In an important milestone in S&T Cooperation between India and France, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Institut Pasteur with scope for cooperation in health research.

CSIR and Institut Pasteur would be jointly researching and focusing on emerging and reemerging infectious diseases and inherited disorders and enable the delivery of effective and affordable healthcare solutions not only for the people of India and France but for the global good. 

The MoU provides for developing potential scientific and technological cooperation and networking in advanced and emerging areas of human health between scientists and institutes/laboratories of CSIR and Institut Pasteur and its international network.

Dr Shekhar C Mande, DG, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, India and Professor Stewart Cole, President Institut Pasteur, France signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations. 

The path ahead for the execution of collaboration activities under the MoU was presented by Dr Vinay K Nandicoori, Director CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad in discussion with Prof. Christophe d’Enfert, Sr. Executive Scientific Vice-President, Scientific Affairs Department, Institut Pasteur.