Chitkara University secures 'Research Funding' for 7 projects from Government and International Agencies

Supporting ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ mission, Chitkara University, Punjab secured Government research funding of INR 2 crores for 7 projects in AY 2020-21.

In AY 2020-21, Chitkara University bagged 7 research projects funding worth INR 2 crores from International ncies and Government of India. research areas that attracted funding included Health Sciences, Agriculture Sciences and Défense Sectors.

year 2020-21 witnessed Chitkara University research projects gaining attention from International Research ncies including prestigious Erasmus grant (European Union ncy).

European Union ncy, Erasmus provided a funding grant to tune of € 30,000 (INR 26 Lakhs) to seek solutions to improvise healthcare education system in Europe. international funding(s) were complemented with funds from various Government of India (GOI) departments including ‘Department of Science and Techlogy (DST) and ‘Défense Research and Development Organization’ (DRDO).

Chitkara University research projects with profound social impact include projects spearheaded by ‘Science and Techlogy Hub initiative’ from university to reach and teach rural community about different aspects of water manment, rural education and rural healthcare systems.

teams working on rural development nda includes ‘BhuGoal Team’ working to develop wear stations to facilitate vill level wear forecasting at frugal cost of INR 2,000, and a team working to provide farmer's community with a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to rice stubble manment.

A research team has also developed a smart ergomic portable commode chair to enable mobility for specially-abled members of our society. Indian Défense sector is slated to receive a secure framework for voice communication through hardware implementation project spearheaded by university.

funded projects have been designed to aim to strengn national missions of India including Digital India, Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Chitkara University’s high-impact research competence comes from university’s sophisticated research facilities, passionate researcher fraternity, and institutional support mechanisms including ‘Chitkara University incepted Chitkara University Research and Invation Network’ (CURIN).

Incepted in year 2014, CURIN was established to establish Chitkara University as a premium research organization. Since its inception, CURIN has attained excellence and received recognition from Government of India as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and has filed more than 650 patents and serving societies through different projects.

Dr Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor of Chitkara University congratulated ‘Principal Investigators’ for getting selected among top scientist of countries and attracting funding. She shared that, “ research endowment university has attracted is in sync and an outcome of Chitkara University vision to develop better world to live in through University research ecosystem. infrastructure and financial support extended by University has motivated globally recognized researchers to join Chitkara University Research and Invation Network.” For more information, please see video: https://youtu.be/wxpRMLRc44c About Chitkara University: Chitkara University, situated near Chandigarh, has emerged as most vibrant and high-ranking University in rth India. University offers courses in Engineering & Techlogy, Business, Planning & Architecture, Art & Design, Mass Communication, Sales & Marketing, Hospitality Manment, Pharmacy, Health Sciences, and Education. University's ranking laurels include becoming only University in Punjab to feature in prestigious QS World University Rankings: Asia 2021 edition and being in top 25 universities of country in prestigious ARIIA 2020 ranking.

Chitkara Business School has also brought laurels to university by being declared "B-School of year 2020" by Academic Insight Magazine, featuring in 'Top-50 B-Schools for 2020' list by Business Standard, being rated as A+++ in B-School Ranking 2020 by Business India Magazine, and securing 9th rank in coveted ' Education Post IIRF Best B-School Ranking 2021.

Additionally, Chitkara's Engineering Colleges was ranked 8th (national) and 4th (regional) in DataQuest's 'India's Best 100 Tech-Enabled Engineering Colleges-2020' survey.