Union Govt @
Announced grant of Rs 1000 crore for IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation and
Technology) India Programme
Domain will be covered for the said project are Security &
Defence, Information Technology, Energy, Sustainable Habitat, Advance
materials, health care, nano technology, climate change etc.
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Centre sanctions Rs
1,000 crore for research and innovation
New Delhi
[India], Mar. 6 (ANI): The Union Government
has announced a grant of Rs 1,000 crore for the second phase of the Impacting
Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) India
programme.
Union
Minister for Human Resources and Development Prakash
Javadekar today said, "In a major boost for research and innovation in
the country, the Central Government has sanctioned a sum of Rs. 1000 crore for
the phase two of the Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) India
programme."
In a
statement in the Visitors Conference held in New Delhi today, Javadekar said
that under the IMPRINT-II,
a fund is being created by the Department of Science and Technology and
Ministry of Human Resource Development together, in which participation will
come from industry and other interested Ministries.
The project
will be run as a separate vertical in coordination with the DST. Prof. Indranil
Manna of IIT-Kharagpur
will be the National Coordinator.
The
proposals for IMPRINT-II
will be called from March 16 and will be sanctioned by May this year.
Under the IMPRINT-I Programme, 142
projects at a cost of Rs. 318.71 crore are already under implementation.
These
projects will cover crucial domains like security and defence, information
technology, energy, sustainable habitat, advance materials, health care, nano
technology, climate change, etc. All these projects are expected to result in
publications and patents. (ANI)
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