From skvdst@alpha.nic.in Sat Aug 21 13:30:19 2004 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:13:58 +0530 (India Standard Time) From: S.K.VarshneyTo: undisclosed-recipients@alpha.nic.in Subject: DST Circular # 32 [ Part 1.1, Text/PLAIN (charset: ISO-8859-1 "Latin 1") 119 lines. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (International Divison) Contact address : skvdst@alpha.nic.in E-mail Circular No. 32 Dated 20th August 2004 In this issue: · Call for proposals ^Ö Indo-German DST-DAAD S&T cooperation · DST concludes Programme of Cooperation with Argentina · Technology Summit ^Ö DST ^Ö CII technology show at New Delhi · Have your E-mail address changed-?? · General information ----IMPORTANT: THIS NEWSLETTER IS NOT ADDRESSED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY TO ENSURE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICPATE IN ANY OF THE PROGRAMMES GIVEN BELOW. INDO-GERMAN PROJECT BASED PERSONNEL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME DST-DAAD ^Ö 2005: CALL FOR PROPOSALS Proposals are invited from Scientists and Faculty of R&D and academic institutions for joint support by Department of Science & Technology (DST) of India and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) of Germany for Collaborative Research Project based exchange visits of scientists / academicians / research scholars under the abovementioned DST-DAAD PPP ^Ö 2005. This programme, in addition to collaborative research activities among scientists, lays special emphasis on further academic training and specialisation of young scholars. The projects selected for support under the programme will commence from 1st June 2005. Details of the programme, including guidelines and applications format may be downloaded from Internet website: www.dst-stic.org or www.dst.gov.in. For further details, Dr G Padmanabham, Scientist F, DST may be approached. The last date for receipt of completed applications in DST is 30th November 2004. DST concludes new programme of cooperation with argentina Department of Science & Technology, Government of India has concluded a Programme of Cooperation in Science & Technology with the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of Government of Argentina. Biotechnology, Medical Science & Technology, Science Communication, Information Technology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Agricultural Research. Proposals in other areas of bilateral interests would also be considered. It has also been agreed to hold an Indo-Argentine Workshop on ^ÓBiotechnological approaches on Food quality and safety^Ô later this year. For further details, scientists in India may contact Dr BK Jain, Adviser, International Cooperation, DST whereas Argentine scientists may contact Eng. Agueda Mevielle, Directress of International Relationship, Secretary of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. : TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT ^Ö DST & CII TECHNOLOGY SHOW AT NEW DELHI 19-20 OCTOBER 2004 Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (DST); Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have agreed to jointly organise ^ÓTechnology Summit^Ô at New Delhi during 19-20 October 2004. Technology Summit, an event to showcase technologies to industry, is one of the annual events of CII to appraise their members (from industry) of various scientific and technological developments in the country and abroad. For this year Summit, Russia has been identified as partner country and DST is providing technical and other supports to it. Summit provides an ideal opportunity for discussion with academic-scientific-industry interaction and transfer of technology to industry. For further details, Shri SK Varshney, Scientist E, DST may be approached. Have your E-mail address changed-? Some of the E-mail service providers (like usa.net, etc) have started charged services since 1st August 2001. Some of the academic organisations have also shifted from ernet.in to ac.in. As a result, e-mail id of many of the existing subscribers have changed. In case, your e-mail id is changed for whatsoever reasons, please get it updated in our records so that you continue to get these circulars in time. General Information: For suggestions, change of address, un-subscription, please write to skvdst@alpha.nic.in. [IMAGE] S.K.Varshney Scientist "E" & Director International Division Department of Science & Technology Government of India NEW DELHI-110016 Tel: 26862503, 26567373 Fax: 26862418, 26692705 [ Part 2, Image/GIF 444bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]