Insights of Research Scholars towards Research Culture in Teacher Education Institution

The research paper “Insights of Research Scholars towards Research Culture in Teacher Education Institution” investigates the insight and experiences of doctoral research scholars with the research culture in Department of Education NACC A⁺⁺ Graded state Universities. Research culture is a multidimensional concept that involves the value of the institution, academic norms, research practices, relationships between the scholar and supervisor, infrastructural support and collaboration and innovation opportunities. Financial constraints, bureaucracy, plenty of unsystematic mentoring, and lack of sufficient research facilities usually affect the academic advancement and the experience of research overall in a number of state universities. The paper is set to examine the views of scholars towards the usefulness of research support systems, accessibility of academic materials, research funding accessibility, research climate at the departmental level, and institutional policies that influence scholarly output. Based on a qualitative method a semi-structured interview and thematic analysis were used to obtain the data and identify the common patterns in the experience of scholars. The findings point out not only the strengths, such as intellectual freedom, favourable peer networks, and increasing attention to the visibility of research, but also the challenges, such as infrastructural gaps, lack of interdisciplinary exposure, excessive teaching volume on the faculty, and lack of institutional acknowledgement of research successes. The research highlights the importance of intensifying research environment in state universities in terms of funding, capacity-building programmes, enrichment of supervisory practices, and establishment of collaborative platforms. This paper learned by the views of scholars can inform policy makers, academic leadership, and institutions to come up with strategies that can help to create a more vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable research culture. Finally, research culture needs to be improved in order to improve the quality of higher education and develop research output in the country.