Photo Caption: Indian Embassy Berlin Open Source
Photo Caption: Indian Embassy Berlin Open Source
The Indo-German Science & Technology (S&T) cooperative program is implemented under an Inter-governmental Agreement on “Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technological Development” signed in May 1974. The Department of Science & Technology (DST) from Indian side and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF) from Germany are the nodal agencies for overall coordination of the programme.
An apex Indo-German Committee on S&T was established in 1994 to coordinate the implementation of the cooperation through joint review of the activities and suggesting measures towards enhancement of cooperation including those of DST, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). So far, 11 meetings of the S&T Joint Committee have taken place, the last of which was held in Berlin in 2017. The Indian side is co-chaired by Secretary, DST and the German side by the State Secretary, BMBF.
Various modes are in place for implementation and intensification of cooperation and collaborative work in S&T between India and Germany. They include: