-Revamping the Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization by providing international travel grants, creating inter-disciplinary research groups, and organizing over two dozen international and national conferences during 2019-2020.

-Accelerating research productivity through research incentives based on quality publications and SU-funded research projects worth Rs.60 million, which led to the publication of 805 research papers during 2019-2020.

-Establishing global linkages through research collaborations with several reputed international institutions, including three leading agriculture universities of China in precision agriculture, citrus and sugarcane research, and dryland agriculture.