ANRF – ANUSADHAN NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
ANRF – ANUSADHAN NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
IN NEWS –
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (September 10, 2024) convened the first meeting of the Governing Board of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF).
Background: –
- The ANRF was conceived as a funding body to galvanise science and engineering research in the country.
ABOUT –
- The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) was established under the ANRF 2023 Act to promote and direct research and development (R&D) across India.
- ANRF acts as an apex body to oversee and guide scientific research efforts.
- The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), established by an act of Parliament in 2008, has been subsumed into ANRF.
Objectives and Functions
- Promote R&D: ANRF aims to seed, grow, and promote R&D and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout India’s universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories.
- Strategic Direction: It provides high-level strategic direction for scientific research in the country, aligning with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP).
- Collaboration: ANRF forges collaborations among industry, academia, government departments, and research institutions.
Additional information
The ANRF aims to establish a ₹50,000 crore corpus with ₹36,000 crore of it coming in from non-government sources. For the current financial year, the ANRF has been earmarked ₹2,000 crore in the Union Budget.