To establish a strong connection through conferences, and student exchanges along with other collaborations between India and Italy, a virtual launch of the Executive Program for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and India for the years 2022-2024 was organized by the Embassy of Italy in India. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham became an Indo-Italy network of excellence, and coordinator of “Multiscale Brain Function India-Italy Network of Excellence (MSBFIINE)” alongside the University of Milan and with the partners the University of Pavia, University of Modena, and Reggio Emilia in Italy and Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad in India.
The Indian coordinator of this MSBFIINE network of excellence is Dr. Shyam Diwakar, Director, Amrita Mind-Brain Center. The principal investigators of the project are professors, Shyam Diwakar, Giovanni Naldi, Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Egidio D’Angelo, Mohan Raghavan, and Jonathan Mapelli. Welcoming remarks were by H.E. Vincenzo de Luca, Ambassador of Italy to India. The keynote lectures were by Government representatives of the executive program, Dr. S K Varshney, Department of Science and Technology, and Minister Plan. Cecilia Piccioni, Directorate-General for Country Promotion, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy. The MSBFIINE address was by Amrita professor, Dr. Shyam Diwakar along with his counterpart, Prof. Giovanni Naldi of Milan.
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