Affiliated To: Rastrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur (M.S.)
Approved by: All India Council For Technical Education, New Delhi (India) Accreditation: A NAAC Accredited Institute
Recognised by: DTE, Govt. of Maharashtra, Mumbai
To promote a research culture amongst the faculty members and students along with necessary support facilities
OBJECTIVES:
To cultivate strong research culture amongst faculty members and students.
To embed research in all levels of academic activity (undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD).
To increase the quantity and quality of our research outcomes.
To increase the sources of external research funding in order to build capacity, create new knowledge and research quality.
The Roles and Responsibilities of R&D cell
Roles:
To enhance research culture
To promote Academic Research in the college with Faculty and students
To preserve the Code of ethics of the college while publishing
To help the faculty in applying for funds in the form of Sponsored research / Grants from
government and non government agencies
Responsibilities:
To prepare annual research activity plan for all the departments.
To initiate and promote MoU with industries and R&D organizations for consultancy, collaborative research, sponsored projects, industry and Institute interactions etc.
To arrange brainstorming sessions through talks by eminent personalities from industry, R& D organizations and institutions of repute for the better understanding of research methodology and practices currently followed.
To keep everyone informed about announcements by various funding agencies like DST, DRDO, SERB, CSIR, AICTE, UGC, IEI and University etc.
To motivate students for presenting papers in National and International conferences and projects in competitions and exhibitions at university level. Interdepartmental / collaborative work to be encouraged.
As regards institute policy towards accomplishing above stated tasks the policy comprises following issues (i) Short Term Goals (ii) Long term goals
Short term goals (2 years):
Faculty members can conduct value added training program in the institute
To increase submission of number of funding proposal
To arrange International conference/ FDP (funded if possible)
To monitor progress of the research and development activity.
Long term goals (5 years):
To enhance Quality publications like SCI/Scopus significantly
To depute senior faculty to various research organizations for getting collaborative project and
adopting best practices
To increase the funding in a crores
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