by Tom Williamson
The goal of EU-funded Euro-India SPIRIT project managed by ERCIM, is to formulate between the EU and Indian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) stakeholders a mutually beneficial research and innovation agenda which can be taken up through specific bilateral initiatives. With this specific goal in mind, Euro-India SPIRIT invited the Indian ICT expert Abhishek Sharma to the ICT Proposers’ Day at Budapest in May 2011. The aim was to facilitate an enabling environment for Abhishek to familiarise himself with the variety of ICT areas in which collaboration is possible, to learn about the technical and administrative aspects of being involved in FP7 projects, and to network with prospective project partners.