A pilot version of India-United Kingdom Science and Technology Partnership (IN-UK-STP) dashboard was unveiled by Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to India, Prof Ajay Kumar Sood, and the National Technology Advisor to the United Kingdom, David Warren Smith, at Bharat Mandapam right here.
The assembly was joined by Scientific Secretary of the Office of PSA Parvinder Maini and senior officers of Indian Department of Science and Technology, Office of PSA, UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the British High Commission in India.
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“The pilot version of the IN-UK-STP dashboard, jointly developed by the Office of PSA and the British High Commission in India, covers 143 bilateral projects jointly supported and implemented by various stakeholders from India and UK, from 2018 onwards,” Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to GoI mentioned on Tuesday.
The dashboard, unveiled on November 4, maps the tasks in phrases of funding worth, implementing companions and funding companies from either side.
The mission mapping can be accomplished with respect to the India-UK Science and Innovation Council (SIC) objectives, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and broad areas of expertise cooperation to know the strategic alignment and synergy with the high-level bilateral priorities.
In the welcome remarks, Scientific Secretary Dr. Parvinder Maini highlighted the conceptualisation of the IN-UK-STP dashboard initiative as an proof and coverage software.
She emphasised the profitable partnership with numerous ministries and departments of the Government of India and the Government of the UK as a catalytic power to get this initiative progressed in the precise path.
PSA Prof. Sood, in his remarks, talked about that numerous latest milestones within the bilateral partnerships, together with the India-UK Technology Security (TSI) initiative and the bilateral commerce settlement, could have so much of complimenting power and insights drawn from this dashboard.
PSA additionally emphasised that the dashboard might assist resolution makers from either side in phrases of synergising priorities, figuring out gaps, and capturing the path by which the partnership is additional evolving to create an enduring influence in each our societies.
UK NTA Dr. Smith acknowledged the efforts which have gone into capturing the depth of India-UK S&T partnerships by means of this dashboard initiative. Dr. David famous that the insights and analytics rising from the dashboard would assist in shaping the just lately introduced India-UK Research and Innovation Corridor (RIC).
As a means ahead, the suggestions which had been recognized in the course of the discussions embody that the dashboard ought to comprehensively incorporate key output and influence metrics, together with publications, patents, human useful resource growth, startups, and private-sector partnerships.
Additionally, it should evolve additional with well timed information inputs from all related stakeholders on either side to offer real-time insights for decision-makers in addition to the bigger scientific ecosystems of each international locations.