Research and Consultancy is given due importance at the college. Some faculty members are engaged in research activities. Ten teachers of the college are PhD degree holders and 13 teachers are M Phil degree holders. Three teachers are deputed on FDP to pursue their Ph.D. Among them, two are already awarded PhD degree. Two teachers are about to submit their M Phil dissertations. One teacher is pursuing his PhD on part-time basis. Four teachers are working on minor research projects (MRP). One MRP is recently completed. Principal and several faculty members are guiding M Phil candidates. 1. Number of PhD degree holders in the College 13 2. Number of MPhil degree holders 13 3. Number of Faculty members pursuing studies for PhD 02 4. Number of Faculty members who have submitted their M Phil dissertations 04 5. Number of Faculty members guiding students for M Phil/PhD 04 In addition to these many Faculty members have undertaken research projects as detailed below: Research Projects undertaken by the Faculty members of the College Sl. No. Name of the Faculty member Dept. Title of the Project work Funding Agency Duration of Project Amount sanctioned (Rs) 1. Dr. Srinivas, N Physics 1 Model study of role of dust/ Aerosols in the equatorial mesosphere (Completed). Model study of Dusty Mesosphere. UGC   UGC 2 years   2 years 65,000   20,000 2. Dr. Ramegowda M Physics Computerization of Physics experiments (Completed) UGC 2 years 73,500 3. Dr. Sreepad H R Physics Science and Spirituality VISHIST 5 years 1,00,000 4. Dr. Anuradha A V English Teaching English at tertiary level: How to make it effective UGC 2 years 50,000 5. Dr. Shivanand S Gornale Computer science Study of finger print image Denoising techniques using decimated and undecimated wavelet transform UGC 18 Months 90,000