Science Diplomacy for South Asian Countries (eBook)

This book provides a science diplomacy outlook as a new governance tool in international cooperation. It elaborates on India's current S&T collaboration with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and science policy and science diplomacy in India. The book introduces concepts and contours of science diplomacy with international examples. It presents insights into international governance models, mega-science projects, and science diplomacy's role in addressing global climate change and sustainable development challenges. The book is a valuable reference to spark breakthroughs in India's science diplomacy with its neighbouring countries for scientists, diplomats, policymakers, government, and non-government institutions interested in science and diplomacy.

Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Malti Goel is the president of the Climate Change Research Institute from 2016. She has been a CSIR emeritus scientist, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, in the centre for studies in science policy, and a former senior advisor and scientist 'G', Ministry of Science & Technology (MST), the Government of India. She was a designated scientist emeritus, Indian National Science Academy, and a professor (adjunct) Jamia Hamdard University in 2008. Malti was born in Pilani (Rajasthan), India. After her masters' degree in physics with ?rst rank from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, receiving a gold medal in 1967, she did post M.Sc. DIIT solid state physics with ?rst rank in 1969 and earned her doctorate in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, in 1973. Malti Goel conducted pioneering postdoctoral research on polymers and composite dielectrics as a research associate and a scienti?c pool's of?cer at IIT Delhi. A receiver of several awards and honours for her accomplishments, Dr. Malti Goel was conferred the Life Time Achievement Award 2016 to recognize her outstanding contributions and achievements in climate change research in India. She is the author and editor of 12 scienti?c books, 31 book chapters and published nearly three hundred papers in international reputed journals and conferences. Malti Goel became a fellow of the National Environment Science Academy in 2008, and IC Environment and Ecology, Kolkata in 2015. She participated in the first AAAS-TWAS International workshop on 'Innovative Energy Policies for a Sustainable Energy Future' in 2013.

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This book provides a science diplomacy outlook as a new governance tool in international cooperation. It elaborates on India's current S&T collaboration with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and science policy and science diplomacy in India. The book introduces concepts and contours of science diplomacy with international examples. It presents insights into international governance models, mega-science projects, and science diplomacy's role in addressing global climate change and sustainable development challenges. The book is a valuable reference to spark breakthroughs in India's science diplomacy with its neighbouring countries for scientists, diplomats, policymakers, government, and non-government institutions interested in science and diplomacy.