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JNCASR’s SRFP: A Flagship Programme Inspiring Young Scientific Minds Since 1991

Gagan Tripathi4 weeks ago4 weeks ago33 mins

Bengaluru: The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) continues its legacy of nurturing future scientists through its Summer Research Fellowship Programme (SRFP)—one of the Centre’s most prestigious and long-standing initiatives, launched in 1991. Under this flagship programme, science and engineering students at the bachelor’s and master’s levels are selected purely on merit and…

Research Gap in India: PhD Science Pursuits Lag Behind US and China

Gagan Tripathi1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

India’s efforts in scientific research face a significant challenge as the number of doctoral candidates in science remains low compared to global peers, despite its large population, experts say. At the 7th Manohar Parrikar Vidnyan Mahotsav in Goa, Sunil Kumar Singh, Director of the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), highlighted that only about 10,000 people…