Abstract
Indian government is aggressively promoting research culture in universities and institutes across nation. Research and innovation is the most important key for sustainable national growth. This paper presents a case study of tipping point leadership theory to improve research culture in engineering education. Paper presents the steps of problem identification, root cause analysis and process established to improve research culture in CS&IT department. All these points are presented from tipping point leadership perspective. Proposed processes and results are beneficial and roadmap for any higher education department or institute. The analysis shows that the main hurdle to increase research and innovation in higher education institute is cognitive hurdles and motivational hurdles among faculty and students. There is need to promote need and importance of research in academics. Keywords— Cognitive hurdles; Engineering education; Research policy; Tipping point leadership.
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