Collaborative Research
Introduction
India has signed bilateral Science and Technology (S&T)cooperation agreements with 83 countries, including EU. Currently, with 45 countries we are actively engaged in S&T collaboration.
As per data accessed from Web-of-Science on 6th August 2014, the total number of S&T research papers in which India has collaborated with other countries is as follows:
Year |
No. of Papers in Science & Engineering from India |
No. of paper through International collaboration |
Share of international collaborative paper (%) |
2013 |
66,580 |
28551 |
42.88 |
2012 |
63,375 |
24788 |
39.11 |
2011 |
56,666 |
22009 |
38.84 |
Note: Data for 2014 is not available yet .
Government has initiated S&T cooperation with African nations under India-Africa Forum Summit; Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists to work in Indian institutions; under the Look-East Policy of the Government of India, S&T collaboration has been augmented with Far-east countries. Dedicated joint Research and Development (R&D) collaborative funds have been established with countries such as Australia, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Hungary, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA).
Communication and connectivity schemes have been enabled through mobility for Indian research students and young faculty to foreign countries through fellowships and internships such as Raman-Charpak for France, DST-Max Plank Fellowship for Germany; Indo-Swiss Research Fellowship, Indo-Korean Research Internship, Indo-US Research Fellowship, Lindau Nobel Laureate meet; Asian Science Camp; S.N. Bose and Khorana Internships for USA. In addition, joint project based activities, bilateral workshops and access to mega-science facilities abroad are being supported.
Source
Press Information Bureau, August 22, 2014
