20. ATTRACTING FOREIGN SCIENTISTS TO WORK IN CSIR LABORATORIES
CSIR's initiatives to attract foreign scientists to our Laboratories are still to bear fruit for a variety of reasons. It is the demand of time that we press on with our effort to improve global connectivity. The following initiatives be taken in the first instance, and situation reviewed after two years or so.
20.1. Joint Research & Development Programmes  
20.1.1 CSIR laboratories shall endeavor to establish joint R&D programmes with their foreign S&T partners. The influx of foreign experts under such programmes, besides being intellectually stimulating, will help strengthen the laboratories particularly in the newly emerging, S&T areas.
20.2 Visiting Distinguished Scientists  
20.2.1 Six Chairs will be established by CSIR either in the priority areas or in the newly emerging areas, or both, and globally advertised.
20.2.2 These Chairs will be identified with the Laboratories best connected with the identified fields.
20.2.3 The nominations received against the advertisement will be critically reviewed by a High Powered Selection Committee to be constituted by the DGCSIR, keeping in view the specialties involved.
20.2.4 The selected Visiting Distinguished Scientists will be offered the Chairs, for periods of 2 to 6 months in a year, to suit mutual convenience.
20.2.5 The package to be offered to the Distinguished Scientists shall include he following:
20.2.5.1 Salary equivalent to INSA Professor and an equal amount in hard currency subject to the approval of RBI.
20.2.5.2 Free furnished family accommodation
20.2.5.3 Local travel facilities
20.2.5.4 Medical & Insurance cover
20.2.5.5 Business class round trip air ticket for self
(including multiple visits,if necessary)
20.2.5.6 Internaltravel in India
20.2.5.7 Contingency grant
20.2.6 The concerned Laboratory will be expected to develop a suitable workplan in consultation with the Visiting Distinguished Scientists and meet the requirements of infrastructure, and scientific & technical staff, to be associated with the Scientist.
20.2.7 Number, Emoluments and Facilities will be reviewed from time to time.
20.3 Visiting Senior Scientists  
20.3.1 It is equally essential to attract middle level scientists from abroad particularly in the newly emerging S&T disciplines of interest to CSIR to work in the CSIR Laboratories.
20.3.2 CSIR would like to have six Visiting Senior Scientists to start with. The number shall be reviewed every two years.
20.3.3 The duration of visit will range from a minimum of six months, to a maximum of twelve months.
20.3.4 The visiting middle level scientists shall be offered the following package:
20.3.4.1 Salary @Rs.8000/-p.m. and an equal amount in hard currency subject to the approval of RBI.
20.3.4.2 Free furnished family accommodation
20.3.4.3 Medical & Insurance cover
20.3.4.4 Economy class round trip air travel
20.3.4.5 Internal &local transport
20.3.4.6 Contingency grant
20.3.5 The visiting scientists will be required to submit a workplan which will be reviewed by the Research Council of the Laboratory from the point of view of the merit of the workplan, and availability of adequate infrastructure & manpower to support the visit, before an offer is made by the CSIR.
20.4 General  
20.4.1 Wide global publicity will be given to the Scheme especially through Indian Missions abroad and counterpart scientific bilateral partners and Indian & Foreign research journals, scientific societies.
20.4.2 Special efforts should be made to attract talented scientists from CIS countries.
20.4.3 Appropriate budgetary provisions for creating the Chairs (initially six), for six senior fellows as well as for six middle level Fellows be made in the ventral budget at the CSIR Headquarters. Funds will be released to the concerned laboratories upon approval of their respective proposals.
20.4.4 DGCSIR in consultation with Chairman of the Advisory Board would approve establishment / creation of Chairs in the CSIR Laboratories, as well as decide on the selection procedure.
20.4.5 CSIR should endeavor to create an endowment fund in association with corporate sector, especially organizations like FICCI, IPCL & CII to sustain the six chairs. Till such time the endowment fund is established, an annual budgetary provision of RS.60 lakh shall be made in the Central budget of CSIR.
20.4.6 An annual budgetary provision of Rs.40 lakh shall be made for instituting six middle level fellowships, and the budgetary requirement should be reviewed every two years.
20.4.7 The intellectual Property Rights (IPR) will be jointly owned by the CSIR, incumbent and sponsor. Further, marketing of the technology, system, product, process, computer software etc. will be jointly exploited and profit shared equally.
20.4.8 In the event of non-availability of furnished official accommodation, leased accommodation shall be provided.