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Research and Consultancy Policy of PSGRKCW

Research is an integral aspect of academic pursuit which has a direct impact on socio-economic development. PSGR Krishnammal College for Women has instituted the research council with the motto to develop research, mobilization of funding from different agencies, promote innovative research and enhance the quality publication with H-index. Research and developmental activities propagates and stimulates innovation in various domains of knowledge among faculty members and students. Active research acumen within the academic circle results in building state of the art facilities, promotes research publications, develops collaborative research among peers. The Research Council of the institution has promoted & motivated the staff members to receive several research projects from various government funding agencies such as DST, DBT, DRDO, ICSSR etc,. The outcome of the research has created various technological innovative solutions for rural & urban people, created several entrepreneurs and employment opportunities. This institution has successfully completely more than 70 major & minor project and 12 research projects are ongoing. The research council is continuously and constantly creating vibrant research ambience among the faculty members and researchers on par with state & center government research policy.This research policy shall serve as an overall framework for research activities that may be carried out in this institution.

Objectives

To create an enabling environment within the College in order to foster a research culture as well as provide required support through research framework and guidelines.
To ensure high level of efficient and effective support system to facilitate faculty and researchers in their research activities.
To create awareness and opportunities in Research and Development among the students & faculty and to create Research and Development atmosphere in every department;
To undertake research activities and development projects offered by agencies such as UGC, DBT, DST, DRDO, CSIR AICTE,ICSSR, etc.
To assist the students to apply funding for conducting research under student project scheme to various funding agencies like TNSCST,DBT etc.;
To assist for applying and getting funds for conducting Seminar/Workshop/FDP from various available funding agencies;
To work with various departments to establish and develop faculty research priorities on interdisciplinary areas;
To ensure publications in quality journals, indexed in Scopus/Web of Science and Indian Citation Index with good impact factor.
To nurture an environment of undertaking socially useful research with potential for commercialization.
To have interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships nationally and globally.
To coordinate faculty level workshops and staff development activities on research-related issues;
To encourage development of activities to attract the best research oriented higher degree students;
To maintain effective links with government departments, authorities, business, and commerce and industry organizations relevant to the college research activities.

Role of Research Council (RC)

The council meets once in a year to monitor & identify the future research prospects and works out strategy regarding joint research project funded by suitable sponsors.
RC will monitor the progress of the registered Ph.D and M.Phil scholars & shall recommend fellowship for the deserving students.
To promote collaborative interdisciplinary research projects with national institutes and leading universities.
RC will help in establishing peer networks through conference, seminars & mentorship programmes.
To help the postgraduate students to carry out the part of their research work in different leading institutes and universities.
To work out strategies to increase the research publication in high impact journals and to conduct consultancy programmes.
The physical and financial utilization of the sanctioned projects will be reviewed by RC and short falls will be intimated to the concerned researchers.
Conducting quarterly Workshop on the ‘Research Metrics’ for scientists to understand the importance of publication and assessment mode.
RC will identify the collaborative institutes for future research works based on PSGRKCW research strength.
To augment the research commitments among our faculty members and research scholars; research mentors are arranged based on their expertise in the research areas.

Organizational Structure of a Research Council Committee

Undertaking research areas

To adapt and transfer new technologies to the society for the improvement of rural livelihood through science & technology.
To develop innovative solution and methods for environmental conservation/protection and biodiversity.
To develop and adapt new technologies for water conservation.
To create novel machine learning algorithms for digital transformation.
To design, synthesise and characterize novel polymer materials for food & energy related applications.

Code of ethics in research (Please click here for more details)

Ethical committee (EC)
Research that requires the ethical committee approval shall be forwarded to nearby institute’s ethical committee review boards to ensure that a competent and unbiased review and evaluation of all scientific research projects are conducted according to the ethical principles articulated in ICMR Guidelines.