National Research & Development Fund (NRF)

About CLEF

Career Launcher Education Foundation (AP) is an initiative of CL Educate Ltd., with the core purpose of "Enabling every Individual to realize their Potential and making their Dreams come true".

Leaders like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, N.R Narayana Murthy, Indira Nooyi, and Kiran Mazumdar Shah, harnessed the power of education, to transform themselves and have impacted the society and transform the nation.

Scores of Kalam's, Murthy's, Indira's, and Kiran's are waiting to be empowered. All they need is access to meaningful & purposeful education & training. CLEF has been-and continues to the be-a catalyst in bringing about such transformation.

If you, as a CSR-minded corporate citizen of India, are seeking a long-term play to make a difference in the areas of education, skill development, research & innovation using your CSR funds, we would be delighted to work as your implementation partners in the following areas:

Increasing Access
Research & Innovation
Incubation & Entrepreneurship
Capacity Building

About NRF

National Research & Development Fund (NRF) explicitly aims to establish research in the country by providing a reliable base of merit-based peer-reviewed funding, helping to develop a research culture in the country through suitable incentives and recognition for outstanding research, and by undertaking major initiatives to seed and grow research at universities and institutions. Successful research will be recognized, and where relevant, implemented through close linkages with governmental agencies as well as with industry and private/philanthropic organizations.

NRF is seeking, new ideas and innovations, from Students, Faculty & Innovators in the below areas.

Engineering

Management

Agritech

Fintech

Biotech

The details of the available funding is as follows:

S. No	Award Name	Sponsor Name	Focus Area(s)	Funding Amount (Rs.)
1	HP - WAIN, INNOVATIVE CYBER SECURITY AWARD	Hewlett Packard	3D Printing, Network Security, Augmented Reality, Sustainable-Development-Goals	Rs. 1,00,000
2	TATA AIG - WAIN, ACE INSURANCE IDEA	TATA AIG	Insurance	Rs. 1,00,000
3	Evueme - WAIN, STAR ANALYTICA	Evueme	Video Analytics	Rs. 1,00,000
4	Michelin - WAIN, BEST MOBILITY IDEA	Michelin India	Mobility	Rs. 1,00,000
5	AllCargo - WAIN, BEST LOGISTICS/SCM PROJECT	AllCargo Logistics	Logistics / Supply Chain Management	Rs. 1,00,000
6	CLE - WAIN, EXCLUSIVE & NOVEL IDEA AWARDS	CL Educate	Internet-of-Things, Ed-Tech, Data Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Robotics, Virtual Reality, Cloud Computing, Location Detection (GPS / VPS), Mobile Technologies, Cognitive Computing, RFID Technologies, Renewable Energy.	Rs. 20,00,000
	TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABLE			Rs. 25,00,000

National R&D Fund and MeltingPot2020

Advisory Governing Board

Prof. R. A. Mashelkar

Former Director General of the CSIR
&
Chairman of Governing Board

Prof. S. Sadagopan

Director, IIIT Bangalore
&
Founding Chairman of Governing Board

Governing Board:MeltingPot2020

Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti

Director, IIT Kharagpur
&
Member of Governing Board

Dr. Rishikesha Krishnan

Professor, IIM Bangalore
&
Member of Governing Board

K. S. Vishwanathan

Vice President (Industry Initiatives), NASSCOM,
&
Member of Governing Board

Prof. Anindya Chatterjee

Professor, IIT Kanpur
&
Member of Governing Board

Mr. Viraj Tyagi

CEO, eGov Foundation

Ms. Madhumita Ganguli

Member of Executive Management
&
Regional Business Head at HDFC Limited

Program Screening Committee:

Mr. Satya Narayanan R

Founder, CL Educate
&
Secretary NRF Screening Committee

Prof. U. Chandrasekhar

Visiting Professor, IIT-Bombay
&
Member of Screening Committee

Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

Professor, IIT Kanpur
&
Member of NRF Screening Committee

Dr. Kamlesh Vyas

Partner, Deloitte
&
Member of NRF Screening Committee

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Sneha Ramrao Limbgaonkar Ph.D Scholar University of Kerala.

Although hard work is the key to success, many of us might still need a platform to showcase our skills and get support throughout our careers. CL Educate had helped me in all possible ways when my article on working & earning in parallel was published in a newspaper.

I am Sneha Ramrao Limbgaonkar, a Research Scholar from the University of Kerala. While writing my thesis, I used to run a small roadside shop; and the news caught the attention of many. Dr. Geetha Krishnan from CL Educate approached me via LinkedIn email; and offered financial help through their fellowship scheme. They put in a lot of effort to ensure the financial support reached me, as well as in sending the proposal to the University about collaboration, contacting my Head and Guide, etc.

In the end, things fell in place; and I received the fellowship. It helped me overcome many hurdles during my research, and motivated me to pursue my Ph.D. I don't belong to a well-settled family, in terms of finances; so, there were a few difficulties in continuing my research. CL Educate played a crucial role in making my dream come true. I owe gratitude to all who have worked hard to provide me financial support, which was needed for my Ph.D. I would especially like to express my gratitude towards Dr. Prasenjit Banerjee for helping me in getting support from CL Educate.