India, Canada soon to sign MoU for cooperation in field of Science and Technology

NewsBharati    11-Jan-2018
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New Delhi, January 11: India and Canada will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the cooperation in the field of Science and Technology. That will provide a mechanism and help to foster scientific cooperation between R&D and academic institutions of the two countries.

 

Notably, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a MoU with Canada for cooperation in the field of Science and Technology. Under the MoU, an innovative model of R&D cooperation between India and Canada will be implemented under a MoU concluded by the Department of Science and Technology with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada.

Highlights of MoU are as follows:

· Under this MoU, the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnership to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS) programme will be supported to promote India-Canada multidisciplinary research partnerships.

· The R&D projects will be aimed at accelerating social transformation by providing solutions through application of science and technology.

· The participants will include researchers from scientific organizations, academia and R&D laboratories from India and Canada.

· Identified areas of mutual cooperation include safe and sustainable infrastructure and integrated water management.

· This will help to develop institutional networking and support the establishment of connections between scientific organizations, scientists and specialists of India and Canada.

Importantly, the MoU was approved in pursuance to the inter-governmental Agreement for Scientific and Technological cooperation between India and Canada concluded in November 2005.