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Presently the Department of Science Technology Govt. of India is having three binational Centres namely Indo-French Centre for Promotional of Advanced Research IFCPARestablished with France in 1987 Indo-US Science Technology Forum IUSSTF established in 2000 with USA and Indo-German Science Technology Centre IGSTC established in 2010 under inter-governmental agreements.During last three years the following new programmes have been launched by these binational CentresIndo-US Science Technology Forum Phase II of Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre JCERDC Research Initiative for Real-time River Water and Air Quality Monitoring WAQMProgram Indo-US Fellowship for Women in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics and Medicine WISTEMMIndo-German Science Technology Centre IGSTC-CONNECT Plus ProgrammeUnder the JCERDC Phase II program the UI-ASSIST U.S.-India collaborative for smart distribution System with Storage project co-led by the Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur and Washington State University Pullman was awarded in September 2017. The project seeks to address critical issues related to adoption and deployment of smart grid concepts along with Distributed Energy Resources DERs including storage in distribution network for its efficient and reliable operation. Government of India and Department of Energy DOE of the United States of America have each allocated 1.5 million INR 10.2 crores annually for the consortia over the period of performance 5 years.Recognizing the importance of developing online River Water and Air Quality Monitoring WAQM systems Department of Science and Technology DST Government of India and Intel collaborated to jointly initiate the Research Initiative for Real-time River Waterand Air Quality Monitoring Program. Four projects were identified for award in 2017-18. Ofthese two have been funded under Air and Water Quality Monitoring categories respectively.The Indo-US Fellowship for Women in Science Technology Engineering Mathematicsand Medicine WISTEMM is a fellowship program conceptualized by IUSSTF in partnership with the Department of Science Technology DST to provide opportunities to bright Indian women students and scientists for capacity building gain exposure and access to excellent research facilities in U.S. academia and labs. Since the year 2017 two calls have been announced and through the program 40 young Women researchersscientiststechnologists have undertaken research at premier US institutesuniversities and labs for duration between 3-6 months in front-line areas of Science Technology Engineering Maths and Medicine.IGSTC and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation AvH jointly launched the IGSTCCONNECTPlus Programme in May 2018. The Programme is aimed at boosting Indo-German networking and long term collaboration among the participants of the Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposia INDOGFOE which is co-organised by the Department of Science and Technology DST and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.This information was given by Minister of Science Technology Earth Sciences and Health Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
