The College has established Research and Development Cell (R & D) in order to promote research activities among the students and staff of the college. All the Heads of departments also act as members of the cell which provides valuable suggestions/inputs in carrying out the research work in the College.
Functionalities of Research & Development Cell
The following are the functions and responsibilities of research and Development Cell
i) To identify the potential areas of research in various disciplines of engineering and form the faculty into various clusters based on their specialization.
ii) To prepare and submit proposals to government agencies like AICTE, UGC, DST, IE(I) etc for obtaining funded projects.
iii) To encourage multi-disciplinary research internally within the institute and externally with other organizations.
iv) Encourage the staff to attend/publish papers in various National/International conferences of their specialised areas.
v) To coordinate the research activities among the various departments of the college.
vi) Encourage the faculty to attend various research oriented Faculty development programmes.
vii) Encourage and motivate the staff to apply for Ph.D at various Universities.
viii) To encourage the staff to publish their research works in reputed journals that have good impact factor and are Scopus indexed.
ix) To plan for resource mobilization through industry interaction, consultancy and Extramural funding.
x) Scrutinize the student’s project proposals and send them to various agencies for financial support and recommend the suitable projects.
Research & Development Activities
In order to promote the research activity in the College, the R & D cell constantly encourages the faculty to submit research proposals to various funding agencies like AICTE, DST, UGC, IE(I) etc. The following is the list of various Completed/Ongoing projects which have been obtained from various funding Agencies
List of Completed/Ongoing Projects
The College also encourages its faculty to publish their papers in various International/National Journals and Conferences by providing various incentives for such publications
Incentives for Publication of Papers
Conditions for Sanction of Financial Assistance
1) The faculty member attending the conference should compulsorily present the paper and should be a regular employee of the college
2) If there are more than one author for a paper, only one author will be eligible for financial assistance
3) The faculty can avail the financial assistance twice in an academic year on successful production of vouchers regarding registration fee and travel tickets.
4) Further the financial assistance to a Conference/Workshop is subject to review by Dean R & D in order to review the standard/Creditability of the Conference
Deputation of Faculty to Training
The College also regularly deputes its faculty to attend various Workshops/Conferences and also provides necessary financial assistance to enable them do so.
Financial Assistance to be provided to faculty
| S.No | Details National/International Conferences/Workshops/Seminars in India | National/International Conferences/Workshops/Seminars Abroad |
| 1 | Registration fee Based on the recommendations of Dean R & D following the publication guidelines | Based on the recommendations of Head R & D following the publication guidelines |
| 2 | Travel Allowance Assistance to the extent of to & fro First Class/2 Tier AC or Rs 4,000/- whichever is lower | Assistance to the extent of 50% of actual fare by Economy class by Air India/ any other airline or Rs 20,000 whichever is lower |
| 3 | Daily Allowance Rs 1500/- | US $ 40 per day for duration of Conference or Rs 10,000 whichever is lower |
| 4 | Local Allowance Rs 100 per day subject to maximum of Rs 200/- | US $ 5 per day or Rs 500/- whichever is lower |
| 5 | The Maximum financial assistance limit will be Rs 50,000/- including Registration fee, Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance | |