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IMPRINT (Impacting Research in Technology)
● Projects on socially relevant science and engineering challenges.

Funding model: 50% MoE + 50% Other ministries
India, a mighty global economy which will soon be crowned the youngest nation in the world faces
multiple daunting challenges in terms of energy/physical/cyber security, potable water scarcity,
environment and climate change, poverty, affordable health care for billions, etc. A vast majority
of these tasks demand engineering intervention and technological innovation. A clarion call was
made by the Honourable President and Prime Minister to address all engineering and technological
challenges faced by the nation through a nation-wide unique initiative
called IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT) launched on November 5,
2015 from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. IMPRINT India was a multi-stakeholder mission programme
aimed at bridging the gap between scientific knowledgebase created through fundamental and
applied research and fruitful translation of the same through engineering invention and
technological innovation for the betterment of society.
UAY (Ucchatar Avishkar Yojana)
● Projects to promote innovation of a higher order that directly impacts the needs of the
industries.
● Funding model: 50% MoE + 25% Industry +25% other ministries
Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) was announced on October 6, 2015, with a view to promoting
innovation of a higher order that directly impacts the needs of the Industry and thereby
improves the competitive edge of Indian manufacturing.
The focus of the scheme
The scheme focuses on a viable industry-academic collaboration where industry shares a part
of the cost of research.
Objectives:
▪ To promote innovation in areas that are directly of relevance to the manufacturing and
design industry
▪ To spur innovative mindset in the students and faculty in premier technological institutes
▪ To bring a coordinated action between academia and the industry
▪ To strengthen the laboratories and research facilities in the premier technological
institutions.
▪ To have outcome-based research funding.
Applicability:
The scheme would be applicable to the projects proposed by the Indian Institutes of Technologies
initially. The projects should have collaboration between the academia and industry – within or
outside India
Research Parks
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Being set up at 7 Research parks. They will serve the following purposes: Collaborative R & D;
act as Center of Excellence; will work on National Mission Projects and set up Laboratories,
Incubation Hub, Research cum Academic Hub; and act as a centre for technology development
and transfer.
Research Parks to be set up at following Institutes: IIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT
Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderbad and IISc
GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Network)

Short courses (1-2 weeks) are taken up by international faculty in Indian Institutes
Govt. of India approved a new program titled Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) in
Higher Education aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs, internationally
to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment
the country's existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India's
scientific and technological capacity to global excellence.
In order to garner the best international experience into our systems of education, enable
interaction of students and faculty with the best academic and industry experts from all over the
world and also share their experiences and expertise to motivate people to work on Indian
problems, there is a need for a Scheme of International Summer and Winter Term. During the
'Retreat' of IITs with Minister of Human Resource Development Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani on 29th
June 2014 at Goa, it was decided that "A system of Guest Lectures by internationally and nationally
renowned experts would be evolved along with a comprehensive Faculty Development
Programme not only for new IITs, IIMs, IISERs but also other institutions in the country.
IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences)
Research projects in policy domains such as: State and Democracy, Urban Transformation, Media,
Culture and Society
Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) aims to encourage social science
research in policy-relevant areas so as to provide vital inputs in policy formulation, implementation
and evaluation. The IMPRESS is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India and is being implemented by the Indian Council of Social Science
Research. The basic idea to encourage policy research in social sciences is to have a visible impact
on polity, economy, society, culture, media, governance, health, environment, technology, law etc.
It also aims to have enhanced coordination between academics and policymakers.
STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy)
Support high impact research in thrust areas of humanities and human sciences including arts,
Indian languages, culture and knowledge systems and add new disciplines for research
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a new scheme - ‘Scheme for Trans-
disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy’ (STRIDE). Broadly, STRIDE will
provide support to research projects that are socially relevant, locally need-based, nationally
important and globally significant. STRIDE shall support research capacity building as well as
basic, applied and transformational action research that can contribute to national priorities with a
focus on inclusive human development. STRIDE shall support the creation, development and
integration of new ideas, concepts and practices for the public good and strengthening civil society.
Union HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that the STRIDE scheme will strengthen
research culture and innovation in colleges and universities and help students and faculty to
contribute towards India’s developing economy with help of collaborative research. He also added
that focus on Humanities and Human Sciences will boost quality research on Indian languages and
knowledge systems.
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IMPRINT (Impacting Research in Technology)

● Projects on socially relevant science and engineering challenges.

UAY (Ucchatar Avishkar Yojana)

GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Network)

IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences)

STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy)

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