Overview
- The proposed Prime Minister Research Chair scheme targets 120 positions over five years to attract Indian-origin researchers to IITs.
- The roles are planned across three tiers—Young Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows, and Research Chairs—according to the minutes.
- The initiative is scoped to 14 priority areas including semiconductors, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and advanced materials.
- The minutes record an in-principle agreement to proceed, but the scheme has not yet been formally launched or operationalized.
- The Council also urged an IIT-wide alumni outcomes survey for 2013–2015 cohorts, an analysis of PhD and postdoc migration abroad, and MTech reforms with mandatory industry internships.