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📢New Initiative!

We are thrilled to announce 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 #𝗘𝗧𝗜 in partnership with the New Emerging & Strategic Technologies (NEST) Division of @MEAIndia and the Office of the PSA @PrinSciAdvOff

ℹ️▶️thesciencepolicyforum.org/initiatives/et…

The vision of #𝗘𝗧𝗜 is to understand, analyse & anticipate the impact of #emerging #strategic #disruptive #futuristic & #critical technologies on #economies #social_equity #security & #international_relations

Further, identify opportunities and prepare action-oriented roadmaps

Participants from diverse fields including but not limited to #Technology #Innovation & #SocialSciences are encouraged to form #multidisciplinary, multi-institution teams and get involved in the #ETI

If you are interested, contact us:
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Rapid advances in emerging technologies including #AI🤖#Blockchain #5G📶 #Nanotech #QuantumTech⚛️ #Drones🛩️ #IoT📡 & #BioEngineering🧬 are going to affect all aspects of our lives, creating unprecedented opportunities and challenges

#𝗘𝗧𝗜 aims to help India prepare for these!!

#𝗘𝗧𝗜 will bring together teams of #multidisciplinary stakeholders to develop:

🔸Technology landscape assessments
🔸Technology foresight reports
🔸#Policy recommendations
🔸Tech #indigenisation roadmaps

These would be further deliberated & considered for operationalisation

📢#ETI Phase I #NESTMEA
ℹ️ How to participate❓

🇮🇳Open to all India citizens, #NRIs & #PIOs

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Form a #multidisciplinary, multi-institution team

🗓️Send an expression of interest by 16/10/2020

📄Selected teams will be invited to submit a #strategy paper for tech dev & adoption

📢Special session!!

𝗘𝗧𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 with Dr Arabinda Mitra, Scientific Secretary, @PrinSciAdvOff, Amb. @renu_pall, Additional Secretary #NESTMEA @MEAIndia, and Team #ETI

Join us:
📆16 Sept
⏰18:00-19:00

RSVP here:
▶️tinyurl.com/infosessionfor…

Watch the recording of our #information session on the Emerging Technologies Initiative #ETI here:

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#NESTMEA @MEAIndia @PrinSciAdvOff #Tech4India