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Background Information
The Indo-Swiss Joint Research programme is implemented through an inter-governmental S&T Agreement signed on November 10, 2003, during the State visit of the Swiss President to India. Subsequently an Executive Programme of Cooperation (POC) for the period 2006-09 was concluded during the visit of Hon’ble Minister for S&T and ES to Switzerland during Nov 2006.
The areas chosen by the two sides for cooperation are:-
The Identified priority areas are as below:
- Information & communication technologies
- Material sciences & nanotechnologies
- Human health sciences
- Sustainable urban development
- Renewable energy sources
Modes of Cooperation:-
The funding instruments includes:
- Joint Research projects (Basic & Applied Research
- Joint workshops and symposia
- Joint Research Centres (institutional partnerships)
- Joint Utilisation of Advanced Facilities
- Research Fellowships
- Project based Personnel exchange Programme (PPP)
The Joint Call for proposals are issued on mutually agreed dates. For this purpose, please visit What's New Section of the website or www.dst.gov.in
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Indian side: Contact Address |
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| R.K. Sharma |
| Senior Scientific Officer-I |
| International Division |
| Department of Science and Technology |
| New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110 016 |
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| Email: sharma_rk@nic.in |
Telephone: 011 - 26590244
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| : 011 - 26567373 ext :244 |
| : 011 - 26962819 ext: 244 |
| Fax : 011 - 26862418 |
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Swiss Side :Contact Address |
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| Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) |
| Wildhainweg 3, Postfach 8232 |
| 3001 Bern |
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| Dr. Barbara Baumann, |
| Prof. Pramod Rastogi |
| EPFL – VPRI, CM2 203, Station 10 |
| 1015 Lausanne |
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| Email: barbara.baumann@epfl.ch |
| pramod.rastogi@epfl.ch |
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