India and UK join hands to work as R&D partners
India and UK have agreed to work together in two major initiatives in the fields of Solar Energy and Nano Material Research, inter alia. The research projects will focus on systems level design and development covering solar energy generation, storage systems and grid integration particularly for micro-grid systems. India would be investing USD 7.5 million over a period of five years with matching contribution from Research Council UK (RCUK) under the Newton-Bhabha Programme.bulletin/cci-business-bulletin-18-06-16-to-24-06-16