Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) provides quality education and excellent professional services in various fields. IUKL was rated 5 stars for the Teaching and Facilities category in the latest 2020 QS Rating System and is the only Infrastructure University in Malaysia focussing on hard and soft infrastructure. All programmes offered by IUKL are approved by both the Ministry of Education and the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA).

IUKL has professional recognition from various local and international professional bodies including the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM), Land Surveyors Board (LJT), Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM), Washington Accord, CISCO, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). IUKL creates an environment of discovery that fosters learning and rewards creativity with a focus to bring ideas and inventions to benefit students and society at large.

Thus, IUKL recognises the importance of integrating industrial needs into academic research. The University’s research and development (R&D) activities are managed and strengthened by the Research Management Centre (RMC) which coordinates and supports the academic community’s intellectual services that facilitate research, development, commercialisation, and intellectual property protection. These research activities cover both basic and applied research in Science, Technology, and Social Science.

Easwari Engineering College (EEC) a division of SRM Group of Institutions, led by visionary leaders, the founder Chancellor Dr.T.R.Paarivendhar and the Chairman Dr.R.Shivakumar. The College was established in the year 1996. The college was granted Autonomy by UGC in 2019. It offers eleven UG and six PG programmes including Engineering, Technology and Management. All UG and PG programmes have secured Permanent Affiliation (except newly commenced).

The institution is accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ grade, Accredited by NBA, New Delhi and ISO 9001:2015 certified. Easwari Engineering College has secured 189th rank in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Goverment of India 2019 ranking results and 21st among 197 colleges participated in Tamil Nadu Engineering Colleges.

The Institution is aligned with Central Government initiatives like Digital India, Skilling India, Unnat Jyothi, Swachh Bharat, Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. The Institution has got 5thposition in Swachh Campus Ranking in Higher Educational Institutions under Non-Residential College, AICTE by MHRD. The institution is recognized as Mentor Institution under AICTE Margadarshan Scheme. T he Institute is recognized by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and received funding from various Government Agencies for sponsored research including FIST from DST.

Research and publication play an important role in acquiring and exploring knowledge. The present international faculty development program is aimed to provide eminence status for the teachers, academicians, researchers working in educational institutions by enhancing their skills on par with the changes occurring in the field all over the world. It is a fact that increased awareness about online publications and compulsory publication of papers in reputed journals, created a new set of challenges before the academicians and teachers, thus forced them to search for suitable mechanisms and statistical tools.

Teachers have to meet demands of their college managements to excel their maximum performance in research and publications. Hence, a knowledge on quality of research and publications can help to meet such expectations. The present faculty development program helps the academicians and researchers to acquire latest trends in research and publications and help them to undergo a change by planning effective strategies.