A special panel to decide Ph.D. students’ incentives: Government
An inter-ministerial committee has been set up to work out the incentives for the research scholars and enhance the fellowship of Ph.D. students, a senior official said on Thursday. Talking about the special committee, Department of Science and Technology Secretary Ashutosh Sharma said “it will have officials from variousministries, who will examine all fellowship related matters that have abearing on enhancing the value, quality and experience of doctoralresearch, including the quantum of fellowship”. "We want to look at the value of Ph.D. in a holistic way. Ph.D. students are the backbone in progress of a country as they strongly contribute to various fields. An empowered committee has been formed to bring all ministries together to periodically visit the quantum of fellowship and incentivize research," Mr. Sharma said. He was speaking at a press conference held at the CSIR Science Centre. The conference was also attended by Renu Swarup, the secretary of the Department of Biotechnology (DST), and Shekhar C Mande, the director general of CSIR and secretary of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research. Union minister Harsh Vardhan could not attend the conference but later said that he is happy about the initiative to provide financial and academic incentives. In the statement, the Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate change, said "science and technology is a fast-moving area in which a dynamic and holistic vision is required to secure the future of the nation and this will be a performance-based addition to the enhanced fellowship." On Wednesday, the government announced a hike in fellowship amount which will benefit the 60,000 research fellows. Mr.. Sharma said that there is a need to reduce the gap within quality and quantity of research. "Sometimes quantity of research gets marred by the quality of research which may not be up to the mark. This gap needs to be reduced and quality of research can be improved by improving the incentives for it," he said. "We will consider what and how much incentive is to be given after the full budget comes," he added.
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