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The Ministry of Science Technology has formulated following schemes to provide attractive avenues and opportunities to Indian researchers who are residing in foreign countries to work in Indian Institutes and Universities.Visiting Advanced Joint Research VAJRA Faculty Scheme This Scheme is to bring overseas scientists and academicians including Non-resident Indians NRI and Overseas Citizen of India OCI to India to work in public funded Institutions and Universities for a specific period of time. The scheme offers adjunct visiting faculty assignments to overseas scientists including Indian researchers to undertake high quality collaborative research in cutting edge areas of science and technology with one or more Indian collaborators. Ramanujan Fellowship This Fellowship provides attractive avenues and opportunities to Indian researchers of high calibre who are residing abroad to work in Indian InstitutesUniversities in all areas of Science Engineering and Medicine. It is directed to scientists and engineers below the age of 40 years who want to return to India from abroad. Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship The programme is to encourage scientists Indian Nationals working outside the country who would like to return to the home country to pursue their research interests in Life Sciences Modern Biology Biotechnology and other related areas.Biomedical Research Career Programme BRCP This program provides opportunity to early intermediate and senior level researchers to establish their research academic career in Basic biomedical or Clinical Public Health in India. These fellowships are open to all eligible researchers who wish to relocate or continue to work in India.Scientists Technologists of Indian Origin STIO in Indian research Laboratory There is a provision to appoint Scientists Technologists of Indian Origin STIO on a contractual basis at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR laboratories to nurture a research field in their area of expertise. Senior Research Associateship SRA Scientists Pool Scheme This scheme is primarily meant to provide temporary placement to highly qualified Indian scientists engineers technologists and medical personnel returning from abroad who are not holding any employment in India. The Senior Research Associateship is not a regular appointment but is a temporary facility to enable the Associate to do researchteaching in India while looking for a regular position. Ministry of Science and technology does not keep track or estimates the number of Indian scientists who leave India to work in other countries. However to avoid brain drain Ministry of Science and Technology is promoting global level of research through implementation of various competitive schemes programmes such as Core Research Grant Research fellowships such as JC Bose and Swarnajayanti fellowship etc. There are some special schemes for young scientists e.g. Start-up Research Grant National Postdoctoral Fellowship etc. for making them independent and motivate them to remain in the country. Towards gaining global competitiveness Ministry of Science is also connecting Indian Research with Global research through International bilateral and multilateral S T cooperation with about 80 countries and various multilateral organizationsagencies.This information was given by the Union Minister of Science and Technology Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on September 20 2020.
