Webinar on 'International Scientific Cooperation and DST Schemes: Opportunities'
Dear Member,
Topic: "International Scientific Cooperation and DST Schemes: Opportunities"
Mode: Online
Date: 28 November 2023
Time: 07:30 pm - 08:30 pm IST
Meeting link:
https://ieeemeetings.webex.
Meeting Number: 2536 386 8051
Meeting Password: icpa2
Organiser: IEEE India Council - Professional Activities Committee
Abstract:
The presentation will talk about the international cooperation and its implementation. It will
also talk about the aims of international cooperation and various precautions during planning
and implementation. The talk will include the current fabric of various international platforms
and how researchers could join such programs.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Varshney is Head of the International Scientific Cooperation in the
Ministry / Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. He has been actively
contributing to promotion of international scientific cooperation as well as scientific –
industrial cooperation.
He is presently the Indian Co-Chair, Governing Body of the binational Indo-German Science &
Technology Centre and U.S-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund. He is also
Member, Governing Council of the International Advanced Research Centre of Powder Metallurgy
(ARCI). He is the Indian Focal Point for BRICS Working Group on Science & Technology and
OECD Committee on Science & Technology Policy. He has worked as Counsellor (S&T) with
Embassy of India in Moscow to facilitate bilateral scientific cooperation between India and
Russia during April 2008 - June 2011.
He is Life Fellow of Geological Society of India, Bangalore; Nepal Geological Society,
Kathmandu and member of International Association of Sedimentologists, Oxford. He also has
numerous certifications to his credit. He has written several articles on Science Policies
focusing on International Scientific cooperation. He is also involved in science popularization
for which he writes regularly in newspapers, magazines and journals (online/offline).