India to introduce new training programmes for young Tunisian scientists, researchers

India plans to introduce new training programmes for young Tunisian scientists and researchers, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh told Tunisian Ambassador Tarek Azouz,when the latter called on him at his office yesterday evening.

Referring to the agreement on scientific and technical cooperation that already exists between India and Tunisia, Dr. Singh said that the NDA Government desires to work in an atmosphere of global co-existence and collaboration.

According to a statement issued by his office, Dr. Singh also made a mention of the C V Raman fellowships being awarded to Tunisian scientists from time to time in order to enable them to undertake research in Indian R and D laboratories and institutions.

Under the India-Africa Science and Technology joint initiative, the Pasteur Institute of Tunisia is doing a commendable work in the field of vaccines and diagnostics while Drug and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Delhi, is coordinating with it.

The twining programme between the two institutes is expected to raise the relationship between two nations at higher level, he added.

Dr. Jitendra Singh said that in near future, science and technology department and bio-medical sciences, will build specific infrastructure for genomics and find mechanism to bring together industry and academic on the same platform.