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CRITERION III

RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION

The College encourages its talented faculty to undertake research. Serving the
community through research, consultancy and extension services is one of the
hallmarks of the College. These three activities are important for the College as they
define the mission and vision of the College, namely, creating change agents who will
become men and women for others. While research engages the academic component,
consultancy and extension are designed to serve the society. Extension activities
provide the much needed space for experimentation and questioning the injustices
prevalent in society.

3.1. PROMOTION OF RESEARCH

3.1.1. Does the College have a research committee to monitor and address the
issues of research? If yes, what is its composition? Mention a few
recommendations which have been implemented and their impact.

Yes, the College has a research committee. The College provides support to teachers
involved in research in terms of financial, academic and human resources required. It
also provides timely administrative support to enable faculty to pursue research in
their chosen field. The greatest asset for research is the freedom, encouragement and
recognition that researchers enjoy in the College. The College has over the years
passionately encouraged research orientation among its students and faculty members.
In pursuance of this goal, the College has a research committee to provide more
focused attention to meet the needs of the researchers. The committee comprises
teachers from various departments having a leaning towards research and those who
have shown significant proof of their commitment towards research through their
publications, projects and/or through obtaining research grants from external funding
agencies.

Currently, the members are:
Dr. Rev. Fr. Dr. Richard Rego S.J. (Director; Department of Mass Communication)
Dr. Michael Rajamathi (Department of Chemistry)
Dr. Subhashini Muthukrishnan (Department of Economics)
Dr. K. M. Divakar (Department of Botany)
Dr. Priyanca Mathur Velath (Department of Political Science)
Dr. Sandra Misquith (Department of Chemistry)
Dr. Etienne Rassendren (Department of English)
Dr. Stephen Titus (Department of Mathematics)
Dr. Syed Wajeed (Department of Microbiology)
Dr. Arun Varma Thampan (Department of Physics)

 The Research Committee has met at regular intervals and had proposed to the
management of St. Joseph‘s College, Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society (BJES)
that funds are allocated in the College budget for research projects. The BJES has
allocated a sum of Rs. 50,00,000 for the year 2016-17 towards facilitating research.

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