Launch of India-Ethiopia Innovation, Science and Technology Commercialization Programme |
The 6th FICCI-DST Global R&D Summit 2019 carried the theme of `International Collaboration in Research and Development for Sustainable Growth` was recently held in Hyderabad. India took another big step to expand its science and technology cooperation with Africa with the announcement of the India-Ethiopia Innovation, Science and Technology Commercialization Programme in Hyderabad last week. Ethiopia, the biggest country in Africa with a population of more than 100 million, becomes the second country in Africa to benefit from the programme that was first piloted in Rwanda starting 2017. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, India`s Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests & Climate Change, launched the India Ethiopia Innovation, Science & Technology Commercialization Programme together with Engineer Dr. Getahun Mekuria, Ethiopia`s Minister of Innovation and Technology, on the second and concluding day of the Global R&D Summit held in Hyderabad. He said “the vision of our Hon`ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is to share our technology and innovations for shared prosperity in Africa. The 6th FICCI-DST Global R&D Summit 2019 carried the theme of `International Collaboration in Research and Development for Sustainable Growth` and Africa was the partner continent.
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