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Importance of Research in Higher Education
Research in Higher Education is a process of systematic inquiry that involves gathering of data; documentation of critical information; and analysis and understanding of that data/information, in accordance with appropriate procedures based on scientific principles. The research assesses the validity of a hypothesis; accumulates substantive knowledge and findings for sharing them in proper manners, and generates questions for further inquiries.

Importance of Research in Higher Education

There are three key elements that are driving forces for revolution in higher education. These elements are
1. Massification,
2. Diversification and
3. Research.
- The first is Massification, which defines the increased admittance worldwide to higher education for the masses. Higher education is now not just the preserve of the elite but is now both a right and a need for most people in developing countries. It is a need that comes from the bottom up; it cannot be controlled or mandated by governments. In the next 30 years, the key country that will make up half the global enrollment in higher education will be China, followed by India. The U.S. pool is already almost saturated with about 75-80% of every of-age cohort entering the system for higher education. There are a few implications of massification.
  - First, there is now a divergence of higher education institutions; not all institutions of higher education can be universities.
  - Second, is the greater diversity in the student populace.
  - Thirdly, the dropout or non-completion rates for higher education are more significant than ever. The new norm is that a four-year degree takes five to six years to complete.
  - Fourth, Massification has led to a lower quality of higher education in all countries where it has occurred.
Although the standard of leading institutions has improved over the years, many higher education institutions face challenges regarding financial constraints, faculty quality, and student diversity. Lastly, the growth of the private education sector has meant that most of the students in higher education study in private institutions that are of lack quality education and majorly profit-oriented.
- The diversification in terms of disciplines taught in higher education growing along with development activities in view of the future needs of society and humanity.
- The third area needs a generation of newer knowledge to sustain the development activities of the society.
Why Indian Higher Education is Lacking in Research?

There have been various studies around this question and various reasons are sought. Here are a few common reasons which are sought:
1. Poor or Insufficient Infrastructure.
2. Lack of quality faculties
3. Intake of poor-quality students in higher education
4. Insufficient support from the government for education up to higher secondary level
5. Less than adequate funding for research; necessary for an innovation-driven society
6. Inadequate collaboration between Academic and Industrial for society need-based research
Only 7 Indian universities were ranked in the top 400 universities by the well-regarded QS World University Rankings for 2019. And predictably, six of these seven are Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The only non-IIT Indian institution in the top 400 in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. According to the University Grants Commission’s website, the total number of universities in India was 874 as of 25 September 2018. That figure includes 47 central universities, 391 state universities, 125 deemed universities, and 311 private universities.

What Are Its Consequences of the Lack of Research in-country?

Quality of Teaching and Research

If we look only at the academic reputation and the faculty-student ratio, we can see where most of the universities in India stand. Teaching and research in any University depend on the quality of students and on the quality of their faculties. For teachers to impart knowledge to students they must have a broad knowledge of their subject matter, the curriculum, and educational standards as well as enthusiasm and a desire for learning throughout the course of their career. They must have a desire to learn from students and other sources about the impact of their teaching and how it can be improved. There are many universities in India, but scarcely 20 to 30 universities are considered to have faculty of high standing. An estimated 40% of college teachers work on a non-permanent, ad-hoc basis and are designated variously as temporary, contractual, ad hoc, and guest faculty.

Pressure to Publish

Even faculty who have been working for many years are under such circumstances that they have to produce a certain number of research/review papers to gain promotion. Thus, they often publish papers in journals that may not be of high quality. This also means that there is more importance on the publication of papers than on teaching.

Quality of Student Intake

Another important factor that may affect the quality of education is the level of students admitted. India’s undergraduate students have graduated from higher secondary level schools (for 16 to 18-year-olds). No serious attempt has been made by central or state governments to open any new higher secondary level schools for the past few decades. The only new such schools opened by the central government are Navodaya Vidyalaya and Kendriya Vidyalaya (both of which are central schools).

Where are we standing..?

With over 1.35 lakh scientific papers published, India has become the world’s third-largest publisher of science and engineering articles, according to US government agency data, topped by China. As per the statistics compiled by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the number of scientific papers published worldwide increased from 1,755,850 in 2008 to 2,555,959 in 2018. The global research output, as measured by peer-reviewed science and engineering (S&E) journal articles and conference papers, grew about four percent annually over the last 10 years. The data, which was released on Tuesday, stated that in 2008, India published 48,998 science and engineering articles. This increased to 1,35,788 articles in 2018 at an average annual growth rate of 10.73% and the country now accounts for 5.31% of the total world publications in science and engineering. China, which accounts for 20.67% of all global publications in scientific articles, is at the top position, followed by the US at 16.54%. In China, the number of global scientific publications increased from 2,49,049 in 2008 to 5,28,263 in 2018, at a growth rate of 7.81% per annum. In the US, the total global publications in science and engineering articles grew at a rate of 0.71% from 3,93,979 in 2008 to 4,22,808 in 2018. Though a long way to go, as compared to the US and China in terms of the number of scientific article publications, India’s emergence as the third largest publisher is mainly due to a phenomenal double-digit growth rate in the last decade from 2008 to 2018, the report noted. The other countries which made it to the top 10 list are Germany (1,04,396), Japan (98,793), UK (97,681), Russia (81,579), Italy (71,240), South Korea (66,376) and France (66,352).

Steps to be Taken

The government may do the job of catalysis of education up to higher secondary level using various means by creating new schools and increasing competition among the private schools. The examinations should be more knowledge-driven and should be based on continuous evaluation with a focus to impart learning of the fundamentals and increasing the analytical abilities of a child. The subjects such as industrial mathematics, machine learning, and computing-based learning at early stages may help the child to develop the reasoning ability essentially required to pursue higher education. At the higher education level, the improvement of infrastructure, quality faculty members, improved quality student intake, and connection to society and its need for higher education. This will not only provide sustained development but also increase the sensitivity of the students towards society. For More Such Articles, News Update, Events, and Many More Click Here

Prof. Ambikanandan Misra

Professor and UGS-BSR Faculty Fellow at the Faculty of Pharmacy, associated with the field of pharmaceutical sciences for more than 40 years.

Frequently Asked Questions About Research

Why is research important in higher education?
Research is important in higher education because it helps to inform policies and practices that can improve the quality of education and the overall student experience. It also helps to advance knowledge and understanding in a particular field or discipline.

How is research funded in higher education?
Research in higher education is typically funded through a variety of sources, including federal and state grants, private foundations, and institutional funds. Research funding can also come from industry partnerships or collaborations with other academic institutions.

How can research inform decision-making in higher education?
Research can inform decision-making in higher education by providing evidence-based recommendations for policies and practices that can improve student outcomes and enhance the overall quality of education. Research can also help identify areas of need and opportunities for innovation and improvement.
March 31, 2023
IIT Jodhpur Creates Cost effective Sensor For Detecting Fruit Ripeness

There is a need for a sensitive tactile sensor integrated into a robotic system that researchers at the IIT have created in an cost effective way

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur researcher has successfully created and demonstrated a cost-effective and highly sensitive tactile pressure sensor for detecting fruit ripeness. The sensor utilizes nanoneedle textured PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) as the dielectric layer and is lithography-free, allowing for flexible and large-scale fabrication. The team characterized the sensitivity and hysterics response of the capacitive tactile sensor and examined its transient response.

By measuring the elastic modulus and capacitance, the researchers were able to demonstrate ripeness assessment for different types of tomatoes. Dr Ajay Agarwal, Professor & Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur along with the researchers from IIT Delhi, and CSIR-CEERI, Pilani have published this paper in IEEE Sensor Journals .

In horticulture, monitoring fruit ripeness is essential to maintain their freshness and quality. Various microsensors have been developed for fruit sorting and ripeness detection. For instance, some devices rely on chemical analysis of sugar and starch content, while others use electrochemical sensing, image processing, electronic noise, and tactile sensing methods. However, chemical analysis is destructive and not applicable at all stages of ripeness, while electrochemical sensing requires expensive equipment. Image processing for ripeness detection is limited to specific fruit families, and changes in colour are not reliable indicators of ripeness for some fruits such as kiwis, mangoes, and blueberries.

Photographic image of capacitive tactile sensor

On the other hand, measuring firmness has been a dependable and automated method for assessing ripeness. Therefore, there is a need for a sensitive tactile sensor integrated into a robotic system, capable of providing pressure, mechanical stiffness, and firmness information for a sufficiently large number of fruits during harvesting and transportation.

This research encompasses the following features:

– Novel low-cost process development for the sensor fabrication;

– Suitable for ripeness estimation of various kinds of fruits;

– Highly sensitive capacitive sensor.

Talking about the significance of the research, Dr Ajay Agarwal, Professor & Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur, said, “The development of the highly sensitive tactile pressure sensor and its integration with a robotic system has the potential to revolutionize the way in which high-value fruits are sorted today. This innovative technology offers a cost-effective solution for accurate and reliable fruit ripeness detection during harvesting and transportation, enabling high-throughput sorting of fruits based on their quality and ripeness. The implementation of this system can have a significant impact on the fruit industry, improving efficiency, reducing waste, and increasing the shelf life and overall quality of exported fruits.”

The developed sensor is capable of sorting fruits as per their ripeness and hence, by integrating the newly developed sensor with a robotic arm, it will be possible to create a high-throughput system that can effectively sort fruits based on their ripeness and quality during the plucking or transportation stages. This cost-effective system will be particularly useful for exporting high-value fruits over long distances.

March 29, 2023
IIT Bombay Amazon Initiative To Advance AI ML Research

Amazon and IIT Bombay has begun a multiyear collaboration, an initiative that will advance artificial intelligence and machine learning research within speech, language, and multimodal AI domains

Amazon and the Indian Institute of Technology–Bombay (IIT Bombay) have announced the creation of the Amazon IIT–Bombay AI-ML (artificial intelligence – machine learning) Initiative.

The Amazon IIT–Bombay AI-ML initiative is a multiyear collaboration that will fund research projects, PhD fellowships, and community events, such as research symposia. The initiative, which will be housed in the IIT Bombay Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will advance artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) within speech, language and multimodal AI domains.

“With industry collaborators like Amazon who have a deep sense of technology and global reach, we hope to be able to expedite the deployment of technologies/products in the field of AI-ML.” said Subhasis Chaudhuri, director at IIT Bombay.

Amazon and IIT Bombay have existing ties, including through the Amazon Research Awards program. The most recent award was granted in 2022 to Preethi Jyothi, associate professor of computer science and engineering at IIT-Bombay, who was recognized for her work on fairness in speech recognition.

March 28, 2023
IISER Bhopal Use Facet Engineering Produce High efficiency Lasers

A novel design strategy of facet engineering of nanocrystals was implemented to reduce the Auger recombination by researchers at IISER. This has opened up the opportunity to further implement this strategy for the improvement of lasers that are widely used in tools today

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal researchers have made a breakthrough in the field of low threshold gain lasers. They have developed a process by which tiny crystals of cesium lead bromide may be manipulated to produce high-intensity lasers with very low energy output.

This development has recently been published in the journal Nano Letters. The research has been led by Prof. K.V. Adarsh, Department of Physics, IISER Bhopal, and co-authored by his PhD. scholars Santu K. Bera and Dr Megha Shrivastava from IISER Bhopal and Prof. Narayan Pradhan and his student Dr Suman Bera from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.

Lasers are extensively used in many applications today, including telecommunications, lighting, displays, medical diagnostics and therapeutics, biosensing, and neuroscience. Lasers are highly directional, monochromatic, and coherent beams of light that are produced by exciting atoms or molecules in a medium, such as a crystal, gas, or semiconductor, using an external energy source. When the excited atoms or molecules return to their lower energy levels, they emit light, which stimulates other excited atoms or molecules to emit more light – resulting in a highly intense beam of light that we know as lasers.

There is now much interest in the development of low-threshold gain lasers that require very low energy input to produce laser beams. Semiconductor Nanocrystals – tiny crystals that are a thousand times smaller than the width of a single human hair – are being studied as low-threshold gain laser sources.

IISER Bhopal team has been working with nanocrystals of a material called cesium lead bromide. Although this material has a high photoluminescence quantum yield, meaning it emits a lot of light for the energy put in, it suffers from a problem called Auger recombination. This is a phenomenon in which, part of the energy is released as heat instead of converting into light

To overcome this problem, the IISER Bhopal researchers developed a new technique called ‘facet engineering.’ This technique involves changing the shape of the nanocrystals to reduce the gain threshold.

Explaining the work, Prof. K.V. Adarsh, IISER Bhopal, said, “By changing the shape of the nanocrystals from a cube (6 faces) to a rhombicuboctahedron (26 faces), we were able to achieve a five-fold reduction in the gain threshold, which could make these nanocrystals much more useful in practical applications.”

The specific mechanism by which facet engineering reduces the rate of Auger recombination is not yet fully understood, but the researchers speculate that it has to do with how the electrons are confined within the crystal. The increase in the number of faces likely reduces the number of places where electrons and holes can recombine thereby avoiding energy dissipation.

This study represents an important step forward in the field of lasers and quantum physics and highlights the potential of facet engineering as a new tool for manipulating the properties of these nano-dimensional materials.

February 28, 2023
JMI Hosts Workshop On Research And Academic Writing

The Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) conducted a three-day Non-Residential Workshop on Research and Academic Writing in Indian Languages funded by Bhartiya Bhasha Samiti, Government of India from 22-24 February 2023. Training and skill building of more than 75 young Scholars and faculty members from different Universities and Colleges across India were conducted during the workshop.

The inaugural session was graced with the presidential remarks of the Dean of the Faculty and the Chair of the session Prof Sara Begum. She emphasised that research is highly needed to reinvent itself in Indian languages.

Speakers from across India participated as Resource Persons for the workshop. These included Prof Saroj Yadav, Former Dean – Academics, NCERT; Dr Gulfam, NCERT; Dr Mona Sedwal, NIEPA; Dr Ajay Kumar Singh, IGNOU; Prof Lokanath Mishra, Mizoram University; Dr Vimal Rarh, Delhi University; Prof Usha Sharma, NCERT; Prof Kumar Suresh, NIEPA; Prof SK Yadav, former HoD, NCERT and Niranjan Sahae, Allahabad.

February 25, 2023
UGC Prepares Draft Guidelines for ‘Research Internship’ in Line With NEP

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has prepared draft guidelines for ‘Research Internship’ with faculty and researchers at higher education and research institutions along the lines of new education policy.

The Commission has noted that research internships would be of two types — a) internship to enhance the employability of an individual student, and b) internship to develop the research aptitude of an individual student.

According to the draft, the newly introduced course structure in the NEP, 2020 envisages the integration of research component in degree programmes, and specifically for the four-year degree programme with a bachelor’s degree (research) has the fourth year focussed on developing research competencies in students.

“This calls for developing a system of offering research internships to undergraduate students with defined levels of competencies required for pursuing research. The framework would specify how the HEIs can support the interns as a provider or an organizer, how research organization or research center or laboratory at industry can support research internship as providers,” it said.

The 3-year degree and 4-year degree programme (research) will be operating strictly adhering with NEP specifications. Based on the higher education qualification level descriptors for Level-8, some of the competencies with research orientation should be attained by the students by studying the courses under the research ability enhancement courses (RAEC) and by undertaking the research internship project,
It Added.

Competencies to be developed during the internship, duration and slots of internship, exposure to a real-world work environment, quality assurance, and caring for research intern by parent HEI are among the key points of the guidelines.

Each undergraduate student may also complete a first research internship of 10 weeks duration after 1st year and a second research internship of 10 weeks duration after 2nd year of a graduate degree programme. The student who has to go for a 4-year degree programme with research will be required to complete research ability enhancement courses (REAC) during the 7th semester and research project work or dissertation during the 7th and 8th semesters.

“A minimum of 20 credits out of the required 160 credits of the 4-Year Degree Program. The internships of 8-10 weeks of 10 credits, after the 2nd or 4th semester, will be mandatory for the students desirous of exiting with a certificate or Diploma, respectively. The continuing students may, however, undergo optional research internships after the 2nd / 4th semester, to enhance their research capabilities, by engagement as interns in HEI/Research Institute/Industrial R and D labs,” the guidelines said.

The guidelines stated objective is that institutionalization of research at the UG level will play a pivotal role in catalyzing inter-disciplinary/ multi-disciplinary/ trans-disciplinary and translational research culture.

Apart from gaining multi-disciplinary skills, the UG level research expects to give students an exposure to the societal challenges through rural/ social internships and get them trained for social innovations, familiarise them with research methods, analytical tools, and techniques; train the students in writing research proposals, scientific reports, presentations, and/ or manuscripts for publication as well as promote academic, professional developments.

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May 12, 2022
IIT Madras Organises Industry Conclave To Showcase Research, Innovation

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has organized Industry Conclave 2022 to showcase research and innovations of the institute to the government, industry, and corporate firms. The institute held the conclave on April 16-17. As per an IIT Madras statement, a virtual space dedicated to exhibiting the research projects, start-ups, and projects from the institute’s Center for Innovation (CFI) and other projects was also created.

The objective of the IIT Madras conclave was to bridge the gap between industry and academia and facilitate institute collaborations with industries for research projects, corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and start-ups. This event was also intended to help IIT Madras students and researchers gain an industry perspective, the IIT Madras statement added.

Addressing the inaugural session of the conclave virtually, Kaviraj Nair, CEO at the Office of Institutional Advancement, IIT Madras, said: “The core focus of IIT Madras is science and technology. The institute has some of the best brains in the country engaged in path-breaking research on topics that are socially relevant. High-impact research leading to social transformation, inspires our corporate stakeholders and donors to invest in such projects.”

An industry-relevant competition was also held for IIT Madras students, which served as an essential starting point for their venture into the professional sector.

Participating in the event virtually Dr. Gulshan Rai, Chief Information Officer, Prime Minister’s Office, said: “From the perspective of cybersecurity, the collaborations between academics, industry, and government play an important role in resolving the weak infrastructure of digital frameworks.”

The conclave, according to the institute statement, addressed the recent developments in the industrial sector through lectures by industry professionals. It was also intended to facilitate the exchange of recent developments in some high-demand sectors such as cyber security, start-up space, and data science through talks from experts and innovators in respective fields.

Highlighting the institutes’ vision on collaborations with the industry and various government agencies, Professor Prathap Haridoss, Dean (Academic Courses), IIT Madras, said: “Collaborations between Industry, Academia, and Government institutions results in activities that span both near term as well long term development goals. It brings together different experiences and approaches to addressing problems that require innovation. It helps all of us build on each other’s strengths.”

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April 19, 2022
UGC Formulates Guidelines For Research And Development Cells Establishment At HEIs

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has formulated guidelines for the establishment of research and development cells in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The administered by a Research Advisory Council (RAC) chaired by the vice-chancellor or principal, or their nominee, the UGC said in its guidelines.

The UGC said: “The establishment of Research and Development Cell (RDC) in HEIs will enable attainment of targets of Atma-Nirbhar Bharat and is expected to play a pivotal role in catalyzing multidisciplinary/ transdisciplinary and translational research culture mandated in NEP 2020.”

The commission suggests the establishment of a Research Information Management System (RIMS) to collect and manage research-related information, databases, publications, research projects, fellowships, collaborations, patents, thrust areas, innovations, etc. The UGC also suggests re-hiring or designating experienced retired and eminent faculty as mentors in order to develop a resilient research ecosystem in the RDCs.

In order to make India self-sufficient, the UGC further stressed that the research promotion activities at the HEI should be aligned with the mandates of different national missions by the Union government, sustainable development goals, Start-up India, etc.

For research purposes, the new HEIs are asked to connect with RDCs of established HEIs. The guidelines instruct HEIs to collaborate with other institutions and organizations for joint research, exchange of students, scholars, and faculty. For their achievements, HEIs will be given Institution of Excellence Awards.

The University Grants Commission also stressed establishing a standard plagiarism check and making the software accessible to all researchers. RDC is also expected to spread awareness among the research community on dubious research and publishing practices and predatory journals.

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March 15, 2022
Jammu University To Be Declared Innovation And Research Hub Under NEP: Kansal

Jammu University will be declared an innovation and Research hub under the New National Education Policy (NEP). This was announced by the Principal Secretary of Higher Education, Rohit Kansal today. He was addressing the valedictory function of the week-long ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’ festival held here at the University of Jammu.

The festival coincided with National Science Day celebrated nation over by numerous academic institutions. On the occasion, the Principal Secretary maintained that the message on the eve is adoption and exploration of the knowledge of science and technology for the overall development of the society.

Speaking, the Principal Secretary urged the audience that technology in itself is not the end but a means to provide a better life to the people. Humanity has no other option than to relentlessly march on the path of research and innovation, the purpose of all innovation must be the benefit of humanity and the upliftment of the poorest. He said that technology is not meant for millionaires or the upper crust only but for the welfare and well-being of all the 7 billion people of the world. He further elucidated that technology is worth only when it comes to the rescue of the underprivileged, the sick, poor, and the helpless.

Kansal mentioned that technology has an appreciable role in every sphere be it drones in agriculture, use of AR/VR in medicine, weather forecasting, blockchain technology, or space technology everything has a positive impact on the lives of the human race. He said that technology, innovation, growth, and progress should be conservative in terms of sustainability and should ensure the prevalence of a fair, equitable, and just world.

The Principal Secretary also noted that India has a long tradition of science and innovation. The contributions of ancient India in medicine, surgery, astronomy, mathematics, and physics were immense. Many Indian innovations reached Europe via the Arab world.

Referring to the role of universities, he said that the University of Jammu would be promoted as one of the leading institutions in the promotion of Science and Technology in the UT. Moreover, he mentioned that the University would be given the role of mentoring and promotion for imparting studies in the faculties of Science and Technology in all of its constituent colleges under the NEP-2020.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof MK Dhar in his address stated that India is proud to have produced eminent scientists like Sir CV Raman (Raman Effect) long back in the 1920s. He said that technology has a preeminent role in advancing humanity towards betterment.

The VC asked his students to pursue scientific studies to spread its message. He said that youth have the role of building scientific temperament and innovative thinking in society. He said that they should adopt STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) studies for rational thinking.

He said that if this festival is able to transform the thinking and direction of only 20% among one thousand participating students the same would be considered a successful one.

Prof Dhar also said that a sustainable future aiming at the future sans poverty, hunger, depravity, and disasters with a healthy lifestyle providing equitable opportunities to all should be our common goal. He said that technology empowers us beyond our imagination. He said that our developmental aspirations should be in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Others who spoke on the occasion included Prof Arvind Jasrotia, Registrar University of Jammu; Prof Rahul Gupta, Dean Mathematical sciences; Prof Seema Langar, Dean, Life Sciences and attended by other Heads of Departments, faculty members, college principals, research scholars, and students.

Later on, the Principal Secretary distributed prizes and trophies among the winning students of various universities and colleges who had participated in poetry, essay, slogan writing, quiz competition, and short film making on the given themes.

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March 1, 2022
Delhi University Reopens 4 more Libraries for Research Scholars, Faculty Members

As part of its phased reopening amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Delhi University will allow research scholars and faculty members to access four more libraries across its campuses.

After allowing access to the central library last week, the varsity reopened the Central Science Library, Ratan Tata Library, South Delhi Campus Library, and Faculty of Law Library for Ph.D./MPhil scholars and faculty members on Monday.

It announced that users will have to make prior registration to use the library facilities from 10 am to 4 pm on weekdays.

Library facilities under Delhi University Library System (DULS) will be made operational in phases. In the first phase, only bona fide faculty members, Ph.D./MPhil scholars will be allowed to use library reading room facilities. The reading room facilities would be limited from 10 am to 4 pm during the weekdays i.e. Monday to Friday,

The university said in a notice.

Visitors will have to take permission through e-mail to the librarian before visiting the library for the central library, all reading rooms on the research floor and three rooms on the ground floor will be available for the visitors. At the Central Science Library, two reading rooms on the first floor will be made available to the visitors, it said.

The Ratan Tata Library at the Delhi School of Economics will make the reading hall at the ground floor and the periodical section on first floor accessible to visitors.

While all the floors of the South Delhi Campus Library can be accessed by research scholars, the reading hall on the ground floor and first floor of the Faculty of Law Library will be available to visitors, the notice stated.

The library will also allow its members to borrow and return books and no “late return fine” would be charged for the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. While it advised the staff handling books to wear gloves, visitors have also been instructed to carry gloves and hand sanitizer and maintain social distancing.

“The user/staff who does not adhere to the guidelines would face disciplinary action like cancellation of membership etc,” it said.

The Delhi University (DU) had announced reopening its campus and colleges from February 1 for final-year students who require access to facilities for practical purposes.

Schools, colleges, and universities across the country were closed in March last year to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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February 15, 2021