New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) India and Germany should align the priority areas of scientific importance for the two countries, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Secretary S Chadrasekhar said on Wednesday.

He was speaking at an online webinar conducted as part of the outreach activity to promote recently launched call for proposals for International Research & Training Group between DST and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

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Prof. Dr. Katja Becker, President, DFG, German Research Foundation, highlighted that the programme will be a beacon for Indo-German partnerships and create strong research collaboration through bottom-up approach to address global challenges.

Chadrasekhar stressed on aligning the priority areas of scientific importance of India and Germany.

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The priority areas include Sustainable Energy Technologies (generation, conversion, and storage), Environment and Clean Technologies, Biobased Economy, Bio-based materials for different applications, Food & Agri Technologies, Affordable Healthcare (including Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical Instrumentation), Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing and Integration of AI and Machine Learning in all domains, according to an official statement.

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