Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: India and Norway have strengthened their science and technology partnership with the signing of five major agreements focused on green energy, sustainable development, ocean technology, innovation, and geoscience collaboration during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway.
The collaborations are aimed at strengthening institutional partnerships, promoting industry and startup engagement, enhancing academic cooperation and accelerating sustainable growth initiatives between the two countries.
One of the major agreements signed was a Memorandum of Understanding between DSIR/CSIR and the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to enhance collaboration in research, technology development, innovation and capacity building.
The agreement provides for joint workshops, collaborative research and development projects, scientist exchange programmes and implementation mechanisms focused on global challenges and Sustainable Development Goals, including climate change, clean energy, ocean research and healthcare.
CSIR also entered into a Collaboration Agreement for 2026-2029 with SINTEF, Norway’s leading independent research organisation, under the framework of an existing 2014 agreement between the two institutions.
The partnership will focus on circular economy and sustainability transition through joint innovation and research programmes in areas such as bio-based materials, ocean energy, offshore wind, carbon capture, storage and utilisation, and waste valorisation.
