St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi strongly believes in the value of ‘Magis’-a challenge to do more and strive for excellence. Striving continuously towards this motive, the institution has persistently strived to achieve academic excellence in teaching and research by encouraging “inquisitive” and “futuristic” mindset in both teachers and students. The college emphasises on creating a research-based ecosystem where facts powered with novel thoughts can lead to a conscious and responsive society.
This policy will be an institution-wide statute and will be applicable to:
The research agenda at St. Xavier's College focuses on two fronts, namely individual and departmental:
St. Xavier's college, Ranchi has established four Research Centres to carry out research and publication in Basic and Applied Science, Humanities, Commerce & Management, and Tribal languages. They are:
1. Central Research Laboratory (CRL): The college established a Central Research Laboratory (CRL) in 2010 to enable the faculty and students to achieve excellence in multidisciplinary research with industry relevance. Fr. C. DeBrouwer s.j., a legendary personality of the college management, played the pivotal role in the establishment of the said lab. The modern analytical instruments present in this lab offer a wide range of analytical methods/techniques for material testing and characterization. This consequently helps researchers to publish their research findings in peer reviewed high impact factor journals.
This facility is extensively used by the faculty members and doctoral research scholars. Also, the students of science fraternity (undergraduate and post graduate) use the lab extensively to carry out research projects which is a mandatory part of the course curriculum. The facility is also extended to students of external organizations mainly academic institutions in the region.
2. Xavier Research Centre: This research centre provides a platform to all the faculty members to get their articles printed. This centre takes care of all type of publication of the institution.
3. Camil Bulcke Research Centre: The college has dedicated research for Hindi named Camil Bulcke Research Centre in the memory of India's most renowned Christian Hindi scholar, Fr Camil Bulcke, a Belgian Jesuit missionary in India.
4. Tribal Research Centre: To sustain and nurture the rich heritage of local tribes of the state college has also established Tribal Research Centre. Scholars from the local region are promoted to enrich the literature regarding the regional and tribal languages.
The policy frame work strictly states that all kinds of research undertaken within the campus must be conducted in accordance with the vision and mission of the institution, the guide lines issued by Ranchi University, and in compliance with UGC guidelines. The institution insists on originality in research and advocates caution against plagiarism and any other form of malpractice. Through code of research ethics, the institution aims to protect and recognize the basic rights of the researcher and ensures academic freedom and high-quality research outcome on campus.
St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi is committed to produce and promote quality research by adopting an effective mechanism for checking plagiarism and unethical practices.
The guidelines issued to discourage plagiarism in research are in line with the UGC regulations given for promoting academic integrity and prevention of plagiarism in higher educational institutions, dated on 23rd July, 2018 F.1-18/2010(CPP-II). The supervisors are responsible for ensuring good research conduct in the respective thesis submitted by their students.