Science and Engineering Research Board

Science and Engineering Research Board
AbbreviationSERB
SuccessorAnusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Formation2009
Dissolved2024
HeadquartersNew Delhi
AffiliationsDepartment of Science & Technology
Websitewww.serb.gov.in

Science and Engineering Research Board is a statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, established by an Act of the Parliament of India in 2009 (SERB ACT, 2008).[1] The Board was chaired by the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Science and Technology.[2] The Board was set up for promoting basic research in science and engineering and to provide financial assistance to scientists, academic institutions, R&D laboratories, industrial concerns and other agencies for such research.[3]Thereafter, it was succeeded by an act called Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act 2023 which formed Anusandhan National Research Foundation in the year 2024.[4]

Schemes and programmes

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The Board has schemes for funding extramural research, for providing grants for start-up research and for using the scientific expertise of retired scientists. The board has programmes for intensifying research in high priority areas, for supporting international travel of scientists, for giving assistance to professional bodies for conducting seminars and symposia, and for awarding fellowships.[5] Promoting opportunities for women in exploratory research.[6]

It is a scheme to mitigate gender disparity in science and engineering research funding in various S&T programs in Indian academic institutions and R&D laboratories.[7]

List of members of the Board

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(May 2022- 2025) the members of the Board(oversight- committee).[8]

  1. Koppillil Radhakrishnan, Former Secretary, Department of Space, Chairperson
  2. Secretary, Department of Science and Technology
  3. President, Indian National Science Academy
  4. President, Indian Academy of Science
  5. President, Indian National Academy of Engineering
  6. Professor. Devang Vipin Khakhar, Former Director, IIT Bombay
  7. Dr.(Ms)Tessy Thomas, Distinguished Scientist and former Director General Aeronautical Systems(AS),DRDO
  8. Professor.Talat Ahmad, Chairman of Governing body of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Former Vice Chancellor of Kashmir University & Jamia Millia Islamia University
  9. Secretary, Science and Engineering Research Board

Research

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RTI reply on research

In an RTI reply about any study by SERB on hazards from mobile towers, it said that no independent research has been done by it till date but a joint research with DOT was done in 2013.

References

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  1. ^ "Science and Engineering Research Board". Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. ^ "10 research projects from SRM-AP gets Rs.2.5 crores fund from DST". The Times of India. 2023-05-20. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. ^ "An open science policy needed to keep pace with the global shift to an open world: SERB Secretary | Department Of Science & Technology". dst.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-02-06). "New science research board 'takes effect', Science Minister". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-02-23. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "New scheme launched to augment research capabilities in state universities and colleges | Department Of Science & Technology". dst.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  6. ^ INSIGHTSONINDIA
  7. ^ "SERB launches 'Accelerate Vigyan' Scheme to strengthen scientific research". Jagranjosh.com. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  8. ^ "The Gazette of India (Extraordinary), 11 June 2010" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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