Research Funding Agencies

Following is a list of some Research Funding Agencies which can be approached for sponsoring projects:

Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)
Aeronautics Research and Development Board (ARDB)
Armament Research Board
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
Centre for High Technology (CHT)
Central Power Research Institute (CPRI)
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of AYUSH
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Department of Electronics and Information Technology
Department of Science & Technology (DST)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG – German Research Foundation) European Union
GAIL (India) Ltd.
GUJCOST
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Indo French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR)
Indo-US Science & Technology Forum
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF)
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD)
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Ministry of Power
Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Railways
Ministry of Small Scale Industries
Ministry of Textiles
Ministry of Urban Development
Ministry of Water Resources
National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM)
Naval Research Board (NRB)
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC)
Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA)
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI)

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