Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA)

The programme for Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA) was launched during the 6th Five Year Plan to strengthen research in high priority areas. This is meant to set up Core Groups, Centres of Excellence and National Facilities in frontline and emerging fields of science and engineering. This has had significant impact on the national and international scientific scene in terms of quality and quantity of work in important fields such as Neurobiology, Solid State Chemistry, Nano-materials, Materials Science, Surface Science, Plasma Physics, Macromolecular Crystallography and Ultrafast Processes.

Some of the noteworthy facilities are:

• National Facility for High Field NMR (Mumbai);
• Center for fuel cell Technology (Chennai)
  
• Center for display Technologies (Kanpur)
  
• National Facility for Isotope Discrimination Studies for Water Use Efficiency (Bangalore);
  
• National Facility for Photolabelling and Peptide Sequencing in Biomolecular System (Mumbai);
• Materials Science Beam Line Facility at the Nuclear Science Centre (New Delhi).

For more information visit IRHPA on the SERC

Website: www.serc-dst.org/irpha.htm

Contact

For more information on SERC :

Dr B Hari Gopal
Adviser & Head
Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)
Department of Science & Technology
Technology Bhawan
New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi-110 016.
Telephone:011-26590370
Email: bghari at nic dot in