Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Abstract

In this paper, we focus over the higher educational research complexities which are the outcome of our experience and observations. It is necessary for master level research regulations to provide specific project development lifecycle execution. Different universities follow different research life cycles. Though in India, UGC 2009 regulations are strict for Ph.D. courses, there is a need for more clear guidelines and regulations for Master level research conduct. In this paper, we presented findings of lack of coordination between student understanding about research domain and difficulties faced by students during the master level research in education. This article also focuses on problems facing by private institutions about research funding and capacity building. A new research regulations framework "Research Specs" is developed and presented in this paper which can be implemented by any higher education research organization to uplift their research quotient. We also suggested Uni-HERS model with roles and responsibilities for research analysis and evaluation. This paper can be a good step to build higher educational research regulations at University, institutional and department level.