(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Anusandhan National Research Foundation

(OCTOBER-2025)

Anusandhan National Research Foundation

The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has launched a tool called SARAL (Simplified and Automated Research Amplification and Learning) to make scientific research more accessible and understandable.

About Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Established under: ANRF Act, 2023, functioning under the Department of Science & Technology (DST).
Subsumed body: The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) has been merged into ANRF.
Core objective: To seed, grow, and promote R&D, and foster a research and innovation culture across universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D labs in India.
Strategic role: Acts as an apex body providing high-level strategic direction to research, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
Funding target: ₹50,000 crore for the period 2023–2028, with ~70% expected from private sector contributions.
Broader vision: Develop an AI Science & Engineering Open India Stack to revolutionize sectors like drug and chemical discovery, aerospace design, advanced materials, climate and weather studies.
Single-window system: Envisaged as a single-window clearance mechanism for R&D funding in academic and research institutions.
SARAL uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate simplified summaries of complex research papers in the form of videos, podcasts, posters, and presentations for wider outreach.