Media Buyers' Guide Add a listing Enewsletter Events Calendar Associations Resources Home Media Kit Subscription Services Contact Us leftnav.html New Form Entry Import Edit Upload Submit More... Undo Changes Select Image Check Links Review View Source Visual Differences Source Differences Copy Move Delete Rename Convert Tag Versions Properties Attach To Task... Assign Add to Favorites leftnav.html New Form Entry Import Edit Upload Submit More... Undo Changes Select Image Check Links Review View Source Visual Differences Source Differences Copy Move Delete Rename Convert Tag Versions Properties Attach To Task... Assign Add to Favorites leftnav.html New Form Entry Import Edit Upload Submit More... Undo Changes Select Image Check Links Review View Source Visual Differences Source Differences Copy Move Delete Rename Convert Tag Versions Properties Attach To Task... Assign Add to Favorites leftnav.html New Form Entry Import Edit Upload Submit More... Undo Changes Select Image Check Links Review View Source Visual Differences Source Differences Copy Move Delete Rename Convert Tag Versions Properties Attach To Task... Assign Add to Favorites News Font Size: Canada and India to work on joint science, technology initiatives June 2008 | Canada and India have launched ten science and technology initiatives worth $17 million. David Emerson, the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, and Kapil Sibal, India’s Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, made the announcement recently. “Our government understands the importance of establishing international research partners and the critical role science and technology play in the new economy,” says Emerson. “These joint projects will enhance the collaboration between our scientists and commercialize their discoveries.” Eight of the initiatives are joint research and development projects, and two are partnership-development activities. The Canadian portion of both projects and partnerships is funded through the International Science and Technology Partnerships Program and is delivered by International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada (ISTPCanada), an arm’s-length organization. The joint activities will lead to an increase of commercially viable research and development initiatives, and will assist in the organization of scientific seminars, conferences and workshops. Canada and India science and technology relations have made good progress at the federal, provincial, academic and private sector levels since the signing of an overarching agreement on science and technology cooperation in November 2005. In addition to India, Canada has similar agreements with five other countries and the European Union. The science and technology agreement with India is now one of the most active partnerships between the two countries. Areas of cooperation under the Agreement include biotechnology, health research, medical devices, nanoscience and nanomedicine, sustainable and alternate energy and environmental technologies, information and communications technology, and earth sciences and disaster management. In March 2008, aerospace, biopharmaceuticals, photonics and synchrotron science were added to the list. The partnership development activities are designed to explore new and creative ways of developing next-generation research partnerships between Canada and India in the critical areas of biofuels—particularly in the context of avoiding encroachment on agri-foods—and nanotechnology applications. www.international.gc.ca/index.aspx News Archives privacy || home || contact us || rogers publishing limited