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RESEARCH AWARDS

DATE Aug 20, 2021

    MIER College of Education organized the Research Awards for the year 2021 for felicitating its faculty members. Prof. Rajni Kant, Director College Development Council, University of Jammu, was the Chief Guest and Dr. Renu Gupta, Chairperson MIER was the Guest of Honour on the occasion. Prof. Adit Gupta, Director MIER, and Principal MIER College presided over the function. Others present on the occasion were Mrs. Rupa Gupta Joint Director MIER, Prof. N.R. Sharma, Dean Academics, Prof. H.R. Shan Controller of Examination, Dr.

Mool Raj HoD PG Department, Dr. Rohnika Sharma HoD UG Department along with the faculty members.
Prof. Adit Gupta welcomed the chief guest, Prof. Rajni Kant and introduced him to the audience as a renowned researcher and an outstanding teacher. He is acclaimed both nationally and internationally for his research work and publications in the field of Physics. Prof. Gupta urged the faculty members to continue with the research work even in the challenging times of corona and further the research culture of the college.
Dr. Nishta Rana, Head, Centre for Educational Research, presented the research report for the year 2020-21 during which the faculty published 30 research papers in national and international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. The faculty has also presented 13 papers at national and international conferences and also in seminars. In addition, the faculty attended 600 webinars and workshops online. She also shared future plans of the center.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Renu Gupta emphasized that as a researcher one needs to reflect on their growth and improvement, besides focusing on the applicability of the research. She said quality in research is more important than quantity or number of publications. She said we need to strengthen the research culture of the college.
The Research Awards were presented to 12 faculty members of the college and an amount of Rs 54000/- was given away as prize money along with a citation. A memento was presented to the Chief Guest by Dr. Renu Gupta as a token of appreciation.
The function culminated with the vote of thanks, which was presented by Dr. Bharti Tandon, Associate Professor PG Department, while Ms. Eesha Sharma, Librarian PG Department ably conducted the programme.