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| Dear Mr Naresh Sagar, | ![Orange]() | | Welcome to the September Edition of the UK Science and Innovation Network in India's Newsletter. In this month's newsletter we have highlighted UK Ministers' visit and the launch of the Chevening fellowship programmes. | ![]() |
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Professor Robin Grimes, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chief Scientific Adviser, Londonvisited India in August to showcase UK's research and innovation excellence through the Newton-Bhabha Fund and explored potential for the Innovation for Clean Energy (ICE) global R&D initiative. He co-chaired the first Newton-Bhabha Steering Group with Professor VS Ramamurthy, Emeritus Scientist from the National Institute of Advanced Studies and former Secretary to Department of Science & Technology.He also met with the Secretaries of Department of Science & Technology (Prof Ashutosh Sharma), Department of Biotechnology (Dr K VijayRagahavan) and Ministry of Human Resource Development (Mr Vinay Sheel Oberoi) to further strengthen Newton-Bhabha programme and also to develop joint multi-disciplinary research programmes in the social sciences and humanities with the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Read more British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Rt Hon Sajid Javid and Britain's Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Francis Maude visited India in early September. Their visits included the India-UK Business Convention in Delhi, a gathering of major British and Indian CEOs including some of the top investors in India Read more. Minister Sajid Javid also launched the Chevening Rolls Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Fellowship (CRISP) for 2016. Read more |
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Former President of India, Scientist extraordinaire, enthusiastic professor and writer, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on 27th July 2015 in Shillong, Meghalaya where he was to deliver a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong. Popularly known as the 'People's President', Dr Kalam worked as a Scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister (1992-1999) before joining politics. He served as the 11th President of India from 2002-2007 and later dedicated his life to education, public services and writing. Read more.British Deputy High Commission Chandigarh organised a roundtable meet on 4th August at Chandigarh with three clearly defined aims. To increase visibility of UK excellence in Education, forge new partnerships based on mutual interest, and increase number of quality applications from Indian universities to UK funding sources. Read more.. SIN India plans to bring a UK delegation out to India to visit innovation and incubation centres. The 'Make in India' initiative involves the need to promote innovation and entrepreneurs and we believe the UK's expertise in this area could be leveraged to create more joint collaborations. To better understand our own innovation ecosystem, Karanpreet one of Delhi SIN Advisors met with several key players in the UK last month. Read more.. This month Sheryl Anchan our Mumbai SIN Advisor put together an interesting webinar on Antimicrobial resistance(AMR) which showcased some of the partnering opportunities with the UK to help tackle AMR. For a recording of the webinar pls follow the link |
On the 25th June, the Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi, formally launched its two flagship Missions on urbanization, namely: 100 Smart Cities and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT) which covers 500 Tier 2 and 3 cities. The combined budget for these Missions allocated by the Government of India is 100,000 crore rupees (ca £10 billion). Central Government funding is expected to leverage additional funding from the private sector and from State Governments. Implementing these Missions will require research and innovation to develop indigenous solutions for challenges facing Indian cities. One should not assume that solutions (e.g. for urban mobility) developed for New York or Rome will be suitable for the Indian context. RCUK India recently held a consultative workshop with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) on the RCUK/SIN mapping report on Sustainable Cities and Rapid Urbanisation [report]. This was attended by senior academics from across India as well as policymakers. NIUA is the nodal institution in India co-ordinating pan-Indian research and innovation activity on urbanization. |
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Innovate 2015, a two-day event that stimulates opportunities for innovation, export and investment for the UK's most innovative companies. 29 - 30 September 2015. UK India workshop on Diagnostics and Therapeutics to tackle AMR in Delhi, 12- 13 October 2015. For more information email. |
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This month, we're delighted to welcome Sarah Mooney our new Head of Science and Innovation India Network. We will have her profile up on our blog site soon. Do look out for a welcome blog by her in our October Newsletter. Thanks for reading! The UK Science & Innovation Team in India Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe now to get next month's edition direct! |
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