{"id":48068,"date":"2025-05-24T15:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T10:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=48068"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:53:50","slug":"inspire-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/inspire-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"INSPIRE Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>INSPIRE Scheme Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Research scholars across India have raised concerns over non-receipt of INSPIRE fellowships funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for periods ranging from 8 to 13 months.<\/p>\n<h2>About INSPIRE Scheme<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>INSPIRE Scheme<\/strong>\u00a0(Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) is a\u00a0<strong>flagship initiative<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was launched in\u00a0<strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a0with a vision to\u00a0<strong>build a critical human resource base<\/strong>\u00a0that can strengthen\u00a0<strong>India\u2019s Science &amp; Technology and R&amp;D ecosystem<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike competitive scholarship schemes,\u00a0<strong>INSPIRE does not conduct any entrance examinations<\/strong>. It instead relies on\u00a0<strong>merit-based identification<\/strong>\u00a0through existing academic performance metrics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the INSPIRE Fellowship?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>INSPIRE Fellowship<\/strong>\u00a0is a component of the DST\u2019s\u00a0<strong>INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research)<\/strong>\u00a0scheme, launched in\u00a0<strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>promote research careers in basic sciences<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The scheme aims to\u00a0<strong>nurture talent<\/strong>\u00a0and attract top-performing students to\u00a0<strong>scientific research<\/strong>\u00a0rather than more lucrative careers in\u00a0<strong>engineering, IT, or finance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Annually, about\u00a0<strong>1,000 scholars<\/strong>\u00a0are selected for the fellowship based on\u00a0<strong>academic merit<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>quality of their research proposals<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Eligibility for INSPIRE Fellowship<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be a\u00a0<strong>first-rank holder<\/strong>\u00a0in postgraduate courses in\u00a0<strong>science, applied sciences, or engineering<\/strong>, OR<\/li>\n<li>An\u00a0<strong>INSPIRE scholar<\/strong>\u00a0with at least\u00a0<strong>70% aggregate<\/strong>\u00a0marks through UG and PG and previously in the\u00a0<strong>top 1% of Class XII board exams<\/strong>\u00a0or top performers in\u00a0<strong>national level exams<\/strong>\u00a0like\u00a0<strong>IIT-JEE<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>screening committee<\/strong>\u00a0evaluates the\u00a0<strong>research proposal<\/strong>\u00a0before awarding the fellowship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Features of the INSPIRE Scheme<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Implemented by\u00a0<strong>DST<\/strong>\u00a0with a\u00a0<strong>total outlay of \u20b91,979 crore<\/strong>\u00a0in the 11th Plan and\u00a0<strong>\u20b92,200 crore in the 12th Plan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Aims to build a\u00a0<strong>human resource base<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>basic and natural sciences<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Comprises\u00a0<strong>three components<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SEATS (Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 For school students to foster interest in science.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SHE (Scholarship for Higher Education)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 For undergraduate and postgraduate science students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AORC (Assured Opportunity for Research Careers)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Includes INSPIRE Fellowships and Faculty Awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>INSPIRE Scheme FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:\u00a0<\/strong>What does INSPIRE stand for?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0INSPIRE stands for &#8220;Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research&#8221;, a flagship scheme by the Department of Science &amp; Technology (DST), Government of India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:\u00a0<\/strong>What is the objective of the INSPIRE Scheme?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0The scheme aims to attract talented students to science from an early age and nurture future scientific manpower for research and innovation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:\u00a0<\/strong>What are the major components of the INSPIRE Scheme?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0The scheme has three components: (1) INSPIRE Award (for school students), (2) Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE), and (3) INSPIRE Fellowship (for doctoral studies).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/research-scholars-upset-over-dsts-delay-in-release-of-stipends\/article69611270.ece#:~:text=Scientists%20and%20research%20scholars%20say,too%20largely%20followed%20this%20regime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scheme has three components: (1) INSPIRE Award (for school students), (2) Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE), and (3) INSPIRE Fellowship (for doctoral studies).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[537,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-48068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-inspire-scheme","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}