St Aloysius College (autonomous) has been selected under the newly started prestigious UGC-STRIDE scheme (component I). Component 1 of the Scheme for Trans- disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE) is envisaged to augment the research capacity building exercises and Human Resource Development of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), a college communiqué on Thursday, stated.
SAC is among 34 colleges selected under component 1 including universities and among three colleges in Karnataka. College that is expected to get a grant of Rs 1 crore under the scheme for 3-years has chosen cultural studies as broad area of study. It has the objective of identifying, promoting, documenting and popularizing vibrant cultural diversity of coastal Karnataka and their impact on the social, political and cultural identities of people of the region.
This will be accomplished through rigorous action research along with imparting effective training and research capacity building of the staff and students of the institution. This unique trans-disciplinary research will involve research staff and students of faculties of languages, humanities, social sciences and biological sciences of the institution, Rev Praveen Martis, principal and Alwyn D’Sa, coordinator of STRIDE-Component, stated.
They expressed long term objective and motivation for choosing the area of cultural diversity as an earnest attempt to become a catalyst in facilitating a cohesive, inclusive and sustainable development of target region by creating spaces for proactive engagement with communities by identifying, promoting and harnessing research potential of staff and students.
Courtesy: TOI