College’s mandate includes research as an unavoidable component. The institution provides a neutral environment for its stakeholders to seek knowledge in order to reveal information through research, after which it disseminates knowledge and transfers technical expertise knowledge to the larger neighborhood community. The college’s research policy also strives to create and sustain a research atmosphere among all stakeholders, including instructors, staff, and students students and alumni in order to enrich and improve academic members’ professional lives developing and promoting scientific temper and research abilities in all students in line with the college’s vision and mission

Research and Development Cell is committed to promote quality research among faculty members and research scholars in FISAT. The R&D cell at FISAT had a humble beginning in 2018, as an Interdisciplinary Research Cell at the institution level which then began functioning as the College Research Cell. It was renamed as Research and Development Cell in 2023. R&D cell is committed to encouraging high-quality research among teachers and researchers. The Cell envisions to provide adequate infrastructure facilities and other support for collaborative research and product development.

The following are the major activities envisaged by the Cell:

1. Promoting Research and Innovation culture among the faculty members and students.
2. Coordinating Research work of faculty members and research scholars.
3. Promoting interdisciplinary research/ Consultancy.
4. Helping the faculty members / Departments in preparing Minor / Major Project proposals to various funding agencies.
5. Establishing ‘Project Bank’ and monitoring the project proposals.
6. Coordinating periodical review meetings on the progress of research being carried out by Ph.D. scholars.
7. Coordinating systematic review of the progress of funded projects.
8. Guiding researchers for filing patents.
9. Organising seminars/workshops for Ph.D. scholars/PG students.
10. Exploring the proposals for establishing a new research centre.
11. Providing the report of the activities of the Cell or Institute.

One of the cell’s primary functions is to supervise research at APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and other universities, ensuring that researchers carry out their work in accordance with their research proposals, that the study is completed on time and within budget, and that the work is done ethically.