Lok Sabha Question No. 3938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Newton Bhabha Fund
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3938 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23/12/2015

## NEWTON BHABHA FUND

## 3938. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA :

Will the Minister of Science and Technology òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  'Newton  Bhabha  Fund'  in  collaboration  with  the  United Kingdom;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the aims/objectives of setting up the said fund;

(c) the mannerin which the said fund is likely to be utilised; and

(d) the  number  of  innovative  scientific  projects  proposed  by  the  Government  till now  with  the support of Newton Bhabha Fund?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINIST ER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI.Y. S. CHOWDARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

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(a) Yes,Madam.    Department of Science and Tech nology, Government of India has signed a MoU with Department of Business Innovation and Skills, Government of United Kingdom on establishing Newton - Bhabha Programme. (b) The  programme  envisage  undertaking  joint  activities  to  build  research  partnership between Indian and British institutes in jointly identified priority areas through multi -agency  participation and funding.    The  priority  areas  for  support  include  i)  food - energy- water  nexus;  ii)  public  health  and well - being; iii) sustainable infra - structu re; iv) High value manufacturing; and v) big data science.

(c) & (d):    The joint activities under the Newton Bhabha Program would be implemented to our t broad categories of collaboration, namely, i) People : Building research and innovation capacity in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities, and clinical sciences through programmes PhD  exchanges,  Post -doctoral  training  and  mobility  schemes    and  professional  development  ( Innovation  Leadership  Programme,  Professional Development  and  Engagement  Programme,  STEM Education  Programme);  ii) Projects :  Collaborative  research  through  Joint  Centres,  Joint  Resear Projects and access to Research and Innovation Infrastructures.    Collaborations will be based on excellence ,  in  areas  that  make  the  maximum  contribution  towards  jointly  identified  grand  so challenges including public health and well being, the food - water- energy nexus, and sustainable cities and rapid urbanization, underpinned by cross -cutting themes of bi g data and high value manufacturing; and iii) Translation : Building UK - India research and innovation partnership and capacity to address maj societal  and  economic  challenges  through  programmes  to  build  partnership  between  business academia.  This  is  a imed  to  accelerate  the  development  of  research  knowledge  and  innovation  capac building  including  entrepreneurship.  Since  conclusion  of  the  MOU,  Fellowships  to  INSPIRE  doc candidates  (two  batches  of  30  candidates  each)  and  Entrepreneurship  Fellowshi p  (12  candidates)  have been awarded. Six industrial R&D projects have been approved under translation mode in the are Affordable Healthcare, Clean Technology and Manufacturing Technology.

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