G20 Nations and Collaborative Research: Space for Indian Researchers

Abstract

At a time when India was leading the G20 member nations, the G20 Presidency offer greater opportunity for Indian students, scholars and faculties to explore the areas of advanced research so as to conduct the study in the universities and higher educational institutions where in requisite research opportunities exist in the member nations. This paper is aimed at exploring the prospects of collaborative research among G20 Nations, for the benefit of Indian students and scholars. While analyzing the significance of collaborative research, this paper is also about identifying a few countries that offer better opportunities for the Indian students. Of all the 19 nations that constitute the G20, Australia, China, Canada and Germany seem to be having numerous opportunities for Indian students and scholars undertaking the collaborative research. This paper is focused on exploring the research opportunities in a couple of these countries.