The praise came during a meeting between Finland Minister of Education and Culture Petri Honkonen and Union Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh.
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Finland, on Monday, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the manner in which India managed the Covid pandemic and also lauded his government’s efforts in developing vaccines and ensuring vaccination for countrymen.
The praise came during a meeting between Finland Minister of Education and Culture Petri Honkonen and Union Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh at the North Block here. The meeting was aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
At the meeting, India and Finland agreed to carry their mutual cooperation to a new level in a number of areas of bilateral as well as global interests. They decided to enhance the cooperation in areas such as Digital Partnership in Future ICT, Future Mobile Technologies and Digital Education. They also emphasised having institutionalised joint working groups on areas of mutual interest.
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Jitendra Singh said the bilateral STI collaboration between the two countries was an attempt to stimulate innovative R&D projects that address a specific need or challenge; demonstrate high industrial relevance and commercial potential; and aim to deliver benefit to all participants, and more broadly, to both nations.
He told the Finland minister that India was keen to develop research collaborations with Finnish R&D institutions and technology collaboration with Finnish Industry especially focusing on the application of Quantum Computing in areas such as Sustainable Energy Technologies (generation, conversion, storage and conservation), Environment and Clean Technologies, Bio-based Economy, Bio Banks and Bio-based materials for different applications of water and Marine Technologies, Food & Agri Technologies, Affordable Healthcare (including Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical Instrumentation) and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing Integration of AI and Machine Learning in all domains.
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