Footprints to Write a Research Paper By Dr. K. A. Bhatt , Assist. Prof., EED, LDCE Prof, (Dr.) J.R. Iyer, Professor, EED, LDCE. Need: “ Innovation and Research are the currency of 21 st century” -Barak Obama, former, President, USA. Further, considering the current scenario and need of the hour, our Government has also taken multiple steps for development of the ecosystem for innovation and research such as: n Established Student start up and Innovation policy n Providing financial aids to start-ups and research proposals n Implementation of “Made in India” concept. In order to improve Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and promote industrial development of the country, it is required to encourage research and innovation domains with good pace. However, research without publication stands no-where. Therefore, it is required to tag/mark the research with the name of researcher using hard bound structure, Further, it is also essential that it should be validated by competent authorit