Issue 81  Funding OpportunitiesI Upcoming Events I Reports I News from the web Dear Mr Naresh Sagar,  Welcome to the September Edition of the UK Science and Innovation Network in India's Newsletter. In this month's newsletter we have highlighted UK Ministers' visit and the launch of the Chevening fellowship programmes. SIN Spotlight Professor Robin Grimes Visit to India Professor Robin Grimes, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chief Scientific Adviser, Londonvisited India in August to showcase UK's research and innovation excellence through the Newton-Bhabha Fund and explored potential for the Innovation for Clean Energy (ICE) global R&D initiative. He co-chaired the first Newton-Bhabha Steering Group with Professor VS Ramamurthy, Emeritus Scientist from the National Institute of Advanced Studies and former Secretary to Department of Science & Technology.He also met with the Secretaries of Department of Science & Technology (Prof Ashutosh Sharma), Department of Biotechnology (Dr K VijayRagahavan) and Ministry of Human Resource Development (Mr Vinay Sheel Oberoi) to further strengthen Newton-Bhabha programme and also to develop joint multi-disciplinary research programmes in the social sciences and humanities with the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Read more UK Ministers' Visit India to Boost Business, Trade Ties British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Rt Hon Sajid Javid and Britain's Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Francis Maude visited India in early September. Their visits included the India-UK Business Convention in Delhi, a gathering of major British and Indian CEOs including some of the top investors in India Read more.Minister Sajid Javid also launched the Chevening Rolls Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Fellowship (CRISP) for 2016.  Read more Top Stories    Remembering Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Former President of India, Scientist extraordinaire, enthusiastic professor and writer, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on 27th July 2015 in Shillong, Meghalaya where he was to deliver a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong. Popularly known as the 'People's President', Dr Kalam worked as a Scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister (1992-1999) before joining politics. He served as the 11th President of India from 2002-2007 and later dedicated his life to education, public services and writing. Read more. Roundtable on exploring Indo-UK education cooperation and funding sources British Deputy High Commission Chandigarh organised a roundtable meet on 4th August at Chandigarh with three clearly defined aims. To increase visibility of UK excellence in Education, forge new partnerships based on mutual interest, and increase number of quality applications from Indian universities to UK funding sources. Read more.. Translating UK-India Partnership to Innovation SIN India plans to bring a UK delegation out to India to visit innovation and incubation centres. The 'Make in India' initiative involves the need to promote innovation and entrepreneurs and we believe the UK's expertise in this area could be leveraged to create more joint collaborations. To better understand our own innovation ecosystem, Karanpreet one of Delhi SIN Advisors met with several key players in the UK last month. Read more..   Webinar on Partnering Opportunities with the UK to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) This month Sheryl Anchan our Mumbai SIN Advisor put together an interesting webinar on Antimicrobial resistance(AMR) which showcased some of the partnering opportunities with the UK to help tackle AMR. For a recording of the webinar pls follow the link Reports    100 Smart Cities and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT) On the 25th June, the Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi, formally launched its two flagship Missions on urbanization, namely: 100 Smart Cities and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT) which covers 500 Tier 2 and 3 cities.  The combined budget for these Missions allocated by the Government of India is 100,000 crore rupees (ca £10 billion).  Central Government funding is expected to leverage additional funding from the private sector and from State Governments. Implementing these Missions will require research and innovation to develop indigenous solutions for challenges facing Indian cities.  One should not assume that solutions (e.g. for urban mobility) developed for New York or Rome will be suitable for the Indian context.    RCUK India recently held a consultative workshop with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) on the RCUK/SIN mapping report on Sustainable Cities and Rapid Urbanisation [report].  This was attended by senior academics from across India as well as policymakers. NIUA is the nodal institution in India co-ordinating pan-Indian research and innovation activity on urbanization.    Funding Opportunities Want to keep up to date with all the opportunities funded through the UK's Newton Fund? Follow this page on gov.uk.  (CRISP)Chevening/Rolls Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Fellowship. Deadline: 12th October 2015 Chevening TCS Cyber Security Fellowship Programme: The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office presents an outstanding opportunity to study Cyber issues in the UK. Deadline: 4th September 2015 Newton-Bhabha call for 'Cultural Heritage and Rapid Urbanisation in India' announced by Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR). Deadline: 22nd September 2015. Newton-Bhabha Higher Education Partnership (HEP) programmewhich aims to support Indian universities in improving their engineering education and research output.: Deadline: 11 September, 2015. NERC-MoES call for proposals in Sustaining Water Resources. Deadline for Intent to submit: 7th September 2015. Newton International Fellowships:under the Newton-Bhabha programme the Academy of Medical Sciences is seeking applications for fellowships to support early stage post-doctoral researchers from India to work at UK research institutions for a period of two years. Deadline: 9th September 2015. Social Enterprise Education programme (SEEP) is an initiative to build collaborative partnerships facilitating opportunities to students and faculty in India and the UK. Deadline: 18th September 2015. For a full list of funding opportunities, please check out our monthly summary Upcoming Events Innovate 2015: 9-10 November, London: Innovate 2015, a two-day event that stimulates opportunities for innovation, export and investment for the UK's most innovative companies.    India-UK Business Convention at Taj Palace, New Delhi, on 12 Sept. 2015.    Milan Expo 2015. HealthcareUK seminars 29 - 30 September 2015.    UK India workshop on Diagnostics and Therapeutics to tackle AMR in Delhi, 12- 13 October 2015. For more information email.   If you are planning a visit to India soon check out our top tips for a successful trip. Or check out our map of Indian Science & Innovation to plan your itinerary. We've also produced a map of the UK if you're heading in the other direction! News from the web  The Science & Innovation Network and Milan EXPO: Food and the Future. SIN India Team News This month, we're delighted to welcome Sarah Mooney our new Head of Science and Innovation India Network. We will have her profile up on our blog site soon. Do look out for a welcome blog by her in our October Newsletter.    Thanks for reading!   Sarah, Murtaza, Swati, Rita, Karanpreet, Sunil, Sheryl ,Pradeep and Supri,        The UK Science & Innovation Team in India    Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe now to get next month's edition direct! 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