India to hold six meetings on scientific cooperation under its G20 presidency this year | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India during its G20 presidency will hold one mega ministerial summit on science in Mumbai and five other meetings on different aspects of technological progress and challenges in different cities this year under the Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) -- an important part of the country's science engagements in the group of developed and emerging economies. The RIIG aims to address the challenges of achieving socio-economic equity through research and innovation. It proposes the establishment of a G20 working group on research, innovation, and equity, which would bring together leading economic powers to address these challenges."The RIIG will serve as a platform to share ideas and create new partnerships to elevate research & innovation as a tool to achi...