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JICA promotes sustainable growth through advanced technology solutions in India

Published on : Monday 02-03-2020

In India, JICA has been supporting Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Project.

New Delhi, February 28, 2020 – National Science Day is celebrated on February 28th each year in India to mark the discovery of “Raman effect” by the physicist Sir Chandrashekhara Venkata Raman.

In India, JICA has been supporting Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Project to promote joint research for both Japan and India. Its aims to obtain innovative solutions to the benefit of the society with a view to resolving global issues such as the environment and energy, biological resources, disaster prevention, and infectious diseases. In conjunction with this, it also aspires to improve the development of human resources and research capabilities in recipient countries by conducting joint research.

There are 4 SATREPS projects supported by JICA in India: Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery (DISANET), the research contributes to disaster preparedness by becoming the core of an information network that can respond immediately in time of disaster. UASB-DHS Integrated System – A Sustainable Sewage Treatment Technology, the sewage treatment plant is based in Agra to treat water of Yamuna River with revolutionary minimal-energy sewage treatment process. Research Partnership for the Application of Low Carbon Technology for Sustainable Development, the project conducted studies to select technologies that have high energy-saving effect and are highly applicable to India and Smart Cities Development in emerging countries for Multimodal Transport System based on Sensing, Network and Big Data Analysis of Regional Transportation (M2Smart), which is currently being carried out in Hyderabad.

Speaking on the occasion of International Science Week, Mr Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief Representative, JICA India Office, said, “We share Japanese expertise with India, across projects, across sectors in different states to ensure the India is abreast with technical advancements. It is because of Japanese expertise and enhanced scientific knowledge that JICA has been able to introduce quality solutions for sustainable development in India for various sectors including Health, Sanitation, Energy, Agriculture, etc. by disbursing ODA loans, Grant Aids, providing technical cooperation and public-private partnership for these sectors.”