India will host five international BRICS events in 2022 as decided at the 15th meeting of the BRICS Science Technology Innovation (STI) Steering Committee. Earlier this month India handed over the BRICS chair to China. BRICS STI is a forum for scientific communities from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to deliberate upon the advancements in science and technology. 

According to India’s Ministry of Science & Technology, the calendar for BRICS STI and the expected deliverables were discussed in a meeting held online. India will be hosting five high level events: BRICS Startups Forum's Working Groups meeting on Energy; Biotechnology & Biomedicine; ICT & High-Performance Computing and the STIEP (Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Partnership) Working Group Meeting, which will see the launch of the BRICS innovation launchpad as a microsite (Knowledge Hub).

Overall, 25 events have been planned of which India will be hosting five.