Guidelines for “New and Renewable Energy Young Scientist Awards”
The MNRE supports Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) to develop new and renewable energy technologies, processes, materials, components, sub-systems, products & services, standards and resource assessment so as to indigenously manufacture renewable energy devices and systems. The underlying purpose of RD&D efforts is to make industry competitive and renewable energy generation supply self-sustainable/profitable and thereby contribute to increase share in total energy mix in the country. A comprehensive policy on Research, Design, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) is in place to support RD&D in new and renewable energy sector, including associating and supporting RD&D earned out by industry for market development. R&D projects are supported to various R&D institutions, industries, expert NGOs, etc.