The broader areas of the discussion by the Research Consortium shall include:
1. Funding for Research
Ø State level funding
o Public
o Private
o Public-Private Partnership
Ø National level funding
o Funding Agencies (ICMR, DBT, DST, UGC)
o Industry
o NGOs/Academia
Ø International level funding
o Funding Agencies
o World Bank/WHO/UNITAID/UN
2. Infrastructure for Research
Ø Research Institutes
Ø Research Centres
Ø Equipments
Ø Databases (Literature Review, Meta-analysis, Systematic Reviews)
Ø Article libraries (Scopus/Science direct/Pubmed)
3. Manpower for Research
Ø Staff/Positions
Ø Training and Orientation
Ø Specialization
Ø Curriculum
o School
o College
o University
4. Policies for Research
Ø Institutional Level
Ø State Level
Ø National Level
o Research Universities (NEP 2019)
o Research in Autonomous Colleges
5. Incentives for Research
Ø Appointments and Promotions
Ø Quality over Quantity (API and Research Score, Impact Factor/Journal metrics)
Ø Financial Incentives
Ø Recognition
Ø Fellowships
6. Collaborative Research
Ø Cross-disciplinary
Ø Trans-disciplinary
Ø Inter-disciplinary
Ø Multi-disciplinary
Ø Consortium for Research
7. Contextual, Need-based Research
Ø Research Workshops
Ø Research Communications
Ø Research Fairs
Ø Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cells
8. Translational Research
Ø Evidence
Ø Policy
Ø Practice
9. Integrity in Research
Ø Plagiarism
Ø Duplication
Ø Gift/Ghost Authorship
Ø Salami Publications
Ø Outsourced Publishing
10. Ethics in Research
Ø Confidentiality
Ø Privacy
Ø Non-Malfeasance
Ø Beneficence
Ø Autonomy and Justice