03 December 2018- DOST Assistant Secretary Leah Buendia and assistant Mr. Denvi Gabales along with Vice Consul John Boitte Santos and Economic Assistant Ms. Meri Jayne Cinco, met with officials from India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST), Mr. Rajiv Kumar and Mr. S.K. Varshney, in the DST office in New Delhi on 30 November 2018. Representatives from the two countries discussed cooperation in Science and Technology between the Philippines and India including in the fields of agricultural biotechnology; health, pharmaceutical and medical sciences; information and communication technology (ICT); materials science and technology; and ocean and atmospheric sciences. END.