Third India-France Knowledge summit to held from November 24 to 26
Representative ImagePUNE: French Institute in India and Savitribai Phule Pune University will organise the third edition of the Knowledge Summit (KS3) from November 24 to 26, in an online mode.
The Knowledge Summit (KS) is a bilateral forum dedicated to scientific and academic cooperation between France and India. The first edition was organized in New Delhi in March 2018, during the visit of President Emmanuel Macron. KS2 took place in Lyon in October 2019 and brought together more than 400 participants. KS3 will focus on research and scientific activities. The main objective is to promote the tools and methods for better structuring the cooperation between the two countries, and its alignment to the current reforms. It is an opportunity for our respective countries to underline the success of our scientific collaboration, to draw some new leads of joint research work and also to discuss and exchange ideas on global challenges that had to be tackled, said the official press release.
The Knowledge Summit (KS) is a bilateral forum dedicated to scientific and academic cooperation between France and India. The first edition was organized in New Delhi in March 2018, during the visit of President Emmanuel Macron. KS2 took place in Lyon in October 2019 and brought together more than 400 participants. KS3 will focus on research and scientific activities. The main objective is to promote the tools and methods for better structuring the cooperation between the two countries, and its alignment to the current reforms. It is an opportunity for our respective countries to underline the success of our scientific collaboration, to draw some new leads of joint research work and also to discuss and exchange ideas on global challenges that had to be tackled, said the official press release.
The opening day of the summit on November 24, will be attended by Nitin Karmalkar, vice-chancellor of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education in India, Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France, and M Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences and Department of Science & Technology. There will also be plenary sessions on "Indo- French scientific cooperation in 2021” by K Vijayaraghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India, Nicolas Gherardi, Deputy Counsellor for Education, Science and Culture, Embassy of France in India, and Purnima Rupal, Director of the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA).
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