Pune University and French Institute will collaboratively conduct third India France Knowledge Summit 2021 starting from November 24, 2021. This is a two day summit, which would be concluded on November 26, 2021.

• India France Knowledge Summit 2021 would be held from today, November 24 to November 26, 2021.

• The summit would be organized collaboratively by Pune University and French Institute.

• The last two editions were held at New Delhi and Lyon.

Pune University and French Institute will conduct 3rd India France Knowledge Summit 2021 from November 24 to 26, 2021. This year, the summit would be held in an online mode. However, two editions were held in 2018 and 2019 at New Delhi and Lyon, respectively. India France Knowledge Summit is a bilateral forum dedicated to scientific and academic cooperation between France and India.

The first edition was organized during the visit of President Emmanuel Macron to India. On the other hand, the cumulative participants in previous editions were found to be 400. This year, a rise in the number of participants is expected as the summit will be held online. India France Knowledge Summit 2021 will focus on research and scientific activities.

The main objective of this summit is to promote the tools and methods for better structuring the cooperation between the two countries and its alignment to the current reforms. The press conference for the summit was held yesterday, November 24, 2021. The forum has a series of interactive sessions to discuss aviation, aerospace, smart cities, electric mobility, urban planning and architecture, agriculture and food processing taken between the two countries.

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At the press release, one of the officials said, “It is an opportunity for our respective countries to underline the success of our scientific collaboration, to draw some new leads of joint research work and also to discuss and exchange ideas on global challenges; that had to be tackled.”