The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers are expected to sign an MoU on research cooperation in the field of biomedical sciences. India and Germany are also planning to set up an Indo-German Science, Research and Technology Centre.

Sources noted that India and Germany have established a long and fruitful cooperation in science and technology. The Indo-German Science Circle has given new impetus to this cooperation and will further strengthen contacts between scientific and academic communities. Both sides expect that the newly established office of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in New Delhi will further add to the close network of institutions between the two countries.

Germany is expected to place special emphasis on cooperation in Science and Technology between Germany and India during its Presidency of the European Union. Both sides will work towards jointly organizing a ministerial conference on science and technology in the first half of 2007.