Centre for Research and Development

Incentives for quartile publications, paid on publication in journals indexed in SCI/SCIE.

Standard Operating Procedure

• Publication of a utility/design patent will be considered for PbAS.
• All faculty members are expected to publish a minimum of 1 patent per year.
• All minor projects of second and third year shall be converted into patents.
• All patents should be published through the IPM cell to be considered.
• Each department is advised to identify a minimum of three projects at second-year level to publish the patent, and the same may be granted before completion of their third year. Granted patents may be converted into product prototypes for commercialisation.
• Each department is expected to commercialise a minimum of 1 granted patent per year.
• Departments may commercialise the patent through their start-ups.

Standard Operating Procedure

• All engineering and non-engineering departments can undertake industrial consultancy such as new product development, product design, and software and hardware design.
• All engineering and non-engineering departments are requested to complete consultancy project work for a minimum amount of ₹2 lakhs.
• For any consultancy work / sponsored research project, the surplus amount will be shared in the ratio 70:30 between the employee and the institute. Revenue generated from our own students and staff is not considered revenue from consultancy.

Claiming the Consultancy Share

The procedure an employee follows to claim their 70%.

1. 1

   Facility creation / identification of industry through MoU or Skill Lab

2. 2

   Work order received from company / individual

3. 3

   Carry out the work defined by the industry / individual

4. 4

   Submit the report

5. 5

   Evaluation done by the industry

6. 6

   Sanctioned amount transferred to the institution

7. 7

   Faculty who complete the consultancy work approach the finance office to confirm the fund transfer

8. 8

   Faculty request the R&D office with work order confirmation, payment proof, report and photos

9. 9

   R&D office evaluates and gives its recommendation to the Principal

10. 10

    Approval from the Principal, then approach the office for 70% of the fund

Standard Operating Procedure

• All departments are expected to get a minimum of one fund from government agencies per calendar year.
• A quarterly awareness programme will be conducted to motivate faculty towards sponsored research.
• Faculty can submit the project proposal to agencies after getting approval from the Head/Research of the institute.
• The Head/Research will constitute an expert committee including an external expert (if required) to evaluate the proposal. The Head/Research will recommend the proposal based on the evaluation report.
• All departments are expected to concentrate on research grants for organising workshops / seminars / conferences / FDPs from government agencies.

Student Project Publications

• All second-year and third-year projects will be converted into patent publications.
• All final-year projects will be converted into SCI/Scopus publications.
• Second-year design thinking projects are called community service projects.
• Review meetings will be conducted by the department as per the departmental schedule, communicated to students before the semester starts.
• Departments are expected to ensure a minimum of 30% of projects are interdisciplinary and 10% are from government agencies such as DRDO / ISRO / NAL / HAL / BSNL.
• Departments are expected to sign a minimum of one MoU with an NGO for problem statements.
• Industry experts / alumni may be involved in all final-year student projects as mentors / reviewers.
• Rubrics for final-year projects and community service projects are as per IQAC guidelines.