1.Phyto-Pharma Plant Mission
Objectives
- Rs 50 crore Mission aimed at conservation and cultivation of endangered and threatened endemic medicinal plants, and discovery of new botanical drugs for unmet medical needs using the rich traditional ethno-botanical knowledge and biodiversity of these states and at the same time also improve availability of authentic and quality botanical raw material on sustainable basis for a boom in the phyto-pharmaceutical industry
- Nodal Ministry –Ministry of Science & Technology
2.Brahmaputra Biodiversity and Biology Boat
Objectives
- B4 will establish a large barge on the river with a well-equipped laboratory for analysis of all components of the entire ecosystem of the river and surroundings. The B4 will link to all the local research institutions along the river, as well as national and international laboratories
- Nodal Ministry –Ministry of Science & Technology
3.Secure Himalaya
Objectives
- To Conserve Snow Leopard, Uplift Mountain Community Launched
4.Namami Gange
Objectives
- Aims at Ganga Rejuvenation by combining the existing ongoing efforts and planning under it to create a concrete action plan for future. It is an ambitious Union Government Project which integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga river in a comprehensive manner
- Nodal Ministry –Ministry of Water resources
5.INSPIRE (INNOVATION IN SCIENCE PURSUIT FOR INSPIRED RESEARCH)
Objectives
- To attract talent to Science.
- To communicate to the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science, attract talent to the study of science at an early age and thus build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technology system and R&D base.
- It does not believe in conducting competitive exams for identification of talent at any level.
- It believes in and relies on the efficacy of the existing educational structure for identification of talent.
- INSPIRE has three components:
- i. Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS)
- ii. Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE)
- iii. Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC)
- The Inspire Awards have been renamed as MANAK
6.JIGYASA –
Objectives
- Student-Scientist Connect Programme
- connecting school students and scientists so as to extend student’s classroom learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning.
- CSIR + Kendriya Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
7.VAJRA
Objectives –
- The Government of India recently launched VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty scheme by the Department of Science and Technology which enables NRIs and overseas scientific community to participate and contribute to research and development in India. The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a Statutory body of the Department will implement the Scheme.
- International Faculty / scientists/technologists including Non-resident Indians (NRI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) are offered adjunct / visiting faculty positions in Indian Institutions / Universities for a period of 1-3 months under this scheme. The faculty can also undertake the role of teaching /mentoring apart from R&D.
- Public funded institutions and national laboratories are allowed to host the VAJRA faculty.
- Nodal Ministry –Ministry of Science & Technology
7. National Initiative for Developing & Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI)
Objectives
A programme to address the complete chain of innovation ecosystem right from scouting to mentoring to scaling up innovations. launched by DST. Establishment of a research park at IIT Gandhinagar has been supported at a cost of Rs.90 cr.
8.Surya Jyoti
Objectives
- In order to capture day light and concentrate the same inside a dark room, particularly in urban slum or rural areas which lack electricity supply, a low cost and energy efficient Micro Solar Dome (Surya Jyoti) has been tested and developed. -Potential users of this device are10 million households.
- According to preliminary estimates, if this technology is adopted in 10 million households only, it has the potential of saving 1750 million units of energy.
- It would also lead to an emission reduction of about 12.5 million ton of CO2 equivalent, hence giving a fillip to the mission of ‘Clean India, Green India’.
- The manufacturing process, being labour-intensive, would also generate huge job opportunities in the economy.
- Nodal Ministry – Department of Science & Technology.
