Research Advisory Committee |
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The aims and objectives of the Research Advisory Committee : |
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- To Guide and direct various types of Research Projects both minor and major in progress and to be initiated by the Staff Members of the College.
- To help the Research students and their guiding teachers to interact with other Research Scientists and Research Institutes for collaborative work, to liaise between industries and corporate for consultancy work and to place the students in industries and Research Centres for short term training in advanced instrumentation.
- To interact with NGO?s to develop social outreach programme (SOPs).
- To advise on the development of infrastructure (Laboratories, instrumentations, Library etc.) required for Research activities.
- To train the teachers to draft / prepare Research proposals / projects to be submitted to various funding agencies like UGC, DBT, DST, ICMR, ICAR, and ICPR.
- To guide teachers for publication of their research findings in peer ? reviewed journals.
- To guide teachers for ?Patenting? their novel / unique research breakthroughs
- To support the efforts of teachers in developing short term innovative courses for UG and PG students.
- To create awareness regarding Conferences/ Symposia / Seminars / Workshops held at National level.
- To offer expertise for ?research communication? for writing research paper, paper presentation etc.
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The Composition of Research Advisory Committee (RAC) is as follows : |
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- Principal. Dr. Harsha Mehta, Principal (Chairperson)
- Dr. Chandra Krishnamurthy (Representative of? SIES Management)
- Vice Prin. Dr. Smita Durve (Head of the Department, Zoology)
- Mr. G. B. Pawar (Head of the Department, Biochemistry)
- Mr. Sanjeev Dubey (Head of the Department, Hindi)
- Ms. Meenakshi Venkatesh (Head of the Department, Commerce)
- Dr. Anil Kumar Singh (Professor of Chemistry, IIT Bombay)
- Dr. Aparna Bagwe (Research Scientist, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer)
- Mr. Ajay Kumar Chopra (Financial Advisor & Company Secretary, Haffkine Bio-pharmaceuticals Corporation Ltd)
- Dr. Chandrahas S. Deshpande (Executive Director, Maharashtra Economic Development Agency)
- Dr. Smita Nabar (Head , University Department of Statistics, University of Mumbai)
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This committee also includes In-house members as well as members from esteemed institutions. Besides this, there is also a local Research Proposal Review Committee (RPRC) consisting of the following Staff Members
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- Vice ? Principal Dr. Smita Durve (Convener)
- Dr. Maneesha Tikekar
- Mr. Ganesh Pawar
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The RPRC has gone through scrutinized the Research Proposals submitted by the staff members. In the year 2008 ? 2009 the committee has forwarded the following Proposals.
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- UGC for grants for 10 minor research projects
- Instrumentation Maintenance Facility (IMF) grant and
- Jubilee grant for college Library
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