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Policy for Research and Consultancy Projects

The Institute follows a unique Incentive scheme to reward the faculty for the Research and Consultancy Project works carried out in the respective year. This scheme is introduced by the Management to impart research culture and to motivate faculty towards identifying new innovations. The incentive scheme is as per the table below.
Terms & Conditions:

  1. The consultancy work will be carried out under the Head (Principal) of Sona College of Technology.
  2. The revenue generated will be deposited in the Institution account. This is done to avoid misuse of funds. The Institute will provide the remuneration to the respective faculty as per the below chart, based on the revenue generated after the completion of every consultancy work.
  3. The students should be motivated towards participation in industrial consultancy projects.
S.No. Category Name Percentage of Share
1 Research Funding and Funded Projects from Apex Body, R & D Organizations, Industry MOU, University etc.,) Principal Investigator 2% of the Received Fund only upon submission of Utilization Certificate (UC)
2 Research Funding and Funded Projects (from Apex Body, R & D Organization, Industry MOU, University etc.,) All Co-investigators Total of 1% on Received Fund (only upon submission of Utilization Certificate (UC))
3 Research Funding and Funded Projects (from Apex Body, R & D Organization, Industry MOU, University etc.,) Contribution to the Institution Actual cost incurred to establish the facility / procurement of equipments from the allotted fund.(assets registered under the Institution)
4 Consultancy and Testing services Individual / Team Ratio of 60:40 is shared between Institution and Individual / Team.
5 Patent (US / Overseas / Indian) Author(s) Ratio of 50:50 will be shared only on commercialization of the Patent

Incentives for Research Publication Conditions:

  • Affiliation must be Sona College of Technology.
  • Only for the published papers and indexed in science Citation Index (SCI).
  • The same norms will be applicable for the publications collaborated with Tier-1 Institutions / Industries.
S.No Norms Reward
1. For First and Second author Rs. 15000each
2. For Third author and remaining authors Rs. 5000 equaly share
3. Text/ ReferenceBook published by an international publishers with an established peer review System Rs. 25000
4. Partial contribution to edited knowledge based volumes published by international publishers. Rs. 5000
Note: Exceptional contribution in Research Publication will be rewarded as platinum Award and Gold Award categories, at the discretion of Management.

Policy for Faculty SEED Money Scheme of Internal R&D Projects.
• Management of Sona College of Technology is happy to announce a unique SEED money scheme to reward the faculty for the Research Project works every year. This scheme is introduced by the Management to impart research culture and to motivate faculty towards identifying new innovations. The details of the SEED money scheme is as per the table below.
Norms of SEED money scheme:

S.No Category Total budget Allotted per year No. of projects to be sanctioned/year Duration of the project
1. Minor R&D Projects Rs. 3 lakhs/Department Based on the merit, 1 or 2 projects per department will be selected and Rs. 3 lakhs will be divided among them 1 year
2. Major R&D Projects Rs. 10 lakhs/institute Only one project from the institute per year will be selected 2 years

Terms & Conditions:

  • For minor projects, a maximum of 2 proposal can be submitted from each department / year to Dean R&D Office.
  • For Major R&D projects, one proposal per department should be only submitted to Dean R&D office.
  • Final selection of projects will be carried out by Expert Review committee and it will be coordinated by Dean R&D Office.
  • At the end of project, PI has to submit project report, Utilization certificate and other relevant documents as per DST norms to Dean R&D Office.

Policy for Students SEED Money Scheme of Internal R&D Projects.
• Management of Sona College of Technology is happy to announce a unique SEED money scheme to reward the UG and PG Students of each department for the Research Project works every year. This scheme is introduced by the Management to impart research culture and to motivate Students towards identifying new innovations. The details of the SEED money scheme is as per the table below.
Norms of SEED money scheme:

S.No Category Total budget Allotted per year No.of projects to be sanctioned/year Duration of the project
1. Minor R&D Projects Rs. 50,000/-/Department Based on the merit, 1 project per department will be selected 6 months
2. Major R&D Projects Rs. 2 lakhs/institute one project from the institute will be selected 6 months

Terms & Conditions:

  • For minor projects, a maximum of 2 proposal can be submitted from each department to Dean R&D Office.
  • For Major R&D projects, one proposal per department should be only submitted to Dean R&D office.
  • Final selection of projects will be carried out by Expert Review committee and it will be coordinated by Dean R&D Office.
  • At the end of project, Project team along with project guide has to submit project report, Utilization certificate and other relevant documents as per DST norms to Dean R&D Office.
  • Project guide and HOD is responsible for smooth conduct and successful completion of the project work.

Code of Ethics to check Malpractices and Plagiarism in Research
Research:
Ethics and plagiarism are the significant components in the research and publication. Sometimes it is observed that researchers claim others work as their own, which will degrade the reputation of the individual institution.

  • One ethics committee has been formed comprising of all PHD holders of the institute to assess the faculty researcher / PHD student / PG student who produce their work in the form of Research Publication / Research Proposal / Thesis Work (PG) Project Report.
  • Especially the research work of the faculty / PG student in the form of journal paper / projects must go through the process of plagiarism and has to maintain high academic and production standards.
  • Apart from this the committee takes extra measures to ensure that the work is at par with the national/international standards.
  • The Project Guide and Scholars are asked to use the best possible software provided by Anna University chennnai for detecting the plagiarism, All Faculty researchers seeking for journal paper submission as requested to submit the plagiarism report (maximum 20%) along with the paper to the committee for review . All PhD, PG students are made compulsory to submit plagiarism report ( Maximum 20%), no objection from guide and co-authors to get their project work approved for publication / thesis presentation.
  • Any violation of the rule and other issue, complaints regarding plagiarism attracts disciplinary action to be imposed by committee within one month from the day of complaint. Depending on the severity of plagiarism, the committee will submit the report and recommendation on disciplinary action to be imposed.
  • The Committee comprises
  • Principal
  • Dean R&D
  • HOD of Respective Deparment
  • Project Guide
  • Types of Plagiarism

(Source: http://hub.wiley.com/community/exchanges/discover/blog/2016/02/10-types-ofplagiarism-in-research)

  • Invalid Source
  • Secondary Source
  • Duplication
  • Paraphrasing
  • Respective Research
  • Replication
  • Misleading Attribution
  • Unethical Collaboration
  • Verbatim plagiarism
  • Complete plagiarism
  • Plagiarism Checker Software http://www.urkund.com/login/ and

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