India, June 24 -- For decades, India has exported some of its brightest minds to the world's leading research labs. Researchers of Indian origin have helped shape breakthroughs at OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Meta, contributing to technologies that are now redefining economies and industries. Yet very few of these breakthroughs are happening in India.

The government's Prime Minister Research Chair (PMRC) scheme seeks to change just that. The initiative aims to attract accomplished Indian-origin researchers, scientists and technologists from global institutions to work with premier universities and national laboratories in India. The scheme covers thirteen strategic sectors, including AI, semiconductors and quantum computing, an...