Hey as The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education

DST
The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has launched the “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research

Eligibility
Indian citizens and people of Indian origin including NRI/PIO status with PhD (in science, mathematics, engineering, pharmacy, medicine, and agriculture related subjects) from any recognized university in the world.
Those who have submitted their PhD Theses and are awaiting award of the degree are
also eligible.

Age limit
The upper age limit at the time of awarding the offer should be 32 years for considering support for a period of 5 years.

Number of INSPIRE Faculty position
Maximum number of INSPIRE Faculty positions under INSPIRE Faculty Scheme shall
be 1000 per year.

Guidelines
The number of shortlisted candidates is solely based on merit of the candidates.
There are no limits to the number of candidates shortlisted from various channels or sub-disciplines falling under a main discipline.

The committee may look for the previous academic record (performance at HSc /BSc/MSc/DE/ME/M. Tech etc.) and the publication record of the candidates.

The quality of the research proposal may be given due attention. In particular,demonstration of independence in research may be examined in detail.

AICTE DST