New Delhi, Oct 9 (UN) India and Denmark inked four government-to-government agreements, including on skill development, during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Danish PM Mette Frederiksen here and announced three commercial ones, with one involving Reliance Industries.
These are:
1) MoU between the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India, and Aarhus University, Denmark, and Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland on mapping of ground water resources and aquifers.
This MoU paves the way for a long-term collaboration, which will help to address issues such as water scarcity, ground water depletion, and deterioration of groundwater quality.
(2) Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Access Agreement between the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office
The agreement will provide access of the Indian Traditional Knowledge to the Danish side and will ensure granting of IP rights by the Danish Patent Office with appropriate consideration of existing traditional knowledge of India.
(3) MoU between the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and Danfoss Industries Private Limited, to establish a Centre of Excellence towards natural refrigerants for tropical climates with potential applications.
The centre aims to spread knowledge of CO2-based cooling systems and offer competence and skills development on installation, commission, and maintaining CO2-based cooling systems.
(4) Joint Letter of Intent between Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India and The Government of Denmark.
Under the LoI both countries have decided to further explore opportunities to collaborate in skill development. Danish companies present in India have already expanded their skilling capacities as they expand their manufacturing capacities.
Apart from these, three commercial agreements were also announced:-
1) An MoU between Reliance Industries Limited and Stiesdal Fuel Technologies on the development of the Hydrogen Electrolyzer and the subsequent manufacturing and deployment of the Hydrogen Electrolyzer in India. Electrolyzers use electricity to break water into hydrogen and oxygen in a process called electrolysis.
2) An MoU between Infosys Technologies and Aarhus University to establish a‘Center of Excellence for Sustainability Solutions’ based in Denmark.
3) MoU between the ‘Observer Research Foundation’ and ‘State of Green’ on strategic cooperation to promote knowledge-sharing on solutions and facilitate research on the green transition of the economy.
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