By Our Staff Reporter
Dehradun, 29 Dec: Swami Rama Himalayan University follows the guidelines laid down by the UGC in carrying out its research agenda for HEIs. The University has its unique Research Promotion Policy in place that is revised every three years, the last of which was done in 2022. There are three levels of Governance structures, the top one is the Research Advisory Committee (RAC).
Dr Manju Sharma, Padma Bhushan awardee and former Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, is the Chairperson of the RAC. The RAC met for the second time during this year earlier this week to look into the research priorities, human resources, infrastructure and collaboration with other institutions of eminence. The meeting was held in hybrid mode.
While Prof Anurag Sharma, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi; Dr Anirban Pathak, Professor of Physics & Material Science, JIIT, Noida; and Dr Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Director, IHBT-CSIR, Palampur, joined online, Prof NK Arora, Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International & President AIIMS Patna and AIIMS Deoghar, attended the meeting in person. RAC made suggestions for expansion of research by hiring appropriate manpower especially in post-doctoral positions, prioritising research in a few select areas of regional importance, applying for project grants, funds and conduct long-term population-based studies.
Recently, SRHU created a number of Chairs i.e. International & National Endowment Chairs; Emeritus Professor & for Visiting Professors Dr Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Laureate, National Academy of Science & Humanity, Israel; and Dr Rakesh Kumar, University of Washington, have been honoured with the International Endowment Chairs; Dr Shashi Bala Singh, former DG-Life Sciences, DRDO, as the National Endowment Chair; Dr Sanjay Kumar, former Director, IHBT, and Dr Shubra Chakraborty as Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, respectively. The University has created a Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship with a CEO appointed for the specific purpose. The University is already in the process of starting Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) and Research Associateship (RA). SRHU has a vision to create a few Centres of Excellence in the next 3-5 years involving national and international partnership. It was suggested to involve all these Chairs, RAC members and neighbouring institutions for specific regional health, animal and plant-based research through an Apex Body.
