Dateline Dehradun: 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 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 resource, infrastructure and collaboration with other institutions of eminence. The meeting was held in hybrid mode.
While Dr. Sharma, 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. N.K. 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, prioritizing 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 honored 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 Professorship respectively.
The University has created a Center 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 Centers of Excellence in the next 3-5 years involving national and international partnership. It was suggested to involve all these Chairs, RAC members and neighboring institutions for specific regional health, animal and plant-based research through an Apex Body.
