Eligibility

• Top 100 Higher Education Institutions as per the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework, MoE) ranking in 'Overall' or all 'Subject-wise' categories are eligible under SPARC.
• All Central Universities and Institutes of National Importance (including those having a NIRF ranking of more than 100) are eligible under SPARC.

Coordination Mechanism

Each eligible Institution will have an identified Institute Coordinator selected by the Head of the Institution and a SPARC Committee for monitoring the SPARC programme in the Institute. The institute coordinator will invite the PI to submit the proposal with user ID and Password

• Top 800 Overseas Higher Education Institutions based on the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) world ranking, from as many as 28 foreign countries (the countries originally involved in SPARC), will be under the purview of SPARC.
• Foreign Institutes may also be outside QS 800 rankings, if recommended by the Institute Coordinator (IC) & approved by ECIIC subject to proposals relevance based on strategic priorities.