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INDO-U.S. Science Technology Forum Catalyzing over the years

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INDO-U.S. Science Technology Forum Catalyzing over the years

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    1. INDO-U.S. Science & Technology Forum Catalyzing over the years… Dr. Arabinda Mitra Executive Director amitra@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 2008 NASA-ISRO Agreement 2009 Indo-US Nuclear Agreement 2009 Indo-US Endowment Fund

    3. INDO - US Strategic Partnership

    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. Organizational Structure

    6. Governing Body

    7. Objectives

    8. 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

    9. Program Portfolio of Indo-US S&T Forum Flagship Programs - Frontiers of Science (FOS) - Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Special Initiatives on Strategic Partnership Initiatives of National Relevance Industry – Academia Connect Programs Visitation & Exchange Programs - Internships/ Fellowships Program with Professional Societies

    10. Snapshot of Indo-US S&T Forum Supported Activities

    13. Industry Linkages RFID & wireless sensors : Boeing & IIT Kanpur Nanomaterials for batteries : NEI Corp. & United Nanotechnolgies Rapid prototyping : Stratyss & GTRE Microwave technology : Pradeep Metals & Penn State University Aero-elasticity : Boeing & NAL Nano coatings : NEI Corp. & ARCI Cryptology : Microsoft & IISc Design engineering : General Motors & IISc Cyber security Standards : Software industries & STQC Nanoelectronics Center : Santech Intl. Inc. & CII Semiconductor equipment fabrication: Applied Materials & IISc

    14. 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

    15. Indo – US Joint Center

    16. 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 Joint Center on 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

    17. 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 Joint Centre on 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 Joint Center on Accelerators & Detectors for High Energy Physics University of Delhi, Delhi Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bangalore Argonne National Laboratory, IL

    18. 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 Joint Center on 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 Joint Center on Intelligent Structural Health Monitoring Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata Michigan State University, MI

    19. Indo-US Knowledge R & D Networked Center Joint Center on 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 Joint Center for 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

    20. Indo-US Knowledge R & D Networked Center Joint Center on Cardiovascular Biology Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases, NIH Anna University, Chennai The Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH Joint Center on Magnetic Resonance Technologies in Brain Cancer Imaging Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    21. Indo-US Public- Private Networked Center Joint Center on Composites through Microwave Processing Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Penn State University Michigan Technological University Pradeep Metals, Mumbai Joint Centre on Nanomaterials for Energy JNCASR, Bangalore Purdue University, IN GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore

    22. Indo-US Public- Private Networked Center Joint Center on 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 Materials Processing Inc., 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

    25. Exchange Programs Student Visitation Program with APS Visiting Professorship in Microbiology with ASM Visiting Professorship / Lectureship with APS MIT- IUSSTF Internship Program Khorana Exchange Program with University of Wisconsin, Madison & DBT UC-Berkeley – IIT Kharagpur Exchange Program Cornell Univ – TNAU, UAS, GB Pant, N.G. Ranga Agri Univ

    26. Research Internship in Science and Engineering

    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 2010

    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 Submission Deadline: 30 May 2010

    29. Flagship Events- Frontiers of Science 1st Indo-US Frontiers of Science, January 2005, Bangalore IISc, Bangalore / US National Academy of Sciences 2nd Indo-US Frontiers of Science, January 2007, Irvine, CA ARCI, Hyderabad / US National Academy of Sciences 3rd Indo-US Frontiers of Science, February 2009, Agra IISER, Pune/ US National Academy of Sciences ? Atmospheric Haze ? Bioinspired Chemistry ? Infection and Cognition ? Changing Brain ? Cellular Mechanisms for Encoding Information ? Particle physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers ? String Theory and Geometry ? Cosmic Microwave Background radiation: Evolution of Universe

    30. Flagship Events- Frontiers of Engineering 1st Indo- American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2006, Agra IIT Kanpur / US National Academy of Engineering 2nd Indo- American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2008, Irvine IIT Madras / US National Academy of Engineering 3rd Indo- American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2010, Agra IIT Kharagpur/ US National Academy of Engineering Health Diagnostics & Disease Monitoring Technologies High Performance Computing Advanced Engineering Materials Clean Environment Technologies

    31. Major Initiatives Seeded Space Science: Applications and Commerce Partners: ISRO-NASA-NOAA IndoFlux Partners: DST- University of South Dakota Translational Health Science & Technology Institute Partners: DBT and MIT- Harvard Airborne Cyclone Tracking Partners: MES - NCAR International Partnership in Hydrogen Economy Partners: MNES - US DOE Blue Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Program Partners: DST - NWPL International Linear Collider Program Partners: DST / DAE – US DOE

    32. Programs in Partnership with Industry DST - INTEL – IUSSTF Technology Entrepreneurship - India Innovation Pioneers Challenge - Global Faculty Colloquium at University of California, Berkeley - National Curriculum Workshop on Entrepreneurship DST- Lockheed Martin - FICCI - Univ of Texas, Austin- IUSSTF India Innovation Growth Program IBM-IUSSTF Visiting Fellowship in Nanotechnology ? spintronics ? nanoelectronics ? nanophotonics ? materials and devices for energy conversion ? materials for memory devices 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

    35. Thank you

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