The 9th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) reached out with India’s scientific achievements to 21 different countries which participated in the science outreach festival through their 35 international delegates.
While most of the delegates participated in the various events as speakers, panelists, many of them formed long-term association with India.
The 21 countries represented were - Argentine Republic, Republic of Armenia, Commonwealth of Australia, Kingdom of Cambodia, French Republic, Republic of Indonesia, Italian Republic, Japan, Republic of Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Republic of Namibia, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Rwanda, Republic of Singapore, Republic of South Africa, Kingdom of Thailand, United States of America (USA), Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Republic of Zimbabwe.
The Institutions represented included University of Tsukuba, Ministry of lndustry, Science, Technology & lnnovation (MlSTl) – Cambodia; University of South Australia; SEAMEO Regional Centre for Community Education Development – Lao PDR; Bordeaux University; Ministry of Science, Technology, and lnnovation (MOSTI) – Malaysia; Enterprise Singapore; Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council – Thailand; Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Philippines; Asian Institute of Technology – Thailand; University of Zimbabwe; Australian High Commission, India; Embassy of Italy in India amongst others.
The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India, an autonomous Institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, set up several collaborations on different aspects related to Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). NIF’s key international collaborations included those with National Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Ministry of Economy, Republic of Armenia; Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF), Commonwealth of Australia; Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM), Malaysia; University of Nairobi & Moi University - Republic of Kenya; University of Namibia, Republic of Namibia; Department of Research and Innovation (DRI), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Republic of The Union of Myanmar; Foreign Trade University, Socialist Republic of Vietnam; The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Republic of Indonesia; UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA, Republic of Rwanda and The Global Institute for Empowerment, Accomplishment & Impact by Young People, USA (Books / Publications).
The collaborations will facilitate opportunities in the areas like access to expertise and state of the art infrastructure in other parts of the world, for example leveraging the latest fabrication infra for grassroots innovations development; Capacity buildings and raising the exposure of innovators; Tech Exchange leading to greater dissemination opportunities worldwide for home grown technologies; Joint Research and publications; Industry engagement and research commercialisation activities and an overall contribution to strengthening Science Technology and Innovation based relationship of India with other countries of the world.
