PM Modi to inaugurate 'VAIBHAV Summit' today evening via video conferencing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'VAIBHAV Summit', a platform which brings together overseas and resident Indian researchers and academicians, today. The summit aims to bring our Indian-origin luminaries in academic institutes, research organisations across the world, and resident counterparts on a single platform to debate upon collaboration mechanisms to strengthen academic and science and technology (S&T) base in India for global development, a Prime Minister's Office statement said.

PM Modi will inaugurate Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit today at 6:30 pm via video conferencing. It is a global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian researchers and academicians and is scheduled from October 2, to 31, 2020.

"Looking forward to tomorrow's Vaibhav Summit, which brings together scientists as well as



researchers from the Indian diaspora. Do join at 6:30 PM on 2nd October."

The initiative involves multiple levels of interactions among overseas experts and Indian counterparts over a month-long series of webinars, video-conferences, etc. The inauguration will be followed by online deliberation sessions.

More than 3,000 overseas Indian origin academicians and scientists from 55 countries and more than 10,000 resident academicians and scientists will take part in the summit.

About 200 academic institutes and S&T departments, led by the Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India, are organising the summit running through October. Over 1,500 panelists from 40 countries, 200 leading Indian R&D and academic institutions will virtually deliberate in 18 different areas and 80 topics in more than 200 deliberation sessions.