The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Science &Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal is on an official visit to the Republic of Korea on the invitation of Minister of Education and Science & Technology of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Ju-Ho Lee. During the visit, the two Ministers led their respective delegations for the 1st India-Korea Science & Technology Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting. They exchanged views on the recent S&T policy trends and recognized the importance of further strengthening cooperation between the two countries. It was agreed that the next Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting will be held in India in 2012, and every two years thereafter alternately in Korea and in India. The two Ministers agreed to launch an exchange program for those undergoing Masters in engineering and medical sciences, Ph.D. students, faculty and scientists, in the mutually agreed nine areas specified in POC to enhance the research capacity and results of S&T. The exchange programme is expected to commence in the latter half of 2011.
Both the Ministers agreed on the need to promote human resource exchange and joint research in promising next-generation S&T fields through an MOU that was signed in the presence of the two Ministers. It was also agreed to launch a new Programme “India-Korea Great Innovation S&T Challenge”. The first Contest would be organized in India in 2012.
Shri Bansal and Mr Lee noted with satisfaction the organization of first Indo-Korean Workshop on Energy & Environment on 4th May 2011 in Seoul. It was agreed to organize two workshops in the areas of Chemistry & Biochemistry Technology in the second half of 2011 and Health & Medical Science in the first half of 2012, both in India.
During the visit, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal visited Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Korea Innovation Cluster Foundation (KICF), Advanced Automotive Research Center, and Seoul National University (SNU), and interacted with Korean scientists.
Courtesy : PIB
Both the Ministers agreed on the need to promote human resource exchange and joint research in promising next-generation S&T fields through an MOU that was signed in the presence of the two Ministers. It was also agreed to launch a new Programme “India-Korea Great Innovation S&T Challenge”. The first Contest would be organized in India in 2012.
Shri Bansal and Mr Lee noted with satisfaction the organization of first Indo-Korean Workshop on Energy & Environment on 4th May 2011 in Seoul. It was agreed to organize two workshops in the areas of Chemistry & Biochemistry Technology in the second half of 2011 and Health & Medical Science in the first half of 2012, both in India.
During the visit, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal visited Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Korea Innovation Cluster Foundation (KICF), Advanced Automotive Research Center, and Seoul National University (SNU), and interacted with Korean scientists.
Courtesy : PIB
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