Michael Steiner, Ambassador of
Germany paid a courtesy call on Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Human Resource
Development in her office, here on 11th June.
The Ambassador mentioned the
demographic advantage of India and reiterated his country's commitment to
strengthen partnerships with India in higher education, research, vocational
education
and training. He
also reinforced the need to further expand the current Indo-German Strategic
Partnership (IGSP) in Higher Education.
Reciprocating the Ambassador's views,
the Smriti Irani reiterated India's commitment to collaborate with Germany and
appreciated the Indo-German Strategic Partnership (IGSP) in Higher Education.
Highlighting that the Ministry has already released funds under this
initiative,the Minister stated that she was looking forward to the final selection
of the Program's research and fellowship awardees, during the next Indo-German
Joint Working Group meeting on Higher Education, scheduled for 18-19 November,
2014 in New Delhi.
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