DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-I
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
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Agency, DST. Collaborative Institutes, JNU, GB Pant Institute of
Himalayan Environment & Development and Wildlife Institute of
India.
International
Vulnerability Assessment for Small Businesses and Enterprises in
Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh. Collaborators, Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation, Embassy of Switzerland, New Delhi,
Grant received Rs. 9.52 Lacs.
3.3 Research Facilities
3.3.1 What efforts have been made by the University to improve its
infrastructure requirements to facilitate research? What strategies have
been evolved to meet the needs of researchers in emerging disciplines?
1. University with support of UGC and Uttarakhand State Government
has gradually built and improved upon the research infrastructure.
Keeping in mind the research need of the present faculty of SENR and
future requirements of high end analytical instruments of SoPS and
School of Biological Sciences (yet to be established) the University has
been able to procure sophisticated instruments such as GC-MS, GC,
ICP, HPLC, IC, AAS, CHNS, PCR, Gel Documentation System,
Microwave Digester, Algaltron, Air Quality Monitoring System, etc.
besides numerous minor instruments.
2. Faculty is encouraged to apply for projects to the major funding
agencies to support the existing research activities.
3. A Remote Sensing and GIS facility equipped with work station,
computers, scanner and plotter and GIS software has been created for
researchers in the SENR.
4. The scholars of various departments are provided with adequate sitting
space.
5. The University is part of the Inflibnet network of UGC enabling its
members to get online access to reputed journals in various fields.
6. The University is also subscribing to various journals in its library.
These journals are openly available to students along with open
reading space available to students.
7. The University has also recently purchased a 10 user license of SPSS to
facilitate the usage of current software packages to encourage research.
The computers in e-library of the university are installed with SPSS
package which are open for use by the students of University.
8. The University has a provision for uninterrupted power supply and 24 ×
7 internet connectivity to facilitate research. The campus of the
University is fully Wi-Fi enabled.
9. The University has also made provisions of having software for
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