OBJECTIVE

The main objective of the proposed research policy is to motivate the faculty members of the college to undertake quality research, consultancy and other research related activities.

SCOPE OF THE POLICY

This policy covers faculty members of all departments of the college.

The scope of the policy envisages, in particular:

• To motivate the faculty members to focus on research activities, in addition to the teaching, so as to publish research articles in reputed refereed national and international journals with impact factor.
• To pursue efforts to write books, monographs for publication by national and international publishers of repute.
• To create interest among the faculty so that they take efforts to establish collaborative research projects with their counterparts in reputed foreign Universities.
• To encourage the faculty members to submit proposals and secure funded research projects from various funding agencies in India and Abroad.
• To undertake consultancy projects sponsored by Government & Private Industries and other organizations.
• To encourage creativity in the minds of faculty, so that they make original contributions by way of products, concepts etc. and obtain patents.
  

DETAILS OF THE POLICY

3.1 Research Publications

3.1.1 If a research paper is published based on his/her work in hard copy or in electronic form in a reputed /refereed international journal as recommended by the research board of the college, incentive will be paid to the faculty member as indicated below:

• Int.Journals with Impact factor/SNIP above 2.00 - Rs 5,000
• Int.Journals with Impact factor/SNIP > 1.00 & < 2.00 - Rs 5,000
• Int.Journals with Impact factor/SNIP > 0.5 & < 1.00 - Rs 2,500
• Int.Journals with Impact factor/SNIP > 0 & < 0.5 - Rs 1,500
• Int.Journals with Impact factor/SNIP – Nil - - Rs 1,000

The publications will be considered only if they are indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, EBSCO Host or Dare Database-International Social Sciences Directory. If the paper is contributed by more than one author, the credit points will be shared by all the authors equally. Faculty members are encouraged to publish papers only in reputed journals and avoid publications in paid journals. Faculty members should also submit a "Self Declaration" stating that publication fee was not paid to the Journal.

3.1.2 If a research paper is published based on his/her work in hard copy or in electronic form in a reputed /refereed national journal as recommended by the research board of the college, incentive will be paid to the faculty member as indicated below:

• Reputed/referred national journal - Rs 500
  

 

2 Publication of Books

Faculty members who have taken efforts to write and publish books or monographs are encouraged and incentive will be given to the faculty member as indicated below.

 

Details	Published By	Amount
Full book	Renowned international publisher	Rs 10,000
Full book	Full book Renowned National publisher	Rs 5000
Contribution	Renowned International / National Publishe	Rs 2000
Monographs	National level/Int.level	Rs 2000

 

3 Collaborative Research Project with Foreign University/ Agency

 Any Collaborative research project undertaken by the faculty with a foreign University with tangible outcome, the faculty member is eligible to get an incentive of 20% of the project grant. The tangible outcome shall be endorsed by the Research Board.
 If the project involves more than one faculty from the college, the total amount will be shared among the participating faculty members.
 The year in which the collaborative project commenced is the criteria for including this into the scheme. A project cannot be included more than once in the scheme.
 Any publication arising out of this collaborative research will also be eligible for incentives as per the norms of the publication.