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Home Why Research...The rapid growth of scientific knowledge is viewed by some in the community as an indication that we have traversed all that needs to be discovered. However the application and impact of academic research on our daily lives continues to accelerate. The truth is that we can't stop imagining what the world will be like in two to three decades. What we know, it will be fundamentally different from present due to advancement in science, technology and innovation being carried out in the research environment. We may describe obvious research benefits which are attributed to type of research. For instance, benefits of a social type (additional knowledge of interest to policy makers), of an economic type ( a new product or technology ), of an environmental type ( improved methods and techniques for sustainable food production) or of a health type ( better means of providing health services based on better understanding of the medical conditions). For some type of research, the benefits may not be so obvious. In this context Albert Einstein, the great scientist, once remarked "if we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it ? "It is this research which lays foundation for knowledge that stimulates further innovation and application leading to diverse benefits. There is always a major element of chance factor in research. We need to accept that for every successful link between research and application, many projects may not succeed in the same manner. But such research definitely enriches global knowledge pool and acts as facilitator for new methods, techniques and innovations over a wide range of disciplines. Focus on social, economic, health and environmental impacts of research has increased immensely. Applied research is bound to attract funding agencies to invest on research as economy is very strongly based on new technology and innovation. Research is not only vital to the social and economic development of society, it is equally vital to the mission of a university. As we proceed ahead, we can explore vast range of research and development opportunities to realize the vision of Chitkara University. Chitkara University Himachal Pradesh, established in September,2008 has made significant progress in research and related development activities. Recently four Research Centers namely 'Geoinformatics and Building Technology Research Centre' (GBTRC), 'Research Centre for Advances in Computer Science' (RCACS), 'Research Centre for Physical and Mathematical Sciences' (RCPMS)'andMicroelectronics and Information Science Research Centre (MISRC) have been established in the University under Chitkara University Research and Innovation Network (CURIN) to provide focused direction to our research and development initiatives through faculty engagement. Faculty participation is evident from numbers of projects awarded, papers published, patents filed, paper presentation in seminars/conference, workshops organized etc. by them. To acknowledge our efforts, share knowledge with peers and to create a repository, it has been decided to release 'R n D News' a periodic Newsletter of Chitkara University Himachal Pradesh. To start this endeavor, we are pleased to release the Inaugural Issue of 'R n D News' covering Research and Development activities for the period July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Thereafter regular issues will be published. We will be more than happy to receive any suggestion/idea for improving the contents in future as we move forward.
Dr. Sudhir Mahajan |
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