Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA)
It is jointly supported by DST, GoI, New Delhi and Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France. The Centre is implementing various programmes to support collaborative research between India and France through academia-academia and I-A collaborations. The Centre also acts as a funding partner for various R&D project areas of mutual interest under PPP mode.
PPP Programs of IFCPAR/ CEFIPRA
Innovation Programmes
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The Centre has launched ‘Innovation Programmes’ through which private players can collaborate and fund collaborative R&D projects with CEFIPRA. It has resulted into a number of successful collaborations of CEFIPRA with private players such as, Airbus SAS and SAINT-Gobain Research India (SGRI) Ltd. to promote R&D under PPP mode.
BIRAC-CEFIPRA-French Embassy Programme
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BIRAC and the French Embassy are together supporting collaborative research involving biotech start-ups, SMEs and academic institutes. There is another collaborative programme ‘BIRAC-CEFIPRA-Bpifrance Programme’ for promoting the competitiveness of both Indian and French biotech industries and academia.
Indo-French Water Network (IFWN) Programme
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To build stronger relationships between industry and academic communities the programme aids for collaborated research projects and joint endeavour related to water technology.
TDB-CEFIPRA-Bpifrance Programme
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The programme aims to carry out activities related to the exchanging of best practices and the setting up of coordinated measures to foster technological exchanges and innovation, collaborations between companies, organizations and institutions of France and India in the fields of Aeronautics, Biotechnology and Automation.
Industry-Academia Research & Development Programme (IARDP)
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The programme was initiated in 2002 to promote collaborative research involving industry and academic partners of both the countries. The programme aims at bringing private industries, public institutions and government agencies under one platform. Presently six I-A projects are executing under CEFIPRA.