and contributes significantly towards the accomplishment of the University Vision and Mission. FDC regularly organizes comprehensive range of activities from Personal development to professional Excellency to equip participant teachers with updated knowledge and skills.

########## Research and Innovation

University has state of the art academic and research facilities, financial support system to promote advanced research. In the last five years, 73 research projects worth Rs. 25.22 Crore were funded by government and non-government agencies. In line, twelve University Teaching Departments have received financial grant under the UGC-SAP, CAS, DST-FIST, DBT, ICSSR etc. The University faculty has published research papers in the quality journals duly notified on UGC website. The university has h-index 30 (SCOPUS including self citation) calculated for last five years. 629 books/books chapters/ proceedings are published since last accreditation. A total number of 897 scholars including 457 JRFs, SRFs, Post Doctoral Fellows, Research Associates and Project Fellows have been enrolled in the university in last five years. The University has well defined 'Research Promotion Policy' to promote research culture among the faculty and research scholars. In this policy, there is a provision of several incentives and awards for the researchers of the University. The University has 'Code of Ethics for Academic Integrity and Plagiarism' to promote research and to check malpractices and Plagiarism. University has adopted 'IPR policy' to address intellectual property issues. The IPR cell has conducted 20 workshops and sensitization programs on IPR issues and Industry-Academia Innovative practices and enabled the faculty members to fetch, 13 Patents. The University has entered into National and International level strategic tie-ups with academic and research organizations for joint academic and research programs. 24 MoUs have already been signed and one is under consideration. Recently University has also signed MoU with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide skill development avenues to the University students and with Global Village Foundation (GVF) for collaborative work in higher education, policy planning and social issues. University has also signed an MoU with EUSAI for promotion of sports activities. The various University Teaching Departments are having active research collaborations with 48 national and 15 international institutions. Funding for Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN), Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India has also been received to the various departments of University and a few programs have already been conducted successfully in this programme. To promote research on its own account, the University provides 40 University ResearchScholarships annually, accumulating to about 160 in a given financial year. Fifteen (15) additional University Research Scholarships are exclusively meant for SC category students. At, present, 325 students are registered for Ph.D. in different departments. There are 279 JRFs and 72 SRFs, besides 54 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellows have availed fellowship for pursuing their research degrees.

########## Infrastructure and Learning Resources

The physical facilities of the University are enormous to support the teaching- learning activities. The campus spreaded over an area of 622 acres with a built up area of 3,75,000 sq. meters, with 18 teaching blocks accommodate 38 University Teaching Departments. Total 279 classrooms including 245 with LAN and Wi-Fi, 177 departmental laboratories and one Central Instrumentation Laboratory, 2285 PCs, 150 laptops are of great help. Sports facilities of the University are state-of-the-art in nature. Counting a few synthetic