Accelerate Vigyan

• 13 Jul 2020

To give more thrust on encouraging high-end scientific research and preparing scientific manpower in the country, the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) has launched a new scheme called ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ (AV).

The scheme has two components ‘Abhyaas’ and ‘Sammohan’.

• Abhyaas:It is an attempt to boost Research & Development in the country by enabling and grooming potential PG / PhD level students by developing dedicated research skills in selected areas through high-end workshops and research internships. It has two sub components:
  • Karyashala: High-end workshops and
  • Vritika: Research internships
• Sammohan:It aims to encourage, aggregate and consolidate all scientific interactions in the country under one common roof. It has two sub components: 
  • Sayonjika:It is an open-ended programme to catalogue capacity building activities in science and technology supported by all government funding agencies in the country. 
  • Sangoshthi: It is designed to facilitate the scientific community to establish an interaction with other individuals and research groups to enhance knowledge exchange.