The need for constant research andexploration has shot up considerably in the past few years in India. Asnew and progressive avenues of education and new lucrative professions have emerged in a big way in the country, so has the responsibility of educational institutes and colleges to do a detailed analysis of the same. This plethora of new educational and professional possibilities and prospects related to diverse fields has generated a great deal of curiosity among students. Extensive efforts are being made by the top colleges of Maharashtra to put together vast collections of information on meticulous subjects and intensify their training process.

Not just cities like Mumbai and Pune that are regarded as educational and research hubs of the nation, there are districts like Aurangabad, Nagpur, Chandrapur and even Nanded and Gondia in Maharashtra that are fast catching up the new R& D trend. With a sharp rise in technological and other advancements, intellectual investigations of different interesting aspects of Indian and international academics are being carried out on an impressive scale.

Currently, there are research institutes in Maharashtra for the purpose of making new discoveries and interpretations in the money-spinning and essential field of management. There is research and fieldwork conducted on marketing, advertising, manufacturing and other facets of management by business management institutes in the state. There are also medical research centres and institutes in Maharashtra that uproot useful facts related to the theories and practicality applications in the different branches of medicine.

A sharp and detailed exploration of the characteristics and the properties of various medicines, temporary illnesses, long lasting diseases, physical and mental disorders, surgical procedures, operative methods, systems of treatment, human anatomy, specific areas of the human body and much more is undertaken by these institutes. Apart from these, there are institutes for research in the fields of information technology, engineering, legal studies etc. Also available are research centres for broader and more basic subjects like arts, commerce and science.

Following are important R&D centres in the state of Maharashtra:

Nagpur Central Institute for Cotton Research (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Post Bag No.2, Shankar Nagar Post Office Nagpur - 440 010, Maharashtra TEL: (07103) 275536,275538, 275549,275617, 275620 EMAIL: cicrngp2003@yahoo.co.in  WEBSITE: http://www.cicr.nic.in/ Research: Crop Improvement Crop Production Crop Protection

Thane Naval Materials Research Laboratory Shil Badlapur Road, Anandnagar, Ambernath (E)- 421 506, Dist. Thane Maharashtra. Tel : 0251-2621837, Fax : 0251-2620604

Nagpur Central Public Health Engineering ResearchInstitute  Nagpur 440001,  Maharashtra. Entry to institutes made through UPSC (UnionPublic Service Commission) and allied services. Central Indian Institute of BusinessManagement & Research Wardha Road, Nagpur Maharashtra. Tel Fax : 91 - 712 - 22899-13 Email : cibmrd@rediffmail.com Web: http://www.cibmrd.com/ Courses: MBA (Masters of Business Administration)

Gondia M.S. Ayurvedic Medical College, Hospital & Research Institute Kudwa, Gondia, Dist. Gondia - 441 614 Maharashtra.

Chandrapur Shantaram Potdukhe National Academy for Legal Studies and Research, Chandrapur Maharashtra. Courses: Law Course BA LLB (Honours) Duration :( 5 years)

Aurangabad MGM’s Information Technology & ResearchCentre, N-6 CIDCO, Aurangabad - 431 003 Maharashtra. Tel: 0240 –6601150 Website: www.themgmgroup.com/ MGM’s Medical Center & ResearchInstitute, N-6 Cidco, Aurangabad.431003 Ph : 0240- 6601100, 6601157 Fax:0240-2487727. For details, please, clickhere.

Nanded MGM’s Information Technology & ResearchCentre, Nanded Ph: (02462) 222999,224087