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Dr Jitendra proposes Indo-French Science Council | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, July 22: French Ambassador Francois Richier today called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh at his North Block office and conveyed the French Government's desire to work in close collaboration with the Narendra Modi Government in different areas including Science and Technology. Responding to the French Ambassador, Dr Jitendra Singh said, India has all along shared a consistently healthy relationship with France regardless of the geo-political situation at any given time and proposed a new innovative idea of having a "Joint Indo-French Science & Technology Council". Dr Jitendra Singh accepted the French Ambassador's suggestion to set up a Pasteur Institute in India which would be funded by the French Government. He also referred to two joint satellites namely "Megatropic" and "Saral" which are already in place and said the joint scientific collaboration between the two countries can also be extended to the field of medical science particularly the research on metabolic diseases and Diabetes. Referring to the various joint training programmes between the two countries, Dr Jitendra Singh expressed satisfaction at the recent launch of "Raman Charpak" Fellowship for exchange of doctoral students on annual basis between the two countries. |
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