Avinashilingam Institute honours research and innovation awardees

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, honoured researchers, patent inventors, copyright awardees and research grant recipients at an award ceremony held on October 7.
The event was organised by the Research Highlights Journal and the Research and Development Cell at the Thiruchitrambalam Auditorium. Around 70 awardees were recognised for their contributions to research, innovation and intellectual property creation.
The awards included three Best Research Article Award recipients, three patent inventors, 15 copyright awardees, seven Minor Support Grant recipients and 23 Minor Research Grant recipients. Eleven faculty members were also honoured for receiving grants to conduct conferences and seminars.
Dr. V. Bharathi Harishankar, Vice Chancellor of the Institute, presided over the ceremony. In her address, she stressed the importance of research outcomes and urged students and young faculty members to make research part of their daily academic pursuits.
She also highlighted the potential of Artificial Intelligence in research while stressing the importance of human intelligence and intervention.
The awardees received certificates and medals from Dr. V. Bharathi Harishankar, Dr. P. Lalitha, Director, R&D Cell, Dr. Poongothai, Editor-in-Chief of Research Highlights, and Dr. V. Sasirekha, Sub-Editor.
The ceremony highlighted the Institute’s focus on quality research, publications, patents, copyrights and research innovation.