Research & Development Cell

The establishment of Research and Development Cell (RDC) in HEIs will enable attainment of targets of “Atma-Nirbhar Bharat” and is expected to play a pivotal role in catalyzing multidisciplinary/ trans-disciplinary and translational research culture mandated in NEP 2020.

VISION

To put in place a robust mechanism for developing and strengthening the research ecosystem within HEIs, aligned with the provisions of NEP-2020.

MISSION

To create a conducive environment for enhanced research

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

Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College, Raichur has promoted meaningful scientific industrial Research and Development activities with a vision and mission to pursue and promote Research. For any education, knowledge is dynamic with new technologies. In present scenario, it is not possible for the teachers to deliver good quality instructions without being tuned to the current developments in the subjects, for which they must constantly update their knowledge. A well-recognized way to deal with this paradigm is for the teachers to be active researchers in the areas in which they interested. As researchers, they need to understand the past and recent developments in their subject areas.

Research and Development cell was established at L.V.D College to inculcate research and innovative skills among faculty and students. R&D Cell provides a platform for creativity and innovation to flourish young minds in Institute. Innovative breakthroughs will happen only because of meticulous efforts of R&D. The Institute provides SEED amount to facilitate basic common research infrastructure for individuals to execute collaborative work.

L.V.D R&D cell is a nominated committee from all the departments. This committee oversees the smooth and efficient coordination of research and development activities in the Institute, thus fostering overall growth. The organizational structure consists of Advisor, Principal, Dean and Coordinators for facilitating the routine functioning of the cell.

COMPOSITION OF R&D CELL

Advisory Committee- Institute Research Advisor, Principal, HOD’s and renowned external Academic Personalities with sufficient Research and Administrative background.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERS

Advisory Committee- The role of advisory committee to RDC is to give advises on research matters whenever necessary.

OBJECTIVES

To generate innovative ideas on academic and societal problems

To Encourage, Coordinate And Implement Research And Development Programs (workshops/ seminar/ trainings)
Provide scope for faculty and students to work on latest evolving technologies with industry standards through consultancy projects.
To encourage and facilitate the publication of the research work/projects in reputed academic journals and reputed conferences
To create awareness about filing Patents & IPR

R & D CELL MAIN ACTIVITIES

Assists faculty, research scholars and students in filing research proposals for grants from various funding agencies.
Creating awareness and motivating researchers to work in emerging domains of engineering and technology.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF R&D COMMITTEE

To prepare annual research activity plan for all the

To initiate and promote MoU with industries and R&D organizations for consultancy, collaborative research, sponsored projects, industry and Institute interactions etc.
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.
To support faculty for delivering talks at different events and conducting workshops, training programs, seminars, conferences, symposia and faculty development
To motivate students for presenting papers in National and International conferences and projects in competitions and exhibitions at university level. Interdepartmental / collaborative work to be encouraged.
To monitor progress of the research and development

R AND D CELL POLICY

To create good infrastructural facilities and conducive environment to inculcate research culture. Policy framework as follows –

Incentives are provided for

Faculty with an aptitude for research is

An initiative is taken by Library to help researchers in understanding recent updates of their publications in terms of citation index, h-index, etc.

A. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS FOR RESEARCH

Students will get reimbursement towards paying registration fees for presenting the paper in the conference. Also, students participating in various events such as technical quiz competition, technical fest, and technical poster presentation competitions at state level as well as at national level will be reimbursed by the institute.
Institute motivates the students for undertaking the interdisciplinary projects and provides required financial support.
Final year students will be given reimbursement for performing tests on the samples in the outside laboratory if required for their project work. Students must seek prior approval from concerned project guide and HOD.

B. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FACULTY FOR RESEARCH

The college provides financial support by reimbursing registration fees only for presenting papers in reputed National/International conferences held within India and for attending FDP/ /workshop/Seminar in other organizations in India.
The faculty can avail OD for attending the conference/FDP/workshop/Seminar.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CELL COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Sl. No	Name	Designation	Committees
1	Shri Sharnagouda B H	Chairman	–
2	Dr. Manjunath. K	Coordinator	–
3	Dr. Gayatri. Y	Member	I. Finance & Infrastructure
4	Lt. Dr. Shivaraj. Y	Member	II. Research Program & Policy Development
5	Dr. Chakradhar. B	Member	III. Collaboration & Community
6	Dr. Ekeshwari Rathod	Member	IV. Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization
7	Dr. Krishna N	Member	V. IPR, Legal & Ethical Matters