Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 30: Model Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET) organized its annual Research Awards function at its Kot Bhalwal campus, honouring its faculty members who have excelled in Research and Development.
Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu (JU), Prof Umesh Rai was the chief guest on the occasion while Prof Renu Gupta, Chairperson MIER, presided over the function. Other dignitaries present were Prof Ankur Gupta (Director MIET), Prof S K Sharma and Prof GS Sambyal (Advisors to Chairperson), Prof Ashok Aima (currently Chair Professor at MIET School of Management), Prof BC Sharma (Dean Training and Placement), Dr Sahil Sawhney (General Manager, Strategic Initiatives) and Prof Ashok Kumar (Dean, Academic Affairs).
The Research Awards at MIET serve to recognize the achievements of the faculty members in the field of Research and Development. This year 38 faculty members were honoured at the function for producing quality research outcomes.
Dr Renu Gupta presented the welcome address while Prof Ankur Gupta presented the research report. Prof Gupta informed the audience that the MIET faculty had published 104 research papers in international journals with 69 indexed in Scopus and 47 in SCI/SCIE-indexed journals since the last edition of Research Awards held in September 2021. He added that 6 patents were filed during the same period, taking the total number of patents filed to 31, while two patents have been granted.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Umesh Rai talked about how education has been confined to four walls of the classroom, while it needs to be made broad-based. He stressed upon the importance of initiatives like Research Awards to boost the research and development activities at the institution level.
The Chief Guest later handed out certificates and monetary incentives to the awardees. Two student teams from MIET including the faculty mentors who had won the first prize of Rs 1 lakh in the finals of Smart India Hackathon (SIH) held at Hubli and Comibatore were also honoured during the award ceremony.
The function concluded with a group photograph of the awardees with the Vice Chancellor. The event was coordinated by Shafalika Vijayal, Assistant Professor, CSE Department.
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