New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India’s apex research funding physique, the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), has chosen ten Convergence Research Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to promote multidisciplinary research for deep integration of scientific data inside social sciences and the humanities, an official assertion stated on Wednesday.
The initiative seeks to set up pioneering centres that deliver collectively social sciences, humanities, science, and know-how to tackle complicated societal challenges via built-in and transdisciplinary research, the assertion from the Ministry of Science & Technology stated.
Selected institutes are IIT Gandhinagar, NIAS Bengaluru, IIT Madras, NIT Agartala, IHD Delhi, IIT Dharwad, IIM Jammu, IIT Kanpur, Chanakya University and PSGR (*10*) College for Women.
They cowl thematic areas starting from archaeology and conventional data techniques to digital humanities, rural growth, well being and computational economics.
The program requires that every centre contain intra- or interdisciplinary collaboration, both inside the identical establishment or throughout completely different educational, publicly funded organisations beneath varied ministries, departments, or personal establishments.
The co-PIs related to these centres signify a various community. Collectively, they arrive from 20 collaborating institutes, which embrace state universities, central universities, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), personal universities, faculties and recognised R&D establishments, the assertion famous.
The program obtained an awesome response from educational and research establishments, with 945 proposals submitted, reflecting its sturdy relevance and nationwide significance.
By combining scientific depth with contextual understanding, this system goals to tackle regional and nationwide challenges via holistic approaches. In an period formed by synthetic intelligence, robotics, and large knowledge analytics, such convergence can unlock new pathways for socioeconomic progress and assist the Sustainable Development Goals.
The ANRF Convergence Research Centres of Excellence Program attracts inspiration from the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and is aligned with the imaginative and prescient of Viksit Bharat 2047.
—IANS
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