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

• To create a conducive environment for enhanced research productivity.
• To encourage collaboration across industry, government, community-based organizations, and agencies at the local, national, and international levels.
• To facilitate greater access to research through mobilization of resources and funding.

Objectives

• To develop a structure with role-based functions of RDC, formulate Research Policy for The ICFAI University, Dehradun (IUD), identify important areas of research, and create related cluster groups/ frontline teams/consortia of researchers.
• To enumerate provisions in Research Policies for recruitment of research personnel, procurement of equipment, and financial management with autonomy to the Principal Investigator(s) and share research outcomes to stakeholders and the public at large.
• To promote researcher, faculty members and innovators, and identify potential collaborators from industry, research organizations, academic institutions & other stakeholders for cooperation and synergistic partnerships.
• To liaison between researchers & relevant research funding agencies, extend guidance in preparation & submission of project proposals and post-sanctioning of the grants to oversee adherence to timelines.
• To coordinate among other cells/centers dealing with University-Industry Inter Linkage, Incubation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and RDC.
• To create an Institutional Research Information System for sharing the status of ongoing/ completed research projects/Programmes, 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 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 serve as nodal center for ideation and conceptualization of research topics/themes by organizing workshops and training programs and ensuring the integrity and ethical practices in research activities including clearance of bioethical committee wherever required.

IUD has a Research Committee (RC) headed by the Vice-Chancellor or his/her nominee as the apex body of RDC. The Research Coordinator of the University, nominated by Vice-Chancellor among the distinguished researchers from the university, will head various committees to drive the governance. RDC may form multiple committees to smoothen its functioning with respective committee members nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and approved by RCM.

Composition of Research Committee of the University (RCM)

Prof. Ram Karan Singh, Vice-Chancellor, The ICFAI University, Dehradun (Chairman, RCM)
Dr. Rajaram Bal, Principal Scientists, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun, (Member, External)
Dr. Usha Pathak, Associate Professor, DAV PG College Dehradun (Member, External)
Dr. Raghvendra Kumar Sharma, Dean (O.), IBS, The ICFAI University, Dehradun (Member)
Dr. Meena Bhandari, Head, IEdS, The ICFAI University, Dehradun (Member)
Prof. Tapan K. Chandola, Dean, ILS, The ICFAI University, Dehradun (Member)
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Incharge ITS, The ICFAI University, Dehradun (Member)
Dr. Puneet Kumar Gupta, Research Coordinator, Research and Development Cell, The ICFAI University, Dehradun (Member Secretary)

To encourage the quality of research and publications, IUD provide financial encouragement to the faculty members by way of an incentive scheme. Such a scheme is expected to inspire and motivate faculty members to publish article in quality journals.

Dr. Puneet Kumar Gupta
Research Coordinator,
Research and Development Cell (RDC),
The ICFAI University, Dehradun
Email: research@iudehradun.edu.in
Mobile: +91-6396517440