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SERB-SURE Scheme in India: Early Indicators and Recommendations


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1 Department of Science and Technology, Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
2 Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi 110 016, India
3 Department of Science and Technology, and Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi 110 016, India
 

State-level institutes have an important role in strengthening the national STI ecosystem. SERB-SURE scheme was launched in 2022 to support research at state-level institutes to strengthen the national STI ecosystem. The scheme also promotes researchers with no ongoing/completed project proposals under SERB and thus is a platform to appraise the upcoming talent pool of the country. The details of proposals submitted and recommended have been gathered from the PRISM website and SERB online portal. The present article quantitatively analyses the trend of project proposal submission and approval based on parameters such as gender, state, institute type and subject area between the financial year 2022–23. Based on these early indicators, some recommendations for promoting research at state-level institutes are provided here.

Keywords

Government Programme, Research in India, Schemes, Science, SERB, SURE, Technology.
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Authors

Perminder Jit Kaur
Department of Science and Technology, Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Monika Agarwal
Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi 110 016, India
Akhilesh Gupta
Department of Science and Technology, and Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi 110 016, India

Abstract


State-level institutes have an important role in strengthening the national STI ecosystem. SERB-SURE scheme was launched in 2022 to support research at state-level institutes to strengthen the national STI ecosystem. The scheme also promotes researchers with no ongoing/completed project proposals under SERB and thus is a platform to appraise the upcoming talent pool of the country. The details of proposals submitted and recommended have been gathered from the PRISM website and SERB online portal. The present article quantitatively analyses the trend of project proposal submission and approval based on parameters such as gender, state, institute type and subject area between the financial year 2022–23. Based on these early indicators, some recommendations for promoting research at state-level institutes are provided here.

Keywords


Government Programme, Research in India, Schemes, Science, SERB, SURE, Technology.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv125%2Fi9%2F934-938