India

India and Germany are strategic partners with a long standing tradition in Science and Technology cooperation. During her visit to India in 2008, German Federal Minister of Education and Research Professor Annette Schavan signed a joint declaration of intent on cooperation in the field of sustainability research with Minister Kapil Sibal. Energy, land use, water and waste management are the priority topics jointly identified for future intensified science and research cooperation. The Indo-German Programme on Science for Sustainability is coordinated by a Joint Working Group (JWG).

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  Conferences

  Three Indo-German conferences on "Science for Sustainability" are scheduled. The first conference took place in New Delhi, September 2008, on the occasion of the visit by Federal Minister of Education and Research, Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan to (then) Indian Union Minister of Science and Technology, Shri Kapil Sibal. The Second conference took place in Bonn, April 2009 focussing on "Energy" and "Landuse" and the third conference, focussing on "water" and "waste management" took place at IIT Delhi, New Delhi, February 2010, back-to-back with the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS 2010).
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  Indo-German Workshop on Sustainable Urban Development

  The Indo-German Workshop on Sustainable Urban Development took place in Jaipur, 21-23 October 2009. It was organized by the University of Rajasthan, Department of Geology, Jaipur and the RWTH Aachen University, Chair & Institutes of Civil Engineering & Geo Sciences and Informatics and jointly funded by the Department of Science and Technology, India and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Sustainable urban development covers a wide range of topics, e.g.technological and ecological aspects of transportation, water and land use management, sustainable materials and waste management on one hand and societal needs on the other.
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  Joint Working Group

  The Indo-German Programme on Science for Sustainability is coordinated by a Joint Working Group (JWG) under the Indo-German Committee on Science and Technology. BMBF and DST are born members of the JWG. The International Bureau of the BMBF acts as secretary, UNU, German Embassy, GTZ and other partners are involved (depending on topics). The JWG already had four meetings and agreed to continue the very fruitful dialogue with the 4th German-Indian conference on "Science for Sustainability", planned to take place in combination with the FONA Forum 2010.
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  Publications of the two Indo-German Conferences on Research for Sustainability

  Proceedings from the 2nd and 3rd Indo-German Conference on Research for Sustainability have been published. They focus on the areas of energy and land use as well as on water and waste management. The brochures are in English and can either be downloaded or ordered here.
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  Picture Gallery India

  Impressions of all three bilateral conferences on research for sustainability with India.
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