Israel lauds Indian scientists' contribution

By agencies   |   Friday, 06 May 2005, 19:30 IST
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JERUSALEM: Indian scientists at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, which is working with India in the field of biotechnology, are precious contributors to its growing reputation as a premier institute of scientific research. Indian scientists form one of the three largest overseas communities at the institute. "The community is a precious contributor to the growing reputation of the institute as the premier institution for scientific research," Ilan Chet, president of the Weizmann Institute said. Chet told Indian Ambassador, Arun Kumar Singh, at a meeting that the institute has been cooperating with India in various research fields, especially in the field of biotechnology. He lauded the efforts of the Indian scientists in various areas of research at the institute, mostly as post-doctoral fellows. Chet has been recently put on the Board of Directors at Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences in Hyderabad. "There has always been a large presence of scientists from India at the institute and they compete with the Chinese and the Germans for the top slot in terms of numbers," an institute official said. The strength of the community is such that they celebrate major Indian festivals like Diwali, Durga Puja and even popularize cricket in a big way at the institute, some of the post-doctoral fellows said.