Dr Jitendra Singh says, Department of Science and Technology (DST) is implementing Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI)
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Jul 23, 2022 10:44
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Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is implementing Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI) to foster the research in this highly interdisciplinary area by combining ideas, principles and methods of psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, etc.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, in last five years, 115 individual projects, 39 Post-Doctoral Fellowships and 20 Conferences/Seminars/Workshops have been supported under CSRI.
More than 130 research papers have been published in peer reviewed journals in projects supported. Further, a National Neuroimaging Facility has been established at University of Allahabad with CSRI support. The Department has spent around Rs.103 crores to support various activities under CSRI in last five years.
