Research
Pioneering Research & Shaping the Future
About Research – Overview
At RVU, research is a core part of learning and innovation. We push the frontiers of knowledge to achieve research excellence across multiple disciplines.
The diversity of research experience among RVU’s faculty nurtures a globally engaged learning culture, reflecting the University’s foundational goals.
Our campus provides a vibrant environment for pursuing unique, cross-disciplinary research through the convergence of technology, creativity and critical inquiry.
RVU actively works to create inclusive communities and empower researchers to perceive the world in new ways, both in and out of the classroom, through peer interactions, and in their communities.
Here, every idea has the potential to grow, inspire and transform the future.
Launch of the Library by Brigade, featuring research labs, solo study pods, and digital access to JSTOR, EBSCO, and IEEE.
Inauguration of the upcoming Brigade School of Business at RVU Mysuru Campus
Collaborations with 180+ international universities and organisations
Active interdisciplinary research across liberal arts, economics, law, engineering and healthcare
Ph.D.
Programmes
RV University offers doctoral programmes designed to foster original thought, academic rigour and global scholarship. Our PhD scholars benefit from personalised mentorship, access to extensive research resources, and an intellectually stimulating environment. Current areas of doctoral research span across business studies, computer science, law, design and the humanities.
School-wise Programmes Overview
Area of research: You may choose up to three areas from one School only in the case of an interdisciplinary research project
School of Business
Finance
- Finance
- Accounting
- Banking and Commerce
- Investment analysis
- Risk Management
- Microfinance
- Cloud funding
Marketing
- Marketing
- Customer relationship management
- Retail Management
- Brand management
- Tourism
- Customer Behavior
Human resource and organizational behavior
- Human resource and organizational behavior
- Labour Management
- HR Operations
- Leadership
- Training and Development
- Knowledge Management
Strategy
- Analytics
Information system
- Information system
Operation Management
- Operation Management
Sector-based Research
- Health Sector
- Insurance
School of Computer Science and Engineering
- AI in Edge Computing
- AI in Edge Computing, UI/UX – Human-computer interference
- AI-ML
- Application of Edge solution on healthcare
- Application of Deep Learning
- Applied optimization (especially for parallel computing)
- Assistive Technologies
- Benchmarking and Benchmark Development
- Big Data Systems
- Blockchain
- Cloud Computing
- Computational Drug discovery
- Computational offloading
- Computational Physics
- Computer vision
- Computer Science Education
- Containers, Micro-services
- Cryptography
- Cyber Security
- Data Science
- Data security
- Deep Learning & its applications
- Device-level Automation in Agriculture & Healthcare
- Distributed Algorithms
- Distributed Computing
- Drug design
- Edge Computing
- Edge resource management including Distributed Computing involving optimizing the allocation of computing resources across multiple edge devices & servers.
- Electrical And Electronics Engineering Sciences
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Fault Tolerance
- Generative AI
- Genetic Algorithms
- Graph Theory and Its Applications
- Healthcare
- Heterogeneous computing
- High-Performance Computing
- Image & Signal processing
- Image Processing
- Image processing–Algorithms and applications (especially in healthcare)
- Industrial IoT
- Intellectual property rights, Patents, Trademarks, Geographical indications, Copyrights
- Intelligent IoT
- IoT
- IoT in healthcare
- Machine Learning and Image Processing in Healthcare
- Manets
- Medicinal chemistry
- Modeling & Edge Computing
- Nano science & Nanotechnology
- Network Security & Cyber Security
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Bifurcation Theories
- Organic chemistry
- Performance Analysis
- Physics / Biophysics
- Porting / Migrating models to the Microcontroller Platform
- Probabilistic Motion Planning in Mobile Robotics
- Production quality distributed systems
- Quantum Information Science and Computing
- Scalable Architectures
- Sensor development and Material Science
- Serverless/FaaS
- Simulation
- Software as a service
- Software frameworks
- Task Scheduling and Management of Distributed Systems
- Virtualization
- Web development
School of Design and Innovation
- Architecture
- Criticism and Humanities
- Design
- Design Education
- Design History
School of Economics and Public Policy
Strategy
- Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
- Agricultural Economics
- Development Economics
- Financial Economics
- Public Policy Economics
- Economics, Development Economics
- Quantitative Research
- Empirical Economics Research
- Econometrics Research
- Inequality and Development
- Productivity and efficiency analysis
- Studies on market research and consumer Behavior, Comparative Development Studies.
School of Film, Media and Creative Arts
- Entertainment Journalism and Criticism
- Film Studies
- Sanskrit Drama and Natyashastra
School of Law
- Gender Studies
- Higher Education
- International Human Rights Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- International Refugee Law
- Law
- Political Philosophy
- Psychology, Criminology, and Victimology
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Cultural Studies
- Discrete Mathematics
- English Literature
- Environmental Science
- Formal Logic (Nyaya)
- Gender and Agrarian Change
- Indian and World Literature
- Migration and Urbanization
- Philosophy
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Physical Geography
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Socio-Cultural History of Modern India
- Teaching Mathematics
Application Process
Submit your application at https://admissions.rvu.edu.in on or before 11 May 2024.
Step 01
Step 02
Fill in the application form
Step 03
Upload the required documents.
Step 04
Pay the application and entrance test
fee of INR 1000.
Step 05
Submit your application.
Eligibility Criteria
You are eligible if you have completed – A
- One year / two semester Masters’ Degree after a four year / eight semester Bachelors’ Degree, from a recognized University, in the relevant discipline, with a minimum 55% aggregate marks or the equivalent grade on a point scale, where a grading system is followed.
- Two year / four semester Masters’ Degree after a three year / six semester Bachelors’ Degree, from a recognized University, in the relevant discipline, with a minimum 55% aggregate marks or the equivalent grade in a point scale, where a grading system is followed.
- Four year / eight semester Bachelors’ degree with a minimum of 75% aggregate marks or the equivalent grade in a point scale, where a grading system is followed.
- M.Phil. degree from a recognized University, with a minimum 55% aggregate marks or the equivalent grade on a point scale, where a grading system is followed.
Admission Procedure
Entrance Test + Viva Voce
Entrance Test*
Entrance Test + Viva Voce before a research committee
Qualifying Marks: 50%
*Candidates who have qualified UGC-NET and those who have an M.Phil.
degree are exempted from writing the entrance exam.
Tentative Date of Entrance Examination: 26 May 2024.
Mode of Examination: Online
Fee Structure
| S.No | Fee Stucture | Part Time ++ | Full Time ++ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Application Fees & Entrance Test | INR 1000 | INR 1000 |
| 2 | Provisional Registration Fees | NR 4000 | INR 4000 |
| 3 | Annual Fee | INR 40000 | INR 25000 |
| 4 | Dissertation Evaluation & Ph.D. Viva-Voce Fees | INR 25000 | INR 25000 |
Dean’s Message
The Office of the Dean–Research steers RV University’s research strategy, fosters a thriving scholarly culture, and ensures alignment with global standards of academic excellence.
Under the leadership of Prof. (Dr) D. Janakiram, the office strengthens the university’s vision of academic excellence through innovation-led research. With extensive experience from premier institutions such as IIT Madras, Prof Janakiram brings both technical depth and institutional insight to RVU’s research pursuits.
The Dean’s office also guides funding opportunities, research mentorship and engagement with national and international collaborators. It serves as a bridge between faculty, scholars, industry and society, ensuring that knowledge created at RVU is both intellectually rigorous and socially relevant.
Areas of Research
RVU promotes research that transcends conventional boundaries and addresses contemporary societal, technological, and ethical challenges. We promote inquiry that is not confined to traditional boundaries, but instead fosters meaningful dialogue between fields—integrating technology, design, law, social sciences, liberal arts and business thinking.
Research Grants & Funding
RVU supports its researchers in securing grants from national and international bodies as well as industry collaborations and CSR partnerships. The University offers internal seed funding to nurture early-stage ideas and also provides end-to-end administrative support for grant applications, budgeting and compliance.
Research Policies & Ethics
RV University embeds ethics-centred thinking across its research culture. One prominent example is the Centre for Ethics, which promotes interdisciplinary ethical reflection and public discourse on moral values and societal responsibility.
All research conducted at RVU must adhere to established protocols that safeguard academic honesty, ensure accountability and protect the rights of participants and communities.
Our governance framework includes:
Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC):
Responsible for reviewing and approving research involving human participants, personal data or sensitive subjects, in line with national and international ethical standards.
Plagiarism Detection and Resolution Protocols
Mechanisms to identify, investigate and address academic misconduct.
Research Conduct Policy
A comprehensive set of guidelines addressing authorship, research collaboration, data stewardship and responsible dissemination of findings.
Open Access and Data Sharing Guidelines
Encouraging transparent and accessible knowledge practices through responsible archiving and publication of research outputs.
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