The 2024 Edition of the Chief Science Advisers’ Roundtable -CSAR is scheduled to be organised at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France on Friday. This roundtable is co-organised by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Indian  Government and the Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO. CSAR was conceptualised and launched as a Sherpa-track initiative during Indian G20 Presidency last year.

Delegations of 28 countries and six international organisations will join the round-table. They will discuss on the theme ‘Fostering open science, bridging knowledge asymmetry, and building science advice capacity globally’. The roundtable will be co-chaired by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the India Government, Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood and the Assistant Director General-ADG – Natural Sciences of UNESCO, Dr. Lidia Brito.