Academic research is one of the main objectives and thus regarded as a fundamental and indispensable activity of Nad Sadhna. This Research Resource Centre provides and facilitates regular on-going research training and other related support to Research students and Interns. Research capacity development is first and foremost about developing appropriate research skills at an individual level and promoting a culture of research in the field of art and culture.
The primary functions of the Centre are as follows:
• To provide assistance with project planning and writing of research proposals;
• To provide a statistical advisory service to facilitate data acquisition, capture and analysis within research projects;
• To provide information to researchers on research and research policy at other institutions and government agencies;
• To organize seminars, workshops, talks, and symposia related to all aspects of the related research project;
• To provide physical resources in the form of computers, statistical software, Audio studio, video equipment, podcasting equipment and access to library & museum for the production of reports and other academic outputs, e.g., conference posters, conference papers and refereed journal articles.
In addition to these functions, the Centre strives:
• To promote the use of Information Technology in creation of a significant mass of networked information that can enrich a sense to preserve cultural information.
• To provide a link between the Subject and local individual researchers;
• To produce a number of research reference guides;
• To provide links with other research institutions and Internet sites through its own Internet web site www.nadsadhna.com