Lok Sabha Question No. 1837 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-04
Subject: Return of Scientists
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA, RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1837 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04/05/2016

## RETURN OF SCIENTISTS

1837. SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA: SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA: SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

(a) the details of scientists who returned to work in India during the last five years; (b) whether the Government has observed any increase or decrease in return during the aforesaid period; and

- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER 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 (gÉÉÒ ´ÉÉ<Ç. AºÉ. SÉÉèvÉ®ÉÒ)

(a)  to  (c):    Several  scientists  have  returned  to  work  in  India  during  the  last five  years.  Many  of  these scientists were working in leading universities and institutions abroad such as University of California, University of Kentucky, Princeton University, Harvard University, University of Alberta, University of Oxford,  Max  Planck  Institutes.  Most  of  the  returnees  are  from  USA,  Germany,  Japan,  Canada,  IK, Singapore, Italy etc. and India could bring back them through the Schemes of Ministry of Science and Technology  namely,  Ramanujan  Fellowship  and  Innovation  in  Science  Pursuit  for  Inspired  Research (INSPIRE) Faculty Scheme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Ramalingaswami reentry Fellowship of Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has also a scheme to attract Scientists/ Technologists of Indian Origin (STIO) under which they are appointed at an identified CSIR laboratory so as to nurture a research field in their area of expertise. A greater percentage of the scientists are absorbed as faculty in several Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian  Institutes  of  Science  Education  &  Research,  Central  Universities,  and  other  leading  National Laboratories in the country.

There is an increase in number of scientists returned to India under the above schemes in a span of 5 years as evident from the fact that the yearly joining of these scientists has increased from 55 in 201011  to  94  in  2014-15.  During  this  period,  171  fellows  are  supported  through  Ramalingaswami  re-entry Fellowship, 161 fellows through Ramanujan Fellowship and more than 100 scientists from abroad joined constituent  laboratories  of  CSIR.  In  addition,  306  scientists  have  been  selected  from  overseas  in  the INSPIRE Scheme.  Recent data of applicants revealed that more scientists want to relocate themselves to Indian Institutes/National R&D Laboratories as these institutions are now providing excellent research facilities to do high quality research.

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