NRF on fast track to bolster research: PSA Sood

Prime Minister Narendra Modis plan to further strengthen Indias research capabilities in the form of the National Research Foundation (NRF) has been put on fast track and will complement the existing funding initiatives in the field of science, technology and innovation, a top official has said.

The NRF was announced by President Ram Nath Kovind in his address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament in June 2019 and aims to support research projects in state universities, colleges and other institutions.

The NRF was first mooted by the prime minister in his address to the Indian Science Congress in January 2019. We have now put it on a fast track. It will have a comprehensive way of dealing with funding, even large scale funding, because extra funds are coming in, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government Ajay Kumar Sood told

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