Date:10/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/10/stories/2008091061091200.htm
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Indo-German science centre inaugurated

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal and his German counterpart, Annette Schavan, inaugurated an Indo-German Science and Technology Centre here on Tuesday.

It will promote linkages among research institutions, the academia and industry in the two countries, and support joint projects in the health, automobile and advanced materials sectors.

Joint research

Both countries would contribute €10 million each over the next five years. The fund would be used to catalyse joint research involving industry and the academia, apart from science and technology institutions.

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