The MoU was signed with Institut de Recherche pour le Development in the presence of French Higher Education and Research Minister Valerie Pecresse and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal here.
The MoU is for setting up a research and training partnership structure in the form of a Joint International Laboratory called Cellule Franco-Indienne de Recherche en Sciences de l’Eau (CEFIRSE) or Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences (IFCWS). The laboratory could strike partnerships with other research structures and organisations in India, France and abroad.
Both leaders appreciated the increasing cooperation between the two countries in the field of education and scientific research and discussed the need to have more arrangements for cooperation in the field of education and research such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, weather prediction, aerospace engineering, advanced mathematics, etc.
Another MoU was signed for academic collaboration between The Indian Institutes of Technology and ParisTech – Paris Institute of Science and Technology.
The MoU was between seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati and Roorkee) and institutions under ParisTech.
It aimed at promotion of institutional and student exchanges, organising symposia, conferences, short courses and meetings on research issues, joint research and continuing education programs and exchange information pertaining to developments in teaching, student development and research at each institution.
The MoU also provides that IITs and ParisTech may collaborate to participate in the European Commission initiatives such as the Erasmus Mundus and External Cooperation Window by partnering with other interested institutions.
IIT-Rajasthan MoU
Earlier, senior officials of France and India discussed in detail and finalised the draft MoU regarding IIT-Rajasthan which provides for a French Consortium to academically and scientifically accompany the Institute to develop areas in which France possesses considerable expertise such as: technologies for health; renewable energy (especially solar energy); aerospace; quantum computing; systems integration and design; mechanical engineering; technologies for art, conservation and heritage; as well as any other areas to be decided by mutual consent.
This Consortium would be composed of French higher education research institutions and universities.
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