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Aims of the Research Policy

 Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences And Research Centre to promote scientific temper and research culture among its faculty and students by providing the required resources and appropriate facilities to conduct quality research. It hopes to realize the vision and missions of the institution and uphold to the established standards and norms relating to safe and ethical conduct of research.

Objectives of the Research Policy 

1. To create a research fund for supporting and facilitating research initiatives and projects of faculty members and students
2. To strengthen the institutional capacity for strategic, technical and operational planning, budgeting and control of all research activities of the University
3. To develop rules, procedures and guidelines for granting research support, instituting awards, and supporting all other related activities
4. To develop rules, procedures and guidelines for granting study leave, sabbatical leave, duty leave, reduction in workload, etc. for faculty members’ research activities.
5. To provide a modality of for proper coordination of all research activities of the University and aligning these to the vision and missions of the University and national development goals.
6. To prepare and update the research agenda of the University outlining the preferred focus areas and priorities of research activities to be supported.
7. To guide faculty members in the effective integration of research projects with the regular curriculum implementation and curriculum enrichment activities.
8. To identify researchers about the appropriate research opportunities announced by different academic, research, industry or government organizations.
9. To promote interdisciplinary research and establish modalities for preparing and undertaking joint research projects covering more than one knowledge domain as well as policies for involving external agencies/experts in such projects.
10. To provide a research code, which informs all researchers about the ethical and legal norms and principles to be followed in the conduct of research.
11. To establish linkages including MOU s for long-term relationships with national and international research organizations for widening the scope of research opportunities and funding options available to the teachers and students of the Institution.

12. To support the publication of the research work/projects in reputed academic journals and provide incentives for the same.
13. To support the presentation/communication of the research work/projects as well as their findings and recommendations through academic events such as workshops/seminars/guest lectures or the media.
14. To implement research quality assurance mechanism for ensuring that all research activities of the institution.
15. To enforce rules and procedures to ensure the compliance of all researchers to the research quality assurance framework, the research code and all the applicable rules and regulations.

Composition of Research Cell

 Research Cell will have the following composition

• Director  Research– Chairperson
• HOD/ Dean Research– Vice Chairperson
• PRC coordinator – Member Secretary
• Five faculty – Members

Research Cell may be expanded with the inclusion of more members as necessary. It may also set up and promote 'Action Groups/ Liaison Officers' for managing specific projects/activities.

Research Policy Implementation Mechanism

The Research Cell of the institution shall be responsible for implementing this research policy of the University by working closely with the University management. The specific roles and functions of the research cell will be as follows:

1. To facilitate the faculty in undertaking research and advice the management to set up a research fund for providing seed money
2. To provide research facilities in terms of infrastructure, i.e. laboratory equipment, and research incentives required by the faculty.
3. To promote a  research culture             (eg.  teaching workload remission, opportunities for attending conferences ).
4. To prepare rules & guidelines for Grant of Research related  leave and other remissions, a research agenda with relative priorities.
5. To support the faculty to undertake research by collaborating with other research organizations/ industry.
6. To derive suitable procedures for giving due recognition for guiding research.

7. To facilitate the establishment of specific research units/ centres by funding  agencies /university.
8. To organize workshops/ training programmes/ sensitization programmes are conducted by the institution to promote a research culture on campus.
9. To prepare budgets for supporting students’ research projects.

10. To approach National and international organizations such as CSIR, DST-SERB, DST, DBT, NATO, DRDO and BARC to fund major and minor research projects undertaken by the faculty / students.
11. To improve the availability of research infrastructure requirements to facilitate research.
12. To develop and implement an official Code of Ethics to check malpractices and plagiarism in research.
13. To facilitate Interdepartmental / interdisciplinary research projects.
14. To institute research awards.
15. To provide incentives for the faculty who receive state, national and international recognition for research contributions as well as research awards and recognition from reputed professional bodies and agencies.
16. To promote the publication of research articles by the faculty in reputed/ referred journals.
17. To maintain a database of research work and research projects undertaken by the faculty and students as well as collect data by metrics such as Citation Index, Impact Factor, h-index, SNIP, SJR  etc.
18. To publicize the research expertise and consultancy capabilities available in the University.
19. To encourage publication leading to patent/ patenting research activities.
20. To encourage collaborative research with International/ National repute institutes.
21. To facilitate the provision consultancy services to industries / Government / Non- Government organizations / community/Public.
22. To invite industry to use the research facilities of the University and sponsor research projects.

India’s emergence as one of the world’s major economies is being reflected by its increasing contribution to the world’s high-quality scientific research and research publications. The contributors of this development have been played by many research institutes around the country. One such research- intensive Centre is Pushpagiri Research Centre.

The research team at PRC is keen in investigating, evaluating and unfolding the mystery lying around the field of biology by isolating bioactive compounds from nature to development of new diagnostic kit by breaking the conventional thinking to make translational research i.e. from lab to bedside, a reality.

The youthful and energetic atmosphere of the centre is our success which develops an ideal and fertile research ecosystem for faculty, staff, students and trainees. We conduct various training programmes (cell culture, animal handling etc.), workshops (molecular biology, cell culture, animal handling etc.) and conferences (Bioradiance) which provides platform to various budding scientists and innovators to showcase their research, technical, analytical and presentation skills. These events encompass various disciplines like disease biology, tissue engineering, immunology and others, which also provide open possibilities for the interactive sessions, collaborative ventures with the field experts and the centre itself.

Our mission is to understand, evaluate, screen and development of drugs, kits for the betterment of human race using in vitro (cell culture) and in vivo (animal models) methods to develop a unique training of individuals in basic & translational sciences and promote collaborations between medical, veterinary & agricultural professionals with basic biology scientists.

Over the past few years, the ability of PRC in making a major contribution in the field of biology has been greatly supported by various funding agencies like DST, DBT, ICMR, BRNS and International agencies like Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Visit our website and also our centre to enrich the PRC’s intellectual resources, rich experiences and also the wealth of opportunities.

Rev. Dr Philip Payyampallil

Chief Executive Officer, Pushpagiri Group of Institutions

Shri. Jacob Punnoose IPS

Principal Advisor, Pushpagiri Medical Society

Rev. Dr. Mathew Mazhavancheril, MSc, PhD

Director & Head, Pushpagiri Research Centre

Mr. George Varghese

Coordinator, Assistant Professor and Virology In-Charge,

Pushpagiri Research Center

Dr. Anil Kishen

MDS, PhD,
Professor, Faculty of dentistry,
University of Toronto, Canada

Dr. Aji P. Mathew

Professor,
Materials and environmental chemistry,
Stockholm University IPS

Dr. Masoud Mozafari

Assistant Professor, Director of Bioengineering Lab, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC),

Also Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Department of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).

Dr. Lakshmi S. Nair

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery,
University of Connecticut Health Center,
263 Farmington Avenue, Unit MC 3711, Farmington, CT 06030

Dr Sabu Thomas

Pro - Vice Chancellor, Mahathma Gandhi University,
Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering, School of Chemical Sciences and Nanotechnology, M G University,
Priyadarsini Hills P.O., Kottayam 686560, Kerala, India

Dr. Reba Kanungo

MD, PhD, Dean Research, Prof.& Head, Department of Microbiology,
Pondicherry lnstitute of Medical Sciences,
Kalapet, Puducherry- 605 014, India

Dr. G. S. Sailaja

Department of polymer science and Rubber Technology,
Cochin University of Science and Technology,
Kochi 682022, Kerala, India

Dr Anand Ambarasu

M.Sc, M.Tech, PhD, Professor,
Division of Bioinfotmatics, VIT, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu, India.

Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal

Associate Professor, Advanced Materials Laboratory, School of Pure and Applied Physics,
International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam - 686 560, Kerala, India.

Dr Sachin J Shenoy

Scientist ( Veterinary), Division Of Invivo Models and Testing,
Department of Medical Devices Engineering, Biomedical Technology Wing, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences And Technology,
Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram- 695012., Kerala , INDIA.

Dr. Sabareeswaran

Scientist ‘E’, Department Coordinator,
Department of Applied Biology, Sree Chithra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology,
Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram-695012, Kerala, India

Ethics Committee