Funding body plans to revive research fortunes of India’s left behind universities
National Research Foundation aims to rejuvenate and transform the country’s research with well-funded five-year programme
In an ambitious initiative, India is aiming to rejuvenate and transform its research ecosystem. The centrepiece of this will be a new funding body – the National Research Foundation (NRF) – taking inspiration from the US National Science Foundation and UK Research and Innovation. For this, the government has announced a mammoth budget of INR500 billion (£4.9 billion) spread over next five years.