The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, hosted an interactive session with a visiting delegation of over 40 foreign media journalists from Central Asia, Europe, and North America, who’re on a familiarization go to to India, organised by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) from 9–18 December 2025.
The engagement was organised to spotlight India’s fast progress, rising management, and world collaborations in Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Prof. Abhay Karandikar, took them by way of a presentation on India’s evolving S&T ecosystem, main nationwide missions, and the nation’s imaginative and prescient for Viksit Bharat @2047.
The Secretary emphasised India’s built-in, mission-driven strategy to science and expertise, calling it “a whole-of-government engine powering India’s innovation-driven growth.” India’s science and expertise ecosystem is present process a historic transformation. With mission-driven packages, robust analysis foundations, and increasing world collaborations, India is positioning itself as a future-ready innovation chief.
This was adopted by an open dialogue with DST’s management on the areas starting from India’s progress in new applied sciences like synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity to India’s efforts to convey again Indian researchers again to the nation.
The interactive dialogue offered the delegation with deeper insights into:
- India’s coverage reforms shaping the way forward for S&T
- Opportunities for world partnerships
- India’s management in sustainable and inclusive applied sciences
- The function of innovation in shaping nationwide improvement targets
Additional Secretary, DST Shri Sunil Kumar and different senior officers from DST and MEA additionally participated within the discussions.
The go to goals to boost worldwide media understanding of India’s scientific capabilities and create avenues for extra knowledgeable world reporting on India’s technological panorama.
