Research Centres

The college has established five dedicated Research Centres to carry out research and publication in Basic and Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce & Management, and Tribal languages. These research centres are:

1.   Central Research Laboratory (CRL)
2.   Xavier Research Centre
3.   Camil Bulcke Research Centre
4.   Tribal Research Centre
5.   Society for Earth Observation and Conservation (SEOC)
6.   Post Graduate Research Centres:
1.   Research Center, Dept of History
2.   Research Center, Dept of Political Science
3.   Research Center, Dept of Economics
4.   Research Center, Dept of Hindi
5.   Research Center, Dept of English
6.   Research Center, Dept of Commerce
7.   Research Center, Dept of Zoology
8.   Research Center, Dept of Botany
9.   Research Center, Dept of Chemistry
10.   Research Center, Dept of Geology
11.   Research Center, Dept of Geography

Apart from above five research centres all PG departments are recognised as Research Centres. Departmental Research Centres are encouraged to engage students in quality research work.

The college established a Central Research Laboratory (CRL) in 2010 to enable the faculty and students to achieve excellence in multidisciplinary research with societal/industrial 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 indexed 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. The CRL provides facilities and assistance in sample preparation to the users. It carries out analysis of samples received from students, faculty members and other researchers.

Xavier's Research Centre was set up in the year 2002 under the agies of St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, under the leadership of then principal Dr. Fr. Nicholas Tete, S.J. The idea was to develop the centre as a nodal wing of the college in respect of research and extension activities with regard to 4 major thrust areas and namely:

• Tribal Development
• Rural Management
• Human Rights
• Gender Problems

This research centre publishes a journal called Xavier Research Journal, which is specifically designated to disseminate information pertaining to the problems and issues faced by the tribal brethren living in Jharkhand and other contiguous areas of India. The journal was discontinued for some years, but the centre is working towards reviving the Xavier Research Journal for publishing its research activities.

The centre provides a sitting capacity for about 10 researchers. Besides being equipped with several books, it also gives access to desktop computers for scholars to conduct their research. The centre has a wide range of books on tribal issues and development. It provides a conducive research environment for those coming from the field of social sciences. Xavier Research Centre takes care of all types of publications of the institution.

Dr. Fr. Ajay Minj
Director

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The college has dedicated research for Hindi language in memory of one of India’s most renowned Hindi scholars, Dr. Fr. Camil Bulcke, a Belgian Jesuit missionary in India. The centre came into existence since 1^st July, 2017. Professors of Hindi, teaching in any college or retired are welcome to become members. The research centre has a total of about 14000 books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, books on Hinduism- the Vedas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Upnishads, the Brahmanas, the Bhagavad Gita and so on. Books on different religion – Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism and works of great poets like – Surdas, Tulsidas, Jayasi, Meerabai etc are also present in the centre. The centre has computers, fully air conditioned seating area, Ricoh Xerox machine, Voltas water filter, CCTV surveillance, attached wash room, parking space in college campus, the library software KOHA is used to keep account of the books and magazines. Two librarians work at the centre.

Dr. Fr. Emmanuel Baxla
Director

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To sustain and nurture the rich heritage of local tribes of the state, the college has also established Tribal Research Centre. Scholars from the local region are promoted to enrich the literature regarding the regional and tribal languages. Tribal Research Centre is a private enterprise established in 2017. It works on the promotion of five tribal languages: Mundari, Santhali, Kurukh, Kharia and Ho. These are also called Adivasi / Indigenous Peoples languages. Here the word “tribe” is used to mean the Adivasi / Indigenous Peoples languages are mostly spoken in central India. Following are the overall aims and objectives of the TRC for the promotion of tribal languages and cultures as far as practicable and in collaboration with persons, institutions and organisations on the similar objectives:

1. To engage in research on tribal languages and cultures as well as viz.. Mundari, Santhali, Kurukh, Kharia and Ho languages and publish the findings and outcome;
2. To publish 2 magazines annually in each of the five tribal / adivasi / indigenous people's languages including the wall calendar for the promotion of these languages;
3. To put the oral tribal literature in written form for record and learning;
4. To publish important old manuscripts on tribal matters that are on the verge of being lost;
5. To collect and publish the vanishing tribal folklores, proverbs, riddles and anecdotes including songs and customary practices;
6. To engage in research on tribla matters and issues relating to their knowledge systems, health and medicinal practices, governance and administration, livelihood patterns and ecology and sustainability of life to mention a few.

Dr. Fr. Florance Purty
Director

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SEOC is a multidisciplinary research centre which was founded on 10^th March, 2022, with the motto to promote a multidisciplinary approach to observe, address, understand, tackle, create awareness about and provide suitable remedial measures for the environmental issued and challenges leading to the conservation of earth resources.

For this the faculties/ researchers of different streams like Geography, Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Statistics have joined to foster a multidisciplinary research to save the three pillars of the sustainable development of the environment, the economy and the society.

The college thus provides basic infrastructure facilities to research scholars and supervisors for successfully carrying out their research work.

Dr. Ritesh Kumar Shukla
Director

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1. Year of Establishment: 2011- with the beginning of PG programme and Ph.D guidance from the year
2. Facilities:
• Space for seating, reading, planning and discussion.
• GIS and Remote sensing lab-2 (with licences of ArcGIS, Erdas imagine, Geomedia and other Open source software- QGIS, ILWIS)
• Surveying tools, handheld GPS-5, and other equipment
• Soil Lab
3. Users:
• Faculty of the department
• Ph.D. Research Scholars under the supervisors of the department
• PG students and any other with due permission from college authority
4. In Charge: Head of the Department

5. Any Other Information: The centre is conceptualise to integrate facilities available in the department towards quality research work. The centre has dedicated departmental library. There are above 1600 books on various subject matters of geography, journals and magazines; GIS and remote sensing lab having licences of ArcGIS, Erdas imagine, Geomedia and other software. A soil and water analysis lab is being developed. The centre provide these facilities to researchers, Ph.D. research scholars registered under the research supervisors of the department, MA students in their dissertation work.
• 7 Ph.D. is successfully awarded from the centre/department.
• About 15 Ph.D research scholars are presently registered under different supervisors.
• 3 UGC sponsored Minor Research project has been completed successfully form the center.PG students and any other with due permission from college authority

Research Centres Activities Report