Context: Science and Engineering Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) with the mandate to plan, promote, and fund internationally competitive research in emerging areas, has set up a portal that offers real-time information on the various research projects supported by it.
About SERB-PRISM

• It is the external public portal developed as part of the MIS( management information system).

The information made available in PRISM are drawn from two sources:

• Offline project files from 2011 onwards that have been digitised and archived
• Online project files from SERB online portal starting from 2014 onwards
• This portal is designed to provide information regarding projects sanctioned by SERB, including funding details, status, research summary, and project output information such as publications and patents
• Search facilities enables retrieval of information about projects by Name of PI, institution, state, keywords, as well as year-wise listing and equipment that has been sanctioned by SERB in these projects.
• The portal is expected to work as a comprehensive tool to help forge stronger scientist-scientist, and science-society connections.
• Among other things, it will help researchers to look at research trends, learn about cutting-edge science, locate critical equipment in their vicinity and help seek collaborations across disciplines.

Science and Engineering Research Board

• SERB is a statutory body established through SERB Act, 2008.
• The mandate is to support basic research in emerging areas of science & engineering.
• Secretary in Department of Science and Technology is ex-officio Chairman.