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One of the most notable developments in the S&T sector in the XI Plan has been the setting up of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) through an Act of Parliament, viz. the Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008. Promoting basic research in Science and Engineering and to provide financial assistance to persons engaged in such research, academic institutions, research and development laboratories, industrial concerns and other agencies for such research and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto are the primary and distinctive mandate of the Board.
SERB aims to build up best management systems which would match the best global practices in the area of promotion and funding of basic research.
ACHIEVERS
Vikram Sarabhai
(12 Aug 1919 - 30 Dec 1971)The development of the nation is intimately linked with understanding and application of science and technology by its people.
Har Govind Khorana
(Jan 9 1922 - Nov 9 2011)Indian-born biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W Holley for research that helped to show how the nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell’s synthesis of proteins.
Harish Chandra
(11 Oct 1923 – 16 Oct 1983)I have often pondered over the roles of knowledge or experience, on the one hand, and imagination or intuition, on the other, in the process of discovery. I believe that there is a certain fundamental conflict between the two, and knowledge, by advocating caution, tends to inhibit the flight of imagination.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
(19 Oct 1910 – 21 Aug 1995)Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(15 Oct 1931 - 27 Jul 2015)This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
(7 Nov 1888 - 21 Nov 1970)In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
(30 Nov 1858 - 23 Nov 1937)The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
(22 Dec 1887 - 26 Apr 1920)An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God.
Homi Jehangir Bhabha
(30 Oct 1909 - 24 Jan 1966)A scientific institution, be it a laboratory or an academy, has to be grown with great care like a tree. Its growth in terms of quality and achievement can only be accelerated to a very limited extent.
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
(02 Aug 1861 - 16 Feb 1944)The health of our country can only be regenerated by the regeneration of its villages - in the prosperity of its ponds and rivers, agriculture and orchards, in its animal husbandry and poultry. I do not think there is a lack of food resources in our country. We have to turn to them.
Meghnad Saha
(6 Oct 1893 - 16 Feb 1956)Scientists are often accused of living in the 'Ivory Tower' and not troubling their mind with realities and apart from my association with political movements in my juvenile years, I had lived in ivory tower up to 1930. But science and technology are as important for administration now-a-days as law and order. I have gradually glided into politics because I wanted to be of some use to the country in my own humble way.
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia
(25 Oct 1883 - 15 Jun 1969)A pioneering geologist in India and among the first Indian scientists to work in the Geological Survey of India. He is remembered for his work on the stratigraphy of the Himalayas
Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali
(12 Nov 1896 - 20 Jun 1987)An Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the "birdman of India", Salim Ali was among the first Indians to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and several bird books that he wrote helped popularize ornithology in India.
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
(29 Jun 1893 - 28 June 1972)In India, there's lack of appreciation of the need to cross-examine data, the responsibility of a statistician.
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
(15 Sept 1861 - 12 Apr 1962)Remember, your work may be only to sweep a railway crossing, but it is your duty to keep it so clean that no other crossing in the world is as clean as yours.
Asima Chatterjee
(23 Sept 1917 - 22 Nov 2006)An Indian chemist noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine. Her most notable work includes research on vinca alkaloids, and the development of anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs.
FEATURES
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Schemes & Programs
- Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA)
- Core Research Grant
- Start-up Research Grant (SRG)
- Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement (SUPRA)
- Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science
- Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS)
- Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT-2)
- International Travel Support
- Seminar/Symposia
- Short-term special call on COVID-19
- SERB-POWER Grant
- State University Research Excellence (SERB - SURE)
- Fund for Industrial Research Management (SERB - FIRE)
Awards & Fellowships
- National Post Doctoral Fellowship
- J.C. Bose Fellowship
- Ramanujan Fellowship
- Teachers Association for Research Excellence (TARE)
- Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty (VAJRA)
- Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (OVDF)
- SERB Science and Technology Award for Research (SERB-STAR)
- SERB Women Excellence Research Grant
- SERB-POWER Fellowship
- SERB-POWER Translation
- SERB-POWER Mobility
- SERB Technology Translation Award (SERB-TETRA)
- National Science Chair
- SERB International Research Experience (SIRE)
CONTACT US
SERB Officers Contact List (Scheme-wise)
- Core Research Grant
- High Risk High Reward
- Industry Relevant R&D
- Start-up Research Grant (SRG)
- National Post Doctoral Fellowship
- Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science
- SERB-POWER
- Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement (SUPRA)
- Early Career Research Award (ECRA)
- State University Research Excellence (SURE)
- National Science Chair
- International Travel Support
- Distinguished Investigator Award (DIA)
- Teachers Association for Research Excellence (TARE)
- Seminar/Symposia
- Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty (VAJRA)
- SERB Women Excellence Research Grant
- SERB Technology Translation Award (SERB-TETRA)
- Fund for Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)
- J.C. Bose Fellowship/Ramanujan Fellowship
- Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS)
- Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (OVDF)
- Ayurvedic Biology Program
- Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT-2)
- Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA)
- Special Call
- SERB International Research Experience (SERB -SIRE)
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