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Bangalore
to get Indo-Swiss science promotion unit
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 08:06:50 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Extending their cooperation in the field of science and
technology, India and Switzerland will establish a science
promotion section at the Swiss Consulate General in Bangalore, an
official statement said Tuesday.
The two countries renewed their agreement on scientific
cooperation Monday, 44 years after the first agreement was signed.
"With the signature, India and Switzerland reaffirm their
willingness to continue and even further strengthen their
long-standing cooperation in science and technology," an official
statement from the Swiss Embassy said.
The agreement which was signed at the Science and Technology in
Society Forum in Kyoto, makes provisions for an extension of the
scientific cooperation till Dec 31, 2012. The agreement was signed
in the presence of Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj
Chavan and Swiss State Secretary for Education and Research Mauro
Dell'Ambrogio.
Human health and medical sciences; material sciences and
nanotechnologies and information and communication technologies
will be the focus areas of research.
The Swiss minister will officially announce the setting up of the
science promotion section "swissnex India" within the premises of
the Swiss Consulate General in Bangalore Thursday.
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