NAAC – 3.

Research, Innovations and Extension activities

Activity

3.1 Promotion of Research and Facilities

3.1.1 Research Policy and facilities for promotion of Research

1. Minutes of the Governing Council / Board of

Management

2. Sanction Orders - Research Centres, Guides and Scholars

3. Research Centres and Facilities

4. Geotagged Photos of Research Facilities

5. Minutes of Research Promotion Council

6. Minutes of Research Assessment Committee

3.1.2 Seed Money for research

1. Minutes of the relevant bodies of the institution

2. Budget, statement of expenditure and utilization

certification

3. List of faculties awarded seed money

(Authenticated list of faculty who have been awarded seed
money for research along with

4. Sanction orders of the award of seed money

5. Call letters inviting seed funding project proposals

6. Brief report of the completed seed funded projects

7. Receipts of seed money

(Audited income-expenditure statement highlighting the
relevant expenditure counter signed by the Principal
indicating seed money provided and utilized)

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3.1.3 Teachers awarded national/international fellowships.

E-copies of award letters

List of teachers awarded fellowship for advanced studies

research

Number of teachers with awards and fellowships

3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research

3.2.1 Research grants received

e- copies of Award letters for Research Projects

Number of Projects and Grants Received.

3.2.2 Research Projects

List of teachers having research projects

Number of teachers having research projects

3.2.3 Research Guides

List of research guides

University sanction orders recognising faculty as research

guides

List of full-time faculty members

3.2.4 Departments having research projects

Link to funding agency website

List of departments

Number of departments with projects

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3.3 Innovation Ecosystem

3.3.1 Creation of ecosystem for research and innovation

1. Details of Centres / Programme for Research, Knowledge

Transfer, Incubation and Entrepreneurship

2. Social Outreach Program

3. National Innovation and Start up policy (NISP)

4. Business Incubation Centre (ABIC) Policy

5. Minutes of National Innovation and Startup (NISP)

Committee Meetings.

6. Sanction Order of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Development Centre.

3.3.2 Events:
Workshops / seminars on Research Methodology, IPR,
entrepreneurship and skills

List of workshops / seminars organised & conducted

3.4 Research Publications and Awards

3.4.1 Implementation of stated code of ethics for research

1. Inclusion of research ethics in the research methodology

course work

2. Minutes of RPAC stating the constitution of Research

Ethics Committee

3. University Regulations and Syllabus

4. Presence of Ethics Committee

Minutes of the Research Ethics Committee
5. Plagiarism check through software
Invoice of Plagiarism checking software Grammarly
University regulation/order on Plagiarism check

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6. Research Advisory Committee

Research Advisory Committee for Centres of Research
Constitution of research advisory committee and its
proceedings approved by the appropriate body.
University instructions for approved research centers

3.4.2 Registered PhD scholars

University orders approving research guides

Sanction orders – registered PhD students:

List of PhD scholars and details of the guide, title of thesis,
year of award etc.

3.4.3 Research papers cited in UGC Care list / Scopus / Web of

Science / others

Number of research papers published (last 5 years)

3.4.4 Books / Book chapters / Proceedings Published

No. of Books/ Book Chapters/ Proceedings during the Last

Five Years

Details of Books/ Book Chapters/ Proceedings published.

3.4.5 Bibliometrics of the publications based on average Citation

List of publications indexed in Scopus / Web of science /

PubMed

Web of Science data

Scopus data

3.4.6 Bibliometrics of the publications based on Scopus / web of

science

List of published documents with citation details.

Authod H index.

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3.5 Consultancy

3.5.1 Revenue generated from consultancy and corporate

training

Audited statements of accounts (indicating the revenue

generated through consultancy and corporate training)
Consultancy Policy

Revenue generated through consultancy (Letter from the

beneficiary of consultancy/corporate training along with
details of the consultancy fee).

3.5.2 Amount spent on developing facilities and training teachers

for undertaking consultancy

Audited statements of accounts indicating the expenditure

for training he teachers.

List of training programs conducted.

Amount spent of training programs (consolidated).

Audited statement highlighting the items on expenditure on
developing facilities, training, and staff for undertaking
consultancy year wise during last five years)

3.6 Extension Activities

Activities are carried out in the neighbourhood community,
sensitizing students to social issues, for their holistic
development, and impact thereof.

Extension and Social Outreach Policy

3.6.1 Activities

1. Activities / outreach programs:

NSS / NCC / Recross / Other (including the programs such as
Swachh Bharat, AIDS awareness, Gender issues etc. and/or
those organized in collaboration with industry, community
and NGOs during the last five years)

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2. Departmental Extension Activities:

(Certificates for selected extension activities, Reports of
Extension Activities- supporting document of relevance
should have proper captions and dates)

3.6.2 Awards and recognition received for extension activities

Number of awards

Copies of awards
(Total number of awards and recognition received for
extension activities from Government / Government
recognized bodies year wise during the last five years).

3.6.3 Other Extension and outreach activities:

Covid duty
Election duty
PSC exam duty
Institutional extension activity

3.6.4 Students participating in extension activities

Total number of students participated in Extension

Activities
(Consolidated list of total number of students participated
in Extension Activities).

3.7 Collaboration

3.7.1 Collaborative activities

(Collaborative activities for Research, Faculty exchange, Student
exchange/ internship per year)

List and Copies of collaborative activities

3.7.2 Functional MoUs

Number of MoUs and list

(Functional MoUs with institutions, other universities, industries,
corporate houses etc. during the last five years)

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Affiliated /
Constituent
Autonomous Colleges
Criteria Key Indicators (KIs) Universities
Colleges

UG PG
3.1 Promotion of Research and
Facilities 20 20 NA NA

3.2 Resource Mobilization for

Research 20 10 15 15

3. Research, 3.3 Innovation Ecosystem

Innovations 30 10 NA 10
and
3.4 Research Publications and
Extension
Awards 100 30 15 25

3.5 Consultancy 20 10 NA NA
3.6 Extension Activities 40 50 60 50
3.7 Collaboration 20 20 20 20
Total 250 150 110 120

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