Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivasinspired by the Indian government’s initiative to provide free access to 13,000 academic journals for 18 million students, faculty, and researchers, has put forward a unique proposal. Srinivas co-founded the AI startup in 2022. In a post on microblogging site X (formerly known as Twitter), he expressed his willingness to collaborate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make Perplexity Pro, the company’s advanced AI tool, accessible to an even wider audience.
What Perplexity AI CEO said
In the post, he wrote “If @narendramodi ji is interested, I would be down to figuring out an economic structure where all Indian students, faculty and researchers can get Perplexity Pro”.
What is One Nation, One Subscription
One Nation One Subscription is a new central sector scheme for providing country-wide access to scholarly research articles and journal publication. The government has allocated a total of about Rs 6,000 crore for 3 calendar years – 2025, 2026 and 2027.
This is in line with the goals of Viksitbharat@2047, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). The initiative will expand access to scholarly journals to a vast diaspora of students, faculty, researchers and scientists of all disciplines, including those in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, thereby promoting core as well as interdisciplinary research in the country. The scheme will supplement the ANRF initiative to promote research and development and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout government universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories.
