== Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==
<divspan style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> To encourage Faculty to undertake research activities and commercialize their research into an</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">innovation or entrepreneurial activity, various research centres have been established in various</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">branches of VRSEC. The research centres that are aimed at improving innovation among the</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">faculty has following benefits :</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">* To enhance the awareness about research and innovation amongst the faculty as well as</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">students through events like workshops, symposia and guest lectures on research</divspan> <divspan style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/span></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">methodology , innovation, patents etc.</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">*To encourage faculty member to get involved in R&D activities and further commercialize</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">their ideas into a startup venture.</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">* To encourage/facilitate the faculty as well as students to publish papers in leading journals/</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">conferences.</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">* To create awareness and encourage/facilitate faculty as well as students to apply and work</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">on funded research projects sponsored by IETE,APSSDC,INDIAN GOVERNMENT etc.</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The funding helps the Faculty to undertake their research and further commercialize it in</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">association with the companies that have funded the project or partnership with other</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">organizations</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">* To encourage/ facilitate the faculty as well as students to work on Industry based live</divspan> <divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/span></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">projects that will help them to tie up with the concerned industry and develop</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">entrepreneurial mindset with such projects.</divspan> <divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br/span></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Every year, different branches of VRSEC conducts faculty training programs to train their</divspan> <div><br/></div><divspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">teaching, technical, innovation and entrepreneurial skills</divspan>
== University Technology Transfer Function ==