I-STEM portal allows for online scheduling of time to use a facility, and for secure online payments that help partially defray the cost. This portal is a live inventory of sharable resources, which should aid in the planning of our current research projects, as well as provide an evidenced-based roadmap for the future expansion of public-funded facilities. The I-STEM web portal (Indian Science, Technology, and Engineering facilities Map) addresses this vital need directly, by enabling a transparent and convenient way to list and share public-funded R&D facilities with researchers who need to use them, from anywhere across the country. Active and regular sharing of S&T facilities also activates the latent scientific manpower which resides in the remote regions, and in the smaller and less endowed institutions. Sharing of our resources addresses these twin problems while making our investments more effective. They also often require resources for maintenance and manpower. Equipment, even when not used extensively, becomes obsolete. Hence, it is highly desirable and hugely beneficial if the existing infrastructure, in its period of latency, is shared with transparency and ease of access. Indeed, over the years, tens of thousands of researchers from institutions big and small, and from industry, have benefited from the SAIFs.However, with a rapid expansion of our S&T ecosystem and increasing emphasis on R&D programs, there is still an unmet need for ever more S&T infrastructure, including a variety of specialized instruments, from analytical testing to fabrication to research resources. The various SAIFs across the country are meant to provide access to analytical facilities to all – from the academia, as well as industry. However, such facilities are not easily and universally accessible to researchers in institutions with less R&D focus and to industry (including MSMEs) and start-ups. Through several “rounds” of FIST and PURSE, projects and Centres, substantial R&D infrastructure has been established in a large number of institutions in the country. In addition to providing grants to investigators for meritorious proposals, DST has been a major source of funding building of R&D infrastructure in the country’s academia via a number of schemes: FIST (Funds for Infrastructure in Science and Technology), PURSE (Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence), SAIF (Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facilities), and the newest SAIF-like program, SATHI (Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute), and through thousands of research projects and a plethora of Centres of Excellence. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has been an agency of long standing in funding R&D and innovation, primarily in academic and research institutions across the country. Secretary,Department of Science and Technology, the Government of India on setting up of Portal Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map Taking us further along the road to innovation, prosperity, and wellbeing. Spread the spirit of collaboration and cooperation among the R&D community in the country, I expect that this unique initiative will Their unique ideas, secure in the assurance that they can gain access to the Project and Portal will enable researchers everywhere in the country to explore ln addition, it will become possible for users to consultĮxperts in various fields to be empanelled. Use equipment can be made in a manner convenient to the user and the custodian The Portal is expected to become the gateway through which reservations to
In addition to hosting a database of facilities in all parts of the country, In the country in a transparent and convenient manner through a WebPortal. Towards this goal, I-STEM is a novel, thoughtful, and greatly empowering concept,Īs it aims to provide all aspiring and qualified researchers access to public-funded facilities It is the efficient utilization of such facilities that enables high productivity in R&D. Government fund the acquisition of equipment and establishment of laboratories, Such facilities - to engage in meaningful R&D efforts. They need adequate and upto-date facilities - or access to There has been a concomitant increase in the numbers of academics and other professionalsĮngaged in research and development. With the number of institutions of higher education in the country growing rapidly, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India on setting up of Portal Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM)
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