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Rajiv Kumar Scientist, IC
Department of Science & TechnologyMinistry of Science & Technology
Govt. of India
Participation of India in Multilateral
S&T Programmes
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SCIENCE STRUCTURE IN INDIA
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
S&T DEPARTMENTS/
COUNCILS STATEGOVERNMENT
S&T DEPARTMENTS /
COUNCILS
UNIVERSITIES INDEPENDENT
R&D INSTITUTES / AUTONOMOUS
ORGANISATIONS
S&T IN NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATIONSIN-HOUSE
R&D IN PRIVATE
INDUSTRIES
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MandateMandate
To identify, facilitate and promote India’s international cooperation in emerging and
frontier areas of S&T under various frameworks
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
(STIC)
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• Bilateral Programmes
• Regional and Multilateral Programmes
• Creation / Shared use of Advanced Facilities
• Thematic Joint R&D Centres and Joint Ventures
• Joint Centres for Promotion of Advanced Research
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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• Armenia• Argentina• Australia• Bangladesh • Belarus • Brazil• Bulgaria• Canada • China• Colombia• Croatia• Cuba• Czech Republic• Cyprus• Egypt • Estonia• European Union• France
• Germany• Hungary• Iceland• Italy • Israel • Indonesia • Iran• Japan• Korea (DPR)• Kazakhstan• Kyrgyzstan• Laos• Lebanon• Libya• Malaysia• Mauritius• Mexico
PARTNER COUNTRIES
•Active Cooperation• Stable Cooperation• Low Key Cooperation
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• Moldova • Mongolia• Mozambique• Myanmar• Namibia• Nepal• Northern Ireland• Oman• Peru• Philippines• Poland• Portugal • Russia • Romania• Republic of Korea• Serbia • Singapore• Slovenia
• South Africa• Sri Lanka• Sudan• Sweden• Switzerland• Syria• Tajikistan• Trinidad & Tobago • Thailand• Tunisia• Turkey• Ukraine • United Kingdom• United States• Uzbekistan• Venezuela • Vietnam • Yemen• Zambia
PARTNER COUNTRIES
•Active Cooperation• Stable Cooperation• Low Key Cooperation
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A lead role has been systematically built up for India in Regional S&T cooperation Programmes
India has been an active participant in multilateral programmes
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EUROPEAN UNIONAgreement:
November 23, 2001 Rectified October 14, 2002
Provisions• Participation in EC sponsored projects• Participation in projects co-sponsored by India & EC• Use of Advanced Research Facilities in bilateral mode• Award of International Research Fellowship
Agreement Implementation:• Programme of Cooperation• General & Financial Terms• Joint Workshops on ICT, Genomics, Climate Change, Nano Science, Automotive Components
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Members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam
Partner countries: Australia, Canada, China, European Union,India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russia and United States.
Identified Areas of Cooperation:
– Biotechnology, – Information Technology, – Space Science & Technology, – Technology Management, – S&T Popularization
ASEAN S&T development fund being established ASEAN Intellectual Property Institute being established in India Establishment of Technology Innovation & Commercialization Centre
India - ASEAN S&T CooperationAssociation of South East Asian Nations
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The trilateral IBSA Dialogue Forum was established in June 03 to address the common problems.
Science & Technology is one of the key areas
Identified Areas of Cooperation:
– Health (TB, Malaria and HIV/AIDS), – Nanotechnology, – Biotechnology, – Oceanology
9 trilateral workshops held Creation of database of experts working on Malaria is under development On Indian side a flagship project on HIV?AIDS is under development
India – Brazil-South Africa(IBSA)
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Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Members: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan
BIMST – EC
Establishment of BIMST-EC Research Centre on Weather and Climate
at New Delhi
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Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
IOR - EC
Member States (18)Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, UAE and Yemen
Dialogue Partners (5)China, Egypt, France, Japan, UK
DST is Indian S&T coordinator for IOR
Several Workshops held
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The World Academy of Sciences
• South-South Cooperation
• Around 80 Indian scientists are its Fellow
• New Delhi hosted 2002 meeting.
• Three broad activities:Lectureship SchemeEquipment PlacementLibrary
TWAS
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Science & Technology Policy Asian Network
Australia, Bangladesh,Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, LAOS, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
STEPAN
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Members:India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Srilanka Maldive and Bhutan
• To address the common problems• Science & Technology is one of the key areas• Socially oriented S&T interventions for rural & weaker sections
Some of the Projects taken in last 2 years
• Mitigation and disaster• Drinking water• Low cost housing• Popularization of S&T
SAARCSouth Asian Association of Regional Cooperation
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CREATION / SHARED USE OF ADVANCED FACILITIES
CERN (Geneva)
ELLETRA (Italy)
Sp Ring-8 (Japan)
KEK Accelerator(Japan)
FAIR (Germany)
Synchrotron Radiation Sources Beamline Novosibirsk, (Russia)
Fermilab (United States)
Synchrotron Light Sources (Brazil and Singapore)
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Thematic Joint R&D Centres• Powder Metallurgy & New Materials, Hyderabad
• Vaccine Manufacturing Facility, Bulandshahr
• Advanced Computing, Moscow
• Biotechnology, Allahabad
• Gas Hydrate, Chennai
• Ayurvedic Research, Moscow
• Organic Synthesis, Bangalore
• Earthquake Research, New Delhi
• Mathematics, Chennai, Mumbai
• Solid State Chemistry, Bangalore
• Water Research, Hyderabad, Bangalore
• Micro-engineering, New Delhi
• Micro-electronics, Allahabad
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Proposed Joint Centres
• MEMS (Italy)
• Web Technologies & Application (Italy)
• Biomedical Instrumentation (Russia)
• Non-ferrous Metallurgy & Rare Materials (Russia)
• Biotechnology Training & Education (UNESCO)
• Accelerators & Lasers (Russia)
• Innovation & Science (USA)
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JOINT CENTRES FOR PROMOTION OF ADVANCED RESEARCH
• Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR)
• Indo-US Science & Technology Forum• Indo-Russian Technology Centre ##
• Indo-German Cetre for Research, Science & Technology ##
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Participation in International S&T Centres
• Centre for Science & Technology for Non- Aligned Countries (NAM S&T Centre), Delhi
• International Centre for Science & Technology Information (ICSTI), Moscow
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna
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More such events to follow
Taking Scientific Results to IndustryExhibition on Belarussian S&T - 2003
DST-CII Technology Summit –2004 - Partner Country Russia
Exhibition on Ukrainian S&T - 2004
DST-CII Technology Summit –2005 - Partner Country Canada
DST-CII-FICCI Mission for Bio-2005 - USA
DST-FICCI Global Conference on “India R&D 2005 – The World’s Knowledge Hub of the Future”
DST-CII coordinated China Tech 2006
DST-CII-FICCI Mission for Bio-2006 - USA
DST-CII Technology Summit –2006 - Partner Countries ASEAN
DST-FICCI Global Conference on “India R&D 2006
India-EU Science Icon Meet
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Innovation linked International Cooperation
• Complementing core competencies in areas of innovations
• Linking Laboratory and Industrial level innovations through clustering models
• Equitable Sharing of Intellectual Property rights
• Equitable sharing of benefits
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• India centric Programme
• Top-down Approach
• Support Basic R&D, Pre-industrial R&D and Industry R&D
• Enhanced cooperation with selected countries
• Forging Public Private Partnership
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