CSIR through ISTAD has concluded umbrella MoUs/Agreements with several of the world’s leading scientific agencies for bilateral and multilateral cooperation. These MoUs and Agreements along with the Working Documents, provide broad guidelines for execution of international cooperation. The active corporate level Cooperation Arrangements of CSIR with Foreign R&D Organizations are listed below:
|
SN |
Country |
Foreign Organization |
Date of MoU/ Agreement Signing |
|
1. |
Argentina |
National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) |
Jan 24, 1985 |
|
2. |
Australia |
Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce (DITAC), Australia |
Apr 26, 1991 |
|
3. |
Australia |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) |
Jul 7, 2008 |
|
4. |
Australia |
Deakin University (cooperation in S&T areas particularly, Mining, Alternate energy and fuels, Affordable Healthcare & Nanotechnology |
May 6, 2019 |
|
5. |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Bangladesh |
Sep 30, 1994 |
|
6. |
Brazil |
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) of the Federal Republic of Brazil |
Feb 4, 2004 |
|
7. |
China |
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) |
Mar 12, 1992 |
|
8. |
China |
State Bureau of Technical Supervision of China |
Jun 28, 1991 & Mar 31, 1993 |
|
9. |
China |
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
Oct 29, 2009 |
|
10. |
Czech Republic |
Czech Academy of Sciences |
Sep 7, 2018 |
|
11. |
Egypt |
National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo |
Aug 24, 2015 |
|
12. |
France |
National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) |
1990, 1997, 2012, 2017, Dec 17, 2019 |
|
13. |
Germany |
Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) (Research Centre Julich (FzJ) (Formerly, KFA) |
Nov 25, 1974 |
|
14. |
Germany |
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG) |
Oct 31, 2019 |
|
15. |
Guyana |
Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) |
Aug 12, 2002 |
|
16. |
Italy |
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) |
1991, 2007 |
|
17. |
Italy |
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR) |
1995, 2012, 2015 |
|
18. |
Japan |
Agency of Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) |
Feb 10, 2017 |
|
19. |
Japan |
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo |
Oct 29, 2018 |
|
20. |
Japan |
Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Oct 29, 2018 |
|
21. |
Japan |
Hiroshima University |
Oct 29, 2018 |
|
22. |
Jordon |
Royal Scientific Society (RSS) |
Apr 30, 1985 |
|
23. |
Korea (ROK) |
National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) |
Jul 09, 2018 |
|
24. |
Kuwait |
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) |
Nov 20, 2013 |
|
25. |
Mongolia |
Academy of Sciences of Mongolia (ASM) |
Feb 5, 1993 |
|
26. |
Morocco |
The National Center for Scientific and Technological Research (CNRST) |
Feb 21, 2018 |
|
27. |
Nepal |
RONAST (renamed as Nepal Academy of Science & Technology (NAST) |
Jan 6, 1994 & Jan 5, 1999 |
|
28. |
Norway |
Foundation for Industrial and Technical Research (SINTEF) |
Oct 14, 2014 |
|
29. |
Peru |
National Council of Science and Technology (CONCYTEC) |
Feb 2, 1989 |
|
30. |
Poland |
Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) |
Oct 7, 1977 |
|
31. |
Saudi Arabia |
King Abdul Aziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) |
Jun 12, 1997 |
|
32. |
Slovak |
Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) |
Jun 23, 1995 |
|
33. |
Slovenia |
International Centre for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE) |
Nov 19, 2007 |
|
34. |
South Africa |
CSIR, South Africa |
Jul 10, 1998 |
|
35. |
Sudan |
National Council for Research (NCR) |
Nov 04, 1985 |
|
36. |
Switzerland |
Swiss Foundation for Technical Assistance (SFTA), Zurich |
Mar 24, 1961 |
|
37. |
Syria |
Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) |
Oct 10, 1990 |
|
38. |
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) |
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu |
Oct 12, 2017 |
|
39. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) |
Oct 18, 1995, |
|
40. |
Thailand |
Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) |
Oct 19, 1986, Feb 24, 2015 |
|
41. |
Turkey |
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) |
Sep 17, 1998 |
|
42. |
UK |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Jan 10, 1996 |
|
43. |
USA |
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
Jul 2, 2019 |
|
44. |
USA |
Mayo Clinic |
Jun 5, 2020 |
|
45. |
Vietnam |
Vietnamese Academy of Science & Technology (VAST) |
May 19, 1989 |
|
46. |
Vietnam |
Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi |
Nov 20, 2013 |
