Research

India

India and Germany are strategic partners. Science and Technology cooperation has a long standing tradition. During her last visit to India in 2008, Professor Annette Schavan, the Federal Minister of Education and Research, signed a joint declaration of intent on cooperation in the field of sustainability research with Minister Kapil Sibal, after an initial conference on this subject had already taken place. Energy, land use, water and waste management are the priority topics jointly identified for future intensified science and research cooperation.

The second German-Indian conference on "Science for Sustainability - Driver for a Common Future" concentrated on the subjects of energy and land use research. German and Indian experts developed proposals for future cooperation in these important fields of research. Here you can find a summary of the second conference (energy and landuse).

The results and future research areas in the Indo-German Dialogue you can find under the four subjects and in the summaries:

Energy

Links to external websites:

Cluster Network Germany-India (CNGI) -"Renewable Energy" and "Energy Efficiency" 

Further information on Energy in India on kooperation-international (only in German)

Indo-German Energy Programme, GTZ


Land_Use



The third conference focused on water and waste management research. It was held at the IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India on 3 and 4 February 2010. Here you can find a summary of the third conference (water and waste management).

Waste Management

Water

  • Research 01.03.2010

    German-Indian Research for Sustainability Conference Proceedings on Energy and Land Use Published

    Proceedings from the 2nd German-Indian Conference on Research for Sustainability, which took place in April 2009 in Bonn, have been published. They focus on the areas of energy and land use. The brochures are in English.
    [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/en/306.php)
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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).
    [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/en/154.php)
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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.
    [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/en/280.php)
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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.
    [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/en/171.php)
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CALLS

CLIENT
Announcement of regulations for the funding of research and development projects in the area of "International Partnerships for Sustainable Technologies and Services for Climate Protection and the Environment" (CLIENT) under the "Research for Sustainable Development" framework programme
until 31.08.2012

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2010 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by the Global Development Network (GDN). The Competition encourages original research on theme based proposals/papers.
until 09.09.2010 / 18.10.2010

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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - International Climate Protection Fellowships
The International Climate Protection Fellowships enable prospective leaders to conduct a research-related project of their own choice during a one-year stay in Germany.
until 15.12.2010

Green Talents 2010

International competition of the BMBF for Research for Sustainability.

For more 
information please click here

Events: Energy



Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC)

Venue: NCR / New Delhi, India
Time: 27-29 October 2010

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Events

Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2010
"Sustainability Management in a Diverse World"

Venue: Euromed Management School Marseille, France
Time: 15-17 September 2010

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CLIMATE 2010: The  Wolrd´s CO2-friendly Scientific On-line Climate Conference
"Climate Change and the Sustainable Management of Water Resources"

Time: 1-7 November 2010

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fona Forum
The 7th annual BMBF Forum for Sustainability. The main focus of this year's forum will be on the topics "international cooperation", "climate and energy", and "water".

Venue: axica, Berlin
Time: 2-4 November 2010

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Documents

  • Joint Declaration of Intent, New Delhi, 9 September 2008

    [PDF - 2.44 MB]

    Research cooperation on Science for Sustainability (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/_media/Signed_Joint_Decl._Science4Sust_Indian-German_Conference__090908.pdf)

  • Energy / India

    [PDF - 11.3 kB]

    An article about energy in India on www.kooperation-international.de (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/_media/Energy_India_k-i..pdf)

Projects

Sustainable Hyderabad - Megacity of Tomorrow



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Indian-German Graduate School (INDIGO) of Advanced Organic Synthesis for a Sustainable Future



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