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The joint annual flagship DST-CII Technology Summit was inaugurated by Union Minister for Science & Technology, and Health & Family Welfare and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, and Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Government of Portugal, Manuel Heitor.

Collaboration opportunities

Industry, academia and research intuitions from India and Portugal in the areas of agriculture technology, water tech, health tech, cleantech, energy, climate change, IT/ICT/ emerging technologies, innovation and start-ups, and space-ocean interactions.

Highlights

• Identifies possibilities of India & Portugal jointly scaling up solutions to address societal challenges.
• This summit provided an effective platform for industry, academic institutions, researchers, and government agencies from both the countries.
  
• Opportunities for fast-track market entry for new stakeholders will be created.
  
• Bilateral cooperation between India and Portugal in the science and technology is the oldest and robust. 

Significance

Opportunity would encourage innovation and knowledge creation for managing challenges and provide the necessary impetus to work for mutual growth in the foreseeable future

Source: PIB