40 Scholars From Six Countries Awarded India Science Research Fellowship (ISRF) 2021

40 Scholars From Six Countries Awarded India Science Research Fellowship (ISRF) 2021

• Forty scholars from six countries have been awarded with Indian Science Research Fellowship (ISRF) 2021.
• The winning scholars will now have the opportunity to carry out their research in Indian institutes and universities using the state of the art facilities in these places. 
• These scholars have been selected on the basis of their research proposal, experience, academic merit and publication record.

Indian Science Research Fellowship

• The Indian Science Research Fellowship is a platform to establish research cooperation and S&T partnerships with neighbouring countries of India.
• The initiative was launched by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in 2015 for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
• Since its launch, 5 calls have been made between 2015-2019 and 128 fellows from these countries have been awarded fellowship under this programme.
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no award was made in 2020.

Source: PIB