India and the European Union will
step up cooperation in research and innovation, according to a statement.
On areas for future cooperation,
health research and bio-economy will remain high on the agenda, it said.
Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General
of Research and Innovation, European Commission, co-chaired the 12th EU-India
Joint Steering Committee meeting on science and technology along with Ashutosh
Sharma, Secretary of DST, here according to an official statement.
India and the EU will step up
cooperation in research and innovation, Paquet said here.
To build upon the robust cooperation
of the past 20 years, the EU and India intend to renew the India-EU Science and
Technology Agreement for another five years, the statement said.
It was also agreed to explore new
areas of cooperation to fill the knowledge gap on climate change, on renewable
energy in line with Mission Innovation aiming at reducing CO2 through
concentrated efforts on energy.
On artificial intelligence,
importance of ethical standards was stressed, the statement said.
The EU and India acknowledged their
excellent cooperation which was recently boosted by the launch of seven
India-EU projects on purification of water and waste water treatment, two on
vaccines and one on polar sciences, it said.
Source: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/eu-india-to-step-up-cooperation-in-research-and-innovation/article26447711.ece (Accessed on 7 March, 2019)
