Dr Rakesh Tuli is the J C Bose Fellow and Senior Research Advisor at UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has completed B.Sc., M.Sc., and also has a Ph.D. to his credit. Previously, he has worked at many reputed organizations in different positions. His research areas are plant biotechnology, genomics, food and nutritional biotechnology, crop and bacterial genetics, biochemistry. He has around 300 publications to his credit and he is also the recipient of many awards and honours.

Punjab University

What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

“Desire to generate knowledge and wisdom-driven way of life, profession and business”

As a Senior faculty member, I have always had a passion for contributing to new knowledge. With my experience, I always answer questions related to the facts and challenges of nature and society. There is a constant desire to train the younger generation for higher performance in areas of their interest.

What is your philosophy of leadership? 

“The collective wisdom of hardworking and knowledgeable people builds a leader”

Leaders need to know that the source of their strength is the synergistic power of all the individuals, on whose shoulders they stand. Leadership must know that the fortress of knowledge and wisdom is built by patience and kindness. 

What can an inbound student gain from studying here in your institute?

“Opportunities of research and innovation for students with passion”

This university will nurture mindset and innovations for the use of fewer resources with a greater outcome. Our universities give a multi-domain experience rather than a specialised narrow focus. The ecosystem promotes a habitat of solutions, reverse engineering, Startups and technology incubation.

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How does the curriculum of PU ensure the best practice of the industry?

“With the help of workshops, value-added courses, and skill training”

  • The engineering, pharmacy, biotechnology, microbiology and biophysics departments at PU provide an ecosystem for developing young entrepreneurs. 
  • The Design Innovation Centre at UIET (Engineering Department) is a very popular platform for industrial collaboration. 
  • Students associated with the DIC get some of the highest salaries from global companies.
  • A good variety of Elective design courses are offered to students at no charge. 
  • A large variety of hands-on Workshops are held in laboratories and/ or online for skill training to develop complex appliances and devices. 
  • The University has Technology Incubators specialised in engineering and biotechnology; a Technology Enabling Centre, a Centre for Industrial Partnerships, an IPR cell and several StartUp companies. 

Any insights into how your university welcomes students of different economic backgrounds?

“A variety of scholarships and financial support systems are offered to the needy students”

As such the admission and examination fee at PU is one of the lowest in the country. The Office of the DSW provides several subsidies/financial assistance/scholarships to the Campus students. These include Need-Based Assistance, Need-cum-Merit and Handicapped Scholarships, Sports Scholarships, and Extra-mural Activities Scholarship. Food subsidy is also paid to the deserving hostel residents.

What do you think should be the University’s top priority over the next 10 years?

“Raising standards of teaching and research to help the university rise to the top 100 global universities”

  • To become a top-ranking institute, we have to fulfil several parameters related to multinational faculty and research programmes, student satisfaction, teacher-student ratio, etc.
  • Implementation of training and educational opportunities that allow students to acquire combinatorial knowledge of their dreams.
  • Examination and evaluation system to be flexible, experiential and open book type to arouse creativity.
  • Reducing the gap between classroom teaching and technology incubation to catalyse the establishment of at least 5 StartUps with 2 to 3 cycles of outside funding. 

What would you like people to know about your university they may not know?

“The potential of PU is in seamlessly developing teaching, research and incubation”

The University ecosystem in engineering and technology allows students to take knowledge to the marketplace and big careers. Such an ecosystem is rapidly growing into other disciplines and departments. This is a fairly flexible permissive university with a lush green campus and rich culture of extracurricular activities.

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Any suggestions you would like to give to the aspiring students?

“Overcome your own barriers for acquiring knowledge, vision and skills”

  • The biggest limitation of all times is the “Dearth of ideas and creativity”. Overcome that to break the barriers. 
  • Art is long, and time is fleeting. Keep alive your patience and passion to become “Me Only” rather than “Me Too”
  • Wisdom is the weapon to ward off all destruction. Use it to enlighten others.

How do you tend to establish a healthy environment in your institute?

“By clearly communicating the goals and visions of the organization”

As a Senior adviser, I keep reminding the administration and faculty that students have to face their internal challenges of growing their knowledge and skills. We must not add more challenges to them by creating further administrative difficulties. They are our hope for the future, not our administrative systems. Also, Faculty needs to teach students how to learn. With these concepts, we maintain peace in our premises.