Call for Proposals

India Sri Lanka Joint Call for Workshop Proposal

The Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation Division, Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India renewed the Programme of Cooperation (PoC) in Science and Technology, on August 14th 2022. In terms of the PoC, funding can be made available for selected Joint S&T workshop proposals in bilateral mode involving scientist & technologists from India and Sri Lanka, in the following areas:

  • a. Food Technology
  • b. Plant base medicines
  • c. Robotics & Automation
  • d. Renewable Energy
  • e. Waste Management
  • f. Information and Communication Technology
  • g. Sustainable Agriculture
  • h. Aerospace Engineering
  • i. Big data analysis
  • j. Artificial intelligence
  • k. Any other area of S&T with national relevance (with Justifications)

Eligibility: 1. Interested Indian applicants should ensure that their applications with identical titles has been submitted by their Sri Lanka partners to the Ministry of Education, Research & Innovation Division by due date. 2. A Bilateral Workshop Shall be on a theme which falls within any of the above area; There shall be only one Co-PI and that should be from the Institution of PI. The Co-PI is compulsory for each side. In case, PI is unable to organize the workshop then the Co-PI of the same Institution shall organize it within the given time frame.

 Last date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024