EU-IndiaGrid Launch - IIT New Delhi, 11 January, 2010
The official EU-IndiaGrid launch took place at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 11 January, 2010. Dr R Chidabaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, attended the event with the EC e-Infrastructure delegation to India, including the Delegation head Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit, European Commssion Information Society and Media Directorate-General, Philippe de Taxis du Poet, European Union, Robert Jones, EGEE Coordinator, Leif Laaksonen, e-IRG Chairman and many more.
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.
