Take the platform to campus
Run hands-on sessions on ANRF's research discovery and funding tools so researchers in your department can actually find collaborators, grants and facilities.
Anusandhan National Research Foundation
ANRF Ambassador
Students and researchers carrying India's research network to their own campus.
Ambassadors are the on-ground link between ANRF's national research platforms and the campuses that use them. They run demos and workshops, bring back what researchers actually need, and host the offline meetups where the two sides meet face to face.
Next upIIIT-Delhi, New DelhiWhat it is
A national research network needs people on every campus
ANRF builds the platforms. Ambassadors make sure the researchers who need them know they exist, and make sure the platforms hear back.
Connect people, not just portals
Introduce faculty, scholars and student teams across departments and institutions. Most collaborations still start with one person who knew both sides.
Bring the ground truth back
Report what breaks, what's missing and what researchers ask for. Ambassador feedback feeds directly into the product roadmap.
Host the meetups
Co-host offline gatherings on your campus: a demo, a talk, an open floor, and a room full of people who otherwise only meet at conferences.
Start here
The programme session, in one place
The recording and the slides from the session that introduced the programme. Kept here so nobody has to go hunting for the links again.
Sessions
Where the cohort is reading next
Ambassadors host paper reading sessions on their own campuses. Anyone curious about research can come, and registration is open on Luma.
Upcoming
Delhi Paper Reading Session
4:00 to 5:15 PM ISTIIIT-Delhi, Okhla Phase III
A paper on serving LLM agents efficiently. Read it beforehand if you can: the session assumes you have, and the discussion is the point.
Papers & agenda
- Agentix: An Efficient Serving Engine for LLM Agents as General Programs (NSDI 2026)
Upcoming
Uzhavoor Paper Reading Session
2:15 to 4:15 PM ISTSt. Stephen's College, Uzhavoor, Kerala
Two papers from materials science, each led by someone from the college's own physics department.
Papers & agenda
- Structural and luminescence studies of SrBi2TeO6: Sm3+ phosphors for horticulture lighting and forensics, led by Dr. Adon Jose
- Assessing the practical feasibility of solid-state lithium sulfur batteries, led by Ananthu S
Upcoming
Bengaluru Paper Reading Session #2
4:00 to 5:15 PM ISTIndian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
A computer systems paper on getting data to the GPU without going through the CPU first.
Papers & agenda
- GPU-Initiated On-Demand High-Throughput Storage Access in the BaM System Architecture
Upcoming
Hyderabad Paper Reading Session #3
4:00 to 5:30 PM ISTIIIT Hyderabad, Professor CR Rao Rd, Gachibowli
A computer systems paper. The listing will name it closer to the date.
Register on LumaUpcoming
Dharwad Paper Reading Session
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM ISTIIT Dharwad, Permanent Campus, Karnataka
A paper every experimentalist should read once: how measurement bias creeps into results that look perfectly sound.
Papers & agenda
- Producing wrong data without doing anything obviously wrong!
Upcoming
Jodhpur Paper Reading Session
5:15 to 6:15 PM ISTIIT Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Rajasthan
A computer systems paper. The listing will name it closer to the date.
Register on LumaUpcoming
Kanpur Paper Reading Session
4:00 to 5:00 PM ISTIIT Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh
A computer systems paper. The listing will name it closer to the date.
Register on LumaSessions already held
Want to host one on your campus? Tell us in your application.
The role
What an ambassador actually does
It is a light commitment with a real mandate: roughly four to six hours a month, and a free hand in how you use them.
Responsibilities
- Run at least one workshop or demo session per semester on your campus
- Maintain a small ambassador circle within your department or institution
- Collect and file structured feedback from researchers using the platforms
- Help organise or volunteer at the regional offline meetup nearest to you
- Share program updates, calls and deadlines through your campus channels
Who can apply
- Enrolled student (UG, PG or PhD) or early-career researcher at an Indian institution
- Active on campus through a lab, club, department body or student chapter
- Comfortable running a session in front of 20 to 50 people
- Able to commit roughly 4 to 6 hours a month through the academic year
No minimum year or discipline. Reach matters more than rank, and regional campuses are where ambassadors count most.
How to join
01
Apply
Fill the application form: who you are, your institution, and why you want to run this on your campus.
02
Conversation
A 20-minute call with the program team about your campus and what you'd like to build there.
03
Onboarding
Join the cohort call, get your ambassador kit, platform walkthrough and your first-semester plan.
04
Go live
Run your first session, and start hosting.
What you get
Recognition, access, and a network that outlasts the term
Formal recognition
Ambassadors are recognised as the named point of contact for the program on their campus.
Early access
Try new modules (expert search, funding analytics, research infrastructure maps) before they go public, and shape them.
A national peer network
A working group of ambassadors across states, with direct lines to the platform and program teams.
Training & mentorship
Onboarding sessions on research discovery, grant landscapes and science communication, plus mentor hours with the core team.
Event support
Logistics and material support for meetups and workshops you host on your campus.
First look at opportunities
Calls, fellowships and pilot programs reach the ambassador cohort first.
Questions
Frequently asked
Any enrolled student or early-career researcher at an Indian institution who is active on campus and can commit a few hours a month. There is no minimum year or discipline requirement. We look for people who already convene others.
Roughly 4 to 6 hours a month across the academic year: one campus session per semester, feedback reporting, and whatever you choose to organise beyond that.
No. The point of the network is reach, and state universities, newer institutions and regional colleges are exactly where ambassadors matter most.
A platform walkthrough, ambassador talks, an open feedback floor and a long networking block. The Delhi meetup at IIIT-Delhi ran this format on 6 September; Hyderabad at IIIT Hyderabad follows on 19 September.
Yes, that is how the calendar gets built. Apply as an ambassador and mention hosting in your application, or write to the program mailbox.
Join the cohort
Bring the network to your campus
Applications are open through the academic year. Tell us where you study and what you would run there. The conversation that follows is short and practical.
- Enrolled student (UG, PG or PhD) or early-career researcher at an Indian institution
- Active on campus through a lab, club, department body or student chapter
- Comfortable running a session in front of 20 to 50 people
- Able to commit roughly 4 to 6 hours a month through the academic year
Ambassador application
The form asks for your institution, your role and a short note on what you would organise on your campus.
About two minutesNo attachments needed
Open the application formor come to the next meetup
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