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Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum - Indo-U.S. PACEsetter Fund - Innovative Off-grid Access to Clean Energy

27 May 2020

While To support the global efforts of the medical and the economic and societal challenges are scientific community, IUSSTF has announced indeed daunting and the future seems fraught two calls for proposals to catalyse partnerships with uncertainty, Science, Engineering, and between Indian and U. [...] Minister Modi encouraged the Nuclear Power Corporation In support of global efforts to prevent, detect, and respond of India Limited and Westinghouse Electric Company to to disease outbreaks such as novel COVID-19, President finalize the techno-commercial offer for the construction of Trump and Prime Minister Modi committed to continuing six nuclear reactors in India at the earliest date. [...] Despite being one The study of of the most common features associated with semi-arid climatic zones, high- frequency (decadal) hydroclimate variability and risk of mega-droughts in semi- decadal scale arid regions still remain one of the most challenging aspects of climate sciences, droughts and and unsurprisingly, one of the least implemented aspects of climate sciences in the realm of climate ad. [...] The symposium attempted to bring a diverse body of scientists and environmental planners to foster deeper inter-institutional engagements in identifying regions in Indian and North America that are at risk of decadal droughts and mega- droughts and to deliberate on issues concerning the risk and impact of these in vulnerable regions as global climate continues to warm. [...] The workshop intended to coordinate the resources and capability to enhance expertise/awareness of groundwater modeling to research community, catalyze formation of networks among institutions and organizations in India and the U.
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