The UK and India are excellent knowledge partners, with the impressive response of the UK-India scientific community to COVID-19 serving to highlight the strength of the relationship.
In May 2021, the Governments of India and the UK co-published the 2030 Roadmap for India-UK Future Relations. The Roadmap is expected to guide and propel UK-India research, education and innovation cooperation over the next 10 years, with Climate and Health as key pillars for cooperation.
This hybrid UK-India Science and Innovation Partnerships dialogue brings together thought leaders from India and the UK to discuss and promote the crucial role of research, education and innovation partnerships in driving forward the 2030 Vision to create healthy, climate resilient societies. It offers a platform to discuss, inspire and help inform how the UK and India can partner to co-lead on global challenges in the coming decade.
Our distinguished panel will consider how UK-India knowledge partnerships can help achieve the research and innovation ambitions for health and climate set out in the Roadmap, discuss priority areas, and debate how UK-India partnerships can be strengthened.
Speakers:
Professor K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
Professor Govindan Rangarajan, Director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Professor Mary Ryan, Interim Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise), Imperial College London
The panel will be chaired by Lord Jo Johnson, Chairman of Access Creative and former Universities Minister
Programme:
16.30 – 17.00 | Registration
17.00 – 18.30 | Keynote speeches and panel discussion
18.30 – 19.30 | Canapé and drinks reception – An opportunity to network and browse a showcase of the College’s research, education and enterprise partnerships with India.
This is a hybrid event and so we look forward to welcoming you to our South Kensington Campus or seeing you there online.
Imperial College London and India
The College enjoys rich and longstanding collaborations with partners in India, particularly in the fields of health and climate change. We have also been at the forefront of the Covid-19 response, working, for example, with partners at the Indian Council for Medical Research to forecast Covid-19 projections in India.
(Please note that the title of this event has changed. It was previously the UK-India Science Policy Dialogue).