Switzerland is not allowed. • All project partners need to sign and submit a "Cooperation Agreement" to their funding agencies on the sharing of revenue generated out of the research results. • An applicant cannot submit more than one project proposal or be a member of more than one project team. The proposal must include a team composed of either: • Swiss academic partner, Swiss industry registered in Switzerland, Indian academic partner, Swiss industry registered in India • Swiss academic partner, Indian industry registered in Switzerland, Indian academic partner, Indian industry registered in India • Swiss academic partner, Indian industry registered in Switzerland, Indian academic partner, Swiss industry registered in India. Priority areas Proposals are solicited in the following areas:
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Life Sciences, Information & Communication Technologies (ICT), Micro & Nanotechnologies, Engineering Sciences Activities supported: Market oriented joint R&D projects with clearly defined goals involving participants from Switzerland and India.
32.5 Analysis of bilateral cooperation using key drivers for the S&T cooperation Indo‐Swiss S&T cooperation (Key drivers) Joint Utilization of large facilities & Research fellowships Cooperation agreements
Mode cooperation Specific Grant
of Implementing Machinery within India DST
Two bilateral DBT agreements with Indo Swiss collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB) Mobility of Calls for proposals DST Researchers, Joint research projects, Exchange of scientists, common utilization of resources
Implementing Status machinery within Swiss Secretariat Active for Education and research (SER) Swiss Agency Active for Development and Cooperation Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Swiss Leading House for India.
20 Joint research projects, 20 research fellowships, and 15 visits under utilization of resources were supported.
33. INDIAN COOPERATION WITH SERBIA & MONTENEGRO The erstwhile minister for state S&T Shri Kapil Sibal has made a high level ministerial visit to Serbia, Belarus and Montenegro to strengthen the bilateral ties through Science and technology cooperation. New agreements were signed with Serbia and Montenegro and new dialogues initiated.
34. CONCLUSION Summary of the report S&T collaboration between India and EU‐MS states • Most EU‐Member states have S&T collaboration with India through active S&T cooperation agreements as in the case of Germany, Italy, UK, France, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and moderately active agreements with Austria, Finland, Denmark and Hungary. • Many member states work with India on the basis of Memorandum of Understanding/Programme of cooperation or other agreements between institutions of their countries and institutions of India. • The countries which have exhibited enhanced cooperation are mainly due their long standing historic relationship with India, they also have substantial human and financial inputs with well
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established science counselors, Science advisors, and attachés with well qualified scientists attached to their embassies. Reciprocity between the member states is successful mainly because of the good professional and personal contacts between the science counselors/advisors/embassy and the Indian administration and Indian institutions It has been found by experts that there is no dependency of the S&T cooperation of the MS and India and the EU‐India S&T agreement.
Points which can be considered 1. The establishment of joint laboratories/ EU center and people to people contact will be a very important step to enhance cooperation. 2. The transition from participation to cooperation and partnership is going to be smoother through joint calls 3. Effective cooperation is possible through periodic joint workshops and meetings. Workshops cannot be necessarily translated into project proposals in short term but they should also be seen as a forum of reflection, vision and innovative ideas which may lead to future joint research funded either through the EC or through European Member States or other agencies in India or jointly 4. Complementarities and synergies between EU‐member states and Indian research priorities will provide greater impetus to the EU level S&T cooperation with India. 5. Increasing the awareness levels of the agreements and initiatives to the tier‐I, tier‐II and tier‐ III institutions both in EU and India will help in better reception and increased participation in the programmes designed.
35. ANNEX Additional Information 35.1 Indo‐Italian S&T agreements Agreements and MoU’s •
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An MOU with the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology to provide 150 PhD and post‐ PhD scholarships for Indian students for a total of 3 million euro each year, and seven agreements for collaboration in Science and Technology and creation of Joint Research Laboratories for technologically advanced sectors such as Space, IT, NeuroIT, BioIT, MEMS, WEB. In the field of nuclear physics, the on going collaboration between the Sincrotone of Trieste and the Indian institutions is much appreciable. This collaboration is not limited to carrying out joint research projects but is also aimed at organizing training programs for Indian researchers, consultancy by Italian experts and the construction of an Indian beam‐line at the Sincrotrone of Trieste. In genetics and biotechnology field particularly important is the collaboration between Italy and India carried out by the International Centre for Genetics and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in Trieste and New Delhi. The Centre, promoted in 1982 by UNIDO for carrying out research and training activities in genetic engineering and biotechnology sectors, with a particular attention to the requirements of developing countries, became an autonomous institution in
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February 1994 within the United Nations system. There are 66 member countries, majority of which are developing countries, to whom ICGEB offers scientific services which include technical assistance for carrying out research projects and providing data transmission network for analysis of genome sequence in humans and in other organisms and also transfer of know‐how to industries through an innovative patent policy. • An important collaboration is under way since 2001 between the University of Trento and various Indian universities. The India‐Trento Program for Advanced Research (ITPAR) is a part of the bilateral initiatives agreed upon at a governmental level during the “Fifth Session of Indo‐Italian Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation” held in Rome on 12 March 2002, which envisages joining of human resources (exchange of researchers for short and long term), of finances (funds for research) and of infrastructures (scientific instruments and/or common laboratories). • The participants in these initiatives are: The Province of Trento, Italian scientific organizations (University of Trento, CNR, ITC‐irst) and Indian organizations (Universities of Hyderabad and of Pondicherry), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Aeronautical Development Agency of Bangalore). Four projects in: Microsystems, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Physics & Material Science sectors are operational. This program is turning out to be one of the most innovative and significant amongst bilateral collaboration programs under way and it is expected to expand in Italy at a national level and subsequently at the European level. • Of particular relevance is the Agreement on scientific, technological and cultural collaboration between the University of Udine and the Birla Science Centre, signed on 2.10.2001 in Hyderabad, which promotes organization of important scientific events annually in Italy and India in the field of Information Science. Amongst the most significant results of this agreement is an MOU between the University of Udine and the Birla Science Centre for establishing an International Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Science, and an MOU between the Company EIDON (Ud) and the Birla Global Infotech Services Private Limited for development and marketing of software. Every year a group of students or young graduates come to Udine for training programs. • In the archaeology and restoration field numerous Italian projects in specialized fields are highly considered. Just to mention a few: the archaeological exploration in the Kapilavastu district, the birth place of Buddha, restoration of the 3rd century statue of Jayavara, the research on the Ashoka pillar, environmental and architectural restoration of the area of the Bagmati river and of the main worship places in the Kathmandu valley, restoration of the sun temple in Konark. • With regard to the environmental sector a seminar on Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation was organized in November 2005. An important outcome of this seminar was the signing of an MOU, between the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea (Italy) and the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forest, for Cooperation in the field of Climatic Change and for carrying out joint projects in the field of “Clean Development Mechanism” under the Kyoto Protocol. Other agreements and protocols in force
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Besides the agreements between the two Governments, cited above various other agreements and projects between Universities and scientific institutions of the two countries are being carried out. The most important are: • • • • • • •
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Intergovernmental agreement for cooperation in science and technology (Rome, 28/4/78) Agreement on cultural and scientific collaboration between the University “La Sapienza” of Rome and the Indian University Grant Commission (Rome, 18/3/94) Indo‐Italian Council for Research and Cooperation in Science, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences (Delhi, 24/5/94) S&T Cooperation protocol between the National Research Committee (CNR) and the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) (Rome, 6/2/95) Work Program for scientific and technological cooperation 1997‐1999 between the National Research Committee (CNR) and CSIR (Delhi, 14/3/97) Memorandum of Understanding between the National Research Committee (CNR)‐Finalized project RAISA and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Delhi, 3/12/98) Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the Science and Technology fields between the Department of S&T, Gov. of India (DST) and the Inter‐University Research Centre on Developing Countries, Italy (CIRPS) (Rome, 23/11/99) Agreement on Cooperation in exploration and use of space between ISRO and ASI (Bangalore and Rome, 31/05/00) Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration in the Research and Training sector between the University of Bologna and the M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (Chennai, 24/05/01) Agreement on scientific, technological and cultural collaboration between the University of Udine and the B.M.Birla Science Centre in Hyderabad (Udine, 2/10/01) Intergovernmental agreement on scientific and technological cooperation (Delhi, 28/11/03) Intergovernmental executive program for scientific and technological cooperation 2005‐2007 (Delhi, 14/02/05) MOU between the Ministry of Education, University and Research of the Italian Republic (MIUR) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of India (Delhi, 14/02/05) Agreement between the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on the Cooperation in space science, technology and applications (Delhi, 14/02/05) Establishment of an Indo‐Italian Joint Centre for Enabling Web Technologies and their Applications. MOU between the University of Trento and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Delhi, 14/02/05) Establishment of a Research Hub on MEMS (Micro‐Electro‐Mechanical‐Systems). MOU between the ITC‐irst, Trento and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Delhi, 14/02/05) Establishment of a Research Hub “International Institute for Applicable Mathematics and Information Sciences”. MOU between the University of Udine and the B.M. Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad (Delhi, 14/02/05) Establishment of a Research Hub on Neuro informatics. Technical Agreement between the National Research Council and the National Brain Research Centre, Pune (Delhi, 14/02/05) Establishment of a Research Hub on Bioinformatics. Technical Agreement between the National Research Council and the University of Pune (Delhi, 14/02/05) Establishment of a Research Hub on Information and Communication Technologies. Agreement between S.S.S.Anna, Pisa and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Delhi, 14/02/05)
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Denmark in the field of Biotechnology was signed during the visit of the Danish Minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation, Mr. Helge Sander to India in October 2004. The MoU is designed to provide the institutional framework for a more focused cooperation between the two countries in this emerging field and has already proved highly operational. ‐ In September 2005, a delegation from India thus visited Denmark to attend the first meeting of the Indo‐Danish biotech steering group. The delegation included representatives of the Department of Biotechnology, the Center for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics, the Christian Medical College, and the National Center for Biological Sciences. In July 2002, the University of Southern Denmark had entered into a MoU with the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore aimed at collaborative research and the exchange of scientists. The University has also been cooperating with Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow in certain medical projects. Furthermore, the leading Indian biotech company Avesthagen Gengraine Technologies has joined hands with the private Danish research institute Centre for Clinical & Basic Research and with the Danish Industrialization Fund (IFU) with the purpose of conducting osteoporosis research. The total, strategic investment in this research collaboration adds up to EURO 5 Million.
35.3 India‐Greek Agreements A) Existing legislative context: 1. Tourism Agreement, 2. 1998 Agreement on Economic Cooperation, 3. 1988 Commercial Agreement, 4. 1974 Convention on Avoidance of Double Taxation, 1966 5. Sea transport Agreement, 1958 6. Agreement on Economic and technological cooperation B) Cooperation Agreements: 1. Agreement of Cooperation between Athens Chambers of Commerce and Industry and FICCI and ASSOCHAM, N Delhi, 1996 2. Memorandum of Cooperation between Confederation of Greek Industries and CII, Athens, 1995 3. Memorandum of Cooperation between Greek Export Organisation and ITPO C) Pending Agreements: 1. Memorandum of Understanding in Agriculture (negotiation finalised) 2. Revision of the Taxation Convention
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