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A C T I O N P O I N T S
Nurture a inter/multi-disciplinary/transdisciplinary research culture and
productivity.
Global and international collaboration with distinctive prominence on niche
areas of research of global implication.
Develop translation of research into products and processes that will impact
communities.
Escalate the research budget allotted per faculty member.

Upsurge the number of research-active faculty members and improve research
impact·
Cultivate broader, highly collaborative and innovative partnerships though
consortiums or hubs capable of offering multi-faceted solutions to intricate
problems.
Emphasize publication quality in evaluation of staff research performance.
Promote an incentive scheme for publications in very high impact factor
journals such as Nature, Science, etc.
To promote and enable aspiring researchers by supporting their research
environment·
Augment the prospects and support for early-career researchers.
Recognize and exploit new avenues and core research areas of global
precedence to pump in research grants from various sources.
Reinforce university-wide capability for translational research, technology
transfer and economic development.
Increase opportunities for under graduate and post graduate student and post-
doc participation in research.
Launch a research park braced by industries and collaborators.
Develop and fortify global partnerships in vital regions of the world with
outstanding institutions that align with VIT’s academic priorities.

4 . A P P L I E D R E S E A R C H F O R N A T I O N A L I N T E R E S T

VIT has created 10 research Centres which are fully functional in various
disciplines in Science, Engineering and Technology. These Centres have been
focusing on 3 broad categories viz.,

(1) Fundamental research, characterized by basic research as evidenced by
high quality publications and its impact.

(2) Translational research, measured by products, services, patents and
technology transfers.

(3) Research of social relevance, which impacts society directly in terms of
environment friendly technologies including safe drinking water, sanitation,
organic farming, clean energy (solar energy, green fuels etc), disaster
management and mitigation.