GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1109
TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2006

AGREEMENT WITH IRELAND

1109. SHRIMATI. N.P. DURGA :

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the Indian National Science Academy and the Science Foundation of Ireland have signed an agreement during the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Ireland; and
(b) if so, the salient features of the agreement?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT
(KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) Yes Sir, it is a fact that the Indian National Science Academy and the Science Foundation Ireland signed an Agreement on scientific cooperation on 19th January 2006 during the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Ireland.

(b) The Agreement will promote bilateral cooperation between India and Ireland in world-class scientific research in the area of bio-sciences and bio-engineering and information and communication technologies. This will also encourage direct cooperation between scientists for the solution of scientific problems of common interest through exchange of scientific information and exchange of scientists and joint research proposals/projects, where appropriate, under the purview of the Agreement signed.