ITM University, Raipur Campus, launched a 'Research and Development Cell', with an eye to ameliorate the expertise, heed and creativity of the faculty and students towards research.
An expert committee comprising of experienced faculty members from every department will help students to review and formulate research advancements in the Research Cell, a press release issued by the University stated.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Andrea Pereira Kolla said, “We aim to frame regulations and systematise procedures, to establish scope for innovative research, promote the scientific interests of the students, strive to achieve national and international collaborative research projects and research grants and toil to achieve distinguished recognition of the University in the field of Research and Development”.
The Research Cell is intended to encourage faculties to initiate research projects/summer projects/internships with students. Research cell offers a platform to publish their research work and provides unparalleled national and international exposure through conferences, which signify the importance of project work. The Research Cell aims to promote interdisciplinary research interest.
The Research Cell also has plans to stimulate creative thinking, motivate innovation, demonstrate and assimilate a practical or applied approach to academia and thereby help the students to imbibe a culture of scientific integrity and research ethics.
The Research cell is expected to motivate more faculty to attain a Ph.D by using the cell for good advantage and also to encourage research proposal writing in all departments.
Faculty development programmes, workshops and refresher courses for efficient teaching can modernise learning in the classroom to an academia-industry friendly interaction that will provide students with job opportunities, it stated.