Welcome to Research and Development Cell
Research & Development Cell, hereinafter called R&D Cell, NIILM University, primarily focuses on coordinating, managing, and conducting research activities, projects, and research programs in specific fields or disciplines as specified from time to time. The University’s Ph.D. program and research activities are governed by the Research & Development Cell under the leadership of the Director Research & Development Cell. R&D Cell will enable the attainment of targets of Atma Nirbhar Bharat and is expected to play a pivotal role in catalyzing the research culture mandated in NEP 2020. The R&D Cell is responsible for developing and strengthening the research ecosystem, aligned with the provisions of NEP-2020. The essential elements of such an ecosystem, viz., generation of knowledge and facilitation of research, innovation, and technology development for industrial & societal benefits, are addressed by human resource, intellectual capital, governance and financial resources, information management system, research promotion & guidance, Integrity and ethics, capacity building and research monitoring. R&D Cell and its committees help in creating new knowledge, creating a research ecosystem for reliable, impactful, and sustained research output, and facilitating intellectual growth that would promote quality research and contribute meaningfully towards the goal of a self-reliant India.
The R&D Cell works under the supervision of the Director R&D Cell.
Vision: To put in place a robust mechanism for developing and strengthening the research
ecosystem within the University, aligned with the provisions of NEP-2020.Mission
1.To create a conducive environment for enhanced research productivity.
2.To encourage collaboration across industry, government, community-based organizations,
and agencies at the local, national, and international levels.
3.To facilitate greater access to research through mobilization of resources and funding.
4.To provide support to research community within the University.
5.To conduct research activities within the University.
6.To manage research programs within the University.
Composition of R&D Cell
Vice Chancellor Chairman Director R&D Cell Convenor One Faculty Member at the level of Professor or Associate Professor Coordinator Finance & Infrastructure Committee Head & Members Research Program & Policy Development Committee Head & Members Collaboration & Community Committee Head & Members Product Development, Monitoring, and Commercialization Committee Head & Members IPR, Legal and Ethical Matters Committee Head & Members Objectives:
- To create an organizational structure with role-based functions of RDC, formulate Research Policy for the University, identify thrust areas of research, and form related cluster groups/ frontline teams/consortia of researchers.
- To coordinate the administration of the entrance exam for admission to the Ph.D.program (twice a year) with the Directorate of Admissions and Exam Cell.
- To create enabling provisions in Research Policies for recruitment of research personnel, procurement of equipment, and financial management with adequate autonomy to the Principal Investigator(s) and disseminate research outcomes to stakeholders and the public at large.
- To post the rules for the Ph.D. program, information about the subjects provided, job openings in the relevant departments, and information about qualified Ph.D. supervisors.
- To coordinate all departmental research initiatives, including the recruitment of research scholars.
- To develop an Institutional Research Information System for sharing the status of ongoing/ completed research projects/Programmers, expertise & resources, etc., making effective use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) for preparing the database of in-house experts to provide industrial consultancy and services.
- To provide research scholar with advice regarding the NIILM University Ph.D. program.
- To schedule meeting of the University Research Committee (URC).
- To engage & utilize the services of superannuated active faculty/scientists in research capacity building of talented young minds and promote mobility of researchers across institutions and R&D Labs.
- To provide research assistance, supervisors, co-supervisors and as advisory committee.
- To approve the Department Research Committee (DRC)-and supervisor-recommended Research Advisory Committee (RAC).
- To act as a liaison between researchers & relevant research funding agencies, extend guidance in the preparation & submission of project proposals and post-sanctioning of the grants to oversee adherence to timelines.
- To discuss various aspects of the research program on a timely basis. The Research Cell will be responsible for the overall supervision of Ph.D. programs offered by the University.
Functions:
R&D Cell would provide an environment wherein the creation and dissemination of knowledge, innovation, and technology development for societal and industrial needs would be achieved by researchers through knowledge and skills, good governance and extensive financial support. The details of the functions of the Research and Development Cell of the university are as follows:
1. To provide support to research scholars and faculty members in research programs.
2. To look after the University & Ph.D. programs.
3. Making policies for the Ph.D. program and its execution.
4. To prepare an annual research plan, and implement and monitor the research activities of the university departments.
5. To develop networking and collaborative research of university departments with national and or international institutes.
6. To formulate the rules and regulations related to policy framework for utilization of facilities and resources of university departments.
7. To formulate rules and regulations related to facilitate exchange of students, faculty and scholars of the university departments.
8. To develop research information management system of the university departments and to facilitate the access of the same to others.
9. To promote high priority areas of the nation through research mandate.
10. To support in development of research proposals from the university teachers for the external funding.
11. To develop clusters of university department researchers working in the high-value inter- and trans-disciplinary research areas and to promote national and international funding.
12. To promote quality publications and patents of the researchers of the university departments through incentives and prizes.
13. To support technology development and business centered facility of the university departments.
14. To mobilize the resources of the university departments and to develop corpus/seed
15. To identify, channelize and promote investors for the research and development activities of the university departments.
16. To monitor and maintain the integrity and ethics of the research activities of the university departments.
17. To build the research capacity of the faculty members and students of the university departments through various activities and events related to research.
18. To set up Industry Advisory Board (IAB) for managing industrial collaboration and agreements and further leveraging on consultancy work.
19. To establish liaison with near and far industry and identify the technological challenges being faced by them. Strengthen industry institute interaction through MoUs for long term relationships with national and international research organizations for widening the scope of research options and funding opportunities for faculty and students.
20. Take up appropriate problems of the industry for finding solutions through R&Dprojects assigned to faculty and students.
21. To initiate and promote MoU with industries and R&D organizations for consultancy, collaborative research, sponsored projects, industry and Institute interactions etc.
22. To depute senior faculty to various research organizations for getting collaborative projects and adopting best practices.
23. 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.
24. To keep everyone informed about announcements by various funding agencies like DST, DAE, DRDO, ISRO, CSIR, AICTE, UGC and University etc.
25. To enlighten the state-of-the-art technologies to scholars through special lectures on contemporary research topics by renowned experts in key areas.
26. Facilitating timely auditing and submission of utilization certificates.
27. To obtain information once in six months in the prescribed format on faculty involvement in guiding students, paper publications, research projects from external funding agencies, and involvement in collaborative research activity. The Research & Development Cell will be responsible for overseeing the overall quality of the Ph.D. programs offered by the University, research programs, innovation, projects, and research developments. The R&D will work in tandem with other departments of the University to achieve the objective specified above or added from time to time.
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