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Towards its vision to grow into an organization with excellence in teaching,
research and social contribution, CHARUSAT has increasingly adopted the
approach of encouraging research-driven teaching and learning. The university
functions with a prime focus on devising encouraging policies and smoother
administrative processes, establishment and upgrade of infrastructure and
emphasis on recruiting/promoting the existing human resource (including faculty
members, doctoral and post-doctoral students) to undertake diverse inter and
multidisciplinary research activities with a complete autonomy to choose the
research domain. A unique initiative towards propelling the research endeavors
has been the establishment of Dr K C Patel Research and Development Center to
foster focused research in diverse multidisciplinary areas. Subsequently,
CHARUSAT Space Research and Technology Center (CSRTC), Shri Pramukhswami Center
of Excellence in Renewable Energy and International Center for Cosmology (ICC)
were also established with an aim of engaging in research across identified
thrust areas of national relevance. These research centers currently undertake
diverse collaborative projects funded through government agencies, industries
and philanthropy as well as engage in teaching. Undergraduate, postgraduate,
doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows and faculties from different
institutes with relevant expertise, get an opportunity to become a part of
these projects. In turn, this experience gets translated into higher level of
teaching-learning practices. Some of the student project outcomes have yielded
research publications. The research experiences gained, further help the
students in seeking better opportunities in placement and higher studies. •
KRADLE has successfully executed 16 projects worth >500 lacs INR. A total of 17
PhD and 29 Masters level dissertation students have been trained so far. Seven
students have benefitted through summer project while two international
students have obtained domain-specific training. Besides, 486 students have
been trained through various STETPs and hands-on training programs organized by
the center. The center has established ten collaborations with research
institutes of international and national repute as well as industries. The
center has 2 published patents and 2 royalty agreements. • CSRTC has
implemented 14 projects worth around 2.27 crores INR with about 26 of the fund
invested by the University. The research here is implemented in collaboration
with SAC-ISRO, IPR-BRNS, IRDE-DRDO and CRL-BEL. The center has trained more
than 150 students so far through these projects and collaborations. • ICC,
since its inception in 2018, has focused their research in the area of
Astrophysics and Cosmology through various inter-institutional collaborations,
yielding 12 publications in journals of high repute. Around 28 students have
been trained through dissertation projects. Around 310 students so far have
benefitted from the specialized courses offered by ICC. The center boasts of an
outstanding outreach through internship programs for >40 Post-docs, Doctoral,
Masters’ and Bachelor level students from nationally relevant institutes like
TIFR, IIT-Kanpur, BITS-Goa, IIT-Mumbai, SVNIT-Surat to name a few. Besides,
independent research labs developed under various government funded projects
across the constituent institutes also contribute towards training
undergraduate and postgraduate students through dissertation projects and
summer internships.

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8.Future Plans of Actions for Next Academic Year

o Apply for NIRF 2021 ranking. o Take further corrective actions and
implementation of the suggestions under observation report of NAAC Peer Team. o
Strengthen and enrich teaching, learning and evaluation aspects. o Promote use of
ICT in academic processes. o Introduction of online courses/programmes. o
Strengthen and expand alumni association and associated activities. o Review