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— RMIT College of Science, Engineering and Health in India India has a 4D advantage: ■ Democracy ■ Demography ■ Diversity ■ Dynamic Growth — Our Mission From the Office of the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, India College of Science, Engineering & Health Our mission at the Office of the Associate Pro We aim to arm the students with the necessary skills Vice-Chancellor India for the College of Science, required for immediate employment after graduation, Engineering and Health (SEH) is to enrich the anywhere around the globe, by instilling innovation, experiences of RMIT University students through entrepreneurial thinking, practical problem-solving, our global outreach programs across India, and to and a global perspective. We continue to strive encourage bilateral networking and collaboration toward research that is internationally significant, with international research institutes and industries. relevant, and can be adapted to real world applications by delivering innovative solutions Science thrives on innovation through collaboration, to common global challenges. which makes international engagement an intrinsic tool for success. To secure Australia’s international competitiveness in research and development, we must encourage a global attitude to higher education. — Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor India College of Science, Engineering & Health Dear Colleagues, We’ve had an exciting year with RMIT University winning the Excellence in Innovation Award in Partnerships and International Engagement. The award, presented by Study Melbourne, was for demonstrating outstanding achievement in collaborative international partnerships through the joint PhD model with our Indian partners. RMIT University’s presence in India continues to strengthen with the commencement of students in our newest joint PhD program with India’s prestigious Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research. The very first cohort of the joint AcSIR-RMIT program enrolled 17 PhD students in August into the Schools of Science and Engineering. With our RMIT-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research -Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (‘CSIR- IICT’) Joint Research program entering its seventh year, it is looking to be the most rewarding yet. The fourth cohort of 14 PhD candidates, enrolled back in November 2016, will be transferring to Melbourne in February 2019. The success of the RMIT-CSIR-IICT Joint PhD program has encouraged RMIT University to expand the program into the future, with the fifth cohort planned for 2019. As India’s research output continues to surge, RMIT University is prioritising its international collaboration and engagement programs with India which will bring rewards to participating institutes and both nations. Distinguished Professor Suresh Bhargava Associate Pro Vice–Chancellor India, College of Science, Engineering and Health Director, Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry RMIT University — Executive Director of CSIR-IICT I express my profound happiness on the success of the Joint research and academic collaboration between CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia for generating Ph.D students of high calibre yielding in research publications of high impact. The success has further encouraged the establishment of an innovation hub for industrial research to orient their R&D efforts in translation. My appreciation to the supervisors and students for bringing laurels such as National Awards by HDR Publication Incentive Funding and Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards from Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI). I congratulate the faculty of this joint programme for showcasing their significant achievements recently at Chemeca-International Conference held in the Melbourne Convention Center and I am sure they will further it at the meeting being held at CSIR-IICT. I wish the students and supervisors of this joint programme many more laurels and make the respective countries proud with their excellent contributions to science. Dr. S. Chandrasekhar Director, CSIR-IICT — Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global Development & Vice-President RMIT is a university of Australia with strong international affiliations. Our global activity includes a focus on India as a priority to cultivate partnerships and collaboration that bring value to the region and share talent and skill. RMIT has developed a unique model to align with Indian National Laboratories through the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research of India (AcSIR). The award winning AcSIR and IICT PhD programs are highly innovative and inclusive, offering students a unique, global training experience, with access to state of the art facilities and supervisors from India and Australia. Our relationships in India are helping students develop real world skills that prepare them for the global job market. So far the program has been highly successful, with 100% of our students employed and several securing prominent roles in industry and academia around the globe. In addition, several notable awards have been received for their research, Together we are enabling the next generation of researchers to bring their passion and talent to help us build a better world. That’s something to be proud of. Rachel Holthouse Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global Development & Vice-President RMIT University — Our Next Step: The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Unlike typical educational organizations, AcSIR acts (AcSIR) is an autonomous governing body that was as a centralized administration hub and does not established for the purpose of granting doctoral and have a student campus. post-doctoral degrees throughout India’s top research Instead, AcSIR functions through the Council of Institutes and Centres. Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) which is the AcSIR was deemed as an ‘Institution of National largest Research and Development (R&I) organization Importance’ by the Indian Parliament in 2011, and in India, and runs 44 of some of the country’s top was granted the authority and autonomy to award research Institutes and Laboratories across India. postgraduate degrees by the University Grants It is through CSIR’s 44 research Centres and Institutes Commission (UGC) which governs all Tertiary where the students are hosted and complete their Education in India. doctoral training during their PhD programs IIIM Jammu IHBT Palampur IMTECH CSIO IIP Chandigarh Dehradum CBRI Roorkee HRDC, TKDL CEERI Ghazlabad Pilani CSIR HQ, IGIB, NPL, CRRI NISCAIR, NISTADS Delhi NEIST CDRI, CIMAP Jorhat IITR, NBRI Lucknow CIMFR Dhanbad CMERI Durgapur AMPRI CSMCRI Bhopal NML Bhavnagar Jamshedpur NEERI CGCRI, IICB Nagpur Kolkata IMMT bhubaneswar NCL, URDIP Pume Biological Sciences NGRI Chemical Sciences CCMB, IICT Hyderabad Engineering Sciences NIO Goa Information Sciences NAL, CMMACS Physical Sciences Bengaluru CLRI, SERC Chennai CFTRI Mysore CECRI Karalkudi NIIST Thiruvananthapuram — AcSIR-RMIT Joint PhD Program RMIT University and the Academy of Scientific and Indian Institute of Petroleum Innovative Research signed on to a joint badged PhD Pakistan agreement during a formal ceremony in Melbourne on National Physical Nepal the 27th July 2017. Laboratory y Bhutan Under the joint PhD program the students will be Indian Institute enrolled at both institutions, spending the majority of of Toxicological Research their program at the AcSIR host institute and coming Bangladesh onshore to RMIT for up to 12 months at the latter India stages of their program. The first cohort of 17 candidates enrolled under the Indian Institute new joint program in August 2018, but their journey of Chemical Technolgy has only begun. We now look to the future on how National Chemical Laboratory to capture the next brilliant minds from India through National Geophysical research and innovation partnerships with this rapidly Research Institute modernizing country. Structural Engineering At the successful completion of their degrees, the Research Centre students will be awarded PhDs from both AcSIR and RMIT University. Central Electrochemical This is a disruptively innovative program, with new Research Institute challenges that come with uncharted progress. The Sri Lanka program will illuminate RMIT in the Indian education system, and holds the potential for enormous change. Developing a 21st Century Scientist 21st Century Global Graduate Program Indian/Australian Industries International Collaborators — RMIT-CSIR-IICT Joint Research Program RMIT supervisor visit to Hyderabad, India in 2017, with RMIT-CSIR-IICT IICT Director, Dr S. Chandrasekhar, with the third cohort of IICT students at Cohort 4 students RMIT University, 2017 The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) coordinating centre for extending RMIT and CSIR-IICT is a nationally recognized research centre located international engagement, and strategically growing in Hyderabad, India, and is part of a network of the our collaborative research and education activities state-of-the-art research laboratories throughout in India. India connected under the umbrella of the Council The program has been highly acclaimed across of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). the education sector, having been written up in the The RMIT-CSIR-IICT Joint Research Centre and Australian Academy Newsletter. Its success has PhD Scholarship program were co-founded by also led to it