CSIR signed a Letter of Association with DAKSHIN, which is hosted at which institution?
- A.Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
- B.Indian Council of World Affairs
- C.NITI Aayog
- D.Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). DAKSHIN, the Global South Centre of Excellence, is housed at RIS, and it was in that capacity that it signed the Letter of Association with CSIR on 3 November 2026.
Option B, the Indian Council of World Affairs, is a separate body working on international relations and had no role here. Option C, NITI Aayog, is the Centre's policy think tank and does not host DAKSHIN. Option D, the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, teaches and researches trade but is not the home of this centre. The head of RIS who spoke at the signing was its Director General, Professor Sachin Kumar Sharma, while CSIR was represented by Dr. Rama Swami Bansal of its International Science and Technology Affairs Directorate.
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Practice Questions
DAKSHIN, which signed a pact with CSIR, stands for which of the following?
- A.Development Assistance Knowledge Hub for Innovation
- B.Global South Centre of Excellence
- C.Southern Science and Technology Mission
- D.Developing Asia Knowledge Network
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That is what DAKSHIN is, and it sits at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, working to spread knowledge and mutual learning among developing countries.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT named as a key area of cooperation under the CSIR-DAKSHIN Letter of Association?
- A.Healthcare
- B.Blue economy
- C.Space launch services
- D.Digital economy
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The Director General of RIS, Professor Sachin Kumar Sharma, named five areas as holding particular promise: healthcare, infrastructure, agriculture, the blue economy and the digital economy.
Read the full explanation →The CSIR-DAKSHIN agreement is chiefly aimed at strengthening which kind of cooperation?
- A.North-North cooperation
- B.South-South cooperation
- C.Trans-Atlantic cooperation
- D.Arctic cooperation
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The whole design of the pact rests on it: DAKSHIN works for the countries of the Global South, and CSIR is bringing its ready-to-deploy, affordable and adaptable technologies to that group.
Read the full explanation →Which principle did Dr Jitendra Singh propose as the guide for Indo-Pacific cooperation in ocean science?
- A.One Ocean, Shared Knowledge and Equitable Prosperity
- B.One Earth, One Family, One Future
- C.Security and Growth for All in the Region
- D.Blue Economy for Shared Wealth
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The Minister offered this as the principle that should steer cooperation across the Indo-Pacific, arguing that oceans ignore political boundaries and that marine pollution or a change in ocean temperature has effects far beyond the country where it begins.
Read the full explanation →How many aquanauts is the Matsya submersible designed to carry?
- A.Two
- B.Three
- C.Four
- D.Six
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The submersible of the Samudrayaan Mission is built to take three aquanauts down to depths between five and six thousand metres, and it is the vehicle behind the plan for a crewed Indian dive later this decade.
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