New Delhi: Officials from India and Portugal discussed various potential areas of collaboration including healthcare, agritech, water and waste management during a three-day technology summit which ended on December 9, the Department of Science and Technology said.
Portugal was the partner country at the DST-CII Technology held between December 7-9. DST secretary Ashutosh Sharma said India and Portugal have been “rediscovering each other through science, technology, innovation, industry and markets” and started collaboration in co-creating bilateral knowledge, collaborative projects in science, technology and innovation and cooperating on multilateral issues.
“Both Portugal and India have identified sectors such as water, healthcare, agritech, waste management, cleantech, and ICT as the priority sectors. India offers huge market opportunities in each of these identified sectors and, therefore, partnership possibilities to address shared societal challenges. Most of these sectors are also the strengths for Portugal,” Sharma said.
Eduardo Maldonado, President of National Innovation Agency, Portugal, pointed out that the two countries with extremely high qualified young generation and excellent technological skills hold great opportunities for enhancing cooperation through collaborative research and innovation projects, staff exchanges in research and academic institutions.
