Dr. Mahindra Gaikwad delivered a 6-hour seminar on research methodology at SHRI SAI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. He explained that modern research must be customer-oriented, timely, and competitive. Dr. Gaikwad also emphasized the importance of fundamental research that can have long-term impacts over 100 years. In his examples of mobile phones and Fourier transforms, he illustrated how past research has enabled major technological advances. Principal Dr. Agrawal encouraged the faculty to focus on research goals that benefit society.