O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) is a research-focused institution with a strong institutional commitment to foster knowledge creation and dissemination by conducting socially relevant research and meaningfully engaging with the local, national, and global community. The ongoing research at JGU in the fields of humanities, social sciences, public policy, international relations, environment, urban planning, business, and finance reflects our wide-ranging research focus. JGU faculty has over 3000 publications to its credit, garnering recognitions and citations from scholars, policy-makers and jurists. The excellence demonstrated by JGU in research has led to it being recognized as an Institute of Eminence by the Government of India in 2020, and becoming the highest-ranking Indian Private University in the QS World University Rankings 2021. As per these rankings, it is also the highest-ranking Indian University dedicated to Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. JGU has been awarded the prestigious Jean Monnet Chair by the European Union in 2020 as well. 

Research contributing to holistic problem solving often lies at the intersection of disciplinary boundaries. JGU encourages intellectual and academic collaborations amongst its 12 schools, 60 research centres, and 3 research and capacity-building institutes. Housed within one of JGU’s 12 schools, our interdisciplinary research centres draw upon our varied faculty expertise from across the University to conduct their research, in the process not only contributing to the ongoing debates on important issues of national and global relevance but also leading and shaping these debates. 

JGU faculty and research centres routinely collaborate with other institutions through joint research projects. Through our collaborations and research partnerships with a range of public, private, and non-profit organizations including various ministries of the Governments of India, Japan, and Afghanistan, United Nations agencies, World Health Organization, European Union, British Council, Qualcomm and Facebook, our researchers have explored and addressed a range of issues of public concern in the diverse areas. These include trade and investment, education policy, agrarian policy, energy security, public health, mental health, gender equality, urbanization, digital piracy, civil society, behavioral studies, migration, and human rights. 

Research at JGU is supported through a framework of policies and committees that encourage and facilitate internal and external research funding, incentivize high-quality research, and promote the professional development of our researchers. To further enhance the institution’s research capabilities, we have established the Office of the Dean of Research. It is a university-level nodal office, with the primary objective of fostering a university-wide research ecosystem by facilitating research-related activities and by streamlining research-related processes at the institutional level. The Office has a three-fold focus: Projects, Grants & Publications, with a particular emphasis on inter-institutional research collaborations, especially with the institutions across the globe with whom JGU shares Memoranda of Understanding.  

The Office provides wide-ranging assistance to the JGU faculty with respect to research projects and funding applications. Amongst other decisive steps, the Office has initiated two university-wide research and publication-focused initiatives- the Jindal Research Facilitation Programme (JRFP) and the Jindal Researcher-in-Residence Fellowship (JRRF). The former is a six-month-long immersion programme designed to facilitate research at the university by providing a step-by-step path from conceptualization to publication. The latter is designed to facilitate inter-university collaborative research with scholars affiliated with institutions across the globe by hosting them as researchers in residence at JGU. 

As a private university dedicating to promote public service, through these initiatives, in the years ahead, we aim to further consolidate our past experiences and knowledge, invest greater resources and efforts to enlarge our research programmes, promote greater interdisciplinary research, incentivize research projects that emphasize social impact, encourage research efforts that engage directly with local communities, strengthen research collaborations, and participate actively in global knowledge creation opportunities.