Research & Development Cell

With the goal to boost the quality of education, research, innovation, and technological advancement, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 includes the promotion of high-quality research within the university system.

The main purpose of this Research and Development Cell Darshan University is to identify research thrust areas, construct research guidelines for the university's promotion of research, establish the initial stages associations, cluster groups, and collaborations for researchers, and create an organizational structure with role-based RDC activities.

The university has already developed a research policy that encourages innovation and research, with an emphasis on sharing the advantages of development and research results with stakeholders and the general public.

Vision:

To execute an effective framework that is in accordance with NEP-2020's recommendations for strengthening and enhancing the research the environment within university.

Mission:

• To promote an environment that will contribute to enhanced productivity in research.
• To encourage collaboration at the local, national, and international levels among organizations, government agencies, and community-based organizations.
• To facilitate research easier to access by enhancing funds and organizing resources.

Objectives:

• To identify research thrust areas, develop research policies for HEIs, establish relevant cluster groups, frontline teams, and consortiums of researchers; and to design an organizational structure with role-based functions of RDC.
• To include measures in Research Policies that facilitate the hiring of research staff, the purchase of equipment, and financial management, giving the Principal Investigator(s) sufficient autonomy, and the distribution of research findings to interested parties and the general public.
• To create an organization with a particular purpose to support researchers and innovators, identify opportunities for cooperation and synergistic alliances among industry, research organizations, academic institutions, and other stakeholders.
• Functioning the initial point of contact between researchers and relevant research funding organizations, providing advice on project application preparation and submission, and monitoring grant post-sanctioning to ensure efficiency.
• To improve coordination between various units/centers that handle intellectual property rights (IPR), incubators, university-industry linkage, innovation and entrepreneurship development, and other related topics.
• Creating an Institutional Research Information System to facilitate the exchange of information about ongoing and completed research projects, programs, resources, and expertise. This will involve utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) effectively to prepare a database of internal experts who can offer industrial consultancy and services.
• To act as a nodal center for ideation and conceptualization of research topics/themes by organizing workshops and training programs and guaranteeing the integrity and ethical practices in research activities, including clearance of a bioethical committee where necessary.
• To engage and 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.
• Faculty members and scholars are encouraged to participate in conferences, seminars, workshops, and faculty development programs organized by established national and international scientific, academic, research, and professional institutions and bodies by the Research & Development Cell of Darshan University.
• The Cell established a Center for Research, which offers Ph.D. programs. The R&D unit works with the university's office of the Controller of Examinations to coordinate the admissions process for each department.

It is hereby notified for the information of all concerned that the provost, in exercise of powers conferred upon him under Section 15(3) of the DU Act, has re-constituted the "Research Advisory Committee (RAC)" as below to facilitate effective implementation of different research activities in the university for the period of THREE years from the date of publication of this notification or till he/she holds the position by virtue of which he/she is nominated, whichever is earlier.