Prime minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated 97th Indian Science Congress in Thiruvananthapuram.
Incentives for scientists returning from abroad, higher compensation for research fellows and science awards for school students are some of the strategies the government has in mind to ensure technological innovation, prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday.
Inaugurating the 97th Indian Science Congress in Thiruvananthapuram, he announced that the National Science and Engineering Research Board will start functioning in a couple of months.
“A national policy for data sharing and accessibility has also been formulated. The Protection of Intellectual Property Bill, focusing on sharing revenue from intellectual properties with researchers, will be taken up for discussion in Parliament very soon,” he said.
“Under the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (Inspire) scheme, we will soon be announcing the name of at least one science awardee per school in the age group of 10-15 in the entire country.”
He hinted at revising the value of doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships and forming of schemes that would cover all research scholars with some funding.
Saluting Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Singh acknowledged the Nobel laureate’s comment on the need for greater “autonomy from red tape and local politics”. “I urge all our scientific institutions to introspect and to propose mechanisms for greater autonomy, including autonomy from the government.
“We must make a special effort to encourage scientists of Indian origin currently working abroad to return to our country, including coming to our universities or scientific institutions for a short period. In this way we can convert the ‘brain drain’ of the past into a ‘brain gain’ for the future. This will require special incentives.”
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