Indo-Austrian S&T agreement signed

An Agreement on S & T Cooperation between India and Austria has been signed by the Austrian Minister of Science & Technology Dr. Johannes Hahn and Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences here today. The Agreement provides for exchange of scientific and technological information, documentation and publications, exchange of scientists and experts and implementation of bilateral-projects of mutual interest.

The Agreement also provides for exchange of scientists and experts for consultations, symposia and special studies, support to joint scientific-telelogical events and other scientific programmes such as joint workshops, seminars.

The Indo-Austrian Joint Committee shall be set up for scientific and technological cooperation. The joint committee would finalise areas of cooperation and periodic working programme of cooperation specifying collaborative activities for the future.

Under this Agreement both sides will encourage and support the development of direct scientific-technological cooperation between national institutions, Academies of Sciences, schools of higher education, research centres for science and technology and other institutions.

Source : Press Information Bureau
Date : November 30, 2007