The meeting was held in Mumbai on February 11th – 12th.
9 Russian and 11 Indian universities attended the event. The host was the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. KFU was represented by Vice-Rector for Foreign Relations Linar Latypov.
The meeting was fruitful, with several important decisions approved by the parties. Among the suggestions were new joint major programs, creation of the info repository on the Russia-India Resource Center website, and researcher exchange.
The discussion on technological transfer touched upon ways of establishing cooperation between the academia and the industry. One of the suggestions was to hold regular seminars for business in collaboration with such associations as FICCI and CII.
Notes
The Russian-Indian Association of Universities was established on May 8, 2015.
The current participants are:
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Indian Institute of Technology Gawhati
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Russian Union of the Scientific and Engineering Associations
Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University