Indonesia, IIT-M to build innovation ecosystem

New Delhi: Close on the heels of the PM Narendra Modi's Indonesia visit, Prof Brian Yuliarto, Indonesia's Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week with IIT Madras Global Research Foundation to strengthen strategic cooperation in higher education, research, innovation, deep technology, entrepreneurship and talent development to create creative bonds between youth of the two countries.

The MoU aims to strengthen collaborative research and innovation ecosystems, accelerate deep-tech commercialisation and advance the India-Indonesia South-South Strategic Partnership, according to an official.

The MoU emerged from the July bilateral Summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, during which both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to significantly expanding cooperation in higher education, science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.