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India-Israel to collaborate in research and academics- 6-Apr-2012
New Delhi: Strengthening academic ties between the two countries, India and Israel have decided to launch a joint programme that will facilitate mutually beneficial research and academic activities.
The total scope of the programme will be to the tune of USD five million from both sides annually over a three-year period.
The broader contours of the long-term programme were agreed upon during a meeting between HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, -- who is currently on a visit to Israel -- and Israeli leaders.
During the meeting "both the countries have agreed in principle to establish a long-term programme that will bring together Indian and Israeli researchers to carry forward research in areas of mutual interests," an official statement here said.
The meeting was held between Sibal and Israel's Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Education and Chairman of the Council for Higher Education Gideon Sa'ar and Israel's Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee Manuel Trajtenberg, it said.
Officials in the HRD Ministry said both sides have agreed that the academic programme will be coordinated by UGC on the Indian side and the Israel Science Foundation on the Israeli side.
Sibal's visit coincides with the 20th anniversary of full diplomatic relations between Israel and India during which economic ties have deepened and innovation has become a shared value and goal of the two countries.
A joint working group has identified the broad areas for cooperation in renewable and sustainable energies, bio-medical sciences, cyber-security, humanities and social sciences, the statement said.
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