The Office of Research and Development is responsible for:
- To come up with research vision of the Institute
- To provide administrative support to sponsored research
- To play an active role in creating state-of-the-art research facilities of the Institute
- To coordinate distribution of Institute funds for research to faculty
- Major equipment: Institute-level common facilities
- Major equipment: Department-level facilities
- Minor equipment: Individual need-based
- Annual maintenance contracts (AMCs) for equipments
- To coordinate consultancy
- To provide administrative support in filing patents
- To attract research fellowships
- To closely interact with other Institutes and Industries – national and international (signing MoU etc.)
- To play an active role in establishing Research Centres, when situation demands
- To coordinate sponsored research:
- Keeping record of all transactions related to externally funded projects
- Maintenance of stock register pertaining to project related expenditures
- Appointments and salary structure of project personnel
- Medical facilities for project employees
- Disbursement of contingency, travel, and other expenses of sponsored projects
- Preparation of Statement of Expenditure (SE) and Utilization Certificate (UC) to be sent to the funding agencies
- Selection of research personnel – in sponsored project; in Institute-funded research programs, if necessary
- Distribution of start-up research grants to a newly joined faculty
- Providing matching grants for major projects, submitted to external agencies for funding
- Generation of funds for maintenance of major equipments [from academia (internal and external) and industry]
- Centralized procurement of items such as high pure gases and cryogen
- Distribution of project overhead
