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Komal gupta

28/02/22 13:20 PM IST

Source: PIB

Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship

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Union Minister of State of Science & Technology said that India is currently witnessing a sort of reverse brain drain with several Indian origin Scientists abroad keen to return home.

Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship programme

  • It is a flagship scheme of the Department of Biotechnology, launched in 2006-07, with a view to bring back the Indian Scientists working in Modern Biology, Biotechnology, Life Sciences and other related areas abroad.
  • The programme aims to improve the country’s human resource capacity in the research field in terms of development, translation and diffusion by attracting scientists abroad.
  • The fellowship programme is being managed by Regional Center for Biotechnology under its DBT-HRD Project & Management Unit (DBT-HRD PMU).
  • Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellows would be able to work in any of the scientific institutions in the country and shall be eligible for regular research grants through research schemes of various S&T agencies of the Government of India.

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