The aim of the Memorandum of Understanding between Indian and French laboratories is to boost industrial research by strong inter-connections with academic institutions, Thales said.
"We are proud to associate with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, to facilitate and promote research and development (R&D) in India. Through this significant MoU, we look forward to contribute to the Indian government's mission of skilling and up-skilling people, and its focus on enhancing the R&D fields in India," Antoine Caput, VP & Country Director - India, Thales, said.
CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique or French National Centre for Scientific Research) is a governmental research organisation in France.
The students benefitting from these jointly supervised fellowships will have a PhD supervisor in India and a co-supervisor in France (from one of the identified CNRS laboratories).
A joint degree option between IISc and French institutions will be explored in the future.