RESEARCH

RESEARCH POLICY

1. Introduction

The College is set to achieve the next level of excellence through a well- designed Research To this end, the faculty members are continuously urged to take up research projects and publication works with greater assiduity and passion. This is to ensure that in due and inevitable course,Sri Shanmugha College of Engineering and Technology (SSCET), Salem achieves recognition not only as a college that imparts quality education, but also as a college that has outgrown its undergraduate character to evolve into an institution of genuine and meritorious research and development.

The College stresses the need to expand its footprint in consultancy, Copyrights and patenting of ideas emerging from research
To provoke more meaningful engagement in Engineering Solutions with various multi-disciplinary applications, the College is also mooting the idea of setting up a Special Interest Group (SIG) which help the faculty member and researchers to work diverse tools for taking up their
The college also plans to implement a scheme to support and incentivize professors who take up research Publications in peer-reviewed journals listed in SCIE, Web of Science, Scopus and other reputed platforms, Patenting the idea (both national patent and International Patent).

2. Planned Incentives:

An annual yearbook in which publication will be listed with impact factor/Citations h-index, among other numerical quality measurements.

Listing on a scroll of honour to be acknowledged by special mention in the Annual Two members from each of the faculties from each department will be shortlisted based on highest score calculated on [total of (each Publication x impact factor)]. Their contribution to their respective field of the society will be acknowledged with an award.

Listing a special publication page on the College website / dedicated Research and Publication Notice Boards / Digital Notice
Publications to be shelved in hard copy in a special section in the library devoted solely to publication by college faculty / an online
Seed money for attending conference to present a paper: for registration or travelling expenses or part thereof up to limit of rupees 20000/-
Adjustment of teaching workload
Promotion to Professorship based on year of services, and merit and quality of Publications.

3. Strategies evolving to achieve the targets of the Research Policy

Promotion of inter-disciplinary research collaborations across all the departments through project proposals and grants funded by national and international research bodies and MoU partners including
Incentivise staff members to publish research papers in standard journals along with
Encouraging and incentivising faculty members to edit and publish monographs and books on subject specific
The College recognises the Ph.D recipients among its faculty and students at the annual Convocation and Valedictory ceremony.
Research output is an essential criterion for faculty recruitment and
The College maintains a regulatory body in the form of its Research and Development (R & D) Cell which conducts the research related
Encouraging student research, both independent and collaborative with faculty Departmental magazines and journals regularly feature students’ research articles.

To further encourage research by faculty members, the College reimburses expenses related to registration, travel and participation and presentation in National and International seminars, conferences etc.
In tune with the policy of research ethics and conduct, the College has subscribed to the Anti-Plagiarism
Health and Safety protocols in line with ISO 9001:2015 standards are maintained in all the research
To secure National and State level Grant for research promotion and innovation and accordingly the college.
The R & D Cell of SSCET helps the faculty members to go with industrial project grants and consultancies, to equip themselves and effective Knowledge Transfer is made to students to provoke the industrial requirements for research.
The consultancy cell is proactive and has a general practice of providing research-based consultancy to industry and other business firm.
Developing in house products from research For example, Electric Bike Department of Mechanical Engineering has been utilized for emergency needs to students and staff at free of cost.
There is a general practice of the college to support filing of patents trademarks and

INCENTIVES

Incentives for faculty members

Research Papers/Patents/funded projects:

a) The research paper must be published as a full paper in a journal (SCI/Scopus) or a proceeding with a minimum impact factor of 0.5. The incentive would be paid in the following manner:

Impact factor: 1 or higher Incentive (Rs): Up to 10,000

Impact factor: 0.75 to 0.99 Incentive: up to 8000 rupees

Impact factor: 0.5% to 0.749 Incentive: up to 5000/-

b) A maximum of two research papers in an academic year shall be considered.

c) The faculty members requesting the incentive must be the first or corresponding author. They should ensure that the institute name appears as the affiliating college in the published work before publishing any research article; otherwise, the incentive or reimbursement will not be granted.

d) Rs 50,000/- for an international patent and Rs 10,000/- for granted national patent. Please note that the management will pay the filling charges if the applicant works at SSCET.

e) 5% of the sanctioned amount will be given to the faculty member who is the principal instigator.

For the Academic Year 2022-2023, management has given sponsorship of Rs.45,000 for publishing 11 patents in different domains.

Conferences:

a) The faculty would be permitted to avail OD plus an up to Rs. 1000 registration fee.

b) Faculty members receive funding to present research papers at conferences twice during the academic year.

c) An incentive of Rs. 15,000 or 75% of the travel expenses, whichever is less, will also be awarded for attending the conference in India and the rest of the world.

FDP/Seminar/workshops

a) The faculty may avail OD plus a registration fee of up to Rs. 500

b) Workshops, seminars, and FDPs may be attended by each faculty member twice throughout the academic year with financial support.

Book Publication:

If a national publisher publishes the book with an ISBN, an incentive of Rs 10,000 will be awarded. In the case of multiple authors in the book, the cash amount will be distributed to all authors.

NPTEL Certification:

If a faculty member passes the NPTEL exam, they will receive an incentive of Rs 1000-2000 (depending on the certificate (elite/elite silver/elite gold).

For the Academic Year 2022-2023, the management has given tuition fee Concession of Rs.51,000 for Student Achievers in NPTEL Examination and also Rs.13,000 given as incentives for faculty members those who have cleared NPTEL Examination.

PATENT DETAILS

Ph.D DETAILS

FACULTY LIST WITH Ph.D FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-23

S.NO	NAME OF THE FACULTY	DESIGNATION	DEPARTMENT
1	Dr. G. CHANDRASEKAR	PROFESSOR	AGRI
2	Dr. V. ABARNA	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	AGRI
3	Dr. S. SAPTHAGIRI	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	AGRI
4	Dr. E. MOHAN	PROFESSOR	AIDS
5	Dr. A. CHANDRASEKAR	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	AIDS
6	Dr. A. VIVEK YOGANAND	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	AIDS
7	Dr. K.B. KISHORE MOHAN	PROFESSOR	BME
8	Dr. G. PETCHINATHAN	PROFESSOR	BME
9	Dr. K. PANDIAMMAL	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	BME
10	Dr. R. RAJASUDHARSAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	BME
11	Dr. A. SUPHALAKSHMI	PROFESSOR	CSE
12	Dr. M. VIJAYAKUMAR	PROFESSOR	CSE
13	Dr. C. SURESHKUMAR	PROFESSOR	CSE
14	Dr. S. KANNAN	PROFESSOR	CSE
15	Dr. B. SHOBHANA	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	CSE
16	Dr. P. NANDHINI	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	CSE
17	Dr. A. BABU KARUPPIAH	PROFESSOR	ECE
18	Dr. G. M. TAMILSELVAN	PROFESSOR	ECE
19	Dr. R. JAMUNA	PROFESSOR	ECE
20	Dr. E. GAJENDRAN	PROFESSOR	IT
21	Dr. K. LOHESHWARAN	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	IT
22	Dr. S. MURUGANANDAM	PROFESSOR	MECH
23	Dr. R. SRINIVASAN N	PROFESSOR	MECH
24	Dr. L. PRABU	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	MECH
25	Dr. T. SATHIES	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	MECH
26	Dr. T. AASAITHAMBI	PROFESSOR	S&H
27	Dr. K. MEENAMBIKA	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	S&H
28	Dr. K. KUMAR	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	S&H
29	Dr. S. PRIYATHARSHNI	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	S&H
30	Dr. G. CHANDRASEKAR	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	S&H
31	Dr. K. B. NAGASHANMUGHAM	PROFESSOR	S&H
32	Dr. P. SIVAKUMAR	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	S&H
33	Dr. K. GANESH	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	S&H
34	Dr. G. GOVINDARAJAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	S&H
35	Dr. S. ANANTHAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	S&H

FULL TIME TEACHERS WITH Ph.D (Pursuing) – 2022 -2023

S.No	NAME OF THE FACULTY	DESIGNATION	DEPARTMENT
1	K.MOHAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	AGRI
2	S.PRAMOTH KUMAR	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	AGRI
3	U. MUTHAIAH	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	CSE
4	E.SIVARAJAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	CSE
5	R.RAJARAJA	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	ECE
6	P.SUDARSAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	ECE
7	C.K.BALASUNDARI C	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	ECE
8	M.SARANYA	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	ECE
9	Mr.T. RANJITHKUMAR	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	ECE
10	T.R.ARUNPRASAND	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	MECH
11	R.BOOPATHI	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	MECH
12	M.MOHAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	MECH
13	J. MAHENDRAN	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	MECH
14	G.ANBU	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	S&H