Fra forskningssamarbeid til utdanningssamarbeid

- hvilke institusjoner i India samarbeider norske forskningsmiljøer med?

Hans M Borchgrevink, Norges forskningsrådSIU-seminar BI, Oslo 19 okt 2012

Key recommendation: Start Indo-Norwegian collaboration in education at

institutions with ongoing research collaboration Add master students to an ongoing or starting

research project which has Indian and Norwegian supervisors. Requires special funding, as RCN does not fund master students

Take it from there and follow-up with MoUs on collaboration in education

Norwegian research initiatives towards India (1)

Indo-Norwegian state-to-state agreement 2006 (researcher exchange etc)- Joint Working Group (JWG) Sci & Tech between *Indian Dept Sci & Tech (DST) and *The Norwegian Ministry for Education and Research (facilitated by RCN)

- Programme of Cooperation (2009-2012) specifies research priorities

The Norw Government’s Strategy for Cooperation Norway - India (2009) http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/Utvikling/Indiastrategi_Norsk_engelsk_endelig.pdf.Cooperation on research and higher education to be strengthened

INDNOR 2010-2019: a 2.5 mill € per year research programme for 5+5 years for Indo-Norwegian research collaboration administered by RCNInitial priorities: - Climate, environment, clean energy- Societal development- International political issuesCalls administered by the thematically relevant RCN programme/-board

Norwegian research initiatives towards India (2)

JOINTINDNOR: INDNOR call with Indian (activity-matched) co-funding, so far with DST, joint project description involving Indian and Norwegian research institutions submitting proposals to DST and RCN, respectively. JWG approves.

Initial priorities: • Climate research including CCS (carbon capture / storage)  • Renewable energy including solar energy  • Geotechnology and early warning systems for geohazards  • Nano-science/ technology related to renewable energy

INDEMB: Norw Embassy in Delhi funding calls 3 mill€/year for 5 years, RCN adm. Norw Sci Counsellor in Delhi from Aug 2012:

Marianne Jensen, former RCN

EU initiatives incl Norway: SFIC for coordination of European research towards India/China/USA. India pilot country.New Indigo: ERA-Net supporting networking and collab. calls

General options for research collaborationIndia – Norway

Non-Norwegian researchers may be funded via Norwegian research institution (e.g. institute, university) – which is the RCN contract partner

Indo-Norwegian projects may compete for all RCN funds via the Norwegian institution

Norwegian Government ingoing Scholarships open for India in competition with other countries (RCN, 2009--)

INDNOR & JOINTINDNOR funding earmarked for Indo-Norwegian research collaboration projects

Indo-Norwegian research priorities

Programme of Cooperation (PoC) in Science & Technology India – Norway (2009-2012)

Climate research including ocean and arctic/polar research

Clean (renewable) energy

Geotechnology and early warning systems for geohazards

Marine research – bioprospecting and polar research

Nano-science/ technology primarily related to clean energy and solar energy and medical issues

Vaccines – human and fish/ animal, including vaccination programmes and biotechnology of new vaccine development

Supplementary areas agreed during JWG Sci & Tech (2011): ICT

Glaciology

Medical research (cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases etc)

Social aspects of climate change related issues (adaption)

Indo-Norwegian workshops 2007-2012 co-organised/funded by RCN (mostly in India)

Climate Change

Renewable Energy

Geohazards

Vaccination

Maternal / Child Health

Waste treatment

Solar energy

Water and Climate Change (2011)

Geohazards (2011)

India NTNU 2011 Week (Oct 2011, >100 papers)

ICAM-2011: Solar Energy Materials; Hydrogen Storage

Climate Change and Hydrology (DSDS Delhi 2012)

Social sciences (Univ Bergen; NTNU Trondheim 2012)

Recent calls co-funded by RCN programmes, INDNOR and EU

NORKLIMA: Climate change and impacts in Norway 2,25 mill Eur, 3 projects funded

RENERGI: Clean energy for the future, 2,25 mill Eur, 3 projects funded

NORGLOBAL: Norway Global partner - Social science, ca 2 mill €, in process

New-Indigo: European ERA-net, call 0.6 mill Eur «Biotechnology and human Health», in process

JOINTINDNOR with India (DST): MILJØ 2015Environment- Water Resource Management- Water related effects of changes in mass balance of glaciers/rivers- Studies of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems- Freshwater Biodiversity2 mill USD from RCN, DST activity matched funding, in process

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43 Artificial Intelligence

37 Computer Science Applications

34 Nuclear and High Energy Physics

32 Physics and Astronomy(all)

29 Electrical and Electronic Engineering

26 Computer Science(all)

25 Computer Science (miscellaneous)

25 Condensed Matter Physics

16 Applied Mathematics

15 Medicine(all)

Third countries

Which are the third countries involved in Norway-India collaborations

n° of NO-IN co-publications

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196 US

183 GB

138 FR

127 DE

117 IT

103 ES

93 CA

90 NL

78 CN

77 RU

Indian institutions in NO-IN co-publications 2000 - 2010

n° of co-publications institution

29 Jadavpur University, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Kolkata

28 Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus Chennai

27 Madurai Kamaraj Universit, Department of Physics Madurai

23 Thiagarajar College, Department of Physics Madurai

22 Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata

20 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati

18 Aligarh Muslim Universit, Department of Physics Uttar Pradesh

17 Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai

17 Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai Mumbai

17 Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar

17 University of Jammu, Department of Physics

17 Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata

Norwegian institutions in NO-IN co-publications 2000 - 2010

n° of co-publications institution

57 University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology Bergen

43 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Q2S – Norwegian Center of Excellence

Trondheim

34 University of Oslo, Department of Physics Oslo

33 University of Oslo, Department of Chemistry Oslo

29 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim

18 Bergen University College, Faculty of Engineering Bergen

18 University of Bergen, Center for International Health Bergen

18 University of Bergen, Department of Informatics Bergen

17 University of Oslo, The University Graduate Center (UNIK) Oslo

14 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Physics

Trondheim

13 University of Tromsø, Department of Physics Tromsø

13 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Center for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems

Trondheim

Other Norwegian research institutions active in Indo-Norwegian research, by field, funded by INDNOR, JOINTINDNOR or Embassy (1)

Environment/climate change: - Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Univ of Bergen- Nansen Envirnomental Research Centre, Univ of Bergen- CICERO, Univ of Oslo- Inst Mathematics, Univ of Oslo- NIVA, Oslo

Biotechnology/food/environment:- Bioforsk, Univ of Ås (UNM)- Univ of Ås (UNM)

Clean energy:- Institute for energy technique (IFE), Kjeller - SINTEF Energy- SINTEF Petroleum- Natural Sciences, Univ of Tromsø- Univ of Oslo

Other Norwegian research institutions active in Indo-Norwegian research, by field, funded by INDNOR, JOINTINDNOR or Embassy (2)

Geotechnology/geohazards:- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo- NORSAR, Kjeller

Waste/pollution:- SINTEF

Social Sciences:- NUPI, Oslo- Prio, Oslo- Fridtjof Nansen Inst, Oslo- NIBR, Oslo

Most of the research institutes have scientific personnel also employed at a university or university college as e.g. Professor 2,who are authorised teachers at master and PhD levels

Indian research institutions active in Indo-Norwegian research, by field, funded by INDNOR, JOINTINDNOR or Embassy

Environment/climate- Indian Institute of Technology- TERI- Cochin Univ- Anna Univ- Univ Agricultural Sciences, Kodagu

Clean energy- Indian Assoc Cultiv Sci, University of Calcutta- Saha Inst, SN Bose Nat’l Centre for Basic Sciences- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras- Inst of himalayan geology, Panjab Univ- TERI

Social sciences- Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

Key recommendation:

Start Indo-Norwegian collaboration in education at institutions with ongoing research collaboration

Add master students to an ongoing or starting research project which has Indian and Norwegian supervisors. Requires special funding, as RCN does not fund master students

Take it from there and follow-up with MoUs on collaboration in education