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Report

Enhancing Indo-German SME Innovation and Technology Cooperation

This report, a joint publication of the DWIH New Delhi, DAAD and the Fraunhofer Office in India provides an overview of the innovation and research ecosystems in both countries, emphasizing the role of SMEs. It also outlines funding mechanisms for technology transfer and industry–academia collaboration and presents key recommendations from the stakeholder dialogue to help shape a framework for Indo-German technology cooperation.

Virtual-Event

Helmholtz Career Day for Data Science 2025

Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy is organizing a virtual Helmholtz Career Day for Data Science 2025, a free-of-charge event that connects international Data Scientists and experts in Information Technology (IT) with exciting opportunities in research at Germany’s 18 Helmholtz Centers. The Helmholtz Centers are part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany’s largest scientific organization conducting cutting-edge research in fields such as energy, earth and environment, health, information, matter, and aeronautics, space, and transport.

Job Opportunity

Position: Regional Officer at the DAAD Information Centre in Pune

DAAD India is inviting applications for a part-time position (20 hrs./week) as Regional Officer at its Information Centre Pune. The Information Centre Pune is subordinated to the DAAD Regional Office in New Delhi and responsible for Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.

Call for Application

PhD positions at International Max Planck Research School for Biological Intelligence (IMPRS-BI)

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Biological Intelligence is inviting applications from international students for PhD Positions.

Indo-German entrepreneurship programme

Call for applications: Innovators Connect- Tandem 2025

Innovators Connect – Tandem is a two week immersion programme for young researchers interested in start-up founding and early-stage start-up founders from India and Germany. The programme takes place in India. Participants will work in teams to generate innovative ideas, undergo training for bringing research ideas to market and get exposure to start-up and innovation ecosystems of India and Germany. The programme will include design thinking workshops, information sessions, mentoring, networking sessions, lab visits and more.

Call for Applications

ICAS:MP Short-Term Fellowships 2026–27

The M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies (ICAS:MP), supported by the Max Weber Stiftung and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), invites applications for short-term residential fellowships in New Delhi for the academic year July 2026 – June 2027.

Indo-German Forum: Research, Innovation and Transfer

Dialogue on the Future of International Research Cooperation and DAAD Jubilee Celebrations

The Indo-German Forum: Research, Innovation and Transfer on 20 March 2025 addressed current developments in internationalisation of higher education and research, its structural challenges, and shared visions for research and innovation. Focusing on institutional linkages and science diplomacy, the forum explored pathways to strengthen collaboration in research, innovation, and knowledge transfer.