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New Delhi: According to sources, the government’s plan to allow faculty or researchers of Indian origin settled abroad to return and teach or do research in Indian institutions is gaining momentum.
Although a similar scheme has been considered before, it has faced several hurdles, including procedural delays and uncertainties.
The plan is being reconsidered in the backdrop of recent developments in the United States, where most of these faculty members or scientists are employed.
According to sources, a scheme is being prepared in consultation with the ministries of education and science and technology, aimed at bringing back established Indian-origin scientists and researchers with significant academic work, who are willing to spend a stipulated period in India to conduct research or teach.
“The IITs are already trying to attract eminent foreign faculty, including those of Indian origin who are now settled abroad or have their main work there,” a source said.
Earlier this month, the White House asked at least nine US universities to sign an agreement pledging to maintain the higher education priorities of the Donald Trump administration or risk losing preferred access to federal funding.
At the same time, billions of dollars in federal grants to top universities such as Harvard University have been frozen as part of demands to reform admissions, governance and faculty policies – moves that critics say amount to a forceful suppression of institutional freedom.
Currently, the Ministry of Science and Technology runs the Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty Scheme to bring back foreign scientists and academicians, including NRIs and overseas nationals to India, to work in public funded institutions and universities for a specific period.
Ramanujan Fellowships provide attractive pathways and opportunities to high potential Indian researchers living abroad to work in Indian institutions and universities in all areas of science, engineering and medicine.
Also, the Biomedical Research Career Program provides an opportunity to early, intermediate and senior level researchers to establish their research and academic careers in basic biomedical or clinical and public health in India. These fellowships are open to all eligible researchers who wish to relocate to or continue working in India.
In 2015, the Bengaluru government approved the “Welcome Home Proposal” to bring back scholars and professors settled in universities and institutions abroad to ensure jobs in Karnataka-run universities and colleges when Indian-origin scientists, research scholars and professors return to the state.
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