GoKawiilIndia launches $520,000 fellowship scheme to lure back expatriate scientists
India's government has introduced the Prime Minister Research Chair Scheme, offering 120 overseas Indian-origin researchers up to 50 million rupees (about $520,000) in grants plus stipends and allowances over five years to work at Indian institutions. The initiative targets strategic fields like AI, quantum computing, biotechnology and advanced materials, joining similar brain-drain reversal efforts by China, France, Germany and Denmark.