(a) whether the Government is considering a special mission to promote scientific research
in engineering and manufacturing;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government is considering for setting up a special fund in partnership with
the industry to promote research in new fuels and automobile technologies; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (S. JAIPAL REDDY)
(a) & (b): No, Madam. However research and development projects from Indian scientists/ Engineers
are funded based on the peer review recommendations and some of the projects funded are
combustion engineering, manufacturing research, automobile engineering etc. Department of Science
and Technology is funding two centres of excellence in combustion engineering and several
projects in battery technology, Gas turbine performance via novel plasma spray coatings offering
protection against ingested species, Engineering driven sustainable supply networks, Modeling of
advanced materials for simulation of transformative manufacturing process, High temperature,
non-destructive measurement/sensing techniques during manufacturing of power plant components,
High deposition rate additive manufacture of complex metal parts, Process understanding of
chromatographic performance loss during bio-therapeutic manufacture, High-performance spinning
disc atomization process, etc.
(c) No, Madam.
(d) Does not arise.