Mark Sinclair

Head of Science & Innovation, India

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9th February 2015 New Delhi, India

by Mark Sinclair

Head of Science & Innovation, India

Looking forward … S&IN India 2015

Last month I wrote a blog about the exciting events the SIN India team have been involved in. The regional SIN IMEA conference in Mumbai was an excellent venue for all ‘SINners’ to get orientated with the various collaborations and projects SIN is kicking off with this year! Although its early days, the SIN events […]

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16th December 2014 New Delhi, India

by Mark Sinclair

Head of Science & Innovation, India

Looking back at 2014

With another very busy year drawing to a close, I’ve been reflecting on what we’ve achieved and what’s still to do. I can’t do full justice here to all that the team have delivered in the last 12 months but I wanted to share a few highlights with you. I’d also welcome your feedback on […]

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26th August 2014 New Delhi, India

by Mark Sinclair

Head of Science & Innovation, India

2nd UK-India Task Force on Science & Innovation

A couple of weeks back I was lucky enough to be in London to enjoy some glorious English summer weather and, more importantly, participate in the second UK-India Science & Innovation Task Force meeting. Professor T K Chandrashekar, Secretary of India’s Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), led a high level Indian delegation to London for […]

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28th April 2014 New Delhi, India

by Mark Sinclair

Head of Science & Innovation, India

The year ahead

As regular readers of this blog will know, each year we run a number of events throughout the year to promote research and innovation collaboration between the UK and India. We fund these through the UK’s Global Partnership Fund – a pot of money administered by the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to […]

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14th January 2013 New Delhi, India

by Mark Sinclair

Head of Science & Innovation, India

GCSA at the Indian Science Congress

For my first day back at work in New Year I had the pleasure of welcoming UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sir John Beddington (@uksciencechief) back to India. He was in Kolkata to speak at the inauguration of the 100th annual Indian Science Congress. Founded in 1914, in Kolkata, the Congress was the initiative […]

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About Mark Sinclair

Mark leads the Science & Innovation Network in India and is responsible for strategy and direction of the network, focusing on the government to government aspects of the Indo-UK science…

Mark leads the Science & Innovation Network in India and is responsible for strategy and direction of the network, focusing on the government to government aspects of the Indo-UK science relationship. He has had an extensive career in science and technology across a number of UK Government departments, having worked in research, programme management, science policy, and as private secretary to the Defence Chief Scientific Adviser. Prior to arriving in India Mark led the S&I Network in Europe West, based in Paris, and before that the S&I Network in Boston, USA. Mark has degrees in engineering and an MBA.