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THE TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION: Forging science partnerships between India and the USA

Date: Tuesday, October 11
Time: 5:45pm
Venue: Room 54-100
Address: MIT, http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=54-100

Association for India's Development (AID MIT) presents:

A panel discussion with the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum

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About The Panelists:
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INDIA PANELISTS:

V.S. Ramamurthy
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (DST)
Forum Co-Chair

Sanjay Dhande
Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur

Raghunath Mashelkar
Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

US PANELISTS:

Norman Neureiter
Director, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Forum Co-Chair

Joseph Jen
Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Rodney Nichols
Former CEO,
New York Academy of Sciences

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Questions:
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How can India become a global player in science and technology?

Should India model its science and technology programs on those of the
USA?

How can collaborative science and technology ventures between Indian and
US academia and industry be encouraged and what are the opportunities for
funding?

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About The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum:
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The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum < http://www.indousstf.org/> was
established under an inter-governmental agreement in 2000 to promote
US-India bilateral collaborations in science, technology, engineering and
biomedical research among scientists in academia, industry and government.
Members of the Governing Body of the Indo-US Science and Tecnology Forum
will particpate in a panel discussion on forging science partnerships
between India and the USA.

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Sponsors:

Indo-US Science and Technology Forum ( http://www.indousstf.org/)
AID-MIT ( http://web.mit.edu/aid-boston/www)
Graduate Student Council (GSC)

Deepti M. Nijhawan
Coordinator, MIT-India Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E38 -754, 292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Phone: 1-617-258-5917 Fax 1-617-258-7432
Office hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, 9am - 5pm
Email: deeptin@mit.edu
MIT-India Program website:
http://web.mit.edu/mit-india/www/index.html