Research & Development Cell

 Vision

To establish a strong framework for cultivating and enhancing a transformative research ecosystem within the institute, aimed at building a sustainable and progressive society.

 Mission:

• To establish a supportive environment that increases research productivity.
• To promote partnerships with industries, governments and agencies across local, national, and international levels.
• To improve access to research opportunities by efficiently mobilizing resources and securing funding.

 Objectives:

• To serve as a bridge between researchers and relevant funding agencies, providing guidance for the preparation and submission of project proposals, and ensuring compliance with timelines after grant approval.
• To establish improved coordination with other cells focused on Institute-Industry linkages, incubation, innovation, entrepreneurship development, and intellectual property rights (IPR).
• To serve as the center for ideation of research topics/themes by organizing workshops, encouraging open ended problems, expert talks, and events like TechMIc and ensuring the ethical practices in research activities.

R & D Cell Policy       RDC SU 

Structure:

No.	Content	Details
1.	Tenure of a member	As per the guidelines under AICTE/UGC, individual membership for this cell shall be for a period of two years.
2.	Frequency  of a meeting	2 times in a semester
3.	Documentation	Agenda, minutes and Follow up documents maintained electronically and shared with staff regularly

Members: 
 

Sr. No.	Name	Department	Particulars
1.	Prof. (Dr.) Utpal Pandya	Instrumentation & Control Engineering	Dean, R & D
2.	Dr. Dhruti Sharma	AI & DS Engineering	R&D Representative
3.	Dr. Swati Sharma	Chemical Engineering	R&D Representative
4.	Dr. Mehali Mehta	Civil Engineering	R&D Representative
5.	Dr. Mayuri Mehta	Computer Engineering	R&D Representative
6.	Dr. Nirali Nanavati
7.	Dr. Shabbir Bohra	Electrical Engineering	R&D Representative
8.	Dr. Vandana Shah	Electronics & Communication	R&D Representative
9.	Dr. Mita Parikh	Information & Technology	R&D Representative
10.	Dr. Tejal Joshi	Instrumentation & Control	R&D Representative
12.	Dr. Samip Shah	Mechanical Engineering	R&D Representative
13.	Dr. Kaushika Pal	M.C.A Department	R&D Representative
14.	Dr. Hema Surati	A.S.H Department	R&D Representative

Functions: 

No.	General Guidelines
1.	To support the planning, execution, and monitoring of research activities within the Institute, and developing rules snd policies for the effective utilization of resources.
2.	The R&D Cell acts as a facilitator for networking and collaborative research with national and international institutions engaged in interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research fields.
3.	The R&D Cell will undertake research promotion and guidance by encouraging research activities, undertaking initiatives for expert talks, workshops, technical forums for students.
4.	The R&D Cell will encourage research activities among students by asking them to explore and solve Open ended problems.
5.	The R&D Cell will hold meetings twice in a semester.