# Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (Govt of India Scheme)

**Source**: https://ge.iitm.ac.in/programs/faculty-mobility/sparc
**Parent**: https://ge.iitm.ac.in/programs/faculty-mobility

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(SPARC) aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world from 28 selected nations to jointly solve problems of national and/or international relevance

## Components

The scheme proposes to enable productive academic co-operation by supporting
the following critical components that can catalyze impact making research

- Visits and long-term stay of top international faculty / researchers in
  Indian institutions to pursue teaching and research
- Visits by Indian students for training and experimentation in premier
  laboratories worldwide
- Joint development of niche courses, world-class books and monographs,
  translatable patents, demonstrable technologies or action research
  outcomes and products
- Consolidation of Bilateral co-operation through academic and research
  partnerships through Indo-X Workshops in India Publication, Dissemination
  and Visibility through a high profile annual international Conference in
  India

## About the Program

The expected outcomes include tangible results in terms of large quantity of
high quality research publications, solution to key national and
international problems, development of niche courses, high quality text
books and research monographs, imbibing of best practices from top
international academicians and researchers, strong bilateral co-operation,
and improved world reputation and ranking of Indian Institutions.

### Contact Person

Rupa Suhas Pandit

Designation: Senior Project Officer, IOE Initiatives

Email: projects@ge.iitm.ac.in

Telephone: +91 44 22578869

Room: 123