One of the mandates of the O/o Principal Scientific Advisor is to empower the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) ecosystem of the country that enables India to achieve its rightful place in the comity of nations. Towards this objective, the young scientists have a crucial role to play in nation-building and in achieving the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Hence, the nurturing and empowerment of the next generation of young scientists and researchers (≤45 years) is essential that would translate into the excellence of scientific and technological leadership in research and development. This necessitates the development of policy guidelines for empowering young scientists that can be translated into supporting appropriate programmes. A strong research ecosystem is imperative for inter-institutional and multi-disciplinary effective collaboration among researchers from government organizations/ universities and institutes of national importance. Identification of concrete models for the young scientists to create new knowledge and at the same time translate research into tangible products is important. Building seamless collaboration between young scientists and technologists within the ecosystem consisting of academia, national labs, private enterprises, industry/startups, government agencies and diaspora is critical to achieve this. For this purpose, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India, Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), and IIT (BHU) have developed the following questionnaire, which aims to obtain feedback from young researchers (≤ 45 years of age) across India. If you are 45 year of age or below, you are requested to fill in all the details in the questionnaire and help us in preparing the requisite policy document.
Terms and Conditions for Respondents of the Questionnaire
Click here for the survey link.