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BRICS to set up research repository, youth startup platform, explore university ranking

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Source: Hindustan Times | Original Published At: 2026-09-12 13:31:32 UTC

Key Points

  • BRICS member countries will set up a common digital research repository, a youth startup platform, and explore a new university ranking and evaluation system.
  • The New Delhi Declaration, adopted at the BRICS summit in India, focuses on cooperation in science, education, innovation, and skilling.
  • The BRICS Science and Research Repository will map and share research outputs, datasets, infrastructure, and expertise across member countries.
  • The BRICS Youth Startup Platform will support youth-led startups through virtual dialogue, collaboration, and financing aligned with the BRICS Startup Innovation Fund.
  • BRICS countries adopted a 2026-2030 action plan to strengthen research infrastructure and megascience projects under the BRICS Global Research Advanced Infrastructure Network.
  • BRICS will develop a university ranking and evaluation system, an education olympiad, and continue the BRICS Rectors’ Forum to promote higher education partnerships.
  • The declaration also supports traditional and indigenous knowledge systems, technical and vocational education, digital literacy, and academic mobility.
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