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History of the Workshop:
The India-Korea Joint Workshop has been supported by both DST of India and MEST of Korea based on the MOU for S&T collaboration between the two governments, and this workshop will be held two times per year for the next 5 years. The 1st India-Korea Joint Workshop was held in Seoul, May, 2011, and the 2nd India-Korea Joint Workshop will be held in Chennai, November, 2011, and the 3rd one shall be held again in Seoul, August, 2012. The 1st Indo-Korea Forum was held as a satellite meeting of IEEE Nano 2010 on August in Seoul, August 2010, and this Indo-Korea Forum has been merged to India-Korea Joint Workshop, so that both DST of India and MEST of Korea will support this India-Korea Joint Workshop as an official S&T meeting. The theme of each workshop shall be decided by the organizing committee. The workshop "Nanotechnology Conclave" has been organized together with the Confederation of Indian Industry this year. Thus the 2nd India-Korea Joint Workshop at Chennai will cover both "Chemistry and Nanomaterials" and "Nanotechnology Conclave".
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Objectives of the Workshop:
The 2nd India-Korea Joint Workshop is aimed to improve the relations in Science and Technology between the countries through their mutual interest in chosen themes; Chemistry and Nanomaterials. This workshop is not only envisioned to make a win-win model based on the exchange of ideas and human resource but also expected to proceed to India-Korea economic partnership. In view of these expectations, this workshop is considered as a practical approach towards establishing a win-win model for global research network.
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Co-Chairs:
Haiwon Lee (Hanyang University/Asian Research Network, Korea)
T. Pradeep (IIT Madras, Chemistry/Indian side original organizer of India-Korea Forum since 2010)
G. D. Yadav (Institute of Chemical Technology/ Indian coordinator for the India-Korea Joint Workshop)
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Organizers:
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Hanyang University
Confederation of Indian Industry
Korea Institute of Science & Technology
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Sponsors:
Department of Science and Technology of India
Ministry of Education, Science & Technology of South Korea
Indo-Korea Science and Technology Center, Bangalore
Central University of Rajasthan
Asian Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Association
Asian Research Network
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