swissnex India is looking for an intern of Indian nationality.

Location: Bangalore

Swiss School in Tourism in Sierre (in Valais) has opened  an English programme for Swiss and especially international students. The programme lasts for 6 semesters and is divided as follow: semesters 1 to 4: studies here in Sierre; semester 5: 1 main option and 2 secondary options (in French, German or English) to be chosen by the students; semester 6: internship & bachelor thesis.

For details log on to: http://tourism.hevs.ch

• Flexibility : 9-month part-time. Three modules of three weeks in May, September and February.

• Mix of participants from public and private sectors, including national corporations, diplomatic missions and multinational companies

• Mix of analysis and practice : international oil and gas actors and strategies, international regulations, energy markets, management of giant infrastructure projects, project finance etc.

• Call for application: Open

• For details log on to: http://graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/executive/masters_executive/_oil/courses-oil_en.html

The University of Fribourg offers a limited number of scholarships during the academic year 2012 - 2013:

1. Scholarships: Master - Scholarships granted by the Rectorat to foreign Students (living abroad) who would like to undertake their master studies.

Deadline for application: 28 February to start studies in the following academic year

2. Scholarships: Research at PhD Level - Scholarships granted by the Rectorat to foreign Students (living abroad) who would like to undertake a research stay at PhD Level.

3. . Scholarships: Research at Post-PhD Level - Scholarships granted by the Rectorat to foreign Students (living abroad) who would like to undertake a research stay at Post PhD Level.

Dealine for application: 28 February for a stay during the next autumn semester and 30 September for a stay during the next spring semester.

To download the application forms log on to: http://www.unifr.ch/international/en/in/exchange#boursier

The Systems Group of ETH Zurich is actively recruiting highly-qualified PhD and senior and Postdoctoral researchers interested in pursuing research in one or more of the following areas:

• Databases and data management
• Operating system kernel design and implementation
• Network architecture and wide-area distributed systems
• XML processing
• Data stream processing
• Mobile computing and embedded devices
• Distributed and information systems in general.

The Systems Group is a joint initiative of four professors of the Computer Science Department of ETH Zürich: Gustavo Alonso, Donald Kossmann, Timothy Roscoe and Nesime Tatbul. Formally established in 2007, the Systems Group includes today over 25 Ph.D. students, 5 senior researchers, and 4 faculty members.

The Group was created as an open and internationally visible research environment that brings together expertise from different areas and provides the necessary critical mass to tackle large scale, long term projects. The principal language of the group is English.

For details please log on to: http://www.systems.ethz.ch/jobs

The international MPA (iMPA) is a one-year, 60 ECTS postgraduate programme specifically designed for Public or Non-Profit Sector executives or future executives who want to acquire the management skills and analytical capabilities necessary to reach leadership positions.

Building on IDHEAP’s 30 years of experience in executive education, this highly interactive and collaborative programme combines lectures, case-studies, sharing of best practices and field research. Trainees will gain a sound understanding of key management and policy analysis issues, develop their leadership and strategic thinking capabilities and will have unique opportunities for networking and interacting with high-level academics and practioners from a wide range of cultures.

For details log on to:www.idheap.ch/iMPA

Five swissnex office network representatives and 23 science councils visited the University of Zurich in mid-November. UZH News wanted to know what opportunities they see for the UZH in countries like South Korea, Russia and India.

Link to the article: http://www.uzh.ch/news/articles/2011/besuch-aus-aller-welt.html#

With a view to intensifying interaction and the scientific cooperation between Indian and Swiss scientists  institutions, the Indo Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP) extends support for exchange of visits under this project based Personnel Exchange Programme (PEP), with a special emphasis on further academic training and development of young scholars.

PEP grants aim at connecting ongoing research projects in the two countries. Funding will therefore only be offered for travel and living costs. It is expected that all other costs for the exchange projects will be already available to both sides from other sources.

The following types of proposals shall not be considered:
· Applicants who have an existing collaborative project which already covers travel and living expenses;
· Purely individual visits / training programme;
· Organisation of Seminars / Workshops or participation in a Conference /Congress.

Priority research areas: All science & technology disciplines (NO social sciences & humanities)

Project duration: Up to 24 months (maximum of 4 visits from each side per project duration)

Eligibility: Scientists with an appointment as a faculty member at an eligible Swiss/Indian institution can apply as Principal Investigator (PI). The appointment of the PI must last at least until the end of the project. Additionally to the PIs, the PEP project should include at least one PhD student or postdoctoral scientist on each side. The total number of participants on each side should not exceed three.

Eligible institutions in India:
Universities, Publicly Funded Research Institutes and Labs and educational/academic Research Institutes.

Eligible institutions in Switzerland:
Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, Cantonal Universities, Federal and Cantonal Research Institutions, Universities of Applied Sciences, other Research Institutions eligible for receiving federal funding.

Submission: Applications must be prepared jointly by the Swiss and Indian scientists and must be submitted in Switzerland and India simultaneously.
Application forms can be downloaded either from:
http://indo-swiss.epfl.ch/opencalls
or from the DST website:
http://www.dst.gov.in under “what’s new” column

Application deadline: 15.02.2012

Bio-Asia Hyderabad

BioAsia is an annual event, serving as a platform for academic and R&D collaborations in the field of biotech, biopharmaceutical and allied industry to create new partnerships. The ninth edition of BioAsia will take place in HICC, Hyderabad.

For more information:

EPFL International Summer Research Program 2012-School of Life Sciences

The undergraduate Summer Research Program (July 9th to August 31th 2012) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL) in Switzerland offers intensive hands-on research training. Come and discover the excitement and challenges of research in one of the labs in our 4 institutes: Brain Mind Institute, Institute of Bioengineering, Global Health Institute and the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer research. Fellowships provided. 

PhD Research scholarship in Biochemical Ecotoxicology at Eawag, Switzerland

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is a Swiss-based and internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH domain (Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology). It is committed to the ecologically, economically and socially responsible management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.

Course Level:PhD

Scholarship Provider: EU – Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: By January 31st 2012

For scholarship information and application log on to: http://internet1.refline.ch/673277/0095/++publications++/1/index.html

Call for Abstract for 2012 Tech4Dev International Conference, EPFL, Switzerland

UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development, the Cooperation & Development Center (CODEV) has the pleasure to announce that an international conference concerning Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty?, (Tech4Dev 2012) will take place at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland on 29-31 May, 2012.

Themes

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 December, 2011

For more information:http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev
 

Swiss Government scholarships for Indian students

EU India call for proposal on water

The call will facilitate EU-India project mode partnershipswith a view to address select water related challenges pertaining to water purification and water reclamation-reuse through either (a) joint research leading to co-generation of new knowledge and co-development of innovative technologies/products beyond current state-of-art or (b) design-deployment of field-based solutions out of the proven technologies available in Europe for specific water challenged sites in India to assess the potential and sustainability of these technologies from both socioeconomic and technical point of view to develop scalable, sustainable and affordable solutions.

Closing date for submission: 20 October 2011
For more information: http://www.dst.gov.in/whats_new/whats_new11/water/india-eu_water_technology_research_innovation.pdf

The University of Bern offers six Masters grants to international students

The Unversity of Bern offers six Mastergrants for the academic year 2012/13 for excellent international students. The grant consists of 1'600 CHF per month for the duration of the Master's programme. Application files will be examined by a selection committee. Criteria for selection are academic excellence and the candidate's potential and motivation.

Preconditions:

• Applicants must have graduated at the latest by the end of July 2012 with at least a Bachelor's degree in the wished field of study
• The Bachelor's or Master's degree must be from a non-swiss university
• The applicants permanent place of residence up to now must have been outside of Switzerland

Deadline for application:

The complete application pacage must be submitted in duplicate by posal mail. It has to be arrived not later than December 1st, 2011 at the International Office at the University of Bern

For more information: http://www.int.unibe.ch/content/incoming/master_grant/index_eng.html

Executive Masters in Asian Studies at EPFL

The Graduate Institute's Executive Education presents its new Executive Master in Asian Studies in collaboration with the Centre for Asian Studies at the Institute, the Centre for Area and Cultural Studies at EPFL and the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Geneva. The part-time programme is targeted to professionals already working or aspiring to work with emerging Asia.
Programme starts from: November 2011 (9 months course)
For more information: http://graduateinstitute.ch/executive/asia

SystemsX.ch conference in Basel 24-26 October 2011

With this conference SystemsX.ch presents scientific results of the Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology, launched in 2008. In addition, international experts are invited to present their views to four particular topics: Modeling of complex systems, novel technologies in systems biology, synthetic biology and medically relevant systems biology.

India sysmposium in Zurich on 30 September 2011

7th India Sysmposium is aimed at promoting the exchange of experience and expertise through formal as well as informal interactions among the eminent and distinguished panelist and participants; to help them understannd the various contempoary challenges on corporate and industry level as well as to make sustainable relations at cross-country level.

For more information:

http://www.india-symposium.org

Call for Applications: ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2011

The ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports incoming fellowships for postdoctoral researchers at the ETH Zurich. The program is intended to foster high-potential, young researchers who have already demonstrated excellence in terms of internationally competitive achievements in the early stages of their professional careers.Applications have to be made jointly by the candidate and their host who must be an ETH Zurich Professor and who will act as a mentor of the fellow. The duration of an ETH Fellowship is between one year and a maximum of two years.
Deadline for the submission: 1 September 2011
For more information: www.ethfellows.ethz.ch

Bangalore Bio 4-6 May 2011

The 11th edition of Bangalore India Bio 2011 will be held 4-6 May at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. This year's theme is "Biotech for Improving the Quality of Life". It is a platform and forum for networking with a focus on innovation. Over 170 exhibitors, 1000 delegates and 5000 business visitors from across the world are expected. www.bangaloreindiabio.in

Indo-Swiss culinaire rendez-vous, 3-14 January 2011

Chef Jérome Boulès and Chef Jean-Mathieu Baer from the Canton de Vaud in Switzerland held a workshop on Swiss cuisine at the M.S. Ramaiah College of Hotel Management in Bangalore.

3rd Bangalore Nano, 8-9 December 2010

Bangalore Nano - flagship event on Nanotechnology is organised by Department of IT, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and MM ACTIV Sci Tech Communications. 3rd Bangalore Nano will offer an unparallelled opportunity for Business networking and for knowledge sharing in the exciting field of Nanotechnology.

The event comprising of Exhibition & Conference will encompass two full days of presentations and discussions and interactive networking activities; a meeting place for the global Scientists, Industry, Academia & Government with a focus on "Frontiers of Nanotechnology: Impact on India".  

For more information please visit: www.bangalorenano.in/nano_2010

Switzerland: The world's longest railway tunnel, 15. October 2010

With the final breakthrough in the Gotthard Base Tunnel on 15 October 2010, the world's longest railway tunnel has been cut. 57 kilometres long - this is a world record. A key milestone on the way to the flat route through the Swiss alps has been reached.

Summer Research Program, 4 July - 26 August 2011

The undergraduate Summer Research Program at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland offers intensive hands-on research training. Come and discover the excitement and challenges of research in one of the labs in our 4 institutes: Brain Mind Institute, Institute of Bioengineering, Global Health Institute and the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research.  Fellowships provided.

Application deadline: 15 February 2011

For more information: http://sv.epfl.ch/summer-research

Faculty exchange grants with India in Social and Human Sciences

The third call of proposals for Faculty exchange grants with India in Social and Human Sciences is now open. The call concerns the following priority research areas:

   * Philosophy, Religious Studies, Pedagogy, Psychology
   * Social and Economic Sciences, Jurisprudence
   * Historical Studies
   * Archaeology, Ethnology, Art History and Urban Studies
   * Linguistics and Literary Studies.

Application deadline: 30 November 2010

For more information please visit: www.unil.ch/ri/india

International Conference on "Heritage-based Sustainable Urban Development"

The two day Conference will take place in New Delhi on 9-10 September 2010, organized by the UNESCO led Indian Heritage Cities Network (IHCN) in colaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in India. Speakers will be from India and Switzerland along with the participation of city administrators, professionals and academicians from India. More information can be found here: www.ihcn.in/conference-on-heritage-based-sustainable-development.html

Call for Swiss government scholarships 2011-2012 is open

The call for Swiss government scholarships for the academic year 2011-2012 is open. The scholarship programme supports Indian postgraduate students wishing to study and/or conducting research in a Swiss University or in a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.  Deadline for application is November 12, 2010. More information can be found here: www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vind/embnd/ste/schol.html

Winner of the TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award

Mohit Agarwal is the winner of the TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award. He will participate in a camp in Switzerland from 1-20 August 2010 working together with the other winners from Japan, Chile, Indonesia and China on topics of climate change. Mohit is a third year student in electrical engineering at  IIT Delhi and a passionate mountaineer. Congratulations Mohit!

Solar Impulse - Around the world in a solar plane

On 8 July 2010, Solar Impulse made a 26 hours flight purely powered by solar energy stored during the day. This is the longest and highest flight of a solar plane ever. The airplane has a wingspan of 64m and weighs 1'600kg. The carbon-fibre aircraft HB-SIA has 12'000 solar cells.

The Solar Impulse project is led by CEO André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard, Swiss president of the project and known for completing the first round-the-world flight in a hot air ballon in 1999. The test flights are coordinated by Swiss astronaut Dr. Claude Nicollier.

Solar Impulse is being developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne EPFL (solar-impulse.epfl.ch/en/index.html) together with a large number of parter and sponsor institutions. The ultimate goal is to fly around the world on solar power. The next milestone will be crossing the Atlantic.

Find out more: www.solarimpulse.com

Internship opportunities at ABB Bangalore

ABB in Bangalore is offering Internships (4-10 months) to EPFL and ETHZ students. Students should come from the following scientific fields: electronics and communication engineering, electrical and power electronics, computer science/engineering and technology, information technology/science. For further information please contact silvia.hostettler@sbf.admin.ch 

Indo Swiss Joint Research Programme

The Annual Report 2009 has been published (http://indo-swiss.epfl.ch).

2-4 June 2010 Bangalore Bio India 2010

The Flagship Biotech Event of India will be held during 2-4 June 2010 at The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore. In 2009, 680 delegates from all over the world participated in multi-track conferences, international trade  show, BioPartnering, CEO Conclave and other events. www.bangalorebio.in

EPFL School of Life Sciences - three PhD Programs

Join the EPFL School of Life Sciences in a top scientific environment at the crossroads of  biology, basic sciences, informatics and engineering.

Application deadline: 1 May or 15 November 2010

For more information please visit: http://epfl.ch/education

FP7-PEOPLE-2010: Individual Fellowships open!

The Individual Fellowships provide a financial support to experienced researchers to carry out research and acquire new skills and knowledge. Conditio sine qua non: Mobility! I.e. Researchers have to move from one country to another. As for the other Marie Curie Actions, the Individual Fellowships follow a bottom-up approach, i.e. the research topic is chosen freely by the applicant, in liaison with the host institution.

Ready to do some research abroad? Know more about IEF, IOF and IIF!

Application deadline: 17 August 2010

For more information please visit: www.euresearch.ch/index.php

5th Global South Workshop, 4-8 October 2010

Call for Participation: 5th Global South Workshop at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is a world renowned graduate school of teaching and research in these fields. It was created in 2008 by the merger of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Europe's first institutes of international studies (founded 1927), and the Graduate Institute of Development Studies, one of Europe's first institutes devoted to the study of development (founded 1961). The Institute plays host to a diversified and vibrant body of students and faculty.  

Application deadline: 15 May 2010

For more information please visit: www.graduateinstitute.ch/southworkshop

Win a camp to Switzerland: TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award

The TOPtoTOP Global Climate Solution Award is an opportunity for students who are passionate about climate change. Send in an essay or thesis with your ideas on how to resolve or improve the global warming issue to dario@toptotop.org and to silvia.hostettler@sbf.admin.ch.

Eligibility requirements: age of 20-35, able to hike 4-5 hours, available from August 1-20, 2010, transmission of entry (A4 PDF) before April 20, 2010. For more information visit: www.toptotop.org/img/poster3.jpg and www.toptotop.org.

24-25 February 2010

swissnex supports TOPtoTOP expedition leader Dario Schwoerer's participation at the Bright Young Climate Leader Conference in New Delhi (www.bycl.sacredfig.com/conference). Dario will start cycling towards Mount Everest for a clean-up action on 28 February 2010 (www.toptotop.org).

Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme (The Graduate Institute Geneva)

The Institute is pleased to announce the creation of a Global South Scholar-in-Residence programme. As part of this programme, academics from Africa, Asia and Latin America will be invited to the Institute for a period of one semester.

For more details please visit: www.graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/institute/visiting/in_residence_en.html

8 February 2010

Conference by Swiss architect Mario Botta at the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad (www.cept.ac.in) followed by inauguration of exhibition on Swiss Italian architecture. Large and enthusiastic audience of approximately 350 people. Also Professor Balkrishna Doshi, a famous architect of Ahmedabad, helped light the flame. 

22-24 January 2010

swissnex is sponsoring ETHZ, EPFL and CERN's participation at IIT Bombay Techfest 2010, the largest Science and Technology festival in Asia. At this prestigious event, two keynote speakers and four teams will be exhibiting Swiss excellence in virtual reality and robotics will be showcased. Lyn Evans, Project Manager at CERN's Large Hadron Collider is also among the keynote speakers and "one of the most eagerly awaited lectures in Techfest's history" according to the organisers. www.techfest.org 

November/December 2010

The TOPtoTOP Global Climate Expedition is the 1st expedition over the 7-Seas to the 7-Summits that will be achieved by human and nature's power only. A Swiss family together with volunteers share the joy of sport and enviromnmental action to protect the climate with young people all over the world.

International Summer Research Program 2010 at School of Life Sciences Lausanne

The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), will offer an intensive research training opportunity to 25 undergraduate students interested in research careers in Life sciences. This program will run from July 5th to August 27th 2010. 

For more information please visit: ssv.epfl.ch/page71592-fr.html

BioSquare 2010, Life Science Convention in Geneva, 1st and 2nd of February 2010

BioSquare 2010 will be the highest level life science converntion in 2010. Expected keynote speakers:
Steven Burrill, Burrill & Co CEO; Elmar Schnee, Merck Serono's CEO; Chris Viehbacher, Novatis CEO;  Daniel Vasella, Roche Pharma CEO; Pascal Soriot ect. 

For more information please visit: www.biosquare.com

UNIL Master's Grants

To facilitate access to the UNIL Master's degrees by students with qualifications from foreign universities, the University of Lausanne makes available around ten Master's grants which are awarded on a competitive basis. 

For more information please visit: www.unil.ch/ri/page72609.html

FOR RESEARCHERS ABROAD

Are you keen to undertake your research project in Switzerland? FP7, the 7th Framework-Programme for R&D of the European Union, offers financial support to researchers currently active outside Switzerland who want to come and do research in Switzerland. 

For more information please visit: www.euresearch.ch/index.php

ENTER2010 - eTourism (10 - 12 February 2010)

Horizons Conference is  the 17th edition of the international conference promoted by IFITT, the International Federation of IT in Travel and Tourism.  ENTER is considered among the most important eTourism conferences, and brings together worldwide known specialists in all aspects of Information and Communication Technologies in Travel and Tourism (eTourism).

For more information please visit: www.enter2010.org

Master Grant at the University of Bern

The University of Bern offers six Excellence Grants for international students who wish to do a Master's programme beginning in autumn 2010/11.

Submission deadline: December 18, 2009

For more information please visit: www.int.unibe.ch/content/incoming/master_grant/index_eng.html

Faculty Exchange Grant with India in Human and Social Sciences (Call for Proposals Autum 2009)

The faculty exchange grants are designed to encourage the dialogue between Swiss and Indian scholars (faculty members and research staff) in social and human sciences and to promote sustainable bilateral collaboration between institutions.

Submission deadline: November 30, 2009

For more information please visit: http://www.unil.ch/ri/india

First Swiss satellite launched into space!  

Satish Dhawan Space Center               SwissCube (Source: http://isi.hevs.ch)

SwissCube, the first Swiss satellite was launched into space on 23 September 2009 at 11:51 local time from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India. SwissCube travelled on board the Indian PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) together with 5 other nano satellites from Germany and Turkey. The pico satellite SwissCube (1kg, 10cm x 10cm x 10cm) is the first entirely-built Swiss satellite.

This endeavor is led by the EPFL Space Center in Switzerland in collaboration with several Swiss universities since 2006.

The scientific objective of the SwissCube is to study the airglow phenomena, a photoluminescence of the atmosphere occurring at approximately 100km altitude. The mission of SwissCube will last between 3 and 12 months.

For more information: http://swisscube.epfl.ch

   The road to the launch site in Sriharikota, India.

Indo Swiss Public Private Partnership Pilot Programme (Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme)

The "Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme" is a new funding scheme providing support for market-oriented  R&D projects involving Swiss and Indian partners. The main goal of this program is to promote innovation in Switzerland and India. The "Indo Swiss PPP Pilot Programme" is implemented in Switzerland by the  Innovation Promotion Agency (CTI) together with EPFL.

Submission deadline: February 28, 2010

Project duration: 12-24 months

For detailed information on this call for projects please visit: indo-swiss.epfl.ch
 

12-13 October 2009

It is with the greatest regret that EPFL has to announce the postponement of the Indo-Swiss Symposium, initially scheduled on October 12th and 13th, 2009 at the EPFL.
 
EPFL has just been informed by the Department of Science & Technology that following the severe drought and the subsequent emergency measures taken by the Government of India, the Indian partners have not received the authorization to travel to Switzerland. Therefore, EPFL has been asked to postpone the Symposium to a later date.
 
For more information please visit: wiki.epfl.ch/indoswiss

10-17 August 2009

Prof. Claude Nicollier, Swiss Astronaut and Mrs. Muriel Noca, Project Manager of SwissCube presented lectures highlighting Space & Astronomy to senior school and pre university students in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai. 

19 March 2009

2008 was the year of celebrating 60 years of the Friendship Treaty between India and Switzerland signed in 1948. In 2009 the celebration of this great friendship continues with a special focus on Science and Education. (www.indiaswitzerland.in)

2 February 2009

A networking evening for swissnex San Francisco representing Nestlé Innovation Partnerships was hosted by swissnex Bangalore at the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi. We are very happy that Federal Counsellor Moritz Leuenberger gracefully took part in the event.

24-26 January 2009

Two professors from EPFL gave keynote speeches at IIT Bombay Techfest 2009. Prof. Dario Floreano, Director of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems talked about "Evolution of Robots between Biology and Engineering". Prof. Henry Markram, Director of the Blue Mind Institute at EPFL presented the Blue Brain Project which focuses on neuroscience. Two researchers (A. Crespi and J. Knuesel) from the Biologically Inspired Robotics Group (BIRG) headed by Auke Ijspeert presented a "swimming salamander robot". 

4 December 2008

The Swiss network for international studies has launched a call for proposals www.snis.ch
Deadline: 31 January 2009.

3 December 2008

The University of Lausanne has launched a call for proposals for faculty exchange grants with India in Human and Social Sciences www.unil.ch/ri/india About 10 grants will be awarded each year between 2009 and 2011. 

15-20 November 2008

swissnex Bangalore is participating at The Jaipur Forum (15.-20.11.2008) with a conference on climate change, a panel discussion on student exchange and a poster exhibition on Indo-Swiss research projects.

6-20 September 2008

criss + cross:  design from Switzerland 1860-2007

At Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 716 CMH Road, Indiranagar 1st Stage, Bangalore, 560 038. Exhibition on view from 6-20 September 2008. 10:30 am - 6:30 pm (Mon - Sat), 10:30 - 5:00 pm (Sun). For more information visit www.prohelvetia.in

14 August 2008

Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier is giving a public lecture at IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, Dogra hall on 14 August 2008 at 15:45, New Delhi

11 July 2008

Switzerland is offering 20 ESKAS scholarships to Indian students to study in Switzerland. Deadline for applications 31. October 2008.

1 July 2008

The Science and Technology webpage of the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi is now online:

http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vind/embnd/ste.html

26 June 2008

The new Science & Technology website is now online

http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vind/embnd/ste.html

15 May 2008

swissnex common web portal
swissnex common web portal is now online at www.swissnex.org.