Research & Development Cell IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Research Advisory council (Chaired by VC/Principal/ or his or her nominee
Chairman – Dr. Ravi J. D. Saldanha
Director/Convenor- Dr. Noor Mubasheer C.A
Advisory Council
Research advisory committee (RAC) looks after the composition of Committees and overall governance of the RDC
Rev. Dr. Lourdu Prasad Joseph – Rector
Rev. Fr Ganana Pragasam
Rev. Fr. David Sagay Raj
Dr. Alphonsus D’Souza
Mr. Nagaraj Urs- Vice Principal Academic
Mr. Prakash Cutinha- Vice Principal Administration
Mr. Thomas Gunaseelan- IQAC Coordinator
External Members
Prof. Niranjan Vanalli, V C, Bangalore North University
Prof. Syed Akheel Ahmed, Former VC Yenepoya, Deemed to be University
Prof. Lancy D’ Souza, Chairman, DOS in Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysuru
Committee 1
Finance and Infrastructure
- Finance
- Create a CORPUS for research and development
- CSR funds for sustenance of research activities
- Liasoning with funding agencies
- Seed fund
- Creating organizational Funding for publications and patenting
RDC- Committee 2
Research Programs, Policy Development
- Research promotion and guidance
- Organizing capacity-building programs: Research methodologies and techniques based workshops/FDPs, Research internships, Research Thrust and Clustered areas
- Establishing center of excellence, research clusters, regional research consortia, research incentives and recognition
- To devise policies for identifying incentives for faculty involved in research
- To organize/conduct refresher courses, workshops. trainings/internships, group discussions, seminars/conferences
- Research Monitoring
- SWOC analysis/Internal evaluation of research papers and suggest Scopus indexed/WoS or UGC-CARE listed journals
- Research labs to fulfil good laboratory practices (GLP) and safety (Bio and chemical) measures
RDC- Committee 3
Collaboration and Community
- Research Ecosystem/Collaboration
- To develop a connection with RDCs of established HEIs
- To establish collaborations, partnerships and combined ventures with clustering institutions
- Creating a hub for strategic partnerships/collaboration
RDC- Committee 4
Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization
- Administration: Close contact with Ministry innovation cell to make use of innovative plans to facilitate researchers
- Information management system: Put in place RIMs (Research Information management system), a platform for accessing information, human capital, physical capital, knowledge capital, IPRs, consultancy
- Create a Blog/Portal
- Sign MOU with Inflibnet, UGC to access and upload information through Shodh Ganga, ShodhGangotri, ShodhSindhu, ShodhShuddhi and Shodh Chakra
- Technology Development and Business-centered facility
- Industry-institute interface
- Venture capital
- Trade/marker portfolio
- Commercialization of research to facilitate innovation, incubation, entrepreneurship and start-up ventures
RDC- Committee 5
IPR and Ethical Matters
- IPR and patent services
- Integrity and ethics
- Mandatory implementation of standard plagiarism check
- Requisite software to be made available by the organization to faculty and students
Portal Development and Documentation
| Committee 1 Finance and Infrastructure | Committee 2 Research Programs, Policy Development | Committee 3 Collaboration and Community | Committee 4 Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization | Committee 5 IPR and Ethical Matters |
| Convener: | Convener: | Convener: | Convener: | Convener: |
| Rev. Fr Ganana Pragasam | Dr. Felan Amal | Dr. Vagdevi H S | Dr. Sadia Tabassum | Dr. Shiva Kumar |
| Members: | Members: | Members: | Members: | Members: |
| Mr.Babu | Rev. Fr. David Sagay Raj | Ms.Juhie Sigh | Dr. Asha M.S | Dr. Zabiulla |
| Dr. Nandeesha H K | Dr. Bharath K | Dr. Ashwini K J | Mr. Ginson George | Dr. Sowmya. P |
| Dr. Poornima | Dr. K Nandini | Dr. Prashanth | Ms. Shruthi G (PG) | Dr. Yamuna |
| Dr. B Shyla | Dr. Sunil D’souza | Mr. Sandesh D’Souza | Mr. Chandan | Dr. Seema Siddiqi |
| Dr. Sachin C N | Mr. Francis Devasagayam B |