The current pandemic has highlighted how global health challenges can only be tackled with the involvement of different partners bringing their own strengths and expertise.
Institut Pasteur and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at a hybrid signing ceremony on 25th January 2022. Aimed at making both our countries prepared for tomorrow’s health challenges, the MoU includes collaboration in important areas:
- Genomics of Inherited Diseases
- Personalized Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Development of New Models for Drug Screening
Concluded in the year marking the bicentenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur, this new MoU reinforces the already strong scientific collaboration in health innovation between France and India. Health is a strategic sector of bilateral collaboration, based on the two countries’ complementarity, especially for biotechnology, applied artificial intelligence, and integrative health approach.
Actions on research, education, and training are included in this agreement. Every year, France offers over 11 crore rupees in scholarships to Indian students and researchers opting to study in France.
The MoU was signed by the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Stewart Cole, and the DG of CSIR, Dr Shekhar C. Mande in presence of the Ambassador of France to India, H.E. Mr Emmanuel Lenain.
A video message was also shared by DG of Research and Innovation, Mrs Claire GIRY, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Government of France on this occasion: “The French government announced last June the launch of Healthcare Innovation 2030. More than €7 billion between now and 2030 will be dedicated to a medicine that is more predictive, more preventive and more innovative.”
To know more about Indo-French collaborations in South India, please visit in.ambafrance.org/-Consulate-in-Bangalore
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