Kapil Sibal inks research MoU with French ministry

New Delhi : A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Valerie Pecresse and the Indian Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal here on Monday.

This MoU is for setting up a research and training partnership structure in the form of a Joint International Laboratory called Cellule Franco-Indienne de Recherche en Sciences de l?Eau (CEFIRSE) or Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences (IFCWS).

The laboratory could strike partnerships with other research structures and organisations in India, France and abroad, a government release said.

This MoU will be effective between the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati and Roorkee) and Institutions under ParisTech.

The MoU also provides that IITs and ParisTech may collaborate to participate in the European Commission initiatives such as the Erasmus Mundus, External Cooperation Window by partnering with other interested institutions.