UK-India: Building Partnerships in Information Technology
British Council is organising a one day seminar to showcase opportunities for academic and research partnerships in Information Technology in India . The seminar will also look at models of developing partnerships in higher education and with the corporate IT sector in India.
The seminar is a follow-up to the successful outcome of an IT Mission of 10 UK academicians to South India in June 2007. A key outcome of the event was the interest shown by both sides on the need to deepen the relationship in IT research and education to develop long term sustainable partnerships that leverage the opportunities provided by India 's rapid progress in IT.
The seminar will take place on Monday 18 February 2008 at the British Council, 10 Spring Gardens , London . To attend the seminar, please complete the online application form by Thursday,
31 January 2008.
The seminar will cover:
• Scope, potential and opportunities for partnerships
Key note address by Mr Derek Wyatt, Member of Parliament
• UKIERI case study: the two countries in active partnership
Mr Tim Gore, Director, Education, British Council , India
• Opportunities for Partnerships: Academic and Research
Representatives from academic and research institutions in India
• Opportunities for Partnerships: Corporate sector Research and Development
Representatives of two leading IT companies in India
• Panel Discussion: how do we identify the opportunities and take them forward?
Participants of the India IT Mission in June 2007.
• Building Partnerships: one-to-one meetings with the Indian delegation
Attendance is open to all Higher Education institutions in the UK and is free of charge. British Council will provide lunch and refreshments.
As the focus of the seminar is on IT, the ideal profile of participants would be researchers and academicians in IT who are in a position to influence the partnership agenda within their institution.To ensure an even balance of institution representation, in the first instance, places will be limited to one delegate per institution on first-come-first-served basis.
If you are keen for more than one delegate to attend, please send details (name, designation, reasons for attending) of the second delegate to ramesh.veluchamy@in.britishcouncil.org to include on the waiting list.
Visit to institutions
We are exploring visits before and after the meeting by the Indian delegation to interested UK institutions. If you are interested please complete the relevant section in the registration form. The institutions will need to cover costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence.
Indian Partner Institutions
A representative from following leading research and IT companies will form part of the Indian delegation.
International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore – www.iiitb.ac.in
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International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad – www.iiit.net
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Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore – www.iisc.ernet.in
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Tata Consultancy Services – www.tcs.com
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HP Labs - www.hpl.hp.com/india/
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