| Seminar on Indo-Canadian S&T / Innovation Cooperation & Linkages 24 November, 2008 Federation House, New Delhi, India Dear Sir/ Madam I am pleased to inform you that FICCI is organizing its annual Higher Education Summit 2008 titled “Higher Education at the Crossroads: Imperatives for Policy & Practice” on November 25 & 26, 2008 in New Delhi with the support of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. A delegation of more than 40 Canadian institutions is participating in the event. As a pre-conference activity, we are organizing a Seminar on Indo-Canadian S&T/Innovation Cooperation & Linkages on November 24, 2008 with University experts from India and Canada sharing their views about the existing collaborations, emerging technologies and future roadmap followed by discussions and one to one interactions. The Seminar is scheduled at 1.30 pm at FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. We are happy to invite you for this programme. Enclosed are the tentative programme and the registration proforma for your kind perusal. May I request you to kindly send in your confirmation to Ms Rashmi Sarita / Ms Arpita Subhash (Phone: 91-11- 23736306, email – indiarnd[at]ficci.com). Looking forward to your kind confirmation. With best regards, Yours Sincerely (V K TOPA) Adviser to Secretary General, FICCI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tentative Programme 1: 30 – 2:00 pm Registration 2:00 – 2:10 pm Introductory remarks Mr. Y P Kumar, Head International Division, DST, Government of India David McKinnon, Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian High Commissioner, India 2:10 – 2:35 pm Canadian strengths in Innovation and Emerging Technologies Prof David Johnston, President, University of Waterloo Speaker from Canadian Govt /Industry/association 2:35 – 2:55 pm Indian strengths in Innovation and Emerging Technologies Mr. R Saha, Adviser, DST, Government of India Mr. Deepak Bhatnagar, Adviser & Scientist-G, TIFAC, DST 2:55 – 3:35 pm Presentations by Canadian Research Institutes Dr Januz A. Kozinski, Dean and Prof, Univ of Saskatchewan Dr. B. Mario Pinto, the Vice-President, Research, Simon Fraser University Robert Schad, University of Regina Richard Poulin, Director – Bureau International, Univ of Laval (Presentation to cover India Strategy, Research strengths and possible Areas of collaboration) 3:35 – 3:50 pm Tea Break 3:50 – 4:30 pm Presentation by Indian research institutes. Dr. Naresh Kumar, Head R & D Planning Division, CSIR Prof. S N Singh, Dean- R&D, IIT Delhi Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Executive Director, TERI Dr. P B Sharma, Director, Delhi College of Engineering Dinesh Singh, Director, South Campus, Delhi University (Presentation to covering Research strengths and possible Areas of collaboration) 4:30 – 5:00 pm Q & A and discussions 5:00 – 5:10 pm Summary and follow up action points 5:10 – 5: 30 pm Networking -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Proforma Seminar on Indo-Canadian S & T / Innovation Cooperation & Linkages 24 November, 2008, Federation House, New Delhi, India Name: Designation: Organisation: Address: Tel.(with city code) : Fax: Mobile: Email: Delegate Fee: NO FEE Signature Contact: Rashmi Sarita Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 Tel: 011-23736306 (D); 23738760-70 Extn. 212 Fax: 011-23765333, 23721504, 23320714 Email: rashmisarita[at]ficci.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |