INDO-U.S. Science & Technology Forum: Catalyzing Collaborations Over the Years

1. INDO-U.S. Science & Technology ForumCatalyzing over the years… Dr. Nishritha Bopana Science Officer nbopana@indousstf.org

2. History of INDO - US S & T Cooperation 1950’s Green Revolution with PL 480 Fund Establishment of Land Grant Colleges 1960’s Establishment of IIT Kanpur Establishment of NCERT Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (Tarapur Power Plant) 1970’s NASA-ISRO-SITE 1980’s Indo- US S&T Sub Commission STI (Gandhi-Reagan S & T Initiative) USIF (US-India Fund) 1990’s Indo-US S&T Fellowship Program DST-NSF S&T Program NASA-NOAA/ ISRO-DST MoU DBT/ ICMR-NIH Health and Medical Science Programs 2000 INDO- U.S. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2001 High Technology Cooperation Group 2005 Indo-US Strategic Partnership 2005 Indo - US S & T Agreement / Joint S & T Commission 2006 US-India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative 2008 NASA-ISRO Agreement / MOES-NOAA Agreement 2009 Indo-US Nuclear Agreement • Indo-US Innovation Endowment Fund • Indo-US Joint Clean Energy R&D Centre

3. INDO - US Strategic Partnership Green Partnership Energy Security, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy Research & Deployment and Water Management Education & Development Obama-Singh Knowledge Initiative in Education/ USIEF Global Security and Counter Terrorism Counter terrorism, Early Warning Systems, Disaster Mitigation & Response Agriculture Cooperation Food Security, Research, Education, Commercial Linkages Health Sciences Disease Detection, Public Health & Health Services and Biomedical Research

4. INDO - US S & T Agreement (2005) • Bilateral agreement to initiate wide range of scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries • Establishes for the first time the IPR sharing protocols • Encourages Public - Private Partnership in R & D • Establish Joint Commission to coordinate, facilitate and review cooperative activities “The new Science and Technology Agreement will complement the activity of the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum by facilitating follow-on technical collaborations.” - Fact Sheet U.S. Department of State July 18, 2005

5. Co-Chair INDIA Co-Chair U.S. INSTP GB Executive Director IUSSTF Secretariat Organizational Structure • Administrative Mechanism • Autonomous • Bilateral • Non-Governmental • Not for profit society • Funding Source • Annual Interest from US Endowment Fund with matching contribution from DST, Government of India • Freedom to secure private and other funding

6. Governing Body

7. Objectives CATALYST to facilitate, seed and promote US-India bilateral collaboration in science, technology, engineering and biomedical research through substantive interaction among government, academia and industry Create awareness through exchange and dissemination of informationandopportunities in S & T cooperation Capitalize and build on the scientific and technological synergy leading to long term partnership on shared values Support exciting program portfolio that lead to sustainable interactions and strengthens strategic partnerships Nurture contacts between young and mid career scientists to develop mutual trust, foster excellence and explore new frontiers Encourage public-privatepartnership to foster elements of innovation, applicationand enterprise

8. IUSSTF Program Portfolio

9. Program Portfolio of Indo-US S&T Forum • Bilateral Workshop/ Symposia • Public – Private Networked Centres • Knowledge R & D Networked Centres • Training / Advanced Schools • Travel Grants

10. Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) Partners: Govt of India & US DOE Program coordinated by DBT & DST and administered through IUSSTF Objective: To facilitate joint R & D aimed towards deployment for clean energy technologies Priority Areas: Solar Energy Second generation biofuels Energy efficiency of buildings Funding: US $ 5 million each year for 5 years from GOI and DOE. The center will receive matching private funding Establishment of Indo- US Clean Energy Research & Development Center (JCERDC)

11. Snapshot of Indo-US S&T Forum Supported Activities Events have led to interaction of over 9500 US and Indian scientists

12. Cutting Across Disciplines

13. Outcome of Workshop / Symposia 65 % events have resulted into various outcomes Source: NISTADS Report 2007

14. IUSSTF – Industry linkages

15. Training Programs • Science Technology and Innovation • Enrichment of Science Communication in Museums • Digital Visualization of Archaeological Sites • Weather Research & Forecasting Modeling • Integrated Water Resource Management • Computational Methods in Aeroelasticity • Electronic Structure in Computational Materials Theory • Microsoft Summer School on Cryptology • Systems and Networks • Lecture Series on Mathematical Chemistry • Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity • Flow cytometry and Signal Transduction • Complex Systems in Physical and Life Sciences • School on Immunology

16. Indo – US Joint Center • R & D Knowledge Networked Center • R & D labs and academia partnership (2+2) • Network focal areas of thematic research • Provide opportunities for integrating research and education • Leverage existing infrastructure and funding • All partners to have stake • Public-Private Networked Center • Foster academia - R & D lab - industry partnership (2+2) • Promote pre-commercial R & D with application potential • Frontier areas and bottom of the pyramid technologies • Leverage existing infrastructure and funding • All partners to have stake • IUSSTF Funding (Period - 2 years) • Exchange travel support and hospitality • Database development and dissemination/ publication

17. Indo-US Knowledge R & D Networked Center iGEON - India (Geological Information Networking) University of Hyderabad University of California, San Diego Jammu University University of Oklahoma Penn State University Pune University Climate Change and Impact on Arabian Sea National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Maine Space Application Center, Ahmedabad University of South California, LA Old Dominion University, Norfolk

18. Indo-US Knowledge R & D Networked Center Correlated Electrons in Materials S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Kolkata University of Arizona, Tuscon Mississippi State University, Drawer Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata Theoretical Physics of Ultra-Cold Atoms Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore Georgetown University, Washington DC Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Accelerators & Detectors for High Energy Physics University of Delhi, Delhi Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bangalore Argonne National Laboratory, IL

19. Indo-US Knowledge R & D Networked Center Nanoparticle Aerosol Science & Technology Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Washington University, St. Louis C-DAC, Pune University of Iowa University of Maryland, MD Highway & Airport Pavement Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Massachusetts Indian Institute of Technology, Madras University of Texas, El-Paso, Texas Intelligent Structural Health Monitoring Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata Michigan State University, MI

20. Indo-US Knowledge R & D Networked Center Nanomedicine & Cellular Engineering Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign NIIST, Trivandrum University of Notre Dame Silk Protein Scaffolding Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur University of California, San Diego Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Tufts University, Massachusetts Burnham Institute of Medical Research, San Diego

21. Indo-US Public- Private Networked Center Composites through Microwave Processing Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Penn State University Michigan Technological University Pradeep Metals, Mumbai Cell-Targeted Diagnostics and Therapy using Nano-materials Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Cochin Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin Rice University, Houston, Texas University of Connecticut, Storrs Stanford University Cellworks India Private Ltd, Bangalore

22. Indo-US Public- Private Networked Center Biomaterials for Healthcare Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur University of Washington, Seattle Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay University of Texas, San Antonio National Metallurgical Lab, Jamshedpur Brown University, Providence, RI Shaping Concepts LLC., USA

23. INDO - US Center for Research Excellence Center for Research Excellence on Fabrionics Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Northwestern University, Evanston University of California, Irvine Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur CMERI, Durgapur Center for Research Excellence on Advanced Materials Research JNCASR, Bangalore Northwestern University, IL Argonne National Laboratory Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

24. INDO - US Center for Research Excellence Center for Research Excellence on Nanobiotechnology National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA Stem Cell Institute, Bangalore Harvard - MIT Division of HST,Cambridge, MA Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore Center for Research Excellence on Nanomaterials for Energy JNCASR, Bangalore Purdue University GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore

25. Exchange Programs • Student Visitation Program with APS • Visiting Professorship / Lectureship with APS • Visiting Professorship in Microbiology with ASM • MIT- IUSSTF Internship Program • Khorana Exchange Program with University of Wisconsin, Madison & DBT • UC-Berkeley - IIT Kharagpur Exchange Program • Cornell Univ - State Agri Univ IARD Exchange • Viterbi - India Internship Program

26. Research Internship in Science and Engineering Eligibility: Indian/ American Citizen Master and Ph.D. students enrolled in recognized institution Duration: 3-6 months Placements: Laboratories, universities and industries

27. Indo-US Research Fellowships Partners: SERC (DST) - IUSSTF Objective: Enable young Indian researchers to carry out research in frontier areas of S & T at premier institution in USA Fellowship includes • Monthly stipend • Return airfare • Preparatory allowances • Conference allowances Fellowship period 3 months to 12 months Submission Deadline: 31 December 2011

28. Stanford India Biodesign Fellowships Partners: DBT- IUSSTF- STANFORD Institutions: AIIMS- IIT Delhi- Stanford University Objective: Biomedical Device Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellowship includes: • Monthly stipend • Return airfare • Preparatory allowances Fellowship period: 12 months

29. Flagship Events 3rd Indo- American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2010 • Health Diagnostics & Disease Monitoring Technologies • High Performance Computing • Advanced Engineering Materials • Clean Environment Technologies 4th Indo-US Frontiers of Science Symposium, 2011 • Algorithms & Big Data Sets/ Topological Order & Quantum Computation • Biometric Materials • Creative Brain • Extinction- Causes & Consequences • Hydrological Cycles of Glaciers • Organic Synthesis & Drug Discovery • Genetic Basis of Disease Frontiers Awards

30. Indo-US Engineering Education Conclave “Meeting Common Challenges: Strengthening Engineering Educational Institutions in India and the US” (10-11 January 2011) • Educational and Research challenges in US and Indian engineering education institutions; • Leading and managing engineering education institutions; and, • Possible collaborative programs and activities. "For Universities of the 21st century to succeed, I believe they need to cooperate to launch a movement of sharing and partnering in stages for course content exchange, course content collaboration, course content co-innovation, knowledge co-creation, and collaborative learning connection.” - Minister Kapil Sibal speaking at the Indo-US Engineering Education Conclave

31. Programs in Partnership with Industry • DST- Lockheed Martin - FICCI - Univ of Texas, Austin- IUSSTF India Innovation Growth Program • Lockheed Martin - IUSSTF Academia Connect Program • IBM - IUSSTF Visiting Fellowship in Nanotechnology ▪spintronics ▪ nanoelectronics ▪ nanophotonics ▪ materials and devices for energy conversion ▪ materials for memory devices • DST - INTEL - IUSSTF Technology Entrepreneurship Program - India Innovation Pioneers Challenge - Global Faculty Colloquium at University of California, Berkeley • HP Innovate - Recognize and reward engineering graduates with outstanding and creative ideas and expose them to best practices in US • Agilent Technologies Clean Air Challenge

32. IUSSTF Vision • Facilitate, seed & implement inter-governmental initiatives • Build programs with federal agencies • - Create S & T networks for collaborative research • Link American universities with India • - Research Internship for student exchange • - Faculty fellowship and guest researchers program • - Promote US partnerships in new institutions in India • Build academia - industry connect programs • - Innovation and Entrepreneurship • - Research Clusters • - Internships • Promote Indo- US collaboration on engineeringeducation

33. We at the IUSSTF value your interactions and partnerships INDO-US SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM Fulbright House, 12 Hailey Road New Delhi 110 001, INDIA Phone: 91-11- 42691700 www.indousstf.org INDIA ARABINDA MITRA Executive Director, IUSSTF Email: amitra@indousstf.org USA MICHAEL CHEETHAM Director, INSTP Email: mcheetham@si.edu

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