The 26th edition of India-Portugal Technology Summit 2020 are going to be held over a digital platform from December 7-9, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Tuesday.
The DST with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announced the 26th edition of Technology Summit 2020 on Tuesday. Portugal is that the partner country this year.
Ashutosh Sharma, secretary, DST, said the summit will witness signing of several MoUs and agreements which can increase bilateral trade between the 2 countries.
He emphasised that there has been successful bilateral research cooperation between India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) with the inspiration for Science and Technology (FCT) of Portugal.
Both organisations have planned to structure their cooperation in sectors like water, healthcare, agriculture, IT/ICT, clean technologies etc, Sharma said.
He said approximately 450 proposals are received against the recently announced India-Portugal joint call.
He also said both the governments are poised to support the event of scientific and technological cooperation between Indian and Portuguese researchers and to strengthen the scientific partnership between research groups from each country by establishing bilateral research networks, enhancing research cooperation, and promoting the exchange of data between Indian and Portuguese scientists.
