Ministry of Human Resource Development
Government has launched several initiatives recently to promote research in Higher Educational Institutions
Posted On: 03 JAN 2019 6:22PM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Human Resource Development and its organizations like University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) are undertaking various research projects in the different Higher Educational Institutions. Department of Science & Technology and Department of Biotechnology also provide funding support to higher educational institutions for various research projects. These research projects are both domestic and also with international collaboration.
As informed by the UGC, it has released a sum of Rs. 82.35 crores to 819 projects under the Major Research Project Scheme from 2016-17 to 2018-19 (till December 2018) . The state-wise distribution is as detailed below:
(Rupees only)
S.No.
State
Total Number of Projects
Amount approved
1
Andhra Pradesh
77
75755521
2
Assam
14
17605500
3
Arunachal Pradesh
1
1420000
4
Bihar
2
2334000
5
Chhattisgarh
9
10670700
6
Chandigarh
15
19248800
7
Delhi
25
33415000
8
Gujarat
34
34122277
9
Goa
6
6344800
10
Haryana
17
21915377
11
Himachal Pradesh
17
18279497
12
Jharkhand
3
2808520
13
Jammu & Kashmir
40
44823163
14
Karnataka
45
47561080
15
Kerala
29
26661336
16
Madhya Pradesh
7
6993263
17
Maharashtra
97
99434868
18
Manipur
4
5584500
19
Meghalaya
1
1448600
20
Mizoram
6
6618700
21
Odisha
12
12166856
22
Punjab
48
52046527
23
Pondicherry
7
8525100
24
Rajasthan
19
16314060
25
Tamil Nadu
143
158952568
26
Telangana
24
24589535
27
Tripura
1
1055000
28
Uttar Pradesh
63
60165697
29
Uttarakhand
9
1101630
30
West Bengal
44
5503100
Total
819
823465575
UGC has further informed that no proposals for research projects have been received from Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep.
Apart from the above Major Research Project scheme, UGC has funded several schemes for research and innovation like Special Assistance Programme (SAP), Colleges with Potential for Excellence (CPE), University with Potential for Excellence (UPE), Centre with Potential for Excellence in Particular Areas (CPEPA), Fellowships support for Research to students and teachers. In 2017 -18, an amount of Rs. 1769 crores has been spent under these schemes.
UGC is actively involved in promoting research through international collaborations through important initiatives like UK India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Indo Norway Cooperation Programme (NCP), Indo German Programme (IGP), 21st Century Knowledge Initiative with United States of America. They aim at joint research projects with collaboration between Indian institutions and foreign institutions. In the last one year, around Rs. 46 crores is spent on 83 joint research projects.
Various other initiatives to improve the research ecosystem in Indian Higher Educational Institutions have been taken up.
Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) is a recent initiative of the Ministry to support Joint Research Projects through collaboration of top ranked Indian Institutions and globally ranked Foreign Institutions. It aims to support 600 research projects in two years, at an outlay of Rs. 418 crores. To channelize technical research, the Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) scheme has been launched. Under IMPRINT-I, 142 research projects with an outlay of Rs. 318.71 crores for 3 years have been accepted. Under IMPRINT-II, a total of 122 projects at an estimated cost of Rs. 112 crores have been approved. For the promotion of Research in Social Sciences, the scheme for Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) has been launched. Under this scheme 1500 research projects, at a total sanctioned cost of Rs. 414 crores, will be awarded for implementation upto 31.3.2021.
This information was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh today in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question.
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Source: PIB
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