ZAMORIN'S CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH (ZCIR)
Our research centre (ZCIR) promotes research activities. 38.75% teachers have Ph.D as highest qualification and 42.5% have M.Phil as the highest qualification. About 50% of the teachers are engaged in active research. We have three completed minor research projects and four on-going research projects, of which one is a major one. We have to our credit 60 paper presentations and 120 publications in the last five years. 8 of our faculty are recognized research guides. 14 are pursuing Ph.D programme at present.. ZCIR has a PG student wing which has initiated research activities amongst students. A number of our faculty contribute to subject knowledge through publications and projects. Quite a few of our faculty act as resource persons for various establishments and for conferences and seminars. Many of them are BOS members and intervene in curriculum framing. Collaborations with OISCA, Pain and Palliative Care Society, SVYASA University, FAITHS, Sutherland Services, CSIR, IISR, BSI, ZSI and American Bibliographical Institute, to name a few, accentuate our research interests. We offer consultancy services in Yoga Therapy, Bio-systematics, Health Economics, Environmental Economics, Water Resources Management and VAM. The institution has enriched its infrastructural resources through the research projects - we now have two research laboratories, one in the Department of Botany and the other in the Department of Physical Education (Yoga Centre).
OBJECTIVES
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To develop a culture of Research and to enhance the activities connected with research.
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To inculcate an interdisciplinary approach between the various faculties.
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To encourage and promote the research activities among the student community.
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To help students identify the various problems and areas of research and to give necessary guidance for the successful completion of research.
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To publish an in-house interdisciplinary Research Journal for the identification and execution of research of teachers and students.
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To organize training modules and workshops at the Intercollegiate National and International levels for teachers and students.
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To improve the services that the institution can offer society through extension activities and collaborative ventures by maintaining a list of expert resources available and also by linking with active research centers in our country.
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To offer consultancy in the designing of major research projects, analysis of project findings, translation of such results into a practical, implementation-enabled system which would act as a key input that can guide policy makers.
RESEARCH LABS
A fully equipped research lab has been set up in the Department of Botany in connection with work relating to a Major Project undertaken by Dr. PP Rajan and Dr. Indulekha.
A fully equipped research lab has also been set up in the Department of Physical Education for the M.Sc course in Health and Yoga Therapy.
All researchers have access to the internet and the well equipped library. |
