The college has a proactive institutional apparatus for research in Science, Social Sciences and Humanities. The research promotion on campus and beyond is as follows:
- Faculty members are encouraged to do doctoral studies by providing leave under Faculty Improvement Programme (FIP) of UGC. Two faculty members - Dr Hala Naik, Commerce Department and Dr Suresh Mayya, Commerce Department, made use of above facility.
- Speedy approval and forwarding of application for doctoral studies submitted by any faculty member � permanent or temporary.
- Permission has been granted to collaborate with other researchers of the area, for example, in the Major Research Projects conducted by Dr. Suresh Mayya, leading researchers of the different colleges like Yadav Ram Hemmadi, Chartered Accountant and Reader, Poornaprajna Institute of Management, Prof. Naryanaswami of Bhandarkars College, Kundapura, Mr. Ganesh Bhat of SMS College, Shirva have been working as team members.
- Freedom to use institutional facilities like internet, computers, library books and printing stationery without charge.
- The institution also provides leave, required infrastructure facilities, academic schedule modification, secretarial assistance, provides seed money to faculty who are interested in such activities.
- There is no specific provision for research in the institutional Budget. However recently the institution has made a provision for regular funding to management lecturers to pursue research activities.
- The institution promotes participation of students in research activities. The students of Botany, Physics, History are participating in research activities.
- It is mandatory for students undertake research projects in areas like B.Com Vocational Course.
- These project works are generally undertaken in groups under the guidance of faculty members through field trips and surveys.
- Our NSS students also conduct the socio-economic surveys in the neighboring villages to find out their socio-economic problems and to initiate follow up actions through extension programmes.
- A library with research information and periodicals. It has Easylib Software with OPEC facility. Many online journals are bookmarked for accession in the library.
- The R.G. Pai Samshodhana Kendra (set up in 1976) and RRC (set up in 1983) are the two major research centres developed in the campus which have gained International reputation.
- Provision of Delnet in the library- all the faculty and students have free access to Delnet.
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