PROMOTION
OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE
(PURSE INTIATIVE - SPECIAL SUPPORT SCHEME
UNDER SERC)
In
appreciation of the R&D contributions
of the performing universities, PURSE initiative
is taken by Department of Science &
Technology, Government of India to initiate
value added proactive measures through introduction
of R&D Incentive Grant. PURSE scheme
provides substantive research grant to 14
universities on scientific publications
in Science Citation Indexed Journals through
SCOPUS Database.
India
is positioned at 12th rank among the top
20 countries in Science & Technology
according to a study conducted by the National
Institute of Science, Technology & Development
Studies, New Delhi on Publication Output
in SCOPUS International Database for a period
1996 to 2006. SCOPUS incorporates the H-Index
as a means to evaluate research performance.
The H-index attempts to measures both the
scientific productivity and the apparent
scientific impact of a researcher. The index
is based on the set of the researcher's
most cited papers and the numbers of citation
that they have received in other people's
publication. The H-Index can also be applied
to judge the impact and productivity of
a group of researchers at a department or
university.
The
following table illustrates the quantum
of support, as approved by the Department
to 14 Performing Universities based on H-index.
S.N.
University
H-Index
Research
Grant
1
University
of Delhi
56
Rs.
10.0 crore per year for 3 years
2
University
of Hyderabad
54
3
University
of Punjab
50
4
University
of Pune
44
Rs.
5.0 crore per year for 3 years
5
Jadavpur
University
43
6
Banaras
Hindu University
42
7
University
of Madras
37
Rs.
3.0 crore per year for 3 years
8
University
of Bombay
37
9
Jawaharlal
Nehru University
33
10
Anna
University
31
11
Karnataka
University
30
12
Aligarh
Muslim University
30
13
University
of Rajasthan
27
Rs.
2.0 crore per year for 3 years
14
Andhra
University
26
DST
intends to provide support to these universities
essentially for research man-power cost,
augmentation of equipment and computational
facilities, research consumables, organization
of scientific conferences/workshops, travel
and maintenance of the facilities. The support
for each university will have the following
components categorized under Flexible and
Fixed Components:
Flexible
components
(80-85% of total support)
Fixed
components
(20-15% of total support)
Equipment
Manpower
cost (10-15%)
Consumables
Contingencies
(1%)
Infrastructure
Travel
(1%)
Networking
& Computational Facility
Seminar/workshop
to organize or to attend abroad (1%)
