There are 69 research institutes/laboratories functioning under the Ministry of Science and Technology. The State-wise list is given in the Annexure. Further, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is setting up an Innovation Complex at Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, which would focus on translational research. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has also established a national Biotechnology Information Systems Network (BTISNet) with 168 centres at various levels covering all the States.
With the objective of attracting best talents in science, the Government has formulated and initiated aprogramme entitled `Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research(INSPIRE). It comprises of the following components:
(i) INSPIRE Awards wherein two lakhs students selected every year from schools are given Rs. 5000 each for making a Science projects/models and exhibiting the same at District, State, Regional and National level.
(ii) INSPIRE Internship wherein every year 50,000 students are provided opportunities for interacting with eminent scientists and academicians including Nobel Laureates through Science Camps organized in various Academic/Research Institutions all over India.
(iii) Scholarship for Higher Education which aims to enhance rates of enrollment of talented youth in science intensive higher education programs by providing scholarships and mentorships. The scheme offers 10,000 Scholarship every year @ Rs.0.80 lakh per year to students who are top 1% in Class XII examinations, for undertaking Bachelor and Masters level education in basic and natural sciences.
(iv) Kishore VaigyanikProtsahanYojana (KVPY) implemented by Indian Institute of Science, which alsoencourages students of Basic Sciences to pursue a career in research.
 (v) Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) which aims to attract, retain and nourish talented students. It has two sub-components, (1) INSPIRE Fellowship (age group of 22-27 years) which offers 1000 fellowships every year to First Rank holders at the Master`s level pursuing doctoral degree in both basic and applied sciences including engineering and medicine and (2) INSPIRE Faculty Award wherein 1000 Tenure-track Research Positions in Universities/Research Labs/Academic Institutions are awarded annually for pursuing an independent research career in basic and applied sciences.
The numbers of awardees under each component during the last three years (until March 2014) is given below.
Components Scheme under INSPIRE
|
No. of Awardees (during the last three years)
|
INSPIRE Awards
|
6,64,673
|
INSPIRE Internship
|
1,61,872
|
Scholarship for Higher Education
|
37,607
|
Kishore VaigyanikProtsahanYojana
|
1106
|
INSPIRE Fellowship
|
2841
|
INSPIRE Faculty Award
|
473
|
To encourage and attract the best talents to science and engineering research, CSIR also conducts the National Eligibility Test (NET) for awarding Junior Research Fellowships. These research fellows pursue their doctoral research in R&D organizations and academic institutions. Besides above, with the objective to nurture young budding scientific talent and to nourish the objective of pursuit of science and engineering research, CSIR has increased the number of prestigious Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship (SPMF) from 2012-13 onwards.
The number of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) awarded by CSIR and UGC through CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowships (SPMF) during the last three years is given in the table below:
Year
|
Number of fellowships awarded
|
JRF-NET
|
SPMF
|
CSIR
|
UGC
|
Total
|
2011-12
|
2139
|
2135
|
4274
|
27
|
2012-13
|
2468
|
2400
|
4868
|
59
|
2013-14
|
2532
|
2400
|
4932
|
65
|
Total
|
7139
|
6935
|
14074
|
151
|
Further in order to enhance creativity, to generate awareness about Intellectual Property and to instill interest in Science amongst school children, CSIR has instituted two invention awards, titled ‘CSIR Diamond Jubilee Invention Award for School Children’, and ‘CSIR Innovation Award for School Children’ which are given annually to school children through selection from the innovations received from them.
The Department of Biotechnology is already implementing several programmes to attract best talent for science. The programmes and the number of students benefited include: post graduate M.Sc. / M.Tech. programmes in 71 universities / institutions benefiting 3000 students in last three years ; Junior Research Fellowship Scheme (300 students); DBT Research Associates Scheme (210 students); Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowships (138 researchers) for attracting talent from abroad; Star College Programme benefiting more than 100 colleges; and Innovative Young Biotechnology Award benefiting 93 young scientists.
This was stated by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences (Independent Charge) Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
*****
ST/jk
ANNEXURE
S.NO.
|
STATE/UT
|
NAME OF THE INSTITUTE UNDER DST
|
1.
2.
|
ASSAM
|
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GUWAHATI.
NORTH - EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, JORHAT
|
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
|
DELHI
|
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY, NEW DELHI
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH (NIPGR), NEW DELHI
NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY, NEW DELHI
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, NEW DELHI
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES, NEW DELHI
INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, DELHI
CENTRAL ROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI
|
10.
|
GUJARAT
|
CENTRAL SALT & MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BHAVNAGAR
|
11.
|
GOA
|
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, GOA
|
12.
13.
14.
|
HARYANA
|
NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE (NBRC ), MANESAR
TRANSLATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, FARIDABAD
UNESCO REGIONAL CENTRE FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING & INNOVATION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, FARIDABAD
|
15.
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, PALAMPUR
|
16.
|
JHARKHAND
|
NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY, JAMSHEDPUR
|
17
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR
|
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE(IIIM), JAMMU
|
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
|
KARNATAKA
|
CENTRE FOR SOFT MATTER RESEARCH (FORMERLY CENTRE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL RESEARCH), BANGALORE.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS (IIA)
BANGALORE.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (JNC), BANGALORE 560 012.
RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (RRI), BANGALORE.
INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL SCIENCE AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINES, BANGALORE
CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MYSORE
CSIR-FOURTH PARADIGM INSTITUTE (ERSTWHILE CSIR-CMMACS), BENGALURU
NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORIES, BANGALORE
|
26.
27.
28.
|
KERALA
|
SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY (SCT), TRIVANDRUM
RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
|
29.
|
MANIPUR
|
INSTITUTE OF BIORESEARCHES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IMPHAL
|
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ARI,MACS), PUNE.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM (IIG), NAVI MUMBAI
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCES, PUNE
CSIR UNIT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION PRODUCTS,PUNE
NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY, PUNE
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NAGPUR
|
36.
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (AMPRI), BHOPAL
|
37.
38.
|
ORISSA
|
INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES, BHUBANESWAR
INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY(IMMT), BHUBANESWAR
|
39.
40.
41.
42.
|
PUNJAB
|
INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (INST), PUNJAB.
NATIONAL AGRI FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTION AND BIO-PROCESSING UNIT, MOHALI
CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION, CHANDIGARH
INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY, CHANDIGARH
|
43.
|
RAJASTHAN
|
CENTRAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PILANI
|
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
|
TELANGANA
|
INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS (ARCI), HYDERABAD.
CENTRE FOR DNA FIGURE PRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS, HYDERABAD
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD
CENTRE FOR CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, HYDERABAD
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD
NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, HYDERABAD
|
50.
51.
52
|
TAMIL NADU
|
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE, CHENNAI
CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHENNAI
CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KARAIKUDI
|
53.
54.
55.
56.
|
UTTRAKHAND
|
ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES (ARIES), NAINITAL
WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY (WIHG)
DEHRADUN.
CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ROORKEE
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM, DEHRADUN
|
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY
LUCKNOW.
CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LUCKNOW
CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL & AROMATIC PLANTS, LUCKNOW
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH , LUCKNOW
NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LUCKNOW
|
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
|
WEST BENGAL
|
BOSE INSTITUTE (BI), KOLKATA.
S.N. BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES (SNB)
KOLKATA.
INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCE (IACS), KOLKATA.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL, GENOMICS IN KALYANI
CENTRAL GLASS & CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOLKATA
CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH, DHANBAD
CENTRAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DURGAPUR
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, KOLKATA
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment