new delhi the union cabinet was apprised on wednesday of a memorandum of understanding mou between india and spain for scientific and technical collaborations in the field of astronomythe mou was signed between indian institute of astrophysics iia bengaluru and the instituto de astrofisica de canarias iac and the grantecan sa gtc spain a statement saidthe union cabinet chaired by prime minister narendra modi was apprised of signing of a memorandum of understanding mou between indian institute of astrophysics iia bengaluru and the instituto de astrofisica de canarias iac and the grantecan sa gtc spain to develop scientific and technical collaborations in the astronomy field the statement saidthe activities to be carried out under this mou will lead to new scientific results new technologies capacity building through increased scientific interaction and training and joint scientific projects it addedthe joint research projects training programmes conferences seminars under the mou will be open to all qualified scientists students and technologists and will be supported solely on the basis of scientific merit and experience it added