This is EMECW13

The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 13 for India is designed to fund higher education student and teaching staff mobility activities between 12 European universities and 8 Indian universities. The EMECW13 scheme is part of the EMECW, a project funded by the European Commission to increase cooperation and exchange between Europe and other parts of the world. The coordinating institution for EMECW13 is Lund University (Sweden).

The project aims at better understanding between the EU and India, as well as mutual enrichment. The universities in this consortium will strive to achieve this goal. The cooperation instrument is guided by the DCI regulations, the Development Millennium Goals, and regional needs expressed by the Government of India. The objectives include a mission to create a partnership for research and development that will strengthen ties between India and the EU. Topics that will be included in the education and research collaboration are agriculture, food processing, climate change, energy, environment, ICT, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Particular stress has been given to these subjects because of the inequalities in India's development and the pressing needs to address issues such as malnutrition, health, medicine, urban and rural livelihood and so on. These all reflect the regional needs of India. It is with this background in mind that the consortium was formed and its members selected. It is expected that the cooperation resulting from EMECW13 will extend beyond academia to areas such as trade, politics, and international organisations.