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
4. To encourage and facilitate the publication of the research works in reputed academic International / National journals.
5. To encourage the presentation of the research work through academic events such as workshops/seminars/conferences.
6. Giving incentives to staff who produces Ph.D students at the time of their viva-voce
7. Encourage the staff by giving incentives to them when they publish their work in the UGC care list/ WOS/ Scopus journals
8. 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.
9. Preparing budgets for supporting students and staff research projects and monitoring their utilization.
10. To identify and inform researchers about the research programs like workshops, seminars, projects, conferences etc by different academic, research, industry or government organizations.
11. To promote interdepartmental /interdisciplinary research projects
12. To establish MOUs with national and international research organizations and colleges for widening the scope of research opportunities available to the teachers and students of the college.
13. To create awareness and opportunities among the students and faculty regarding research and create a research culture in all the departments.
14. Encourage staff to undertake research projects offered by agencies such as UGC, DBT, DST, DRDO, CSIR, AICTE, ICSSR, etc.
15. Encourage the students to apply to the fund for conducting research under student project schemes to various funding agencies like TNSCST, DBT etc.
16. To assist in applying and getting funds for conducting Seminar/Workshop/FDP from various available funding agencies.
17. Ensuring publications of staff in quality journals, indexed in Scopus/Web of Science and Indian Citation Index with good impact factor.
18. To coordinate faculty-level workshops and staff development activities on research-related improvement.
19. Encourage students to do research related to higher education.
20. Encourage students to publish their research activities in our college journal and other journals

Function of Research Cell

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 is funding the research papers which are published in the Scopus/ Web of Science/ UGC CARE list and the RC scrutinize such papers’ validity and approves for allocation of funding
3. The RC promotes collaborative interdisciplinary research projects
4. The RC helps PG students to carry out research-oriented projects and helps in mobilizing the fund to do so.
5. The RC promotes and encourages research from Undergraduate students by approving projects (YRP- Young Research Projects) which are funded by management.
6. The RC periodically conducts review meetings to assure the proper utilization funds of for sanctioned projects and advises the concerned researchers accordingly.
7. The RC conducts regular workshops and seminars on Research topics related to various departments.
8. The RC Coordinates research and consultancy services and files patents.
9. 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

Principal	Chairperson
Research Dean	Aided – 1
Faculty Members	Aided – 4 Self-finance – 6

Totally there are 11 persons in the Research Advisory Committee 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

• Do not give wrong information, plagiarize, fabricate, mislead, or misrepresent or misinterpret (either in writing, through electronic/online means or by any other means)
• Obtain relevant licenses, and permissions, and follow protocols, where necessary.
• Take diligent care of the equipment and material sources.
• Utilize and share material resources and equipment in accordance with the conditions set by the college.
• Ensure 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 your research.

FAIRNESS

• Treat fellow researchers and others involved in the research fairly and with respect
• Appropriately reference and cite the work of others
• Give credit, including authorship where 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
• Acknowledge professional and technical staff, institutions, funders, and shared facilities which have contributed to the research explicitly in all published outcomes of the research.

Ethical Committee (EC)

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.

Code of Ethics for Plagiarism Check

1. The college discourages plagiarism in any part of research work.
2. The college uses well-known software like URKUND and other online tools for plagiarism checks.
3. Conduct all research activities in accordance with the accepted standards of UGC guidelines.
4. Ensure that only the genuine work of research is published in journals, conferences and
5. 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 the college 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. Publication fees in journals and conferences

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

S.No	Name of the Members	Designation & Department
1	Dr. R. Radha	Principal(i/c) & Dean of Research Associate Professor, Research Department of Computer Science
2	Dr. P. Beena	Assistant Professor, Research Department of English
3	Dr. K. Kanthimathi	Assistant Professor, Research Department of English
4	Dr. M. S. Lekha	Assistant Professor, Research Department of Economics
5	Dr. T. Kavitha	Assistant Professor, Research Department of Physics
6	Dr. S. Hemalatha	Assistant Professor, Research Department of Mathematics
7	Dr. G. Vijayasree	Assistant Professor, Research Department of Statistics
8	Dr. R. Siva	Assistant Professor, Research Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology
9	Dr. C. B. Nirmala	Assistant Professor, Research Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology
10	Dr. C. Victoria Priscilla	Vice Principal & Associate Professor, Research Department of Computer Science
11	Dr. N. Priya	Associate Professor, Research Department of Computer Science
12	Dr. S. Seethalakshmi	Dean of Admissions & Associate Professor, Research Department of Commerce
13	Dr. S. Subbulakshmi	Associate Professor, Research Department of Commerce
14	Dr. D. Lalitha	Associate Professor, Research Department of Commerce
15	Dr. S. Kamakshi	Associate Professor, Research Department of Commerce
16	Dr. Y. Kalaivani	Associate Professor, Research Department of Commerce
17	Dr. K. Shyamala	Assistant Professor, Research Department of Commerce

 

Research Council -External Members

S.No	Name of the Member	Designation & Address
1	Name : Dr.A.Ganesan Email : ag_english@rkmvc.ac.in Mobile : 9710777713	Associate Professor, Department of English Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Mylapore, Chennai-04
2	Name : Dr.B.Ravikumar Email: dr-ravikumar@clri.res.in Mobile : +918144808369	Scientist, Knowledge Portfolio Management Department, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
3	Name : Mr M.Vinoth Kumar, M.Tech Email: mvinodh@clri.res.in Mobile : 91 44 24437217	Senior Scientist Centre for Human & Organisational Resources Development (CHORD), CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
4	Name : Dr. B. Lavanya Email : lavanmu@unom.ac.in Phone : 9840928510	Associate Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Madras
5	Name : Dr. B. Babu Email : babu@mcc.edu.in , bbabu2k5@gmail.com Mobile : 9566072363	Assistant Professor Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, East Tambaram, Chennai – 600059
6	Name : Dr.V.Supriya Email: Email : supriya.v@sriramachandra.edu.in Mobile : 9841273715	Associate Professor Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
7	Name : Dr. R. Kumaran, Ph.D,DCPIC Email : kumaranwau@rediffmail.com, rajendrankumaran@gmail.com Mobile : 9884207497	Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, D.G.Vaishnav College, Chennai-600 106
8	Name : Dr. B. Sudha Email : sudha62@hotmail.com Mobile : 9884064750	Head and Dean (Research) Department of Commerce Anna Adarsh College for Women
9	Name : Dr. V. Haridoss Email : haridoss@mcc.edu.in Mobile : 9944962056	Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Madras Christian College , chennai-59

Consultancy Policy

Consultancy is the practice of sharing the intellectual knowledge, and expertise, as an individual staff or a group of staff members using the resources/ facilities/ infrastructure of the institution for offering solutions to the problems (received from collaborating industries/ corporate/ institutions). Consultancy services may be offered to industries, service sectors, government departments, NGOs and other national agencies.

All faculty members are encouraged to take up a consultancy with relevant institutions and corporations of high repute. Faculty should motivate the students towards participation in industrial consultancy projects.

The consultancy policy of our college is framed as follows:

1. 1. The service offered shall be along the lines of „Professional Services‟ and hence carry with them obligations and other ethical requirements.
   2. The consultancy and related services should not interfere with the normal teaching and research in the college.
   3. The consultancy provided may be of two types:
      • An individual staff offering consultancy on behalf of the institution
      • A group/ a team of staff members offering consultancy on behalf of the institution
   4. The consultancy services might include – providing subject-specific input/ offering technical assistance, data analysis, policy drafting, theoretical framework, advisory in HR/ healthcare/ business/ finance, making of prototype/ model/ product designing, framing of curriculum for new courses etc.
      A few are listed below:
      • Any technical assistance ( thesis writing (DTP work in Latex etc)
      • Data analysis ( statistical analysis)
      • Financial advice
      • Entrepreneurship advice
      • D. thesis correction
      • Lab evaluation result ( by using our instrumentation laboratory services like GS, HPLC, FTIR, UV Spectrophotometer and PCR)
      • Applying for patent for products developed in-campus
      • Development of software for industries/institutions undertaken by the faculty members wherein the facilities available in the college is utilized to a great extent.
      • As a part of knowledge exchange, expertise sharing and assisting in progressing relationships with other faculty of education, training programmes can be offered to academic institutions, industry, government and private agencies where the outsiders would want to upgrade their knowledge and skill.
   5. Appropriate Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) need to be executed between the college and industries/ corporate/ institutions, seeking consultancy services.
   6. A detailed work plan, including the budget needs to be approved by both the partnering institutions prior to the commencement of consultancy.
   7. The college management provides the necessary amenities for the consultancy services.
   8. All consultants need to abide by the revenue sharing criteria determined by the college, which would be decided for the individual projects.
   9. Any deviation from the objectives and terms of reference of consultancy services should be approved by both the institutions.
   10. On completion of the consultancy, a report needs to be submitted to the college and the partnering industries/ corporate/ institutions.
   11. Periodical consultation meetings with faculty members to get their views, suggestions to identity areas for consultancy and resource mobilization from external agencies

S.No	Details	Consultancy work with use of institution facilities	Consultancy work without institution facilities
1	Institution share	40%	20%
2	Faculty share	60%	80%

IPR Policy

As a part of Policy for Promotion of Research & Innovation (PPRI), SDNBVC facilities research and innovation activities through Infrastructure Mobilization, IPR filing, Technology Transfer etc., The research and innovation ecosystem at SDNBVC enables the faculty/student inventors helps in disseminating the findings through publications and protect their Intellectual property (IP)

Focus

1. 1. • Foster an IPR culture consistent with the educational mandate of the SDNBVC.
      • Guidance to institute personnel on filling of patents, copyrights and design.
      • Encourage Commercialization and Licensing activities for intellectual assets created.

The IP protection involves the following:

1. 1. 1. Novelty and innovation in their project
      2. Proper review must have been carried over before filing IPR
      3. Ensure no conflict of interest with any parties
      4. No violation of agreement with any party(ies) involved in the invention directly or indirectly
      5. All the authors involved are included
      6. The funding agency(ies) have been acknowledged.
      7. The invention belongs to SDNBVC.

Ownership:

All the IPR document duly filled in must be submitted to Dean of Research Office , SDNBVC, and will be filed through authorized IP consultant of SDNBVC only. The parent applications shall be in the name of “Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women (SDNBVC)” only.

Grant for IPR:

The expenditure for patent filing , proceedings, grant and annuity etc shall be borne by the SDNBVC. The monetary benefits of IPs shall be shared with the inventors on mutually agreeable terms. When the college contributes substantial resources or support to the research or consulting effort, it reserves the right to claim a portion of the intellectual property rights.

In case where Institute is not taken the IP protection, the inventors may proceed to patent individually by funding the costs themselves, however, they would still have to name the institute as a joint applicant and execute an IP assignment agreement that will stipulate the level of ownership of the institute on case to case basis. Faculty members should ensure that any intellectual property created as a result of their research or consulting work is secured and properly credited

Technology Transfer:

Inventors willing to opt the technology transfer for start-ups or other company/institution shall identify the potential partners in consultation with the Dean Research and Principal. The terms for legal and financial agreements shall be mutually agreed upon between the parties and facilitated by the Dean Office. After establishing License & Technology Transfer Agreement with the identified industry , the transfer of technology shall be initiated.

Conflict of Interest:

The inventor(s) are required to disclose any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, if the inventor (s) and/or their immediate family have a stake in a licensee or potential licensee company, then they are required to disclose the stake they and/or their immediate family have in the company. A license or an assignment of rights for a patent to a company in which the inventor(s) have a stake shall be subject to the approval of the IPR Cell.