IIT-Kharagpur named national coordinator for research scheme - SPARC of HRD ministry

IIT-Kharagpur named national coordinator for research scheme - SPARC of HRD ministry

IIT-Kharagpur named national coordinator for research scheme - SPARC of HRD ministry

IIT-Kharagpur has been named the national coordinating institute of the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

As the national coordinator, IIT Kharagpur will be routing SPARC funds, managing the online portal, coordinating with the other nodal institutes of India, organising two annual SPARC conferences, liaising with MHRD and managing the intellectual output of SPARC. 

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28 foreign countries have been targeted in the first phase of the scheme.  The partner foreign institutes will be those that hold top QS World University Rankings.
 

The scheme proposes to support components considered critical to the production of impact-making research.