PM Launches ‘INSPIRE’ Scholarship Program To Promote ‘R&D’
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With the aim to attract students towards science by the next few years, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has made announcement about the launching of ‘INSPIRE’ (Innovation In Science Pursuit for Inspired Research), a scholarship programme of the Department of Science & Technology in New Delhi.
(...) At the launch of ‘INSPIRE’ programme, Dr. Singh said, “Recognising the importance of this initiative, the government has made an allocation of Rs 2100 crore for it in the 11th Plan period.”
(...) The newly announced scholarship programme will work in three different phases including:
- offering ten lakh young learners an INSPIRE award of Rs 5000 between the age of 10-15 years;
- organizing a summer camp for around 50,000 young persons with international leaders in science;
- providing 10,000 scholarships annually for pursuing Bachelor and Masters level education in natural sciences; and guaranteed prospect for research careers.