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Schemes for improve Research Ecosystem
February 15 , 2019
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- Government has launched following schemes to improve the research ecosystem of India’s higher educational institutions and to attract and retain young researchers.
- Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship includes
- To attract the bright and meritorious students into research within the country, attractive fellowship is given.
- Selected students are given fellowship for 5 years
- 70,000/- per month for the first two years,
- 75,000/- per month in the third year and
- 80,000 per month in 4th and 5th year with an annual research grant of Rs. 2 lakhs.
- Setting up of Research Parks:
- Setting up of Research Parks at IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Gandhinagar and IISc Bangalore.
- Impacting research in Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT).
- Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY)
- It aims to promote innovation of a higher order that directly impacts the needs of the Industry and thereby improves the competitive edge of Indian manufacturing.
- Smart India Hackathons are being organized on yearly basis.
- Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) are established in 960 Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) for promoting innovation ecosystem within their campuses.
- Trainee Teacher Scheme had been initiated in NITs with the objective to attract, motivate and sponsor best graduate engineers for part time M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes.
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