R & D Committee
The institute has Research and Development Committee (R&D Committee) and well established mechanism through which all R&D activities are promoted, encouraged and appraised. The R&D committee implement wide range of activities such as promoting applied and basic research, technology development, establishing centers of excellence, honing and cultivating appropriate Research skills in faculty by deputing for Ph.D., Conferences, Workshops and Short Term Training Programs, promoting faculty to submit research proposals for different funding agencies.
The institute encourages the faculty to write research proposals, research papers and such faculty are rewarded for their efforts. Institute felicitates and rewards faculty involved in obtaining research grants, sponsorship, consultancy projects, research publications like papers, articles, monograph, book chapter and books etc. The faculty are also encouraged to file patents of the innovations which manifest to basic research and technology development.
Functions and Responsibilities:
- To create zeal amongst faculty members towards research and innovation
- To work closely with the industrial needs that eventually will result in new or improved products, processes, systems or services that can increase the companys productivity
- To foster collaborations for mutual benefits and to maximize Industrial connectivity
- To establish collaboration with other universities, public and private sectors and identify R & D projects including consultancy services which could be undertaken at the institution
- To promote research in various departments of the Institute
- To ensure smooth functioning and effective Management of R & D at the institution
- Promotion of new areas of Science and Technology with special emphasis on emerging areas
- Formulation of policies relating to different R & D activities
- Identification of major research areas
- Identification of potential for further research activity
- Identification of training needs to strengthen the R & D culture
- Managing current industrial collaboration and agreements
- Designing of simple and robust procedures for expenditure and overall operations
- Undertaking or financially sponsoring scientific and technological surveys, research design and development, where necessary