EU-IndiaGrid
Sustainable e-infrastructures
across Europe and India
The vision of a worldwide Grid for Research is embraced by both Europe and India and responds to the need for scientific collaborations in a networked world to address grand global challenges. This forms the basis of the Knowledge Society of the future supporting a wide-range of communities leveraging ICT infrastructures for complex problem solving to advance research across borders.
EUIndiaGrid2 capitalises on the achievements of EUIndiaGrid by acting as a bridge across European and Indian e-infrastructures to foster evolution in these regions and to ensure sustainable scientific, educational and technological collaboration.
e-Infrastructures across Europe and India
Find out more about EU-IndiaGrid2 and the European and Indian Grid infrastructures outlook. This downloadable booklet is introduced by Professor Raghavan, Scientific Secretary, Office of PSA to Gvmt of India and Chief Architect and Chairman of the NKN Technical Advisory Committee with a foreword by Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit, ‘GÉANT and e-Infrastructures’ European Commission, DG Information and Society. The booklet contains a unique overview of on both the Indian and European Grid infrastructure landscape, and looks at EU-IndiaGrid2 and the scientific communities in India and Europe.
e-Infrastructures across Europe and India Booklet - May 2011 edition
EU-IndiaGrid2 Objectives:
- Support specific user communities in the exploitation of grid infrastructure in areas strategic for EU-Indian collaboration.
- Ensure a sustainable approach to e-Infrastructures across Europe and India through dissemination actions, meetings & workshops.
- Foster and enhance cooperation with other European Initiatives in the Asian region and worldwide.
EU-IndiaGrid Target Results include:
- Interaction with 4 user communities - Climate change, High Energy Physics, Biology & Material Science.
- Cooperation with EU funded regional projects like EELA2, EuAsiaGrid, SEEGRIDSCI and EUMEDSupport-GRID.
- Organisation of 4 thematic workshops & 1 international climate change event.
“I am happy to learn about the second phase EU-IndiaGrid2 project – Sustainable e-Infrastructures across Europe and India. The first phase has been immensely beneficial for a variety of scientific disciplines including Biology, Earth Science and the Indian collaboration for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The successful working of the initial phase of the multi-gigabit National Knowledge Network (NKN), Indian Certification Authority, and participation in Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3) phase 3 are some of the important building blocks for supporting virtual research communities in India and their collaboration work with other countries.” - Dr R. Chidambaram, Principal scientific advisor to the Government of India Chandigarth
July 2012
EUIndiaGrid2 is playing an important role in enhancing and increasing Euro-India cooperation on e-Infrastructures through collaboration with key policy players both from the Government of India and the European Commission. EUIndiaGrid2 also works closely with policy initiatives such as e-IRGSP2 and Euro-India SPIRIT
Global networks are the glue that holds together Scientific Research Communities around the world. Networks such as GÉANT (The Pan-European Education and Research Network), TEIN3 (The Trans-Eurasia Information Network) and the NKN (National Knowledge Network of India) are all key to this process.
Two main grids exist in India – the Regional component of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG ) and GARUDA, the India National Grid Initiative. Both initiatives strongly rely on the development of national and international connectivity. In this respect fundamental steps have been taken and impressive targets have been achieved.
