The Jaipur Forum
The Jaipur Forum takes place in the town of Jaipur (Rajasthan, Northern India) from 15-20 November 2008. www.nordsud.ch/english/programme.html
On 19 November 2008 swissnex Bangalore co-organises a round table on "Climate change: ethical and scientific challenges" in collaboration with SDC. On 20 November swissnex Bangalore participates at a panel discussing on "Student exchanges, training and research - future perspectives between Indian and Swiss Universities and Institutes". Panelists are Professor Yadava, Dean of the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India), Professor Suren Erkmann, Chairman of the Commission for International Relations, University of Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland), Preofessor Golapagan Balachandran, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and Dr. Silvia Hostettler, Executive Director, swissnex Bangalore (New Delhi, India).
A poster exhibition on Indo-Swiss research projects has been mounted by swissnex Bangalore together with EPFL (ISJRP) and will be shown throughout the week.
2008: Celebrating 60 Years of Friendship
The year 2008 is a year of celebrations for India and Switzerland - a year that commemorates 60 years of the signing of the Indo-Swiss Friendship Treaty and of friendship that dates back to much earlier than that. Visit the www.indiaswitzerland.org website for upcoming and ongoing events.
