SYNCHRONISER, a project sponsored by the European Commission (EC) under Framework Programme 7 (FP7), and supported by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MCIT), Government of India, has organised a Panel Discussion titled "Future ICT Priorities for India" at Bangalore. The outcome of this high powered panel discussion on future ICT priorities of India is said to be incorporated in the report. This report will be submitted to the Dept of IT, Government of India and the European Commission providing an actionable roadmap for policy coordination and alignment to promote joint ICT research and innovation.
Katja Legisa, Project Manager, EU projects, India said, "To predict what a country will do in the near future is a big challenge. Nevertheless, given the growing importance of the ICT in India and world across, internalization of the ICT activity and collaboration between countries in this domain is becoming essential. For reaching this objective, identification and agreement of ICT priorities, first within each country and then between cooperating countries, is the first stepping stone."
Mary Mathew, Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies said, "Two areas of focus emerged from our dialogues with the visionary sample. First, were Core Information and Communciation Technologies, including Internet access, embedded systems, sensors, cloud computing, for example, and second were technologies related to sectors, the first sector of focus being ICT for health care followed by ICT for energy."
The objective of SYNCHRONISER is believed to contribute to the EU-India policy dialogue in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) domain for better policy coordination and enhanced collaborative research activities. This objective is being realized by providing recommendations on future joint ICT research priority areas and identifying long term research priorities for India that will be matched with the EU priorities.
