DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

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DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
Uttarakhand State Govt. universities, including Doon University.
3.4.9 What are the incentives given to the faculty for receiving state,
national and international recognition for research contributions?
As of now financial support to all faculty members limited to Rs. 20,000 is
provided to present their research contribution in National and International
conferences.
3.5 Consultancy
3.5.1 What is the official policy of the University for Structured
Consultancy? List a few important consultancies undertaken by the
university during the last four years.
The University has an approved policy for facilitating consultancy process,
both institutional and individual. In case of the latter, the fiscal share is 60:40.
1. Preparation of Status Report on Climate Change of Uttarakhand
funded by GIZ, 2012-13.
2. Refresher Cum Capacity Building of ADSOs on Official Statistics
funded by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government, 2015.
3. Political Economy of Building a New State funded by GIZ, Germany
and Govt. Of Uttarakhand, 2010.
4. Policy Making & Environment Statistics for Sustainable Development
funded by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government, 2015.
3.5.2. Does the university have a university-industry cell? If yes, what is
its scope and range of activities?
Yes: University has Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Cell
(ESDC)
ESDC is in its nascent state as on 21 October 2015 but it has a promising
potential to become the largest functional unit of the university. It needs to be
financially sustainable and well integrated in the University’s core structure of
quasi-academic operations. At the same time, it is necessary to involve
external stakeholders in the development of the cell, in order to raise funds for
the activities of the cell as well as the university and encourage the external
stakeholders to invest financially and intellectually in the upcoming operations
of the cell.
Proposed Vision Statement of ESDC
The vision of ESDC is to create a sustainable entrepreneurial environment of
learning for the students in the university.
The cell with broad objectives as under is formed to advance an urge for
capacity building, encourage entrepreneurial thinking, promote applied
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