The Research Council (RC) at HIT provides support for all aspects of research including funding, projects, degrees, policy, and strategy. RC supports research students and supervisors through all stages of research. RC also advises on research policies, procedures, compliance, ethics, and integrity. HIT is committed to maintaining high ethical standards and personal responsibility in research. HIT has guidelines for ethical research conduct and investigating misconduct allegations. RC offers training in research ethics and integrity. RC also assists with identifying funding, applying for grants, meeting sponsor requirements, and managing funded projects. HIT research focuses on sustainability issues like emissions, waste management, and environmental protection.

1. AN OVERVIEW Research Capabilities

3. The Research Support We also promote research undertaken across HIT, and provide key information to anyone interested in collaborating with us on a research project. Research students and supervisors are supported from the initial application to completion stage, with RC acting as a first point of contact for prospective students seeking guidance on research opportunities. We also advise staff and students on all policy, procedure and compliance issues.

4. The Research Endeavour HIT is committed to maintaining high ethical standards of research integrity and conduct. HIT subscribes to an ethic of personal responsibility by which individual researchers and, in the case of students, their supervisors should have some degree of autonomy and take personal responsibility for their research. However, we also have a set of principles for the ethical conduct of research which must be adhered to by all researchers at HIT.

5. The Research Guidelines HIT has guidelines that address the institutional requirement for an agreed set of principles for the conduct of research and outline a formal system for investigating allegations of research misconduct. We also subscribe to national and international guidelines on research integrity.

6. Training in Research Ethics & Integrity We offer extensive training opportunities for all staff and students in both ethics and integrity of research. The one-day program on research ethics is offered three times a year and gives a broad introduction to research ethics and topics such as consent, risk, and confidentiality. We also offer workshops on aspects of conduct and integrity, and publication ethics.

8. Sustainability With Energy and the Environment one of the main pillar of all successful economic strategies, we have positioned ourselves to address pertinent issues including: • the high per capita emissions of carbon dioxide by industry • hydrothermal carbonization • cost of energy intensity and inefficiency in economic and environmental terms • waste treatment, exploitation and management • land filling • industrial symbiosis • contaminated soil and sludge remediation • gas biofiltration • environmental diagnostics development • modeling for environmental protection

9. Main Research Aim Our main aim is to pursue research simultaneously with academic excellence and to promote understanding and effective practice in key areas of business and management. For more information see us at http://www.hithaldia.in/research