Israel – India

MAY 2005

OPENING SESSION: ISRAEL

In the presence of Minister Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science and Technology & Ocean Development, Government of India; the Indian Ambassador Mr Arun Kumar Singh; the Minister at the Indian Embassy in Israel Mr Satish Mehta; the Chief Scientist Dr Eli Opper and Prof Nadav Liron, Director, SNI

• Chair: Dr Orna Berry, former Chief Scientist. Venture Partner, Gemini Israel Funds
• Opening remarks to the Session: Dr Orna Berry
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• Prof Shlomo Maital, Senior Research Fellow, SNI: Presentation on the Israeli and Indian Economies
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• Dr Eli Opper, Chief Scientist: Presentation on the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)
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Short Presentations of Each OCS Program

• Tnufa, Jacob Fisher View presentation
• Technological Incubators, Rina Pridor
• Magnet, Ilan Peled View presentation
• International Cooperation, Azi Hemar View presentation
• Matimop, Yair Amitai View presentation

31 MAY 2005

SESSION: INDIA

• Chair: Anand Patwardhan – Executive Director, TIFAC and Head of the Indian Delegation
• S.K. Brahmachari, Director, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, CSIR, Delhi
• Navin Vashishta, Scientist ‘E’ International Division Department of Science & Technology (DST)
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• Deepak Bhatnagar, Advisor, TIFAC
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• Renu Bapna, Scientist ‘F’ Technology Development Board, DST
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• Darlie O’Koshy, Executive Director, National Institute of Design
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• Anjan Das, Director, CII
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• Dr M. Vidyasagar, Executive Vice President, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
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SESSION: INDIA AND ISRAEL: R&D AS A STRATEGIC BRIDGE

• Chair: Prof Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and Head of STE Program, SNI

Presentations:

• Dr Orna Berry, former Chief Scientist, Venture Partner, Gemini Israel Funds
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• Prof Rishikesha Krishnan, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
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• Prof Morris Teubal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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• Prof Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and Head of STE Program, SNI
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• Prof Reuven Horesh, College of Management

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING SESSION

• Chair: Dr Shuki Gleitman, former Chief Scientist. CEO, SFKT. Chairman, Project Steering Committee.
• Participants:
  Indian delegation; representatives from government, academia, industry from Israel