Fra forskningssamarbeid til utdanningssamarbeid
- hvilke institusjoner i India samarbeider
norske forskningsmiljøer med?
Hans M Borchgrevink, Norges forskningsråd
SIU-seminar BI, Oslo 19 okt 2012
Key recommendation:
 Start Indo-Norwegian collaboration in education at
institutions with ongoing research collaboration
 Add master students to an ongoing or starting
research project which has Indian and Norwegian
supervisors. Requires special funding, as RCN does
not fund master students
 Take it from there and follow-up with MoUs on
collaboration in education
Norwegian research initiatives towards India (1)

Indo-Norwegian state-to-state agreement 2006 (researcher
exchange etc)
- Joint Working Group (JWG) Sci & Tech between
*Indian Dept Sci & Tech (DST) and
*The Norwegian Ministry for Education and Research
(facilitated by RCN)
- Programme of Cooperation (2009-2012) specifies research priorities

The Norw Government’s Strategy for Cooperation Norway - India
(2009)
http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/Utvikling/Indiastrategi_N
orsk_engelsk_endelig.pdf.Cooperation on research and higher education
to be strengthened

INDNOR 2010-2019: a 2.5 mill € per year research programme for
5+5 years for Indo-Norwegian research collaboration administered by
RCN
Initial priorities:
- Climate, environment, clean energy
- Societal development
- International political issues
Calls administered by the thematically relevant RCN programme/-board
Norwegian research initiatives towards India (2)

JOINTINDNOR: INDNOR call with Indian (activity-matched) co-funding, so
far with DST,
joint project description involving Indian and Norwegian research institutions
submitting proposals to DST and RCN, respectively. JWG approves.
Initial priorities:
• Climate research including CCS (carbon capture / storage)
• Renewable energy including solar energy
• Geotechnology and early warning systems for geohazards
• Nano-science/ technology related to renewable energy



INDEMB: Norw Embassy in Delhi funding calls 3 mill€/year for 5 years, RCN
adm.
Norw Sci Counsellor in Delhi from Aug 2012:
Marianne Jensen, former RCN
EU initiatives incl Norway: SFIC for coordination of European research
towards India/China/USA. India pilot country.
New Indigo: ERA-Net supporting networking and collab. calls
General options for research collaboration
India – Norway
 Non-Norwegian researchers may be funded
via Norwegian research institution (e.g.
institute, university) – which is the RCN contract
partner
 Indo-Norwegian projects may compete for all
RCN funds via the Norwegian institution
 Norwegian Government ingoing Scholarships
open for India in competition with other countries
(RCN, 2009--)
 INDNOR & JOINTINDNOR funding earmarked for
Indo-Norwegian research collaboration projects
Indo-Norwegian research priorities
Programme of Cooperation (PoC) in
Science & Technology India – Norway (2009-2012)
 Climate research including ocean and arctic/polar research
 Clean (renewable) energy
 Geotechnology and early warning systems for geohazards
 Marine research – bioprospecting and polar research
 Nano-science/ technology primarily related to clean energy and solar
energy and medical issues
 Vaccines – human and fish/ animal, including vaccination programmes
and biotechnology of new vaccine development
Supplementary areas agreed during JWG Sci & Tech (2011):
 ICT
 Glaciology
 Medical research (cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases etc)
 Social aspects of climate change related issues (adaption)
Indo-Norwegian workshops 2007-2012
co-organised/funded by RCN (mostly in India)
 Climate Change
 Renewable Energy
 Geohazards
 Vaccination
 Maternal / Child Health
 Waste treatment
 Solar energy
 Water and Climate Change (2011)
 Geohazards (2011)
 India NTNU 2011 Week (Oct 2011, >100 papers)
 ICAM-2011: Solar Energy Materials; Hydrogen Storage
 Climate Change and Hydrology (DSDS Delhi 2012)
 Social sciences (Univ Bergen; NTNU Trondheim 2012)
Recent calls co-funded by
RCN programmes, INDNOR and EU
 NORKLIMA: Climate change and impacts in Norway 2,25 mill Eur,
3 projects funded
 RENERGI: Clean energy for the future, 2,25 mill Eur,
3 projects funded
 NORGLOBAL: Norway Global partner - Social science, ca 2 mill €,
in process
 New-Indigo: European ERA-net, call 0.6 mill Eur «Biotechnology
and human Health», in process
JOINTINDNOR with India (DST): MILJØ 2015
Environment
- Water Resource Management
- Water related effects of changes in mass balance of glaciers/rivers
- Studies of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Freshwater Biodiversity
2 mill USD from RCN, DST activity matched funding, in process
PhDs in Norway by foreigners 1990-2011
Norway receives an increasing number
of PhD students from other countries
30%
South America
North America
25%
Africa
20%
Asia
15%
10%
Europe
5%
0%
1990
1995
2000
2005
1
Indo-Norwegian co-publications
2000 - 2010
C o-public ations NO-IN (2000-2010)
no. of c o-public ations
200
180
160
140
co u n t
120
c o-public ations
100
80
60
40
20
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
ye a r
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Indo-Norwegian co-publications 2000-2010
C o-public ations NO-IN (2000-2010)
no. of c o-public ations , avg. c itations c orr., no. of journals
200
180
 NO-IN co-publications, average citations per
140 co-pub and number of journals
160
co u n t
120
c o-public ations
avg. c it. c orr.
100
n° of journals
80
60
40
20
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
ye a r
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Fields of research 2006-10
The 10 most important ASJC classes 2006-2010
[new in the list = highlighted):
N° of co-publications
ASJC class
43
Artificial Intelligence
37
Computer Science Applications
34
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
32
Physics and Astronomy(all)
29
Electrical and Electronic
Engineering
26
Computer Science(all)
25
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
25
Condensed Matter Physics
16
Applied Mathematics
15
Medicine(all)
Third countries
Which are the third countries involved in NorwayIndia collaborations
n° of NO-IN copublications
Third country
196
US
183
GB
138
FR
127
DE
117
IT
103
ES
93
CA
90
NL
78
CN
77
RU
Indian institutions in
NO-IN co-publications 2000 - 2010
n° of co-publications
institution
29
Jadavpur University, Department of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering
Kolkata
28
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus
Chennai
27
Madurai Kamaraj Universit, Department of Physics
Madurai
23
Thiagarajar College, Department of Physics
Madurai
22
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Kolkata
20
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati
18
Aligarh Muslim Universit, Department of Physics
Uttar Pradesh
17
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai
17
Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai
Mumbai
17
Institute of Physics
Bhubaneswar
17
University of Jammu, Department of Physics
17
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
Kolkata
Norwegian institutions in NO-IN copublications 2000 - 2010
n° of co-publications
institution
57
University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology
Bergen
43
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Q2S –
Norwegian Center of Excellence
Trondheim
34
University of Oslo, Department of Physics
Oslo
33
University of Oslo, Department of Chemistry
Oslo
29
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim
18
Bergen University College, Faculty of Engineering
Bergen
18
University of Bergen, Center for International Health
Bergen
18
University of Bergen, Department of Informatics
Bergen
17
University of Oslo, The University Graduate Center (UNIK)
Oslo
14
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department
of Physics
Trondheim
13
University of Tromsø, Department of Physics
Tromsø
13
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Center for
Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems
Trondheim
Other Norwegian research institutions active in IndoNorwegian research, by field,
funded by INDNOR, JOINTINDNOR or Embassy (1)
 Environment/climate change:
- Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Univ of Bergen
- Nansen Envirnomental Research Centre, Univ of Bergen
- CICERO, Univ of Oslo
- Inst Mathematics, Univ of Oslo
- NIVA, Oslo
 Biotechnology/food/environment:
- Bioforsk, Univ of Ås (UNM)
- Univ of Ås (UNM)
 Clean energy:
- Institute for energy technique (IFE), Kjeller
- SINTEF Energy
- SINTEF Petroleum
- Natural Sciences, Univ of Tromsø
- Univ of Oslo
Other Norwegian research institutions active in IndoNorwegian research, by field,
funded by INDNOR, JOINTINDNOR or Embassy (2)
 Geotechnology/geohazards:
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo
- NORSAR, Kjeller
 Waste/pollution:
- SINTEF
 Social Sciences:
- NUPI, Oslo
- Prio, Oslo
- Fridtjof Nansen Inst, Oslo
- NIBR, Oslo
Most of the research institutes have scientific personnel also employed at a
university or university college as e.g. Professor 2,
who are authorised teachers at master and PhD levels
Indian research institutions active in Indo-Norwegian
research, by field,
funded by INDNOR, JOINTINDNOR or Embassy
 Environment/climate
- Indian Institute of Technology
- TERI
- Cochin Univ
- Anna Univ
- Univ Agricultural Sciences, Kodagu
 Clean energy
- Indian Assoc Cultiv Sci, University of Calcutta
- Saha Inst, SN Bose Nat’l Centre for Basic Sciences
- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- Inst of himalayan geology, Panjab Univ
- TERI
 Social sciences
- Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group
Key recommendation:
 Start Indo-Norwegian collaboration in education at
institutions with ongoing research collaboration
 Add master students to an ongoing or starting
research project which has Indian and Norwegian
supervisors. Requires special funding, as RCN does
not fund master students
 Take it from there and follow-up with MoUs on
collaboration in education