{"id":251176,"date":"2023-07-07T20:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T15:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=251176"},"modified":"2023-07-07T20:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T15:19:01","slug":"national-research-foundations-vision-a-chance-at-genuine-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-research-foundations-vision-a-chance-at-genuine-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"National Research Foundation\u2019s vision: A chance at genuine innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cNational Research Foundation\u2019s vision: A chance at genuine innovation\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d<\/strong> on 7th July 2023.<\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>The article discusses the establishment of the National Research Foundation (NRF) as recommended by the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP-2020) in India.<\/p>\n

Read <\/strong>– India\u2019s National Research Foundation (NRF): Needs, significance and challenges- Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/p>\n

The NRF is expected to seed, grow, and promote research and development (R&D) and foster a culture of innovation throughout Indian universities, colleges, institutions, and R&D laboratories.<\/p>\n

What are challenges that may still arise after the establishment of NRF?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First, <\/strong>India’s R&D spending is low, at only 0.65% of GDP, compared to over 2% in developed and East Asian economies.<\/p>\n

Second,<\/strong> the majority of the government R&D funding is through core grants, with the DRDO, DoS, and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) being the top recipients. While only a small percentage (5.8% in 2016-17) is spent on extramural grants, vital for R&D in universities and institutions of higher learning. The extramural grants from DST-SERB and DBT have been the lifeline for R&D in the universities and institutions of higher learning in the country.<\/p>\n

Third, <\/strong>the static extramural grant funding, despite a significant increase in institutes and doctoral students, has hampered quality doctoral training.<\/p>\n

Fourth, <\/strong>India does not have a competitive grant system, despite global prevalence of such systems.<\/p>\n

Moreover, there was underutilization of funds extramural grant funding in 2021-22 due to bureaucratic issues.<\/p>\n

The mention of agriculture is missing from the stated goals, which seems like an oversight.<\/p>\n

What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The success of the NRF will depend on its ability to manage a large number of projects in a timely and fair manner, and to secure funding from non-government sources.<\/p>\n

A competitive grant system can expedite research in emerging interdisciplinary areas and encourage collaborative work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cNational Research Foundation\u2019s vision: A chance at genuine innovation\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 7th July 2023. News: The article discusses the establishment of the National Research Foundation (NRF) as recommended by the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP-2020) in India. Read – India\u2019s National Research Foundation (NRF):… Continue reading National Research Foundation\u2019s vision: A chance at genuine innovation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-251176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}