India, Sept. 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The 2025 edition of Chief Science Advisers' Roundtable (CSAR) with a focus on "Equity-based Science, Technology and Innovation for Inclusive Human Development and Global Sustainability", convened under the South Africa's G20 Presidency, on 21 September 2025, in Pretoria, South Africa. The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), in collaboration with its entity, the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), hosted the G20-CSAR 2025. The initiative was conceptualised during India's G20 Presidency in 2023, spearheaded by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (OPSA) to the Government of India. The 2024 edition of CSAR was collaboratively hosted by OPSA and UNESCO in Paris, France, with an extended scope and participation. G20-CSAR provides a platform to discuss and devise common frameworks to address some of the pressing policy challenges through inclusive global science advice.

The Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India, Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Scientific Secretary, Dr. Parvinder Maini, and Chief Policy Adviser Dr B. Chagun Basha joined the chief science advisers and their nominated equivalents from G20 member and guest countries. The roundtable discussed the three key priority areas:

The development and promotion of a global STI agenda to support the implementation of the SDGs and enable a just, equitable and inclusive energy transition Towards a global knowledge system that is equitable and open to all Leveraging G20 STI initiatives to strengthen STI capacity-building initiatives in Africa and the developing countries The roundtable was chaired by Ms. Anneline Morgan, acting CEO of NACI. Special remarks were delivered by Dr. Mlungisi Cele, Director-General, DSTI, South Africa; Mr. Tilson Manyoni, Chairperson of NACI; and H.E. Ambassador Malcomson, who spoke on behalf of the Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and G20 Sous Sherpa, South Africa.

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