The IC-IMPACTS Annual India Week conference took place from December 9-11, 2024, Celebrating 12 years of Canada-India Collaborations in Science & Technology at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.

The conference was chaired by Dr. Vasant Matsagar Head of the department, Civil, IIT Delhi and Co-Chaired by Dr. Sanjeev Varshney Ex Global Head Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and by Dr. Nemy Banthia, CEO and Scientific Director IC-IMPACTS.

Acting Canadian High Commissioner Ms. Jennifer Daubney inaugurated the event, attended by dignitaries from various Indian government departments. Nemkumar Banthia, CEO and Scientific Director welcomed the guests and announced the100thCanada-India Project.
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Ms. Jennifer Daubeny and Dr. Ravindra Goel, Principal Executive Director, Bridges at Indian Railways were Guest of honour speakers. University leaders Dr. Joy Johnson Preside Simon Fraser University, Dr. Arvind Gupta, Professor and Academic Director, Professional Programs, University of Toronto and Institute Leader Dr. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT-Delhi gave their praising remarks for IC-IMPACTS. Dr. Venkatesh Kodur, Distinguished Professor, Michigan state University and Dr. Pramod Narayan, Director, Central Water Commission, Ministry of Jal Shakti were the keynote speakers.

After tea break Parallel Sessions on Water and health projects and Sustainable &safe infrastructure and food and security were presented by PIs.

The second day started with the talks of all the four theme leads followed by the talks of various very remarkable young innovators funded by IC-IMPACTS for their projects in all the four themes.
Despite geopolitical challenges, the conference had a strong attendance, with presentations from Project Investigators and Highly Qualified Personsonals from Canada and India.

On the last day of the conference, panelists discussed collaborating with private universities and industries in Canada and India