PM had visited the Sirius Educational Foundation, a special center for talented children in Russia.
As part of building people-to-people component of India-Russia relations, PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin here on Friday met and interacted with a group of talented children from both countries. Modi felt unlike in the relations with the West, there was almost negligent people-to-people component in the relations, even though Russia has always stood by India and was a major defence partner.
During his visit to Sochi in May 2018, the PM had visited the Sirius Educational Foundation, a special center for talented children in Russia. On his invitation delegation of students from Sirius visited India to interact and hold joint workshops with talented children from India. As part of the visit, the delegation has been working with a group of talented students from the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), and the Atal Tinkering Labs, at the IIT- Delhi.
Modi, in his remarks, urged the youths of both the countries to work on innovation to improve the way of living of the poor and the needy.
An MoU was also signed between AIM and SIRIUS to further their cooperation.
"With cooperation of your counterparts, I am sure the interaction between young people, especially between schoolchildren, would be a great addition, and perhaps the most important addition, to the unprecedented level of India and Russia relations that we see these days," Putin said.
"This is the basis for a long-term cooperation," he said.
Modi also expressed his delight in meeting students of both the countries, and pitched for having sustained exchange programmes.
"This (Russian students' visit to India) should be taken forward. Indian students should visit Russian institutions, and more and more such exchanges should take place. India and Russian students together must think what can they do to make lives simpler for people, especially the poorest, to improve their way of living," he said.
The Prime Minister also asserted that every generation must have a "scientific temper" whether a person turns into a scientist or not.
"Without innovation, (the development) of the world will come to a standstill," he said.
Space Mission
- Russia has extended cooperation in India’s efforts to send a manned space mission by 2022.
- Our next space goal is to send an Indian astronaut in Gaganyaan, PM said.
- I’m very happy you’ve assured full cooperation in this, PM told Prez Putin
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