Lok Sabha Question No. 3141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Prime Minister's Research Fellow
Ministry: Education
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3141

ANSWERED ON-20/03/2023

## Prime Minister's Research Fellow

## 3141.    SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN: ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE.

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  student  beneficiaries  under  the  Prime  Minister's  Research  Fellows (PMRF);
- (b) the  details  of  allocation  of  fellowship  and  the  research  area  which  has  received maximum fellowship under the said scheme, stream-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any plans to introduce a comparable programme for research in non-science streams; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) & (b) After the commencement of Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) scheme in 2019, 2925 fellows have been selected in ten cycles under the scheme till now. Under the scheme,  the  fellows  receive  monthly  fellowship  @  Rs.70,000/-  for  the  first  two  years, Rs.75,000/- for the 3rd year, and Rs.80,000/- in the 4th and 5th years. Along with this, a research grant of Rs.2,00,000/- per year for a period of 5 years is also given to each fellow to meet the cost of presenting research papers. The detail of stream-wise research areas is as under:

| Broad Area                                                              |   Count of Broad Area |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 01-Civil Engineering, Earth Science, Architecture, Ocean and Naval Engg |                   377 |
| 02-Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Design                |                   276 |
| 03-Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering                      |                   290 |
| 04-Computer Science & Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics            |                   260 |
| 05-Biomedical Engineering, Biological Sciences, Agricultural Sciences   |                   327 |
| 06-Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering                            |                   110 |
| 07-Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering  |                   169 |
| 08-Physics                                                              |                   241 |
| 09-Chemistry                                                            |                   369 |
| 10-Interdisciplinary Areas in Science & Engineering                     |                   371 |
| 11- Miscellaneous                                                       |                   135 |
| Grand Total                                                             |                  2925 |

(c)  &  (d)  UGC  is  already  implementing  various  fellowship  schemes  to  encourage  higher education in all streams among research scholars by providing financial assistance. The list of schemes is as given below:

- i. BSR Faculty Fellowship
- ii. Emeritus Fellowship
- iii. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Post Doctoral Fellowship in Humanities and Social Science
- iv. Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral  Fellowship (DSKPDF)
- v. Post-Doctoral Fellowship for SC/ST Candidates
- vi. Post Doctoral Fellowship  for Women
- vii. Junior Research Fellowship in Science, Humanities and Social Sciences
- viii. BSR Fellowship for Research (Ph. D)
- ix. Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Fellowship for Research in Social Sciences

The following five (5) schemes have been newly launched by UGC:

- i. Dr. D. S. Kothari Research Grant For Newly Recruited Faculty Members
- ii. Research Grant For In-Service Faculty Members
- iii. Fellowship For Superannuated Faculty Members
- iv. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan UGC Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- v. Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship For Single Girl Child

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