JERUSALEM:President Pranab Mukherjee, who just ended his three-day visit to Israel, has sought the West Asian nation’s participation in the country’s Digital India programme and the building of smart cities and model villages.
”Ideas and innovations of Israeli scientists and researchers could go a long way in helping us achieve the goals of these flagship programmes of Government of India,” Mr Mukherjee said in his acceptance speech after being conferred Honorary Doctorate by the Hebrew University.
The President called upon Israeli scientists and researchers to participate in the transformation of India.
”India has a number of complementarities with India in many key sectors. India is keen to realise the full potential of a partnership between scientists and researchers of the two countries.
”Both our academic communities have much to bring to the table. India trains nearly 400,000 engineers every year. Israel, on its part, has proven itself in the field of research and technical innovation, ” the President said.
Hebrew University conferred Honorary Doctorate on Mr Mukherjee yesterday at a ceremony held in Jerusalem, Israel. On the occasion, the President said, ”He accepts the doctorate as the President of India, on behalf of the people of India. It gives him great pleasure to be associated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, one of Israel’s largest research and teaching institutions.” (UNI)
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