The Research Advisory Committee at the College is aimed at enhancing the research capacity of faculty and students. The Committee is responsible for informing students about intercollegiate research opportunities and encouraging them to publish original work in leading journals / present at conferences. The cell also organizes Academic Writing workshops in order to hone writing and analytical skills of students. Moreover, the Committee encourages faculty and students alike to take up research projects on contemporary local, national and international issues.
The Research Advisory Committee of Patrician College of Arts and Science collectively makes an effort to guide the scholars by constantly encouraging, motivating and guiding them to gain new knowledge about research. The systematized efforts of the research committee act as source of pertinent information for the scholars to gain confidence in choosing the topic, publishing an article and to present their thesis with courage and confidence. Therefore the Motto of Patrician College “To seek, To strive and To find” is accomplished by including the Mission of Research program as an academic activity.

• The PG and M.Phil dissertation should be tested for plagiarism by the respective Head of the Departments before the students submit their hardcopy.
• All research work must be based on original ideas.
• The research thesis must be checked for originality and plagiarism by the Research Supervisor before submitting it to the University.
• The Research papers/articles must be tested for plagiarism through software (online tools) before submitting them to Research Journals/ Scopus etc. for publication.
• According to the UGC norms, the level of plagiarism must be less than 10% for research articles and thesis.
• Each supervisor shall submit a certificate indicating that the work done by the researcher under him/her is plagiarism free.
• Any violations in this regard should be taken to the knowledge of the Principal for necessary disciplinary action.
• lagiarism Disciplinary Committee constituted by the Principal will look into all the issues of plagiarism and recommend suitable action to be initiated against the defaulter.

Every year Research day will be observed. On the occasion, research projects of faculty and students will be presented, judged and the best Research Project will be awarded. Research Awards will be presented to faculty and students to encourage them to engage into further research areas and opportunities. On that day, Research Seminar/ Workshop or Symposium will be organized with renowned researchers.

• Best Researcher Award for Faculty
• Best Researcher Award for Women Faculty
• Best Research Project Award for Post Graduate(PG) Student and Research Scholar.

• The Management will extend support through seed money and partial financial assistance for teachers engaged in research work.
• The Management will reimburse partially to faculty and students towards registration charges for attending and presenting papers at conferences, workshops, seminars; and publishing articles in UGC approved Journals.
• The college is Wi-Fi enabled and provides for immediate access to INFLIBNET, SHODHSINDHU and other online resources.
• TAB is provided for faculty to support and encourage them in their research efforts.
• Library, Computer Lab and Multimedia Lab has Internet connectivity to facilitate the research culture.

Every year Research day will be observed. On the occupation, research projects of faculties and students will be presented, judged and the best Research Project will be awarded. There will also be a Research Seminar/ Workshop on Symposium to make the day with renowned researcher invited.

The UGC has setup a Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) to identify, continuously monitor and maintain ' UGC-CARE Referenc List of Quality Journals' across disciplines(henceforth refered as 'UGC- CARE List') UGC-CARE List is available at the UGC-CARE website.