Indo-French Collaboration in Water Science and Technology

	During 1997, the French minister of the National Education, Research and Technology (MENRT) and the Indian minister of Science and Technology have decided to boost the collaboration and open joint centers of excellence for research. In this context BRGM, France and NGRI, India having expertise in water research have agreed to set-up the First joint center
1999, A key year of the Indo-French collaboration
The First Indo-French collaboration project in water resources funded by the Indo-French Center for promotion of the Advanced Research (IFCPAR) New Delhi was awarded and started in 1999 where NGRI and BRGM are collaborators. A major workshop on “Indo-French Collaboration in Water Science and Technology” was successfully organized during March 22-23, 1999 when 18 French and 50 Indian delegates from Research organizations, Universities and Water Industries met at NGRI, Hyderabad and identified the areas of joint research in water science and technology.
This cooperation between NGRI and BRGM was concretized by signing an MoU by the Director, NGRI and the Director General, BRGM on November 20, 1999 at New Delhi in the presence of the ministers of the two countries for setting up of the Indo-French Center for Groundwater Research at Hyderabad. This center was then inaugurated at Hyderabad, India on the 23rd November 1999.

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