While the Centre can legitimately feel proud of its achievements, some of which have been recounted above, it should also be conscious of the challenges and demands on its expertise. Some of the following issues deserve our attention in this connection. They have been listed here primarily to understand the future challenges in the background of the past so that the Governing Council, the Director and the faculty and also the non academic staff would be helped in their understanding of their respective roles with an element of clarity in the process of CMDR’s future development.

The Centre should reach a viable size in terms of its faculty strength with the association of senior faculty members in the profession on full time basis or even on deputation basis from other research organizations

The Centre should reach a viable size in terms of its faculty strength with the association of senior faculty members in the profession on full time basis or even on deputation basis from other research organizations