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Objectives

• Focus efforts on high-impact fundamental and • Create a new platform for bi-national
applied R&D to create disruptive technologies collaboration using a formalized R&D project
in PV and CSP. structure, along with effective management,
• Identify and quantify the critical technical, coordination and decision processes.
economic, and policy issues for solar energy • Create a sustainable network from which
development and deployment in India. to build large collaborations and foster a
• Overcome barriers to technology transfer by collaborative culture, including the use
teaming research institutions and industry in of existing and new methodologies for
an effective project structure, cutting the time collaboration based on advanced electronic
from discovery to technology development and web-based communication to facilitate
and commercialization, through effective functional international focused teams.
coordination, communication and intellectual • Create a strong workforce development
property management plans. program in solar energy science and
technology.

Collaborating Institutions - India Collaborating Institutions - USA
Lead Institution Lead Institution
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Other Academia Partners Other Academia Partners
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Arizona State University
Kolkata Binghamton University
International Advanced Research Centre for Carnegie Mellon University
Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad Colorado School of Mines
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Purdue University
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy,
Bangalore Stanford University
University of Central Florida
University of South Florida
Washington University
RAND Corporation
Sandia National Laboratory

Other Industry Partners Other Industry Partners
Thermax Ltd. Corning Inc.
Clique Developments Ltd. Semlux Technologies, Inc.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. SunEdison, Inc.
Moser Baer India Ltd. Solarmer Energy Inc.
Wipro Ltd. Underwriters Laboratories
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd.\

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