RESEARCH POLICY

Scope of the Policy

The SDNBVC research policy is applicable to the Faculty Members, Research Scholars, Undergraduate and Postgraduate students who are engaged in any form of research activity.

Policy Statement

The SDNBVC has constituted a Research Council to promote the research culture among Faculty and students as the basic foundation for innovative research and the future development of the Institution. The research policy of the college aims to identify research areas with academic, practical, social and economic relevance. The research policy has been framed to analyze, understand and effectively respond to all types of challenges in obtaining quality research and enhancing quality publication with a higher H-index.

Objectives:

1. To strengthen the institutional capacity for technical and operational planning, budgeting and control of all research activities of the college through research framework and guidelines.
2. To create and promote a culture of research among the faculty and students.
3. To ensure quality, integrity and ethics in research.
4. To encourage and facilitate the publication of the research works in reputed academic International / National journals/conferences.
5. Encourage the staff by giving incentives to them when they publish their work in the UGC care list/ WOS/ Scopus journals with a good impact factor.
6. Maintain a database of research work and research projects done by staff, scholars and students and collect data by metrics such as Citation Index, Impact Factor, H-index, SJR etc.
7. Preparing budgets for supporting students and staff research projects and monitoring their utilization.
8. To promote interdepartmental /interdisciplinary research projects.
9. To Encourage staff and students to undertake research projects offered by agencies such as UGC, DBT, DST, DRDO, CSIR, AICTE, ICSSR, TNSCST, etc. as well as projects sanctioned by SDNB Vaishnav College Management.
10. To coordinate faculty-level workshops and staff development activities on research-related improvement.

Function of Research Cell Committee

1. The RC monitors the progress of the registered PhD and MPhil scholars and shall recommend fellowships and scholarships for deserving scholars.
2. The management of SDNBVC is funding the research papers which are published in the Scopus/ Web of Science/ UGC CARE list and the RC scrutinizes such papers’ validity and approves for allocation of funding.
3. The RC promotes collaborative interdisciplinary research projects.
4. The RC facilitates the funding for UG & PG students for their Paper Presentation in Conferences/Seminars.
5. The RC promotes and encourages research from Undergraduate and Postgraduate students by approving projects (YRP- Young Researcher Project) funded by management.
6. It also encourages the Minor Research Projects (MRP) undertaken by the faculty members through funding by the Management.
7. The RC periodically conducts review meetings to assure the proper utilisation of funds for sanctioned projects and advices the concerned researchers accordingly.
8. The RC conducts regular workshops and seminars on Research topics related to various departments.
9. The RC Coordinates research and consultancy services and files patents. The RC ensures that the library is well-equipped and stocked with the latest editions of books, e-journals and research databases which are very essential for conducting high-quality research work.
10. The RC runs two international journals namely “International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research in Arts, Science and Commerce”, “Svādhyāya – International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research and Development (SIJTRD)” and one student journal “Sparkles” where UG and PG students can publish their research articles.

Composition of Research cell

Totally there are 11 persons in the Research Cell from various departments and meetings will be conducted every month to review the research progress, fund allotment, YRP, MRP projects progress.

Code of Conduct for Research

HONESTY

• To provide wrong information, plagiarize, fabricate, mislead, or misrepresent or misinterpret (either in writing, through electronic/online means or by any other means) is prohibited.
• Relevant licenses, and permissions wherever necessary to be obtained and protocols to be adhered.
• Diligent care of the equipment and material sources are mandatory.
• Utilize and share material resources and equipment in accordance with the conditions set by the college.
• Ensure that wastages from the laboratory are properly disposed of or treated and our research activities do not result in environmental threat.

TRANSPARENCY

• Share and communicate research methodology, data and findings openly, responsibly and accurately.
• Disclose and manage conflicts of interest.
• Maintain transparency in the use and disbursement of resources for one’s research.

FAIRNESS

• Treat fellow researchers and others involved in the research fairly and with respect.
• Appropriately provide reference and cite the work of others.
• Give credit, including authorship wherever appropriate, to those who have contributed to the research.
• Ensure that research results are accessible to the public once the research is concluded or as soon as is reasonable.

PUBLICATION AND AUTHORSHIP

• Include all authors who contributed to a particular research work and recognize them.
• Cite and acknowledge others’ work appropriately and accurately.
• Acknowledge professional and technical staff, institutions, funders, and shared facilities which have contributed to the research explicitly in all published outcomes of the research.

Institutional Human Ethics Committee (IHEC)

Research that requires the ethical committee approval shall be forwarded to the ethical committee which consists of experts from other colleges to ensure a competent and unbiased review and evaluation of all scientific research projects.

Committee Members

2025-26

2024-25

2023-24

2022-23

2021-22

Code of Ethics for Plagiarism Check

1. The SDNBVC discourages plagiarism in any part of research work.
2. The SDNBVC uses well-known software like URKUND, eAarjav and other online tools for plagiarism checks.
3. Plagiarism policy of the parent University , University of Madras policy is followed.
4. Conduct all research activities in accordance with the accepted standards of UGC guidelines.
5. Ensure that only the genuine work of research is published in journals, conferences and reports.
6. Observe safety practices in all the research activities.

Promotion of Research

The promotion of research is a mandatory responsibility in any Higher Education. The research culture must be developed from the Undergraduate level itself. To do so SDNBVC is running two international journals namely “International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research in Arts, Science and Commerce”, “Svādhyāya – International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research and Development (SIJTRD)” and one student journal “Sparkles” where UG and PG students are encouraged to publish their research articles. A Memorandum of Understanding is being signed with Institutions, Universities and industries within the country with the objective of promoting research and updating knowledge of current development in research.

Research and Seed Money Policy

To promote Research in a healthy direction the management sanctions seed money to the staff and students under the following headings:

1. YRP Projects (Young Research Projects)
2. MRP Projects (Minor Research Projects)
3. Support of Publication
4. Ph.D award incentive
5. Support for Patent

YRP Projects (Young Research Projects)

YRP projects are being sanctioned for the UG and PG students with a department faculty member as their supervisor for an amount of 10 – 20 thousand for a period of 6 months. This will give an opportunity for young minds to tune towards research at an early stage.

MRP Projects (Minor Research Projects)

Staff are encouraged to apply for Minor Research Projects funded by management every year for an amount of Rs.1,00,000. The duration of the project is one year. The Research Cell will scrutinize the projects and the selected projects will be intimated to the respective staff.

Support of Publication

Staff is encouraged to publish in Scopus/Web of Science/UGC Care list journals for which the management is providing the funds.

PhD award incentive

To encourage the Supervisor, the management of SDNBVC sanction an amount of Rs.5000 as an incentive on the completion of each of their scholar on the day of their Viva-Voce.

Support for Patent

The expenditure for patent filing, proceedings, grant and annuity etc shall be borne by the SDNBVC.

Research Advisory Committee Members

2023-24

Research Advisory Committee Members – External Members

2022-23

2021-22

2023-24