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September 11, 2020
Research Theme
A research theme is a major and sometimes recurring idea, subject or topic that appears in our research work. A dominant theme usually reveals what the research work is really about and can be helpful in forming insights and analysis. The following discipline and subject-wise research themes would be helpful in fostering a culture of research that would engage the next generation of innovators in solving the indigenous problems and issues.
1. Management Science
The Management Science program aims at developing a student’s intellectual ability in terms of understanding the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of modern business. Every business school must have a research agenda commensurate with the national needs.
The discipline of management science has popular study areas including Management, Economy and Finance, Marketing, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Green Consumer Behavior, Development Finance, Project Management and Economics.
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Management
Human Resource Management
Organizational Behaviour
Organizational Culture
Leadership
Business and Managerial Ethics
Ethical Leadership
Knowledge Management
Decision-Making
Management of Organizations
Regulations and Policies
Research Themes of Economy & Finance
Accounting
Taxation
Business enterprises
International economic relations
Behavioral Finance
Business Creation and Economic Growth
Banking sector and financial institutions
Financial regulations and market structure
Foreign Direct Investment
Inequalities of labor market
Generational view
Diversity management
Soci-economic development
Spill overs in Developing Countries
Cross Border Trades
Financial Regulations
Financial Policy Interventions
Research Themes of Marketing
Marketing strategies
Buyer behavior
Supply chain management
Social Media Marketing
Holistic Marketing
Sustainable marketing
Relationship marketing
Marketing communication
Trade marketing
Strategic marketing
Tourism marketing
Brand management
Strategic partnership
Ethics in Marketing
Political marketing
International marketing
Research Themes of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial attitudes & aspirations
Entrepreneurial decision making
Entrepreneurial orientation
Inclusive entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial environment
New business ventures
Research Themes of Green consumer behavior
The Zero Waste Movement and circular design in business.
Maritime Education & Training (including Underwater Technologies)
Maritime Safety & Environmental Administration
Port Management
Shipping Management & Logistics
Tourism, Fish & Food Processing
Shipping/Transportation Engineering
Marine Engineering, Electrical & Electronics
Offshore/Onshore Marine Structures
Aquatic Diagnostics
Oceanography/Hydrography
2. Electrical Engineering
The EE program provides the graduates with the broad as well as in-depth technical education necessary for productive employment in the public or private sector. It aims at development of understanding of advanced issues important for current and future needs of the region. Quality research aims to encompass a broad area covering advanced digital and analogue electronics, communication, signal processing, multimedia, computer vision, advanced controls for robotics and microelectronics/nano-electronics.
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Electrical Engineering
Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics
Communications & Networking
Cyber-Physical Systems and Design Automation
Design, Modeling and Analysis
Integrated Circuits
Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems
Physical Electronics
Signal Processing
Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Smart Grids Technologies
Renewable Power Generation
Communication
Electromagnetics and Photonics
High Voltage Engineering
Image Processing, Multimedia and Biomedical Imaging
Nano Devices and Integrated Systems
Power Electronics
Power Systems
Systems Science and Signal Processing
System engineering
Electricity Market in Smart Grid
Electrical Machines
Instrumentation Engineering
3. Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering programs expose scholars to the complete life-cycle of computer application development including abstraction, modeling and algorithm development and leveraging computer systems.
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Computer Engineering
Data Mining
Expert Systems and artificial Intelligence
Digital Signal Processing & communication
Multimedia Signal Processing
Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
Information & Communication
Optical and Wireless Communications
Internet Technologies
Ad-Hoc and Mobile Communications
Wireless Sensor Networks
Concurrent, Distributed and Parallel Computing
System Modeling and Simulation
Soft Computing
Optimization Algorithms
Embedded Systems
VLSI & Digital System Design
Cloud Computing
Antenna & Electromagnetic
Bioinformatics
Wireless and mobile communications
Software systems, computer security and simulation
Human motion tracking and automated planning
Electromagnetics and scattering analysis
Industrial automation, robotics and biomedical engineering
Communications security and cryptology
Instrumentation and control, smart sensors and robotics
Non-linear signal and image processing methods
Programming methodology and languages
Real-time systems
Software Engineering
Software engineering is one of the fastest growing field of study worldwide. Our PhD in Software Engineering program focuses on advancement of theory and practice in an integrated manner. Since the discipline is highly inter-disciplinary involving mathematics, Software Engineering practices and models, Information Systems Engineering, modeling & simulation, Computer Sciences, Data Sciences and certain aspects of Computer Engineering. PhD Software Engineering program thus focuses on producing researchers who can contribute by creation of new knowledge and propose solutions to challenges faced by the practitioners and researchers in an inter-disciplinary environment.
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Software Engineering
Software Engineering Practices, Software and Information Systems modeling & Simulation
Computing and information technology are the fastest growing occupations in the world. The programs of Computer Science provide a unique opportunity to develop leading-edge in-depth knowledge of specific computer science disciplines and prepares scholars in the concepts and techniques related to the design, programming and application of computing systems.
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence and robotics
Computer Architecture & Engineering
Biosystems & Computational Biology
Cyber-Physical Systems and Design Automation
Database Management Systems
Graphics
Operating Systems & Networking
Programming Systems
Scientific Computing
Security
Abundant-data applications, algorithms, and architectures
Computer-assisted education,
Data Mining
Emerging technologies for computing hardware, communication, and sensing
Human-computer interaction
Large-scale networking
Computation and communication
Programming languages and environments
Verification, proofs, and automated debugging
6. Mathematics
Mathematics plays a very imperative role in the advancements of science and technology. Programs develop knowledge and skills in specialized technical areas and promote research interest and activities in the current dimensions. Fluid dynamics, computational techniques for solving differential equations, computer simulation and modeling, fuzzy algebra are widely used
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Mathematics
Automorphic forms: arithmetic and analytic interfaces
Around Tao’s Algebraic Regularity Lemma
Distribution of Values of l-functions and Modular Forms
Combinatorics of the Discrete Hypercube
Isoperimetric inequalities, Erdos-Ko-Rado type problems
Optimal Impartial Selection
Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization
Unique Continuation for Geometric Wave Equations
Non-linear perturbations of cosmological models and black hole spacetimes
Singularities of Mean Curvature Flow
Finite noncommutative Riemannian geometries
Symmetries and energy in gravity
The two-body problem in numerical and perturbative general relativity
Stable Topological Structures in Data
Algebra, Combinatorics, and Geometry
Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
Applied Analysis
Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Finance
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
Topology and Differential Geometry
7. Earth & Environmental Sciences
Earth & Environmental Sciences is a challenging and important field of science. Environmental degradation has occurred over time due to population explosion, over exploitation of resources, increasing land use, lack of environmental awareness, climatic shift etc. due to which it is nowadays a global issue of concern. Areas of priority are Hydrogeology, Earthquake Seismology, Well logging and Environmental studies, and Crustal studies.
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Geology & Geophysics
Marine Processes
Coastal studies
Geology and geophysics of ocean basins
Palaeoceanographic and paleoclimatic modelling
Environmental Geology and Geochemistry
River-bank stability and sediment dynamics
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Resource exploration of coal and petroleum
Petrographic and Geochemical
Geo-coastal Research
Plate kinematics
Frontier basin exploration
Paleoclimate modelling
Seismology
Evaluation of earthquake risk
Archaeological science
Atmospheric composition
Basin studies
Climate variability & change
Economic geology
Geomicrobiology
Tectonics & geodynamics
Subduction initiate & plate tectonics
Geodynamic modelling codes
Effective rheology of melt
Fold and thrust belts
Melt migration and lithospheric mantle and crust
Tectonic and erosion
Continents collide
Shear localization
3D investigation & photogrammetric methods
Geoelectrical 3D-tomography
Research Themes of Environmental Science
Destruction of the World’s Coral Reefs
Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Usage of Wind, Solar, and Other Alternative Energy Sources
The Ozone Hole
Waste and Pesticides Soil Contamination
Coral Reef Destruction
Animal Grazing
Acid Rain, Fish and Wildlife
Ecological Integrity of Groundwater and Fluvial Systems
Transition to Cleaner Vehicles and Fuels
Green Power
Rainwater Harvesting
Energy Conservation
Recycling
Pollution
Soil quality
Greenhouse effect
Climate change
Air Quality
Recycling
Renewable Energy
Save energy
Waste Management
Balanced Ecosystem
Habitat Model
Organic Garden
8. Psychology
Programs of Psychology discipline are aimed to ensure that psychology is taught as an applied discipline in scientist reflective so that students are aware of the nature, origin, history and scope of Psychology as a modern discipline and its relationship with other sciences.
The potential research themes / areas are as follows:
Research Themes of Professional Psychology
Child Obesity and Parental Negligence
Television and Obesity
Stress and Preterm Delivery
Cutting Yourself Disorder
Effects of Abortion on Mental Health
Dating Violence Among Teens
Social Interaction
Individual Differences & Stress
Psychological Reasons for Depression
Gender & Depression in Individuals Human Development
Mental Development of Special Children
Mental Illness and Aging
Environment & Personality Development
Work Environment & Worker’s Self esteem
Impact of Counseling on Divorced Individuals
Violent Music and Children
Emotional, Financial, and Physical Abuse of the Elderly
In-store Music & Product Selection
Teenage Suicide
Genetics, Environment & Intelligence
Over Crowding & Human Beings
Torture and Psychological Effects
Research Themes of Clinical Psychology
Emotions and related psychological processes.
Addictive behaviors and/or personality attributes
Addiction and stigmatization.
Eating disorders and their treatment modalities.
Dynamics of Personality disorders.
Quality of life and mental health.
Communication within relationships.
Services of mental health and Psychopathology.
Cognitive processes, their decline and treatment.
Psychological and social impact of virtual networks.
Decision making and problem-solving.
Concept formation, reasoning and judgment.
Language processing and learning.
Cognitive Neuroscience.
Social and cultural factors in the cognitive approach.
Psychotherapeutic approaches with children.
Pathological mourning and bereavement.
Treatment of anxiety and phobias.
Issues in Psychosis.
Violence and trauma.
Mass-media and aggression.
Intra-familial violence and its effects on victims.
Lifespan development, Parenting and social support.
Juvenile delinquency.
Aggressive behavior in childhood.
Violent risk assessment. and working with crime perpetrators.
Law enforcement and stress.
Cross-cultural dimensions of mental disorders. .
Social factors in adolescence and its development.
Self-efficacy and identity development.
Social anxiety and self-esteem.
Identity, migration and social networks.
Happiness, health and wellbeing.
Society and stigmatization.
Religious and spiritual issues in Psychology
Psychological treatment / intervention modalities of psychological disorders
Research Themes of Educational Psychology
Language and cognitive processes.
School environment and childhood disorders.
Parenting and parenting related processes.
Learning skills and teaching methodologies.
Learning and technology.
Intelligence and creativity.
Motivation in classroom.
Assessment and Individual differences in learning.
Bullying and Victimization
Teacher’s training and development
Research Themes of Organizational Psychology
Employment issues and training.
Work in the context of everyday life (unemployment, work and health, stress at work, work-life balance).
Personnel psychology and psychology of management (leadership, motivation, training and development, job performance).
Organizational culture and change.
Work attitudes and systems in the organization.
Psychodiagnostics in work psychology (selection of employees, evaluation, identification of development needs).
Psychology in armed security forces and integrated rescue systems.
Traffic psychology
Social dilemmas and human cooperation
Group Dynamics (Fairness, politics and organizational commitment)