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Institutional Distinctiveness





            7.3.1 Portray the performance of the Institution in one area distinctive to its priority and thrust

            within 1000 words.


            Response: “INCULCATION OF RESEARCH CULTURE AT GRASS-ROOTS LEVEL”
            After becoming a Deemed to be University, VIT has been committed to research by treating it as the

            epicenter of growth and development in all directions. Such an approach has always been driven by
            the farsightedness of a robust research culture that is imperative for building an ideal society which

            aims at development of the people and the country in its entirety.  This would in turn, mean that

            research  culture  is  fundamental  to  the  growth  of  a  society,  as  it  would  groom  a  potential  and
            knowledgeable population with high sense of  rationality and utmost commitment to the society.

            However, admittedly, unlike the developed countries, a culture of research is largely missing in our
            institutions of higher education, which are the major centres for enriching the manpower at all levels.

            Keeping  this  in  view,  VIT  has  been  making  sincere  attempts  to  inculcate  research  culture  from
            undergraduate levels.



                    Obviously, the development of research culture is dependent entirely on research literacy
            which would mean that people should be systematically taught and honed to address the societal

            issues effectively. There is a need for new guidelines to be framed and financial aid to support and

            keep the research initiatives intact. This would also warrant the need to rear teams comprising of
            expert  faculty  members  who  mentor  research  activities  and  invoke  research  interests  from

            undergraduate levels. All these factors have been taken into account by VIT to accomplish its goal in
            inculcating research culture at grassroots level.
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