PROMOTION
OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE
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 universities
on based 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
of ten years. 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.
Fourteen
Universities were supported under PURSE
Program during 2009-2010 according a study
conducted by the NISTADS, New Delhi on Publication
Output in SCOPUS International Database
for a period of 1996-2006 years. The program
is now in operation at these universities
.
DST
undertook a recent study through NISTADS,
New Delhi for analyzing the performance
of the universities using the same h-index
as indicator through SCOPUS Database for
1998- 2008 duration. Thirty new Universities
which have h-index ranging from 42 to 26,
have been identified for support during
2010-2011.
Support Range
|
H -index
|
Category
|
Support Amount
for 3 years
|
|
More than 50
|
A
|
Rs 30.0 Crore
|
|
40-49
|
B
|
Rs 15.0 Crore
|
|
30-39
|
C
|
Rs 9.0 Crore
|
|
26-29
|
D
|
Rs 6.0 Crore
|
Salient features
of PURSE Program
- The support provided
to each university has been classified
under ' Flexible ' and ' Fixed
' Components.
- The expenditure heads
in ' Flexible Components' are totally
flexible with in 85-80% of total budget.
The expenditure heads under Flexible Component
includes support for acquiring Equipment,
Consumables, Infrastructure Facilities
and Networking & Computational Facilities.
- The support areas
in 'Fixed Components' covers expenditure
heads like Manpower Cost (10-15%), Contingences
(1%), Travel (1%), Seminar/Workshop to
organize or to attend abroad (1%) and
Maintenance (2 %) and comprises 20-15
% of total support.
- No budgetary quotation
for any equipment and other items is required
for releasing grants by DST under this
program. University will only inform DST
about the equipments with individual cost
and other items as identified by them
before acquiring and University would
be responsible for all procurements.
- 'Manpower' to be
engaged under this program should be for
research and technical support and engaged
on contractual basis and should not be
equated with permanent faculty position.
- No support was made
available for the building and civil construction
related activities under PURSE initiative.
- Decision of Utilization
of grants across different Departments
of the Universities to be taken solely
by the University.
- No Overhead amount
is allowable under this Program
Under the PURSE Program,
DST intends to provide support to performing
universities across the country 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
as described above.
|
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%)
|
|
|
Maintenance (2%)
|
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