The Brazil-India Cooperation Agreement, in the area of Science and Technology, as well as the institution of the Scientific Advisory Council, originated in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Brazilian and the Indian governments. This document was elaborated during the first Mixed Brazil-India Commission, which occurred in New Delhi on the 20th and 21st of October of 2003. It was then agreed that the priority areas in Science and Technology would be: Biotechnology, the Sciences of the Ocean, the Technology of the Materials, Metrology and the Information Technology. The Council – composed partially by Brazilians – was appointed by Ordinance of the Minister of Science and Technology on the 23rd of January of 2004. Each government appointed a president, a coordinator for each area and representatives of national organizations directly interested in the priority areas. The joint actions of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) and ABC, launched a new era where Science, Technology and Innovation became acknowledged as essential instruments of the Brazilian foreign policy. Upon designating to the President of ABC and its members the responsibility of translating the terms of the agreement, into programs, projects and activities, the Ministry of Science and Technology restated the commitment of mobilizing the Brazilian Scientists to effectively participate in the efforts of the MCT and the MRE. The Brazil-India Program is a successful model for the implementation of the cooperation programs, above all with regards to the cost-benefit issue. See below the main events which occurred within the Partnership. 2010 Scientific Council
The 6th Meeting of the Brazil-India Scientific Council was held in Bangalore in India. The delegations were headed by the honorary president of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and the Corresponding Member of ABC, C.N.R. Rao, and the President of ABC who is the coordinator of the Mathematics area. The progress of the projects were discussed, and new work groups were proposed. Biomedical Sciences
The Academic Wanderley de Souza , coordinator of the area, visited the National Institute of Immunology, in Delhi, where he interacted with the students and met with Dr. Chandrima Shaha. Physics
The Academic Luiz Davidovich coordinated the Brazilian delegation at the Cold Atoms, Mesoscopic Phenomena and Quantum Information meeting, in Hyderabad, India. 2009 Biomedical Sciences
ABC sent a delegation, coordinated by the Academics Eloi Garcia and Wanderley de Souza, to participate in the Symposium of Infectious Diseases, in Calcutta, in India, when the research project which encompasses four areas, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis and leprosy, was elaborated. Computers
The 2nd Indo-Brazilian Workshop in Computers and Computational Sciences occurred at the Indian Institute of Science (IIS), in Bangalore, India. The Brazilian delegation was headed by the Academic Virgilio Almeida . As a result of this meeting, a research project between brazil and India, for a duration of three years, was elaborated. Mathematics
The 2ndIndo-Brazilian Symposium in Mathematics was held at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), in Bangalore, India. ABC sent a Brazilian delegation coordinated by the president of ABC, Jacob Palis . Nanomaterials
ABC promoted the 2nd Indo-Brazilian Symposium on Technology of Materials . A satellite event to the 12thInternational Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM – IUMRS 2009), was held in Rio de Janeiro and counted with the presentation of the Professor C.N.R. Rao, special advisor of the Minister of S&T of India. Health
The Academic Rubens Belfort organized the Glaucoma in India and in Brazil event, within the Brazil-India partnership, which occurred at Unifesp of Botucatu on July 2009. 2008 Biomedical Sciences
A /Brazilian delegation, coordinated by the Academic Eloi Garcia, participated in the Indo-Brazilian Meeting on Infectious Diseases, organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in the month of January, in Bangalore in India. In November, the Brazil-India Workshop on Infectious Diseases, was held at the headquarters of ABC in Rio de Janeiro, with the presence of Brazilian Scientists and Scientists from India, who discussed the situation on AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and leishmaniasis in both countries. Computers
The Indo-Brazilian Workshop on Computer Sciences, coordinated by the Academic Virgilio Almeida, had as its main focus, advanced issues of research, especially those of strategic interest to both countries, like Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Cyber security. Physics
Coordinated by the Academic Luiz Davidovich, ABC organized, at its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, the Workshop Brazil India in Condensed Material, aiming towards establishing new scientific partnerships. Mathematics
The 1st Indo-Brazilian Symposium in Mathematics was held at the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), in Rio de Janeiro, under the coordination of the Academic Jacob Palis. 2007 Drugs
The Workshop on the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry, held at ABC, with a presentation by Professor S. Sivaram, director of the National Chemistry Institute of India, traced the historial overview, the success strategies and the perspectives of this industry in his country. Among the results of this meeting is the Proposal for MCT on Pharmaceutical Industry, elaborated based on what was discussed at the workshop. Nanomaterials
The Workshop on Molecular Materials Including Nano-materials, was held at the National Chemical Laboratory, in Pune, in India, and ABC sent a Brazililan delegation coordinated by the Academic Fernando Galembeck , who also participated in the 10th International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2007).
