Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme covers entire country including North East Region
The ‘Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF)’ Scheme aims at attracting those meritorious students from across the country including North East Region, who have completed or are in the final year of B.Tech. or Integrated M.Tech of M.Sc. in science and technology streams in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) to pursue research in the frontier areas of science & technology in IITs, IISc and IISERs. Government is open to suggestions to make the scheme more inclusive.
This information was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh today in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.
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