NEWS

Ajay Kumar Sood, an eminent physicist has been appointed as the central government’s principal scientific advisor

PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISER(PSA)

• Set up in 1999 by the Cabinet Secretariat
• Secretary level position.
• Chief advisor to the government on matters related to scientific policy. The policies focus on critical infrastructure, economic and social sectors.

Role

• Science and technology fundamentals with applied research in collaboration with multiple stakeholders, both in central and state governments
• Enabling future preparedness in emerging domains of science and technology
• Formulating and coordinating major inter-ministerial science and technology missions
• Providing an enabling ecosystem for technology led innovations and techno-entrepreneurship
• Driving innovation and technology delivery towards solving socio-economic challenges for sustainable growth
• Fostering effective public-private linkages for driving research and innovation

Initiatives Undertaken by PSA

• The Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC)
• Empowered Technology Group (ETG)
• Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020 (STIP 2020)