Lok Sabha Question No. 3123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Centres of Excellence (CoEs)
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri B K Parthasarathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3123 ANSWERED ON 19/03/2025

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE (COES)

## 3123. SHRI B K PARTHASARATHI:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) established under the National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate  Change  (NMSKCC)  along  with  the  funds  allocated  and released to them, State-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  technology  watch  groups  created  under  the Mission along with their area of research, location-wise;
- (c) the number of proposals received and approved for supporting Research and Development (R&D) under the scheme along with the area of interventions where such R&D projects are focused, locationwise; and
- (d) the amount of funds allocated and disbursed for the such R&D projects; project and year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पृ थ्िी विज्ञान मंत्रालय क े राज्य मंत्री ( स्ितंत्र प्रभार)

(डॉ. जितेंद्र स ंह)

- (a) The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has established Thirteen (13) Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in the last 10 years  under  the  National  Mission  on  Strategic  Knowledge  for Climate Change (NMSKCC). The State-wise details of these Centres of Excellence (CoEs) along with the funds allocated and released are placed at Annexure-I.

- (b) A total of nine (9) Global Technology Watch Groups (GTWGs) have been created under the National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change (NMSKCC). The location-wise details of supported GTWGs along with their area of research are mentioned in Annexure-II.
- (c) to (d): The total number of proposals received and approved for supporting Major Research and Development are eight (8) in different areas of climate science and adaptation.  The project and year-wise details of fund allocation and disbursement along with the area of interventions are mentioned in Annexure-III.

## Annexure-I

| S. No.   | States                                                                | Institutes                                                           | Name of the CoEs                                                      |   Fund allocated (Rs. in Cr.) | Released till 31 st Dec. 2024 (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi                       | DST-Centre of Excellence in Climate Modeling                         | 7.18                                                                  |                          7.01 |                                              |
| Delhi 2  | of Research, Delhi                                                    | National Institute Malaria New                                       | DST-Centre of Excellence for Climate Change and vector borne diseases |                          3.37 | 2.99                                         |
| 3        | Indian Technology New Delhi                                           | Institute of Delhi,                                                  | DST-Centre of Excellence in Climate Modeling to Climate Information   |                          4.21 | 1.5                                          |
| 4        | Karnataka                                                             | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru                               | DST-Centre of Excellence in Cryospheric Sciences and Climate Modeling |                          8.54 | 3.83                                         |
| 5        |                                                                       | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai                       | DST-Centre of Excellence in Climate Modeling and Adaptation           |                          6.71 | 4.57                                         |
| 6        | Maharashtra CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research (NEERI), | Institute Nagpur DST-Centre of Excellence on Climate Change Research |                                                                       |                          3.72 | 1.6                                          |

|   S. No. | States                                        | Institutes                                                                            | Name of the CoEs                                                                                           |   Fund allocated (Rs. in Cr.) |   Released till 31 st Dec. 2024 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        7 | Tamil Nadu                                    | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai                                        | DST-Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Infrastructure and the Adaptation Strategies |                          8.6  |                                         6.86 |
|        8 | Tamil Nadu                                    | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore                                 | DST-Centre of Excellence on Climate and Disaster Resilient Agriculture                                     |                          7.29 |                                         3.18 |
|        9 | Telangana                                     | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad | DST-Centre of Excellence on Climate Change Research for Plant Protection                                   |                          7.04 |                                         6.55 |
|       10 |                                               | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi                                                    | DST- Mahamana Center of Excellence in Climate Change Research                                              |                          8.44 |                                         7.75 |
|       11 | Uttar Pradesh University Allahabad, Prayagraj | of Predictability of Indian Monsoon in a Changing                                     | DST-Centre of Excellence on Variability and Climate                                                        |                          5.77 |                                         3.84 |

|   S. No. | States      | Institutes                                                   | Name of the CoEs                                                                                                                                   |   Fund allocated (Rs. in Cr.) |   Released till 31 st Dec. 2024 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|       12 |             | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee-Greater Noida Campus | DST-Centre of Excellence on Integrated Centre for Adaptation to Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainability (ICARS)                 |                          6.72 |                                         1.39 |
|       13 | West Bengal | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur          | DST-Centre of Excellence on Vulnerability and Risk Assessment due to various Environmental drivers in a Climate Change Scenario over Eastern India |                          6.9  |                                         5.31 |

## Annexure-II

|   S.No. | Institute with location                                                              | GTWGs with                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                    | research areas GTWG on Renewable Energy Technology (Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal, Business Models and Policy, Storage and Integration) GTWG on Advance Coal Technology (Coal reserves, Coal mining, Coal beneficiation, Coal cleaning and refining |
|       2 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi                               | research areas GTWG on Renewable Energy Technology (Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal, Business Models and Policy, Storage and Integration) GTWG on Advance Coal Technology (Coal reserves, Coal mining, Coal beneficiation, Coal cleaning and refining |
|       3 | National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, Karnataka                  | research areas GTWG on Renewable Energy Technology (Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal, Business Models and Policy, Storage and Integration) GTWG on Advance Coal Technology (Coal reserves, Coal mining, Coal beneficiation, Coal cleaning and refining |
|       4 | Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.      | research areas GTWG on Renewable Energy Technology (Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal, Business Models and Policy, Storage and Integration) GTWG on Advance Coal Technology (Coal reserves, Coal mining, Coal beneficiation, Coal cleaning and refining |
|       5 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu                           | technologies) GTWG Technology Monitoring & Policy (Energy efficiency, Green Forest, Sustainable                                                                                                                                                          |
|       6 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra                           | technologies) GTWG Technology Monitoring & Policy (Energy efficiency, Green Forest, Sustainable                                                                                                                                                          |
|       7 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi                               | technologies) GTWG Technology Monitoring & Policy (Energy efficiency, Green Forest, Sustainable                                                                                                                                                          |
|       8 | Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe), New Delhi, Delhi             | technologies) GTWG Technology Monitoring & Policy (Energy efficiency, Green Forest, Sustainable                                                                                                                                                          |
|       9 | Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi, Delhi | on habitat, Water, Sustainable Agriculture)                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

## Annexure-III

| S. No.   | Institute with location                                             | Area of interventions                                                              | Geographical coverage                                                                  | Fund allocated (Rs. in   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          |                                                                     |                                                                                    |                                                                                        | Cr.)                     | 2017- 18                                | 2018- 19                                | 2019- 20                                | 2020- 21                                | 2021- 22                                | 2022- 23                                | 2023- 24                                | 2024- 25                                |
| 1        | CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Adaptation strategies of rice varieties of Indo- Gangetic Plains to climate change | (Northern Region) Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Rajasthan | 1.86                     | 1.12                                    |                                         | 0.28                                    | 0.19                                    | 0.15                                    |                                         |                                         |                                         |
| 2        | ICAR- National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha             | Enhancing resilience of rice-based production systems to climate change            | (Eastern Region) Odisha, West Bengal                                                   | 2.39                     | 1.47                                    |                                         | 0.33                                    | 0.34                                    |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |

| S. No.   | Institute with location                                       | Area of interventions                                                                                    | Geographical coverage                        | Fund allocated (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          |                                                               |                                                                                                          |                                              |                               | 2017- 18                                | 2018- 19                                | 2019- 20                                | 2020- 21                                | 2021- 22                                | 2022- 23                                | 2023- 24                                | 2024- 25                                |
| 3        | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi | Agricultural productivity in climate change scenarios: impacts and adaptation pathways                   | (Bundelkhand Region) Jhansi, UP & Niwari, MP | 2.32                          | 0.96                                    |                                         | 0.48                                    | 0.46                                    | 0.34                                    |                                         |                                         |                                         |
| 4        | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu       | Building Resilience of Climate Change and Improving Food Security through Climate Smart Solution (BRIFS) | (Southern Region) Tamil Nadu                 | 2.41                          | 1.01                                    |                                         |                                         |                                         | 0.64                                    | 0.68                                    |                                         |                                         |
| 5        | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka             | Reversing Climate Change via Solar Geoengineering: Hydrological Impacts in India                         | Pan-India                                    | 2.38                          |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         | 0.88                                    |                                         | 0.55                                    |

| S. No.   | Institute with location                                                                    | Area of interventions                                                                                                       | Geographical coverage                                         | Fund allocated (Rs. in   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          |                                                                                            |                                                                                                                             |                                                               | Cr.)                     | 2017- 18                                | 2018- 19                                | 2019- 20                                | 2020- 21                                | 2021- 22                                | 2022- 23                                | 2023- 24                                | 2024- 25                                |
| 6        | G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Kosi- Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand | Development and Implementation of Working Frameworks for Climate Smart Village an Approach for Integrated Sustainable Rural | (Himalayan Region) Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram | 2.56                     |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         | 0.68                                    | 0.84                                    |
| 7        | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                        | HydroClimate Extremes                                                                                                       | Pan-India                                                     | 2.81                     |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         | 1.61                                    |                                         |
| 8        | Sri Ramachandra University,                                                                | Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology -                                                                                | (Southern Region) Tamil Nadu                                  | 2.36                     |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         | 1.00                                    |

| S. No.   | Institute with location   | Area of interventions                        | Geographical coverage   | Fund allocated (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   | Fund Disbursed Year Wise (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          |                           |                                              |                         |                               | 2017- 18                                | 2018- 19                                | 2019- 20                                | 2020- 21                                | 2021- 22                                | 2022- 23                                | 2023- 24                                | 2024- 25                                |
|          | Chennai, Tamil Nadu       | EXposure and Intervention Trial (CKDu- EXIT) |                         |                               |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |                                         |

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