Berlin: India and Germany have committed to €3.5 million each over four years for working on joint research and innovation projects, Minister for Human Resource Development M.M. Pallam Raju said on Tuesday.
This will be one of the pacts that India and Germany will sign at the second India-Germany Intergovernmental Consultation which gets underway in Berlin on Wednesday.
“The areas (for collaboration) will be decided on what comes up. Besides, we will also sign a pact for strengthening collaboration on German language,” Pallam told newspersons on board the special Air India aircraft carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Berlin for the Intergovernmental Consultation.
The €3-5 million commitment will begin as soon as the pact is signedon Thursday, the Minister said.
On the need for signing an agreement for strengthening German language, the Minister pointed out that while there were 30,000 children in Kendriya Vidyalayas in India who are studying German where it is being offered as one of the languages, there were not enough teachers to teach the language .
“Now we are also trying to increase the number of teachers,” the Minister added.
The newly set up IIT in Mandi is also getting assistance from a consortium of German technical universities.
The two countries are also expected to sign a joint declaration of intent for German support of €1 billion for transmitting renewable energy across seven States in India including Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
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