Overview
- Union minister of state Savitri Thakur flagged off the programme at the ICSSR campus in New Delhi.
- The 40-day tour will cover 29 institutions across 15 cities in seven states, including Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
- Planned stops include IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati, Maulana Azad Medical College, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow and IIM Bodh Gaya.
- Sessions focus on open access and ONOS awareness, research integrity, AI in publishing, e‑book adoption and support for editorial board recruitment.
- Organizers say the effort builds on prior tours that reached 36 institutions in 25 cities across 15 states and recognized over 200 women researchers, reflecting a long-term partnership with the Ministry of Education and ICSSR.