NEW DELHI: The federal government on Tuesday introduced the Vaibhav fellowship to 22 scientists of Indian origin to take up collaborative analysis tasks in main institutes of the nation in areas similar to synthetic intelligence to quantum applied sciences.
The ministry of science and expertise additionally made a proposal to prime scientists Arogyaswami J Paulraj and Prof Jitendra Malik to take up collaborative analysis tasks within the fields {of electrical} engineering and laptop science at IIT-Bombay and IIT-Kanpur, respectively, as ‘distinguished Vaibhav fellows’.
Science and expertise minister Jitendra Singh made the announcement right here within the presence of Niti Aayog member V Okay Saraswat, principal scientific advisor A Okay Sood and division of science and expertise secretary Abhay Karandikar.
The Vaibhav or Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik fellows are from the topmost institutes of Australia, Canada, Finland, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US, and can work with Indian institutes similar to IISc, IUCAA and the IITs for the subsequent three years on collectively recognized tasks.
Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, professor on the division of astronomy of the California Institute of Expertise (Caltech) Pasadena, will work at IIT-Bombay within the area of knowledge sciences, and Murali Annavaram from the College of Southern California will work with scientists on the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISC) within the area of synthetic intelligence and machine studying.
Ajit Srivastava from the College of Geneva will work with IISER, Pune, within the area of electronics and semiconductor gadgets, whereas Prof Subir Sarkar from the College of Oxford will work with the Tata Institute of Elementary Analysis within the area of knowledge sciences.
Prof Kazi Rajibul from the College of Waterloo, Canada, will work on the Inter-College Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) within the area of quantum applied sciences, whereas Dinesh Bharadia from the College of California, San Diego, will work within the area of communication applied sciences at IIT-Madras.
Sudhir Dixit from the Fundamental Web Evangelist College of Oslo will work with the SRM Institute of Science and Expertise within the area of communication applied sciences, whereas Prof Satish Narayanasamy from the College of Michigan will work at IISc within the area of electronics and semiconductor gadgets.
Avik Dutt from the College of Maryland, Prof S Kumar from the James Watt Faculty of Engineering College of Glasgow, Rakesh Kumar Joshi from the College of New South Wales, Sydney, Manoj Gupta from the College of Singapore, Prof Bharat Jalan from the College of Minnesota, Apoorva Bhatt from the College of Birmingham, Prof Perumal Nithiarasu from Swansea College, Prof Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay from Macquarie College, Sydney, Apurba Dev from Uppsala College, Sweden, Sandeep Soni, govt director at Crispr Therapeutics, Boston, have additionally been chosen as Vaibhav fellows.
Swadhin Kumar Behera from the Japan Company for Marine-Earth Science and Expertise, Rakesh Kumar from the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, and Prof Sunil Mithas from the College of South Florida will even be Vaibhav fellows.
“We consider that the Indian diaspora working in different international locations would be capable to develop the horizons of Indian researchers with their information and experiences. They may also help and information our Indian researchers with their distinctive thought course of,” division of science and expertise secretary Karandikar mentioned.
He mentioned that the Indian diaspora might join with Indian school, researchers and college students as nicely, to offer them a brand new perspective in direction of analysis, growth and innovation.
The ministry of science and expertise additionally made a proposal to prime scientists Arogyaswami J Paulraj and Prof Jitendra Malik to take up collaborative analysis tasks within the fields {of electrical} engineering and laptop science at IIT-Bombay and IIT-Kanpur, respectively, as ‘distinguished Vaibhav fellows’.
Science and expertise minister Jitendra Singh made the announcement right here within the presence of Niti Aayog member V Okay Saraswat, principal scientific advisor A Okay Sood and division of science and expertise secretary Abhay Karandikar.
The Vaibhav or Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik fellows are from the topmost institutes of Australia, Canada, Finland, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US, and can work with Indian institutes similar to IISc, IUCAA and the IITs for the subsequent three years on collectively recognized tasks.
Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, professor on the division of astronomy of the California Institute of Expertise (Caltech) Pasadena, will work at IIT-Bombay within the area of knowledge sciences, and Murali Annavaram from the College of Southern California will work with scientists on the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISC) within the area of synthetic intelligence and machine studying.
Ajit Srivastava from the College of Geneva will work with IISER, Pune, within the area of electronics and semiconductor gadgets, whereas Prof Subir Sarkar from the College of Oxford will work with the Tata Institute of Elementary Analysis within the area of knowledge sciences.
Prof Kazi Rajibul from the College of Waterloo, Canada, will work on the Inter-College Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) within the area of quantum applied sciences, whereas Dinesh Bharadia from the College of California, San Diego, will work within the area of communication applied sciences at IIT-Madras.
Sudhir Dixit from the Fundamental Web Evangelist College of Oslo will work with the SRM Institute of Science and Expertise within the area of communication applied sciences, whereas Prof Satish Narayanasamy from the College of Michigan will work at IISc within the area of electronics and semiconductor gadgets.
Avik Dutt from the College of Maryland, Prof S Kumar from the James Watt Faculty of Engineering College of Glasgow, Rakesh Kumar Joshi from the College of New South Wales, Sydney, Manoj Gupta from the College of Singapore, Prof Bharat Jalan from the College of Minnesota, Apoorva Bhatt from the College of Birmingham, Prof Perumal Nithiarasu from Swansea College, Prof Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay from Macquarie College, Sydney, Apurba Dev from Uppsala College, Sweden, Sandeep Soni, govt director at Crispr Therapeutics, Boston, have additionally been chosen as Vaibhav fellows.
Swadhin Kumar Behera from the Japan Company for Marine-Earth Science and Expertise, Rakesh Kumar from the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, and Prof Sunil Mithas from the College of South Florida will even be Vaibhav fellows.
“We consider that the Indian diaspora working in different international locations would be capable to develop the horizons of Indian researchers with their information and experiences. They may also help and information our Indian researchers with their distinctive thought course of,” division of science and expertise secretary Karandikar mentioned.
He mentioned that the Indian diaspora might join with Indian school, researchers and college students as nicely, to offer them a brand new perspective in direction of analysis, growth and innovation.
