About DST-PURSE:

“Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE)” is one of the top infrastructure development programs of Department of Science and Technology (DST), India. This was started in 2009 exclusively for Indian Universities. The core objectives of this program is to strengthen the research capacity of the active R&D based Indian Universities and to provide financial support for nurturing the research ecosystem in the country. Department of Science & Technology, India has restructured and re-oriented PURSE in the year 2020. A dedicated Program Management Board comprising eminent academicians is involved in the process of evaluation of fresh proposals, reviews the technical progress, etc. A cumulative weightages of i10 index of faculty members, H index of the University along with NIRF Ranking are considered for selection of Universities under PURSE program. Department of Science and Technology, India has encouraged the Universities to carry out their research activities in Mission mode focusing on thrust areas closely aligned with national priorities such as start-up India, Make in India, Atmanirbhar India etc. Money was also allocated for developing startup and industry collaboration, to train manpower, internships, etc.

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Dibrugarh University PURSE details:

The Dibrugarh University, Assam has been awarded the DST-PURSE project in the year 2023.

Title of the Project: Designing multifunctional nanostructured materials for catalysis, energy and biological applications

Total amount: INR 10.76 Crore

Duration: 2023-2027

In this DST-PURSE program Dibrugarh University has under taken several multi-disciplinary research objectives aligned to National Missions/ priorities. Under this program, the university is going to develop various instrumental infrastructures viz: High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (HRTEM), High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC), Electrochemical workstation, Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (GCMS), Liquid -Nitrogen plant.

Honourable Vice Chancellor of Dibrugarh University, Prof. Jiten Hazarika, receiving the DST PURSE award from Dr. Jitender Singh, Honourable Minister of Science and Technology, India