4th Meeting of Bulgaria-India Joint Forum on Information and Communication Technologies (Sofia, 14-15 June 2010)

The 4th meeting of the Bulgaria-India Joint Forum on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT Forum) was held on 14-15 June 2010 in Sofia. The Bulgarian delegation was led by Mr. Parvan Rusinov, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, and the Indian delegation was led by Mr. Rakesh Singh, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

The discussions were focused on issues in the areas of ICT policies, information security, promotion of cooperation between the private sectors, high-technology parks and R&D activities. Both sides made presentations on their national IT industry and perspectives for development.

The Indian delegation visited the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and the Institute for Information Technology, Bulgarian Academy of Science.

A Protocol of the 4th meeting of Bulgaria-India Joint Forum on Information and Communication Technologies was signed.