New Delhi (NVI): The Union Cabinet today approved the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Spain to develop scientific and technical collaborations in astronomy field.
The decision was announced by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar in the Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
An official statement said that, the MoU to be signed between Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) at Bengaluru and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and the GRANTECAN, S.A. (GTC)z, Spain.
The activities to be carried out with this MoU will lead to new scientific results, new technologies, capacity building through increased scientific interaction and training, joint scientific projects etc.
Under the MoU, the joint research projects, training programmes, conferences, seminars etc. will be open to all qualified scientists, students and technologists and will be supported solely on the basis of scientific merit and experience.
It also includes the development of segmented telescope technologies as well as the development of robotic telescopes and other future potential specific collaborations, the statement added.
-RJV
