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ANRF- Call for Proposal for MAHA Water Programme

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The ANRF's Mission for Advancement in High-impact Areas (MAHA) program supports priority-centric, solution-based research in mission mode, concentrating on a few important areas that are in line with the country's primary needs. It is envisaged to be multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional and multi-investigator projects with industrial partnerships in the best sorted areas of immediate concern.
In this regard, ANRF identified the "MAHA Water Program" in partnership with the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), GoI, in order to involve researchers, institutions, and various stakeholders in order to accelerate innovation, design, develop, and promote high-priority adaptable solutions related to water problem(s) and increasing stress, which is caused by demands on surface and groundwater for drinking, irrigation, industrial, and ecosystem use.

Who Can Apply
  • Project proposals are invited in consortium mode, bringing together multiple Principal Investigators (PIs) and institutions/laboratories from academia, research organizations, DSIR-SIRO registered research organizations and Section 8 companies (whose object clause is aligned with the program).
  • Each proposal must be submitted by a lead institution and will be headed by a lead PI.
  • The lead PI will be from the academic institution or a National Research Laboratory, and must hold a regular position in the institution.
  • Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or relevant Social Sciences or M.D./M.S./M.D.S./M.V.Sc. degree holders.
  • The person from Industry, startups, international faculty/researcher/industry can formally be a "Honorary Investigator" in collaboration with a lead PI in India, but the role of Honorary Investigator should be defined in the proposal.
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