About Research

The University Research & Development has made a significant impact and developed a creative, supportive, and conducive environment for research amongst the students and faculties of all constituent colleges. Established unified advanced research cell having all major facilities under one roof. Budget allocation and seed-grants have been increased for students, doctoral and post-doctoral fellows, and research awards leading to an increase in quality and in a number of research projects and publications in peer-reviewed journals. There has been a significant increase in ICMR - Short Term Studentship, ICMR PG thesis support. R & D to promote good publication practice and research, subscribed Turn it in software for enforcement on similarity check. Bio-ethics practices were enhanced through the establishment of the UNESCO ethics unit and that has enhanced research aptitude in the faculties. Collaboration with IIT, Mumbai, IIT Kharagpur, IISc Bangalore & VNIT, Nagpur in the field of bioengineering and medical device innovation. This has lead to the establishment of a center like NEWGEN INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER (New Gen IEDC) Under the aegis of National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) DST, Govt. of India, BETiC Innovation Cell, Institutional innovation council recognized by Innovation cell, MHRD to promote innovations in medical technology and health care. Molecular Biology and Epidemiology Laboratory is providing state of the art facilities for molecular research. Incorporation of global health perspective with social innovation support by SILICE project & Enprenindia project (Erasmus+, EU) by a consortium of 14 higher education institutions across 5 countries and partnering with academia, industries, and NGOs. Consultancy and collaboration had a significant impact and led to many interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and translational researches. Consortium with national and international bodies for global health like South Asia Infant Feeding Research Network (SAIFRN), Global Consortium for Public Health and Research (GCPHR) has been formed which has led to joint publications, joint conference/workshops, increase in student and faculty exchange programs, joint grant submissions, and knowledge exchanges. Incentives, training on research methodology and advanced statistics have led to an increase in high-quality peer-reviewed publications with more than 5000 publications in the last 3 years in International reputed databases with more than 2425 publications in 3 electronic databases (Scopus, PubMed, Web-of Sciences). The significant achievement of publications per year in the International database is at par with the best institutes and universities in the country. Increase in copyright and patent filing and publication with 80 patent applications have been filed, out of which 73 have been approved. Three Patents have been granted. 341 copyrights have been registered. Special focus on enhancing facilities for grant submission, collaboration has led to enrichment and increase in the number of grant submission, including joint grant submissions with reputed universities like Harvard University (USA), University of Sydney (Australia), Sheffield University (UK), Bournemouth University (UK), Liverpool John-Moores University (UK), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).