Science & Technology

Indo-German Cooperation in Science & Technology and Education

The Indo-German Science & Technology (S&T) cooperative program is implemented under an Inter-governmental Agreement on “Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technological Development” signed in May 1974.  The Department of Science & Technology (DST) from Indian side and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF) from Germany are the nodal agencies for overall coordination of the programme.

An apex Indo-German Committee on S&T was established in 1994 to coordinate the implementation of the cooperation through joint review of the activities and suggesting measures towards enhancement of cooperation including those of DST, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). So far, 11 meetings of the S&T Joint Committee have taken place, the last of which was held in Berlin in 2017. The Indian side is co-chaired by Secretary, DST and the German side by the State Secretary, BMBF.

Modes of Cooperation

Various modes are in place for implementation and intensification of cooperation and collaborative work in S&T between India and Germany. They include:

• Joint research projects between institutions and scientists
• Joint projects in the 2+2 mode (R&D Institution and Industry on both sides) under the aegis of Indo-German Science and Technology Center (IGSTC)
• Project based personnel exchange programme with emphasis on exchange of young PhD scholars
• Young Indian students/researchers/scientists visiting Germany to interact with Nobel Laureates
• Joint Workshops / Seminar / Symposia / Schools / Trainings
• Networked Partner Research groups
• Frontiers of Engineering symposia
• Participation in mega science projects like FAIR, DESY, etc
• Establishment of Indo-German Max Planck Centres.
• Indo-German Center for Sustainability (IGCS)
• Mobility programmes
• Collaborative programs / schemes

Indo-German Science and Technology Center (IGSTC)

The bilateral Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) was established through an agreement signed in 2010 as a flagship initiative of Government of India, (DST) and Government of Germany, (BMBF) to foster and promote research partnership of industrial relevance. It is equally co-funded by Indian and German Governments.

The mandate of the center includes facilitating and promoting Indo‐German bilateral collaboration in basic and applied science, research, and technology, encouraging public‐private partnerships (PPP) to foster elements of innovation and application and cultivating and nurturing contacts between young and mid‐career scientists and technologists to develop a sense of mutual trust, partnership/leadership and entrepreneurship. The IGSTC collaborative research projects involves participation of one academic institution and one industry partner from each country (2+2 model). The center focuses on advancing industrial research partnership with mutuality of interest and respect, develop knowledge networks for industrial sectors to enhance competitiveness, establish joint knowledge pools to address global challenges and to serve as a nerve centre to promote Indo-German technology partnership.

A total of 40 projects (21 completed and 19 ongoing) have been supported on various themes of national priority areas such as Advance Manufacturing (Make in India), Embedded System and ICT (Digital India), Sustainable Energy/ Environment, Biotechnology / Bio-economy (Food Security), Bio-Medical Technology (Healthy India)/ Water and Wastewater Technology (Clean India), Smart Cities, etc.

For implementing its mandate, the Centre invites proposals for organising Indo-German workshops in areas of mutual interest with an aim of creating platforms for substantive interactions between scientists / researchers from academia and industry. The Centre has so far supported 25 bilateral workshops on technology-focused strategic themes like computational mathematics, solar thermochemical technologies for green and sustainable development etc.

IGSTC has recently launched the PhD Industrial Exposure Fellowship for Young researchers, who have completed one year of their PhD course in Science/Engineering in India and the Post-Doctoral Industrial Fellowships for fresh PhDs in Science/Engineering.

(2)   DST- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Program

• DST-DAAD Project based Personnel Exchange Programme (PPP) launched in 1998 has now expanded to several areas of research projects enabling focused interaction through exchange of scientists/ research students from each side. Till date, this scheme has benefitted >600 researchers in both the countries.
• Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS): DST and DAAD are also jointly supporting an Indo-German Centre on Sustainability at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, established in association with Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University, Technische Universität 9 group (TU-9) and Christian-Albrechts-Universität (CAU), Kiel from Germany. It is a centre of excellence for integrated technology-oriented sustainability research in areas of renewable energies, water and waste-management, and rural and urban development since 2013, The two sides have decided to support the 2^nd phase of the Centre at the Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) in 2017 with focus on ‘climate change and influence on coastal infrastructure’.

 (3)    DST-Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Program

This Programme implemented under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DST and DFG, signed in 2005 aims to support joint research projects; use major of facilities in Germany and India; establishment of International Research Training Groups (IRTG) and Collaborative Research Centers. A new MoU for establishing IRTGs has been signed between DST and DFG recently.

(4)  DBT-German Research Foundation (DFG) Program

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and DFG signed a Programme of Cooperation (POC) in 2012 to support research collaborations and to facilitate individual and institutional bilateral research projects through appropriate funding mechanisms. The funding covers Research Grants (Bilateral research grants on one-to-one basis), Mobility Grants and Workshops, Seminars etc.

Other funding mechanisms agreed upon between DBT and DFG include Indo-German International Research Training Groups (ITRGs), Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) cooperation in the field of Medical Biotechnology, Agricultural Biotechnology, Innovative Food & Nutrition technology, Medical devices and bioengineering, Environmental biotechnology, etc.

(5) Indian National Science Academy (INSA) - DFG Programme

The MoU between INSA and DFG signed in 2011 and the executive protocol of agreement of 2011 focuses on joint funding activities to increase bilateral scientific cooperation through workshops or mobility funding to initiate joint projects. Under this joint scheme, INSA nominates approx. 25 – 30 Indian researchers every year to visit Germany in order to initiate collaborative projects.

(6) DST-Max Planck Gessellschaft (MPG) Program

Under the MoU between the Max Planck Society and the DST signed in 2004, cooperation with the Indian Partner institutes is being promoted. Under this program, the following activities are supported:

• Partner Group Programmes: India-Max Planck Partner Groups constitute the outstanding junior scientists who return to India following a research residency at a Max Planck Institute. They are supported by the Max Planck Society (and DST till recently) to establish a partner group between their home institution and a Max Planck laboratory. Since the establishment of Max Planck Partner Groups in 2005, a total of 72 Partner Groups were created which is the highest number in any country. Currently, 34 such Partner Groups are active. Some of the highest impact factor papers were published by the Partner Groups. A total of 79 projects were undertaken by the Max Planck Institutes with Indian partners in 2020 of which 60 were in the area of Chemistry, Physics and Technology.
• Mobility Grants: Mobility Grants are given to excellent young Indian scientists, who receive a stipend of €3000 per year for a period of three years to spend a minimum of 1 month at a Max Planck Institute in a year. Since the establishment of Indian Mobility Grants, a total of 68 Grants were awarded to Indian researchers. 14 Max Planck India Mobility Grants with Indian scientists are active currently.
• Kick-off Workshops: Max Planck Kick-off workshops enable scientists from Max Planck Institutes to acquaint themselves more closely with research conditions in India and to make initial contacts with Indian scientists. So far, 33 such workshops were conducted. In 2020, 985 Indian guest scientists and fellowship holders from India visited different Max Planck Institutes in Germany.
• Indo-German Max Planck Centre on Computer Science (IMPECS): This research Centre is coordinated by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Max Planck Institute of Informatics and Software Systems in Kaiserslautern. A total of 14 groups from India are participating in this programme. Research projects were implemented in the areas covering complex algorithm; program analysis; database and information retrieval; acquisition modelling; deploying online social network etc. These have yielded very high impact research outcomes and helped in manpower training and capacity building. Considering that some of the best groups on computer sciences in India and Germany have cooperated very productively, both DST and Max Planck Society have launched the next phase of IMPECS in 2017 with focus on practical applications for cyber physical systems supported as collaboration by the MPIs for Softwaresystems and Informatics.
• The Indo-German Max Planck-NCBS Center for Research on Lipids at the National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore was established on the initiative of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore and the Institute of Life Sciences in Bhubaneswar, all of which are involved in the research work of the Max Planck Center. Scientists at the Center primarily intend to conduct a comprehensive survey of lipids in various cells and organisms. The aim is to develop tools that will utilise the individual fat/lipid components for the biological system analysis and by doing so make it easier to research and treat diseases. In the first phase of the Center, a novel mass spectrometric platform for rapid and quantitative lipid analysis of cells, tissues and body fluids was successfully created by MPI-CBG and implemented at NCBS. The centre has received approval for second phase funding.

 (7) Nobel Laureates meetings in Lindau, Germany

The Lindau Meetings, which started in 1951, have evolved into a unique international forum for scientific exchange among scientists of different generations, cultures, and disciplines. Once every year, around 30-40 Nobel Laureates convene in Lindau to meet ~600 undergraduates, PhD students, and post-doc researchers from all over the world. DST has so far deputed ~350 young researchers in the age group of 20-30 years during last 16 years to the meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau Germany.

After the Lindau meeting every year, the young Indian researchers are exposed to the various premier research institutes in Germany sponsored by DFG, Germany. Many of the young Indian researchers who participated in Nobel Laureates meeting have opted for scientific research as their career path. The next Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is scheduled for 26 June to 1 July 2022.

(8) Indian participation in Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) project of Germany 

An international Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is currently under construction at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. It is one of the world’s largest construction projects for research and is being realized in international cooperation. For the realization of FAIR, the FAIR GmbH, an international company under German law, was founded and a dedicated contract under international law was signed in 2010 by the shareholders. The shareholders of FAIR come from the following countries: Finland, France, Germany, India, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, and Sweden, whereas the United Kingdom is associated, and the Czech Republic is aspirant partner. The FAIR Convention and Act was signed by Secretary, DST on behalf of Government of India on 4th October 2010 in Germany.

India’s participation in FAIR is two-fold:

• design, fabrication, installation, and commissioning of advanced accelerator equipment for FAIR and
• participation in FAIR experimental programme including development and fabrication of detector systems for the experiments.

This project is being jointly funded by the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Atomic Energy on 50:50 basis. An Indo-FAIR Coordination Centre (IFCC) has been established at the Bose Institute to coordinate the implementation of this project in India. The IFCC is overseen by an Executive Council (EC) co-chaired by Secretary, DST and Chairman, AEC. This is the highest decision-making body for this project in India. However, many academic and research institutions across the country will be participating in this project. Currently 22 institutions and 1 industry are involved; which includes 5 DAE institutions; 17 universities and non-DAE institutions (like Bose Institute, Kolkata, Delhi University, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Jammu University, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, etc.); and the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad.

The current completion date for the intermediate objective, which includes most of the civil construction works and the installation of the corresponding FAIR equipment, is expected to be in Quarter 4 of 2025 and the start of first experiments in the middle of 2027.

(9) India - Germany cooperation in Synchrotron research (DESY) Hamburg

 As one of Germany’s largest research centres, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) carries out fundamental research to investigate the structure of the matter. It is one of the world’s leading accelerator centres and conducts a broad spectrum of inter-disciplinary scientific research in particle and high energy Physics, photon science and the development, construction, and operation of particle accelerators. This research is expected to form the basis on which the challenges of the future can be mastered; issues such as energy supply, climate protection and healthcare that require long-term thinking, sustainable solutions, and new technologies.

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata and DESY, Germany signed one of the four major Cooperation Agreements in 2011 under which DST is extending total support for this programme. India contributed €14 million for the construction and operation of a beamline in one of the PETRA III extensions and in return got access to 1.3 beamline-year time across the entire facility. The India-centric beam line was inaugurated in 2016. So far, >750 scientists from India visited DESY for experiments (including multiple visits) from 50 different institutes and performed 260 experiments making up to 843 days in total. >180 publications had resulted until May 2020 based on the collaboration with DESY.

(10) DST-Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Program on Frontiers of Engineering

An MoU for organizing Indo-German seminar on Frontiers of Engineering (INDOGFOE) was concluded in February 2008 between the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and DST. They organized inter-disciplinary seminars with participation of 35-40 best and brightest young engineers from both sides for networking and to discuss latest topics in engineering sciences and technology. So far, 11 such symposia were organized in India and Germany.

IGSTC and AvH jointly launched the IGSTC-CONNECT Plus Programme in 2018. The Programme was aimed at boosting Indo-German networking and long-term collaboration among the participants of the INDOGFOE. It supports INDOGFOE alumni with follow-up programs with residence allowances for working visits in their partner country for up to 30 days.

(11) DBT - BMBF Collaboration:

Within the agreement of Indo-German cooperation in S&T of 1974, the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and BMBF, have agreed for cooperative programme in biotechnology. The purpose of the programme is to stimulate new collaborations, e.g., preparation of joint projects under national funding programmes. The programme facilitates bilateral cooperation in biotechnology between the scientific communities of India and Germany by way of Joint research projects which will encompass bilateral workshops/seminar and exchange visits of scientists. Every year an open call on one of the priority areas is jointly published by DBT and BMBF. In 2020, the proposals were invited in the identified priority area of Phytotherapies.

An agreement for cooperation in biotechnology was signed between the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and BMBF along with Forschungzentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ) in February 2001.  DBT also signed a Programme of Co-operation (PoC) with the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2012 to develop Collaborative Research Centres (CRC), International Research Training Groups (IRTGs) and Research Projects. The call for proposals for joint projects is issued by DBT and BMBF every year. Eight joint calls have been issued so far.

DBT is also an Associate member of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) which provides postdoctoral research fund and support for research and to organize conferences, symposia, workshops etc. Through this arrangement, India get access to the actions within the limits of the EMBC General Programme and the activities of EMBO which include among others:

• Long term and short-term fellowships to Indian scientists
• Funding support for life scientists for conducting conferences, symposia, workshops, and lecture courses in India.
• Provision for talented young scientists to receive financial, academic, and practical support and to participate in a network of more than 300 scientists.
• Installation grants to establish research groups in India.

 

(12)  Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) - Helmholtz Association

Helmholtz Association and MoES cooperate in two major areas, viz., Earth System Sciences and Marine Sciences and Coastal Sustainability.

German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) and MoES cooperate in scientific planning, management of the Earth Science Drilling programme known as “International Continental Drilling Programme” (ICDP). 

MoES along with the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, organized the “Indo-German Workshop on Marine Sciences and Coastal Sustainability” in 2018 as part of the MoU between Leibniz Association and DST.

(13) Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)

(i) ICMR - Helmholtz program

An MoU was signed between ICMR and Helmholtz Association in 2017 to promote research in the area of Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR). ICMR and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany jointly organized an Indo-German workshop on AMR in January 2018 in India under this programme.

(ii) ICMR- DFG Programme

To strengthen cooperation in the field of Medical Sciences / Health Research, an MoU between ICMR and DFG is being considered for signing.

 (14) Indian Students in Germany

 Student community forms an important component in the Indo-German bilateral cooperation. The number of Indian students in Germany has steadily risen from 4070 in 2009 to 25149 in 2019 (Statistics from DAAD for 2019). To address the various issues faced by the Indian students and to provide them with relevant and beneficial information the Indian Students in Germany "www.indianstudentsgermany.org" (ISG), portal was conceptualised and put in operation by the Embassy of India, Berlin. With the idea of the portal being "for the students, by the students", student associations were involved from the inception to maintain, update, populate the website and respond to student queries. The formation of the ISG provided the platform for initiating several student associations across Germany. Till date 27 student associations are registered with the ISG web portal, and others are in the process of registration.

(15) TU9-IIT Cooperation

The TU9-IIT cooperation was initiated by IIT-Mandi and University of Stuttgart through individual research cooperation between TU9 Universities and the IIT Mandi and was fostered by faculty and postdoc exchanges between the universities, funded by BMBF and (Formerly Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in the “TU9 – IIT Mandi Project”. Following a successful first phase, multilateral research projects at the IITs in Indore and Mandi and the TU9 universities were planned.

As there was growing interest from other IITs in a cooperation with TU9, the German and Indian funding agencies (BMBF and Ministry of Education MHRD respectively) extended the funding into 2018, giving more IITs the opportunity to establish or foster collaborations with TU9 Universities. The idea was to start a Collaborative Research Network between TU9 consortium and the group of IITs. IIT Indore had signed a MoU in 2016 with some TU9 universities to promote exchange of faculty and students, joint supervision of M.S. and Ph.D. students, development of joint curricula, organization of joint research programs etc.

Indo-German cooperation in Higher Education

Cooperation between India and the Federal Republic of Germany in higher Education commenced in the 1960s, through the conclusion of cooperation agreements between the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), respectively, between the CSIR and the DAAD, in 1965, and between the Indian National Science Academy and the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2013.

The IIT Madras (IIT-M) cooperation agreement of 1959 represents one of the most successful international partnerships in technical education. This was piloted through the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation (BMZ) and German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT, now BMBF), through a set of collaborative projects between mutually chosen partners.

Currently, several Indian universities have close ties with several German universities. Such cooperation also exists between the flourishing private sector educational bodies like the VIT University, Symbiosis International University, PSG Institute, Manipal University, SRM University, Amity University, etc. and German institutional partners.

In 2009, DAAD initiated a programme called, ‘A New Passage to India’ to encourage the exchange of students and academicians of all subjects between Germany and India funded by BMBF. The programme currently included four funding components:

• The Indo-German Partnerships programmes at an institutional level which includes developing and delivering innovative teaching and research profiles for Master’s and PhD programmes. The programme is financed equally by Germany and India.
• Higher Education Partnership programmes to increase young German academics’ understanding of India through higher education cooperation and to conduct joint application-oriented research and teaching in Germany and India.
• The Working Internships in Science and Engineering (WISE) scholarship programme for individuals.
• The Indo-German Centre for Sustainability at IIT Madras.

 

Also, under the New Passage to India programme, three Centres for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) have been established at the Universities of Cologne, Göttingen and Würzburg to present India as a modern nation and to educate and train young Germans from all disciplines who are interested in India.

(1) Partnership in Higher Education

1. Indo-German Partnership (IGP) Programme:

During the 3^rd India-Germany Consultations (IGC), an MoU between UGC and DAAD on Indo-German Programme (IGP) on Higher Education and a Joint Declaration of Intent for promotion of modern Indian languages between India and Germany were singed. A MoUon Cooperation in Field of Higher Education was signed on April 11, 2013. This MoU envisages a new funding programme entitled "Indo-German Partnerships in Higher Education" (IGP), to be financed jointly. Each side has committed to provide a total of €3.5 million for an initial programme period of four (4) years (2013 - 2016) which was later extended for the period 2016-20. An MoU between UGC and DAAD for implementation of the Indo-German Programme (IGP) has been signed on 05.10.2015 during the 3rd IGC. An addendum to the MoU to extend the partnership was signed on 01.11.2019 during the 5^th IGC.

In the initial phase of the programme, during 2016 to 2020, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University from the Indian side received the grants from the UGC, while Freie Universität Berlin, RWTH Aachen, Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen-Nuremberg, University of Potsdam, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Heidelberg University, Technical University Clausthal received the grants from the DAAD.

For the later phase of the programme, during 2020-2024, 9 projects were approved for funding from the Indian and German side. The awardee institutions from the Indian side are: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Anna University, Chennai and Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. The German partners are Universität Heidelberg, Technische Universität-Dresden, Humboldt University- Berlin, Geographical Institute-Koln, Germany, Technical University- Munich, University of Potsdam, University of Regensburg, Freie Universität-Berlin and Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule, Regensburg.

2. Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center (ABCD Center)

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Technical University, Dresden and the RWTH University, Aachen, together with partners from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, the Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand) and the Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources at the United Nations University (UNU-FLORES) in Dresden, have set up the “Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center”. The ABCD Center (after the first letters of the 4 participating locations in 3 countries on 2 continents) deals with climate adaptation measures in the Global South, especially in the water sector. A key objective of the ABCD-Centre, funded by the DAAD, is the scientific training of future environmental leaders, who will enable the transfer of research into practice. The establishment of the ABCD-Center is expected to make a significant contribution to tackling global challenges with excellent research and innovative teaching. Scientists will work closely together in three thematic clusters across disciplines:

• Water security, water resource management, safe water supply and water treatment
• Ecosystem Resilience and Nature-Based Adaptation Measures
• Transfer Strategies: Traditional knowledge, local economies, and social acceptance.

(2) Other Schemes of Indo-German cooperation in the field of Research and Education:

• Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)

To facilitate fundamental and socially relevant research in India, emphasis was laid to strengthen collaboration between Indian research groups with top research groups in the world, to enable Indian scientists and students to interact with the finest minds in the world.

This provides for guest lectures by internationally and nationally renowned experts to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India. The main objectives of this scheme include, increasing the footfalls of reputed international faculty in the Indian academic institutes, providing opportunity to Indian faculty to learn and share knowledge and teaching skills in cutting edge areas, and providing opportunity to Indian students to seek knowledge and experience from reputed international faculty. So far, 125 courses were approved from Germany, of which 93 have been completed. 

• Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA)

It is a Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, faculty scheme dedicated exclusively for overseas scientists and academicians to work as adjunct/visiting faculty for a specific period (1 to 3 months) in Indian public-funded academic and research institutions. The scheme recognizes the value of collaborative research as a crucial element for information sharing among researchers for updating and acquiring knowledge and skills, and to draw different perspectives to solve a shared problem. Several German faculty had visited Indian academic and research institutions under this scheme.

• Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)

This scheme by the Ministry of Education proposes to fill up the void in the collaboration eco-system between GIAN and VAJRA schemes, as it not only funds for long term visit by the international faculty (2-8 months) but would also fund the travel and sustenance of Indian students at the University/ Institute of the International collaborator.

The program aims at exposing large number of young students to state of art developments in science, thereby increasing the number of highly trained scientific manpower in the country, as well as to significantly enhance the visibility of Indian Science and Scientists in the world map of highly competitive cutting-edge science. So far, 20 proposals from Germany have been approved.

Indo-German programmes in Science, Technology & Innovation

Indo-German Science and Technology Center	https://www.igstc.org/
India Science Technology & Innovation	http://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/
India @DESY:	http://photon-science.desy.de/users_area/user_guide/indiadesy_user_information/index_eng.html
Funding Opportunities for Indo-German Fundamental Research Projects in the Life Sciences	https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/india/funding-opportunities-indo-german-fundamental-research-projects-life-sciences
India in FAIR:	https://fair-center.eu/partners/in-india.html
Indo-German Center for Sustainability	https://www.igcs-chennai.org/
Indo-German Max Planck Centers	https://www.mpg.de/297106/Indo_German_Max_Planck_Center
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)	https://www.daad.de/en/
DAAD Scholarship	https://daadscholarship.com
Working Internships in Science and Engineering (WISE)	https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?daad=1&detail=50015295&origin=4&page=1&q=wise&status=1&subjectGrps
Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)	https://www.daad.de/rise/en/
DAAD- Bilateral Exchange of Academics	https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=5&origin=4&subjectGrps=&daad=1&q=&page=1&detail=50015508
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – India Programmes	https://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/head_office/dfg_abroad/india/index.html
IGSTC and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) CONNECT Plus Programme	https://www.igstc.org/home/connect_plus
National Academy of Science and Engineering	https://en.acatech.de/academy/
Doing Research in Germany	https://www.research-in-germany.org/en.html

 

India's Scientific Departments/Agencies and Affiliated Institutions

Department of Science & Technology:	https://www.dst.gov.in/
Department of Biotechnology:	https://dbtindia.gov.in/
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research:	https://www.csir.res.in/
Indian Council of Medical Research:	https://www.icmr.nic.in/
Indian Council of Agricultural Research:	https://icar.org.in/
Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH):	http://ayush.gov.in/
Ministry of Earth Sciences:	https://moes.gov.in/
Department of Atomic Energy:	https://dae.gov.in/

 

Science and Technology Institutions in India

Indian Institutes of Technology:	https://www.education.gov.in/en/iits
Indian Institutes of Science, Education & Research:	https://www.education.gov.in/en/iisc-bangalore-iisers
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore:	https://www.education.gov.in/en/iisc-bangalore-iisers
National Institutes of Technologies:	https://www.education.gov.in/en/nits
Central Universities:	https://www.education.gov.in/en/central-universities

 

Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support in India

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council:	http://www.birac.nic.in/
Technology Development Board:	http://tdb.gov.in/
National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Board:	http://www.nstedb.com/index.htm
National Innovation Foundation:	http://nif.org.in/

 

Academic Research Collaboration [India and the World]

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC):	https://sparc.iitkgp.ac.in/index.php
Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA):	http://dst.gov.in/vajra
Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN):	http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/
Indo-German Partnership in Higher Education Programme:	https://www2.daad.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/en/37758-indo-german-partnership-in-higher-education-programme-/

 

Opportunities for Indian Researchers in India

Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellowship	https://dbtindia.gov.in/sites/default/files/RAMA_advertisement%202019-20_1_0.pdf
Ramanujan Fellowship	http://www.serb.gov.in/rnf.php
Early Career Research Award	http://serb.gov.in/ecr.php
SERB Women Excellence Award	http://serb.gov.in/wea.php
National Post-Doctoral Fellowship	http://serb.gov.in/npdf.php
SERB Research Scientists Scheme	http://serb.gov.in/srs.php
Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research	http://serb.gov.in/serb_power.php
SERB – POWER Fellowship	http://serb.gov.in/powerfellow.php
SERB – POWER Research Grants	http://serb.gov.in/power_research_grant.php
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)	https://online-inspire.gov.in/Account/INSPIREProgramme