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Infosys Foundation, IISc signs MoU worth Rs 5 crore to broaden research activities
September 27, 2017
“This association will facilitate an interdisciplinary approach, with a focus on research about infectious diseases, leading to the development of new drug targets, drug delivery systems and novel diagnostic tools,” said Infosys Foundation Chairperson, Sudha Murthy.
In order to enhance infrastructure and increase research activities at Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with Indian Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.
As reported, the Infosys Foundation has signed an Rs 5 crore MoU for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR).
Here’s what Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murthy said:
“With this MoU, Infosys Foundation aims to set milestones in the area of research of infectious diseases. We will focus on motivating researchers to perform cutting-edge research, as well as train them to raise awareness about infectious diseases,” Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murthy told PTI.
More on the report:
– Rs 5 crore will be used towards research, training and creating awareness, about infectious diseases, benefiting 25 faculty members and 250 students at IISc
– IISc is a public university for research and higher education in all science and engineering disciplines
– This association will facilitate an interdisciplinary approach, with a focus on research about infectious diseases, leading to the development of new drug targets, drug delivery systems and novel diagnostic tools, Sudha Murthy added.
IISc PhD researchers to soon get Rs 70,000 monthly fellowship:
In a major announcement, all the students doing Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) will be getting Rs 70,000 per month as fellowship amount.
The statement came from Centre’s Union Higher Education Secretary, Kewal Kumar Sharma. As of now, all the researcher-students get just Rs 25,000 as monthly scholarship at IITs.
Meanwhile, a significant change in the Times’ 2018 list was seen as the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), which was in the 201-250 band last year, has slipped further into the 251-300 band.
