Swissnex Bangalore is an initiative of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Similar institutions are located in Boston, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Singapore. Its goal is to fully exploit the potential of cooperation between Switzerland and the respective host countries in the fields of higher education, research, technology, innovation and culture and to promote Switzerland as one of the leading countries in those domains.
swissnex Bangalore is a platform where Swiss and Indian individuals and organisations can connect. Our purpose is to share knowledge and form partnerships in science, higher education, technology, art and innovation.
swissnex Bangalore should be operational in 2009. Until then, swissnex Bangalore is based at the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi.
In 2009, swissnex Bangalore continues to extend its networks and is looking forward to launch a number of innovative projects together with its partner organisations.
SwissCube - First Swiss satellite launched into space!
SwissCube (Source: http://isi.hevs.ch) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
SwissCube, the first Swiss satellite was launched into space on 23 September 2009 at 11:51 local time from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India. SwissCube travelled on board the Indian PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) together with 5 other nano satellites from Germany and Turkey. The pico satellite SwissCube has the following dimensions: 1kg, 10cm x 10cm x 10cm.
This endeavor is led by the EPFL Space Center in Switzerland in collaboration with several Swiss universities since 2006.
The scientific objective of the SwissCube is to study the airglow phenomena, a photoluminescence of the atmosphere occurring at approximately 100km altitude. The mission of SwissCube will last between 3 and 12 months.
For more information: http://swisscube.epfl.ch
Science and Education
2008 was the year of celebrating 60 years of the Friendship Treaty between India and Switzerland signed in 1948. The celebration of this great friendship continues in 2009 with a special focus on Science and Education. For more information (pdf)(www.indiaswitzerland.in)
