Minutes of Meetings

Annual project progress review, international university collaboration disbursements, Phase-II fund releases, and ratified sanction orders.

Interim performance appraisal of collaborative research grants and partner country bilateral institutional frameworks.

Approval of multidisciplinary thrust area proposals and allocation of research scholar international mobility grants.

Review of milestone completions, high-impact joint publications, patent disclosures, and bilateral faculty visit schedules.

Mid-term financial reallocations, expenditure verification, and national nodal institution coordination guidelines.

Sanction of new joint research proposals under high-priority domains and approval of international co-PI engagements.

Post-pandemic research acceleration, revised project completion timelines, and foreign travel clearance protocols.

Comprehensive progress audit of active collaborative projects and validation of foreign currency exchange disbursements.

Virtual review session formulating contingency research continuity guidelines and remote academic collaboration mechanisms.

Finalization of Call-1 awards, participating Indian and foreign university allocations, and scheme operational rules.

Scrutiny, ranking, and technical validation of international joint research proposals across all five focus thrust areas.

Establishment of peer-review panels, institutional evaluation criteria, budget ceilings, and partner country quotas.

Inaugural session of the SPARC Apex Committee, adoption of the scheme governance charter, and approval of Call-1 roadmap.