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*Engaged In Individual /Collaborative Research:
Teachers in Science departments are engaged in collaborative research with faculty at
IISc and Bangalore University. A teacher from the Department of Economics is
presently running a collaborative project with Institute for Social and Economic
Change. Details of individual research are presented in Tables 3.5.to 3.8 above.
Table 3.9 gives details of a current collaborative project.

Table 3.9: Collaborative Project
Name Collaborator Department Amount Grant Funding
(Rs.) Received agency
1. Dr. Manojit Prof. Economics 15,00,000 2014-16 ICSSR
Bhattacharjee Meenakshi
Rajeev, ISEC
(project placed
at ISEC)

3.2. RESOURCE MOBILISATION FOR RESEARCH

3.2.1. What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give
details of major heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization
for last four years.
The College through its Research Committee is in the process of regularly setting
aside funds for furthering research activity on campus. Starting from 2016-17, Rs.
50,00,000 (~3.3% of the total budget) per annum. The actual utilization as on Feb
2017 is Rs. 20,00,000. In the previous years, while there was no specific budget
allocation, College had spent money on research towards maintenance of equipment,
and payment for travel and conference/workshop registration.

3.2.2. What are the financial provisions made in the College budget for
supporting student research projects?

The College encourages student research. The College has a student research forum
called the Josephite Research Forum. The Forum consists of students from all streams
and all interested teachers. It meets twice every month where the students present
their research ideas and work in progress.
 The College has sanctioned Rs.4,00,000 for 10 student research projects. In addition
to this, the Research Committee has earmarked Rs. 2,00,000 towards student
research.
 The College, under the DBT-STAR scheme, supports young teachers and students
to engage in research of his/her own choice.
 Students are given financial assistance for presenting papers in conferences and
seminars.

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