Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said India and the US need to come together to work on developing renewable energy sources to develop cost effective and efficient products.
The Minister was speaking at the India-US technology Summit organised by the Department of Science and Technology, the US Department of State and industry body CII, a statement said.
Harsh Vardhan observed that the two countries are already working together in areas of health and biomedical sciences, food security, clean energy, integrated water management and weather forecasting, it added.
New collaborative R&D programmes on low cost diagnostics, next generation vaccines, brain research, cancer research, high energy physics, and emerging materials were on the anvil. He highlighted need to collaborate in the field of renewable energy to develop cost-effective and efficient products that will have wider access, the statement added.
The Minister was speaking at the India-US technology Summit organised by the Department of Science and Technology, the US Department of State and industry body CII, a statement said.
Harsh Vardhan observed that the two countries are already working together in areas of health and biomedical sciences, food security, clean energy, integrated water management and weather forecasting, it added.
New collaborative R&D programmes on low cost diagnostics, next generation vaccines, brain research, cancer research, high energy physics, and emerging materials were on the anvil. He highlighted need to collaborate in the field of renewable energy to develop cost-effective and efficient products that will have wider access, the statement added.