Rs 1.2 crore for 12 Lucknow University research projects

LUCKNOW: Students of Lucknow University (LU) will soon get the opportunity to do research in various disciplines, thanks to the state government's centres of excellence scheme.
Around Rs 1.20 crore has been released for 12 projects on topics ranging from environment, forensic science, medicine and physics to journalism, commerce, public administration and social behaviour.
Each project can be of 2-5 years and will benefit over 4,000 PG students and PhD scholars.The departments that have won the grants are botany, journalism, physics, anthropology, sociology, social work, commerce and zoology, besides the ONGC centre. "The approval (for centres of excellence) has been received and these will be started soon," said pro-vice chancellor Raj Kumar Singh.
A centre of excellence in innovations will be set up in the department of physics to facilitate research on Android phones, cyber security and materials testing, said centre coordinator professor Rajiv Manohar.