International Conference on "Heritage-based Sustainable Urban Development"
The two day Conference will take place in New Delhi on 9-10 September 2010, organized by the UNESCO led Indian Heritage Cities Network (IHCN) in colaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in India. Speakers will be from India and Switzerland along with the participation of city administrators, professionals and academicians from India. More information can be found here: www.ihcn.in/conference-on-heritage-based-sustainable-development.html
Call for Swiss government scholarships 2011-2012 is open
The call for Swiss government scholarships for the academic year 2011-2012 is open. The scholarship programme supports Indian postgraduate students wishing to study and/or conducting research in a Swiss University or in a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Deadline for application is November 12, 2010. More information can be found here: www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vind/embnd/ste/schol.html
Winner of the TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award
Mohit Agarwal is the winner of the TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award. He will participate in a camp in Switzerland from 1-20 August 2010 working together with the other winners from Japan, Chile, Indonesia and China on topics of climate change. Mohit is a third year student in electrical engineering at IIT Delhi and a passionate mountaineer. Congratulations Mohit!
Internship opportunities at ABB Bangalore
ABB in Bangalore is offering Internships (4-10 months) to EPFL and ETHZ students. Students should come from the following scientific fields: electronics and communication engineering, electrical and power electronics, computer science/engineering and technology, information technology/science. For further information please contact silvia.hostettler@sbf.admin.ch
Indo Swiss Joint Research Programme
The Annual Report 2009 has been published (http://indo-swiss.epfl.ch).
2-4 June 2010 Bangalore Bio India 2010
The Flagship Biotech Event of India will be held during 2-4 June 2010 at The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore. In 2009, 680 delegates from all over the world participated in multi-track conferences, international trade show, BioPartnering, CEO Conclave and other events. www.bangalorebio.in
EPFL School of Life Sciences - three PhD Programs
Join the EPFL School of Life Sciences in a top scientific environment at the crossroads of biology, basic sciences, informatics and engineering.
Application deadline: 1 May or 15 November 2010
For more information please visit: http://epfl.ch/education
FP7-PEOPLE-2010: Individual Fellowships open!
The Individual Fellowships provide a financial support to experienced researchers to carry out research and acquire new skills and knowledge. Conditio sine qua non: Mobility! I.e. Researchers have to move from one country to another. As for the other Marie Curie Actions, the Individual Fellowships follow a bottom-up approach, i.e. the research topic is chosen freely by the applicant, in liaison with the host institution.
Ready to do some research abroad? Know more about IEF, IOF and IIF!
Application deadline: 17 August 2010
For more information please visit: www.euresearch.ch/index.php
5th Global South Workshop, 4-8 October 2010
Call for Participation: 5th Global South Workshop at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is a world renowned graduate school of teaching and research in these fields. It was created in 2008 by the merger of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Europe's first institutes of international studies (founded 1927), and the Graduate Institute of Development Studies, one of Europe's first institutes devoted to the study of development (founded 1961). The Institute plays host to a diversified and vibrant body of students and faculty.
Application deadline: 15 May 2010
For more information please visit: www.graduateinstitute.ch/southworkshop
Win a camp to Switzerland: TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award
The TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award is an opportunity for students who are passionate about climate change. Send in an essay or thesis with your ideas on how to resolve or improve the global warming issue to dario@toptotop.org and to silvia.hostettler@sbf.admin.ch.
Eligibility requirements: age of 20-35, able to hike 4-5 hours, available from August 1-20, 2010, transmission of entry (A4 PDF) before April 20, 2010. For more information visit: www.toptotop.org/img/poster3.jpg and www.toptotop.org.
24-25 February 2010
swissnex supports TOPtoTOP expedition leader Dario Schwoerer's participation at the Bright Young Climate Leader Conference in New Delhi (www.bycl.sacredfig.com/conference). Dario will start cycling towards Mount Everest for a clean-up action on 28 February 2010 (www.toptotop.org).
Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme (The Graduate Institute Geneva)
The Institute is pleased to announce the creation of a Global South Scholar-in-Residence programme. As part of this programme, academics from Africa, Asia and Latin America will be invited to the Institute for a period of one semester.
For more details please visit: www.graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/institute/visiting/in_residence_en.html
8 February 2010
Conference by Swiss architect Mario Botta at the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad (www.cept.ac.in) followed by inauguration of exhibition on Swiss Italian architecture. Large and enthusiastic audience of approximately 350 people. Also Professor Balkrishna Doshi, a famous architect of Ahmedabad, helped light the flame.
22-24 January 2010
swissnex is sponsoring ETHZ, EPFL and CERN's participation at IIT Bombay Techfest 2010, the largest Science and Technology festival in Asia. At this prestigious event, two keynote speakers and four teams will be exhibiting Swiss excellence in virtual reality and robotics will be showcased. Lyn Evans, Project Manager at CERN's Large Hadron Collider is also among the keynote speakers and "one of the most eagerly awaited lectures in Techfest's history" according to the organisers. www.techfest.org
November/December 2010
The TOPtoTOP Global Climate Expedition is the 1st expedition over the 7-Seas to the 7-Summits that will be achieved by human and nature's power only. A Swiss family together with volunteers share the joy of sport and enviromnmental action to protect the climate with young people all over the world.
International Summer Research Program 2010 at School of Life Sciences Lausanne
The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), will offer an intensive research training opportunity to 25 undergraduate students interested in research careers in Life sciences. This program will run from July 5th to August 27th 2010.
For more information please visit: ssv.epfl.ch/page71592-fr.html
BioSquare 2010, Life Science Convention in Geneva, 1st and 2nd of February 2010
BioSquare 2010 will be the highest level life science converntion in 2010. Expected keynote speakers:
Steven Burrill, Burrill & Co CEO; Elmar Schnee, Merck Serono's CEO; Chris Viehbacher, Novatis CEO; Daniel Vasella, Roche Pharma CEO; Pascal Soriot ect.
For more information please visit: www.biosquare.com
UNIL Master's Grants
To facilitate access to the UNIL Master's degrees by students with qualifications from foreign universities, the University of Lausanne makes available around ten Master's grants which are awarded on a competitive basis.
For more information please visit: www.unil.ch/ri/page72609.html
FOR RESEARCHERS ABROAD
Are you keen to undertake your research project in Switzerland? FP7, the 7th Framework-Programme for R&D of the European Union, offers financial support to researchers currently active outside Switzerland who want to come and do research in Switzerland.
For more information please visit: www.euresearch.ch/index.php
ENTER2010 - eTourism (10 - 12 February 2010)
Horizons Conference is the 17th edition of the international conference promoted by IFITT, the International Federation of IT in Travel and Tourism. ENTER is considered among the most important eTourism conferences, and brings together worldwide known specialists in all aspects of Information and Communication Technologies in Travel and Tourism (eTourism).
For more information please visit: www.enter2010.org
Master Grant at the University of Bern
The University of Bern offers six Excellence Grants for international students who wish to do a Master's programme beginning in autumn 2010/11.
Submission deadline: December 18, 2009
For more information please visit: www.int.unibe.ch/content/incoming/master_grant/index_eng.html
Faculty Exchange Grant with India in Human and Social Sciences (Call for Proposals Autum 2009)
The faculty exchange grants are designed to encourage the dialogue between Swiss and Indian scholars (faculty members and research staff) in social and human sciences and to promote sustainable bilateral collaboration between institutions.
Submission deadline: November 30, 2009
For more information please visit: http://www.unil.ch/ri/india
First Swiss satellite launched into space!
Satish Dhawan Space Center SwissCube (Source: http://isi.hevs.ch)
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 (1kg, 10cm x 10cm x 10cm) is the first entirely-built Swiss satellite.
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
The road to the launch site in Sriharikota, India.
Indo Swiss Public Private Partnership Pilot Programme (Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme)
The "Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme" is a new funding scheme providing support for market-oriented R&D projects involving Swiss and Indian partners. The main goal of this program is to promote innovation in Switzerland and India. The "Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme" is implemented in Switzerland by the Innovation Promotion Agency (CTI) together with EPFL.
Submission deadline: February 28, 2010
Project duration: 12-24 months
For detailed information on this call for projects please visit: indo-swiss.epfl.ch
12-13 October 2009
It is with the greatest regret that EPFL has to announce the postponement of the Indo-Swiss Symposium, initially scheduled on October 12th and 13th, 2009 at the EPFL.
EPFL has just been informed by the Department of Science & Technology that following the severe drought and the subsequent emergency measures taken by the Government of India, the Indian partners have not received the authorization to travel to Switzerland. Therefore, EPFL has been asked to postpone the Symposium to a later date.
For more information please visit: wiki.epfl.ch/indoswiss
10-17 August 2009
Prof. Claude Nicollier, Swiss Astronaut and Mrs. Muriel Noca, Project Manager of SwissCube presented lectures highlighting Space & Astronomy to senior school and pre university students in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai.
19 March 2009
2008 was the year of celebrating 60 years of the Friendship Treaty between India and Switzerland signed in 1948. In 2009 the celebration of this great friendship continues with a special focus on Science and Education. (www.indiaswitzerland.in)
2 February 2009
24-26 January 2009
4 December 2008
3 December 2008
15-20 November 2008
swissnex Bangalore is participating at The Jaipur Forum (15.-20.11.2008) with a conference on climate change, a panel discussion on student exchange and a poster exhibition on Indo-Swiss research projects.
6-20 September 2008
criss + cross: design from Switzerland 1860-2007
At Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 716 CMH Road, Indiranagar 1st Stage, Bangalore, 560 038. Exhibition on view from 6-20 September 2008. 10:30 am - 6:30 pm (Mon - Sat), 10:30 - 5:00 pm (Sun). For more information visit www.prohelvetia.in
14 August 2008
Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier is giving a public lecture at IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, Dogra hall on 14 August 2008 at 15:45, New Delhi
11 July 2008
Switzerland is offering 20 ESKAS scholarships to Indian students to study in Switzerland. Deadline for applications 31. October 2008.
1 July 2008
The Science and Technology webpage of the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi is now online:
http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vind/embnd/ste.html
26 June 2008
The new Science & Technology website is now online
http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vind/embnd/ste.html
15 May 2008
swissnex common web portal
swissnex common web portal is now online at www.swissnex.org.
