Elsevier Research Solutions South Asia team organized a one-day Research Connect Forum at IIIT-Hyderabad on 17 June. Research and Innovation Council of Hyderabad (RICH) had partnered with the programme where a wide range of speakers and panelists from the major higher education councils, universities and research institutes took part in the forum. Prof. P J Narayanan gave a keynote address in the morning session, which encouraged participants to make research an integral part of higher education in universities and colleges. In the afternoon session, the participants had discussions with the research fraternity where they shared and exchanged ideas.