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title: "Reading the NEP 11: Research for Every University"
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lesson: "Reading the NEP 11: Research for Every University"
lesson_key: "reading-the-nep-11-research-for-every-university"
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# Reading the NEP 11: Research for Every University

**Resource person:** GuruSetu - An animated series for teachers in Indian higher education

## Summary

A history teacher without a grant asks whether the research chapter includes her. The episode reads the policy’s broad research ambition and compares it with the foundation later created in law. It distinguishes announcements, allocations and spending, while also showing small forms of inquiry possible in teaching. A local archive, a careful survey or a translation can begin a research conversation.

It explicitly values research across disciplines, including the arts, humanities and social sciences. Its governance, remit and funding arrangements can differ from the policy’s original design. An announced or budgeted sum is a commitment or provision; expenditure records indicate money actually spent.

A well-scoped archive, survey or translation can teach a research question, a method and careful documentation within available resources. The institution may have subscriptions or programme access that students and teachers have not yet learned to use.

In practice: Ask the librarian about available journals, scope one small inquiry within a course and identify a potential collaborator at a nearby institution.