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I. Introduction
Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR)
provides financial assistance to promote research work in the field
of Water Resources Engineering. The assistance is provided by way of
grants to academicians/experts in the Universities, IITs, recognised
R&D laboratories, Water Resources/ Irrigation departments of the
Central and State Governments and NGOs. Research proposals of applied
nature as well as basic research are considered for MOWR support.
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II. Name of scheme(s)
Research &
Development for Water Resources Management
Objective(s)
i) To find practical solutions to the country's
water resources related problems, to improve available technology and
engineering methods and procedures.
ii) To maintain a lead
in the latest technology so as to enable export of expertise from
India, in competition with other developed nations, to countries that
import such expertise, in order to earn foreign exchange, increase
GDP and provide employment opportunities for Indians abroad.
iii) To review the state of the art in the country in different
branches of the subject area by collecting relevant information from
national and international organizations and publish "State of the
art Report". To prepare and maintain a comprehensive documentation,
preferably using IT, of R&D done so far at national as well as
international level.
iv) To prepare, co-ordinate and
recommend funding of research programmes to be taken up by the
institutions in the country on basic and applied research, action
research, and other areas related to research in the subject field.
v) To review the R&D programme in the subject area: identify
topics which need immediate
attention and encourage the
national institutions to take up research on these topics.
vi) To disseminate information and stimulate thinking related to the
subject field by publishing journals, research news/digests;
arranging and conducting seminars/ conferences/ workshops; supporting
mass awareness programmes.
vii) To provide support for the
infrastructure development of research institutions working in the
water resources sector.
viii) To encourage indigenous
industry to take up technology development in the subject area.
ix) To promote and co-ordinate effective participation of India in
the International programmes related to the water resources.
x) To promote educational, training and Human Resources Development
programmes in the subject area.
Who can submit a
proposal
Funding is provided to following:
R&D institutes/labs of the Central or State Government
Organisations under MOWR
Universities and
Educational institutes, engineering and agricultural colleges; IITs
WALMIs, NGOs, non-profit making private R&D
institutions/ organisations.
MOWR also welcomes
the involvement of eminent scientists and engineers including retired
personnel to carry out special research, monograph writing,
preparation of state-of-the-art report etc. In such cases the retired
personnel should encourage younger engineers/scientists from their
group to submit the research proposal with which they could be
associated. Honorarium to retired personnel based on their retirement
benefits etc. should be indicated in the proposal.
When and how to submit a proposal
Application for research
grants can be submitted at any time of the year. The proposal is to
be submitted on a prescribed proforma given in Appendix 1 of
Guideline for Implementation of R&D Programme, Part-1
-Instruction to Investigators (available at http://www.wrmin.nic.in/rdguide1.html
Areas of research support
| INC |
Subject Domain |
| INCH |
Management of Floods, Hydraulic Structures
(including masonry and concrete structures), River and Estuarine
Hydraulics, River Morphology, Ground Water Hydraulics,
Instrumentation for Seismic and Geophysical Measurements, Open
Channel Flow, Pipe Flow, Hydraulic Machinery, City Water Supply
and Ports and Harbours |
| INCOH |
Meteorology, Surface Water Hydrology,
Evaporation Control, Ground Water Hydrology and Management,
Instrumentation, Real Time Systems, Application of GIS and Remote
Sensing |
| INCID |
Irrigation, Drainage, Agronomy, Water
Management, Environmental Impact and Socio-Economic Aspect of
Water Resources Projects, Plasticulture Development,
Geo-textiles |
| INCGE |
Rock Mechanics & Tunnelling Technology;
Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering; and Instrumentation
and Measurement Techniques |
| INCCMS |
Construction Materials, Concrete Technology
and Structures |
Components of grant
Funding can be provided for
purchase of equipment; purchase of books and journals; development of
other infrastructure necessary for the research; for the salaries of
research staff in the grades of JRF/SRF/RA; for the cost of
conducting the experiment including cost of consumables; and for
travel in connection with the research. If the host institute is
providing any facilities - infrastructure or staff - then overheads
upto 20 % of the total cost can also be charged to the project cost.
Items not allowed out of grant
Funding is not
provided for foreign travel; salary of the PI, other investigators
and non-research staff who are regular employees of the institute;
honorarium or cash incentives in any form for the investigators and
research staff. Purchase of computers and peripherals may be allowed
only in rare cases where the importance of the work so demands.
Mechanism of implementation and monitoring
Considering wide range of topics covered by Water Resources
Engineering, five committees called Indian National Committees (INCs)
have been constituted to co-ordinate the R&D programme in
conjunction with R&D Division, MOWR. The five INCs are listed
below:
INC for Hydraulics Research (INCH)
INC for Hydrology (INCOH)
INC for Irrigation
& Drainage (INCID)
INC for Geo-technical
Engineering (INCGE)
INC for Construction Materials
& Structures (INCCMS)
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Contact Address: Director, R&D Division, PP Wing Ministry
of Water Resources 1st floor, Wing -4, West Block -1 R K Puram New
Delhi-110066
Tel.No: (011)26104082 Fax. No: (Oil) 26104082
E-mail: watrnd-mowr@nic.in
Website: www.wrmin.nic.in
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