{"id":342958,"date":"2025-07-17T15:44:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=342958"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:14:30","slug":"pm-professorships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-professorships\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Professorships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The ANRF has launched the PM Professorships initiative to strengthen research ecosystems in State universities across India.<\/p>\n<h2>About PM Professorships<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Launched by:<\/strong> Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), the new apex body for scientific research funding in India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective: <\/strong>To utilize the extensive knowledge and experience of active, eminent, and superannuated\/retired scientists and professionals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fellowship Amount:<\/strong> Rs. 30 lakh per annum.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research Grant:<\/strong> Rs. 24 lakh annually for consumables, domestic travel, contingencies, equipment, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Institutional Overhead:<\/strong> Rs. 1 lakh per annum for the host university.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>&#8211; It can be applied by retired scientists, overseas scientists, including Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs)\u00a0 and Industry professionals and Professors of Practice with proven innovation and research records.<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"77\">Duration:<\/strong> The Prime Minister Professorship term can last up to five years, contingent upon performance assessments conducted by a designated expert committee.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligible host institutions<\/strong> are state universities listed as Category A spoke institutions in the latest PAIR program by ANRF. Applicants must be ready to move to the chosen university full-time and have a clear plan to help improve its research and innovation.\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"mx-[var(--mini-thread-content-inset)]\">\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The ANRF has launched the PM Professorships initiative to strengthen research ecosystems in State universities across India. About PM Professorships Launched by: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), the new apex body for scientific research funding in India. Objective: To utilize the extensive knowledge and experience of active, eminent, and superannuated\/retired scientists and professionals. Fellowship&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-professorships\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PM Professorships<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-342958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342958","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}