INDO-RUSSIAN JOINT CENTRE
FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO INDUSTRY
India and Russia
have decided to go in for the setting up of a Joint Centre for
Transfer of Technologies evolved through their collaborative efforts,
especially to developing and underdeveloped countries. This is
in a bid to further advance their cooperation in science and technology.
The two sides have also identified 80 new key projects for collaboration
in frontier areas of science with some being in strategic fields.
This emerged at a meeting the 20-member Russian delegation headed
by academician F.A. Kuznetsov had here today with the Minister
for Human Resource Development and Science and Technology Dr.
Murli Manohar Joshi.
The new projects
will be approved and finalised at a two-day meeting of the Joint
Council of the Indo-Russian Integrated Long Term Programme of
Cooperation (ILTP), beginning in Bangalore tomorrow. The meeting
will also review the progress made in the implementation of the
147 on-going projects and take up some policy level decisions
to further widen the horizon of Indo-Russian Scientific Cooperation.
Academician Kuznetsov
apprised Dr. Joshi of the agenda before the Joint Council meeting
and the new trends in Indo-Russian collaboration. Dr. Joshi told
him that Indo-Russian scientific ties are not only important for
the two countries but the entire world. He said some of the projects
concerning mass-health-care like the use of laser therapy in the
treatment of tuberculosis and other chronic diseases will be beneficial
to the whole of mankind. Another important Indo-Russian venture
of global importance Dr. Joshi disclosed, relate to the integration
of Russian seismic sensors with Indian digital recorders and stationing
them at various sites of the India Meteorological Department for
field observations.
The other Indo-Russian
ventures include, installation field trials of a special press
for synthesis of WBN-CBN (Boron Nitride) composite cutting tools
and successful field trials of products; Development of streak
cameras for visible range and X-ray; Commissioning of INDUS-I
Synchrotron Radiation Sources at Centre for Advanced Technology,
Indore; Development of Lasers for Industrial and Medical use;
Development of porous silicon luminescent devices and detectors;
Superplastic forming of advanced material dyes; Field testing
of TACTICS imaging unit, a 9-pixel camera developed along with
pulsed nitrogen laser calibration facility and drive system at
Gurushikhar; Low Energy Gama Ray Experimental Payload by TIFR,
Bombay which will be launched on-board Russian Sun-pointing satellite
photon; Development of 10 MeV Linear Accelerator (LINAC) for industrial
radiation application; Development of 20 MeV Microton and so on.
Already, India and
Russia have set up several joint Centres of Excellence i.e., Indo-Russian
Biotechnology Centre, Allahabad, Russian Indian Centre for Advanced
Computing Research, Moscow; International Advanced Research Centre
for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad; and Bharat
Immunological and Biological Corporation Ltd, Bulandshar. These
centres work on specific areas in their respective fields. A Russian-Indian
Centre for Ayurvedic Research is also underway.
