Rajarshi Shahu College of Pharmacy
Dwarka Bahuddeshiya Gramin Vikas Foundation’s

Rajarshi Shahu College of Pharmacy

At & Post – Malvihir, Buldana, 443001, M.S., India
Affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati | Estd. in 2012
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Academic Research Committee

Aim

The college’s research policy aims to create and encourage a research culture among its teachers, staff, and students, and to leverage it;

  • for enriching and enhancing faculty member’s professional competence
  • for developing and promoting all students scientific temper and research aptitudes.
  • for supporting out and achieving the college’s vision and missions
  • for contributing to national development by facilitating faculty and student participation in research and associated activities, as well as providing the necessary resources and facilities.

Objectives

  • To promote, facilitate and coordinate research activities among the faculties and students.
  • To encourage faculties and students to participate in research projects to improve their technical skills and knowledge
  • To provide updated information to staff members regarding the funding agencies, research proposal submission, and consultancy activities.
  • To encourage and facilitate the publication of the research work/projects in reputed academic journals
  • To promote interdisciplinary research by collaborating joint research projects covering more than one knowledge domain as well as policies for involving external institutes/experts in such projects
  • To identify and establish linkages including MOUs for long term relationships with academia, industry bodies and individuals for creating opportunities for teachers and students to involve themselves in joint research projects.
  • To encourage and facilitate the presentation of the research work through academic events such as workshops/seminars/guest lectures or the media
  • To compile data on all the research work/projects/publications undertaken by the teachers and students into a database for easy monitoring and analysis of the progress being made by them from year to year

Constitution of ARC:

Sr. No.

Name of Faculty

Designation

1

Dr. Shirish Jain

Principal

Chairman

2

Dr. Deepak Lokwani 

Associate Professor, (Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry)

Coordinator

3

Dr. Prakash Kendre

Vice-Principal & Head (Department of Pharmaceutics)

Members

4

Dr. Sanjay Kasture

Professor

Members

5

Dr. Veena Kasture

Professor

Members

6

Dr. Shailesh Kewatkar

Head, Department of Pharmacognosy

Members

7

Dr. Vijay Borkar

Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Members

8

Prof. Somnath Vibhute

PG Coordinator

Members

9

Dr. Vijay Sonar

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics

Members

10

Prof. Sachin Borikar

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Members

Roles and functions of the ARC

  • Facilitate the faculty in undertaking research and will work with the college to set up a research fund for providing seed money
  • Provide research facilities in terms of research journals and research incentives etc. required by the faculty.
  • Encourage and promote a research culture by organizing research workshop/training program
  • Encourage the faculty to undertake research by collaborating with other research organisations/ industry.
  • Invite academia/industry to use the research facilities of the college and sponsor research projects.
  • Encourage the submission of Research proposal to various funding agencies
  • Develop and implement an official Code of Ethics to check malpractices and plagiarism in research.
  • Encourage and promote the publication of research articles by the faculty in reputed/ refereed journals.
  • Create and 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, etc.