Snapshot of Indo-Norwegian STI Coopertion
NICCI-RCN seminar April 12, Marianne Jensen
Motivation for collaboration with India based on:
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High quality research
Meeting global challenges
Access to Indian markets
Insight into research and innovation systems
Number of co-publications Norway and selected countries,
2003 - 2012
600
500
China
Russia
400
South Africa
300
Brazil
India
200
100
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2003
2004
2005
Source: Scopus/Science Metrix
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2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Number of co-publications India and Norway
200
180
160
140
120
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80
60
40
20
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2004
2005
Source: Scopus/Science Metrix
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2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Number of co-publications India and Norway by thematic area.
Total 2003 – 2012.
Health & Care
ICT
Biotechnology
Environment
Energy
Food
Climate Change
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Nanotechnology & New Materials
Fisheries & Aquaculture
Welfare and Working Life
Environmental Technology
Arctic and Antarctic
Education
Maritime Research
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Source: Scopus/Science Metrix
50
100
150
200
250
Important Norwegian Initiatives
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Norwegian government white paper on research, (2013),
identifies India as one of Norway’s prioritized countries
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Bilateral agreement between the India and Norway on
Cooperation in the fields of Science and Technology (2006)
 Joint Working Group on Science and Technology
 Programme of Cooperation (2009)
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The Norwegian Government India Strategy «Opportunities
in Diversity» (2009)
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INDNOR programme (2010-2019)
MFA – Embassy funds routed through the Research Council
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RCN-Innovation Norway agreement on co-funding of Science
and Technology Counsellor at the embassy in Delhi (2012)
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The Research Council’s Roadmap for bilateral research
cooperation with India (2014)
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Panorama - Strategy for cooperation on higher education
and research with Brazil, China, India, Japan, Russia and South
Africa (2016–2020)
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New Science, Technology and
Innovation Policy from 2013
3 previous policies since
independence: 1958, 1983
and 2003
• “faster, sustainable,
inclusive growth”
• Science for society
• Private sector involvement
2010-2020: Decade of
Innovation in India
Innovation potential
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More than 100 Fortune 500 companies have R&D
facilities in India
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More difficult to get into top IITs than Harward
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IITans in top 10 list of US start-up founders
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Indian budget S&T 2015-2016
Agriculture
Atomic energy
Space
Defence
Department of Atomic
Energy
Defence Research &
Development
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy
Department of Science &
Technology
Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research
Department of
Biotechnology
Department of Space
DBT
CSIR
DST
Department of Health
Research
Department of Agricultural
Research and Education
Dialogue partners in India
GITA
Sintef
Kongsberg
FFI
NGI
NPI
Indo-Norwegian research priorities
Programme of Cooperation in
Science & Technology India – Norway (2012-15)
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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
ICT
Glaciology
Medical research (cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases etc)
Social aspects of climate change related issues (adaptation)
Main objectives of the INDNOR programme
 To strengthen bilateral research cooperation with India
 To establish binding cooperation on research funding with
Indian governmental research funding bodies
 To continue to foster relations with India through
cooperation with EU and Nordic countries as well as
multilateral organisations in which India and Norway are
partners
 To implement capacity-building, dissemination and promote
the establishment of new research cooperation between
India and Norway
 To lay the foundation for research cooperation with India in
all thematic areas and scientific fields, and encompassing
basic research, applied research and innovation
Indnor: Calls for Proposals
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Pre-projects INDNOR 2010: all topics (24 projects)
Joint Call DST 2010, Programme of cooperation topics, (3 projects)
NORKLIMA, 2011, climate change and water, (3 projects)
RENERGI, 2011, renewable energy, (3 projects)
NORGLOBAL, 2011, Women and gender, globalisation and effects on
environment, energy and climate, 6 projects
MILJØ 2015, Joint call DST 2012: Environment, (2 projects)
NORGLOBAL, 2012, social sciences and humanities, (9 projects)
GLOBVAC (New Indigo), 2012, biotech/health, (1 project)
ENERGIX (New Indigo), 2013, energy, (3 projects)
KLIMAFORSK, 2013, Climate change and society, (2 projects)
ENERGIX, 2014, Joint call DST, renewable energy, (4 projects)
POLARPROG/KLIMAFORSK, joint call MoES, 2015: polar and
geohazards (8 projects)
Clinical research (Inno Indigo), 2015, non-communicable diseases
Milpaahel, Joint call ICMR, planned 2015, anti-microbal ressistance
Indo-Norwegian workshops 2007-2016
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Climate Change
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Renewable Energy
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Geo-hazards
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Anti-microbial resistance (Tromsø, 2013)
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Vaccination
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Polar Research (Delhi 2013)
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Maternal / Child Health
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Geo-hazards (Delhi 2014)
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Waste treatment
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Bio-economy (Delhi 2014)
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Solar energy
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ICT (planned 2016 Hyderabad)
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Water and Climate Change (DSDS 2011)
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Bio economy (planned 2016 Delhi)
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Geo-hazards (Oslo 2011)
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Bio economy, (planned Norway 2016)
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India NTNU 2011 Week (Trondheim Oct
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Anti-microbial resistance (India 2016)
2011)
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ICAM-2011: Solar Energy Materials;
Hydrogen Storage (Coimbatore)
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Climate Change and Hydrology (DSDS
Delhi 2012)
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Social sciences (Univ Bergen; NTNU
Trondheim 2012)
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Renewable energy and hydro power
(Mumbai 2013)
European initiatives
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EU programs/Horizon 2020
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India was 4th most important Third-country
No automatic funding in H2020
Funding schemes expected, DBT first
ERA-net, Multilateral platforms
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Inno-indigo (Partnership Programme)
Indigo-policy
EqUIP (Social science and Humanities)
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2001 first EU-India Agreement on the Scientific and
Technological Cooperation
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EU-India Joint Declaration on Research and Innovation
Cooperation (2012)
 Priorities: Water, Energy, Health
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Structure for the cooperation
 Ministry of Foregin Affairs, Embassy and RCN
 INDNOR – MFA funds (200 mill. NoK)
 Embassy funds – through Indnor (125 mill. NoK)
 Cooperation and Co-funding from other thematic RCN
programmes
 Science and Technology Counsellor (With IN)
 Other tools, Centers of Excellence, INTPART etc
Partners in Norway
 Innovation Norway
 Cluster programmes (GCE, NCE og ARENA)
 IFU/OFU
 Centre for International cooperation in Education
 India Institutional Cooperation Programme
 UTFORSK
 NICCI, …
Future plans – India programme
 2016:
 INNO INDIGO Partnership Programme 2016 EU-India Joint
Call for proposals on Bioeconomy
 Bilateral workshop on Bioeconomy with DST
 Bilateral workshop on ICT in cooperation with DST
 Joint Working Group S&T India-Norway meet in
Oslo September 15-16
 Antimicrobial resistance (follow up workshop+ call)
 Possible new Innovation/Industrial R&D activity,
cleantech?...
 2017:
 Calls for proposals to follow up workshops….
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Thank You!!
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