On October 28, 2020, the European Commission and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) signed a new implementing arrangement to enhance scientific cooperation. It was virtually signed by an Ambassador of the European Union to India, Ugo Astuto, and the Member Secretary of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Virendra Kumar Malhotra.
- This arrangement will encourage top Indian social scientists (Principal Investigators of Research Projects, Senior Fellowship Awardees and Post-Doctoral Fellows) who are supported by the ICSSR and want to pursue research collaborations with European researchers, supported by the European Research Council (ERC).
- The role of the ERC and the ICSSR is to facilitate contacts between their respective scholars who are interested in international cooperation.
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i.On 13th August 2020, Government of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on space cooperation with the Federal government of Republic of Nigeria at the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.
ii.India-European Union (EU) to step up cooperation in climate change, science and space under the Clean Energy and Climate Partnership. The EU and India will engage constructively in the global stocktake in 2023.
About Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR):
Chairman– Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan
Headquarter– New Delhi
