Ulaanbaatar
Proposal for cooperation with India in astronomy and space science put forward
Society
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS) D.Regdel has
met the newly-appointed Ambassador of India to Mongolia Mohinder Pratap Singh, talking
about scientific cooperation between the two countries.
MAS President
D.Regdel expressed his interest in jointly studying historical and cultural
ties and spiritual connection between Mongolia and India and expanding the
scope of research. In particular, he put forth proposals to train researchers
in information technology with the help of advanced technologies, establish a
joint laboratory database in Mongolia, strengthen cooperation in astronomy and
space science, train scholars in pharmacy and nanotechnology, employ Indian
specialists in Mongolia, and to provide long- and short-term English courses of
the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme for a larger number of MAS
scholars in aims of preparing workforce.
Ambassador
M.P.Singh in turn noted that attaching significance to workforce empowerment of
the sector is one of his objectives and pledged to strengthen bilateral
cooperation in stages and to focus on increase of the ITEC English course quota
for young scholars of MAS. He also
agreed on the importance of employing Indian scholars in Mongolia while
expressing readiness to team up in training scholars of the academy through
advanced technology.
Since
establishing a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in 2014, MAS and the Indian
National Science Academy have been exchanging researchers.
