Research & Development Policy

In order to meet and fulfill research objectives, CGC has the following initiatives, which encourages research and innovation.

• Research Emphasis on Recruitment of Faculty: CGC has well defined research policy and guidelines for faculty at all levels; wherein besides teaching, emphasis is also there in terms of paper published, research students’ guidance, and sponsored research and consultancy projects.
• Performance Award Schemes (PAS): CGC has a unique policy under which faculty members are rewarded based on the following research activities:-
  – Award of Sponsored Research and Consultancy Projects from funding Agencies.
  -Publications of Papers/Books/Book Chapters/Case studies/SCl/SCIE /ESCl/Scopus/UGC Care (specifically for HMCT & B.Ed), ABDC Journals.
  -Guidance of Ph.D, Patent Filing, Publications and Case Studies.
• External Funding: It is mandatory for each department to submit at least one Government Sponsored Project proposal per year for RPS / MODROBS / Seminar / STTP / Conference / SDP etc. for external funding.
  a) Incentive for External Funding: The Coordinator (s) is / are entitled to an incentive of 1% of the value of proposal (to be shared in case there are more than one coordinator) once the proposal is approved by the approving body like AICTE, UGC, DST, SERB, TDB etc.
  Landran, Mohaii – 140 307 (Punjab); Tel: 0172-3984200, Fax : 0172-3984207
• Publications:
  4 a. ): Incentive of Rs 2 ,000/- for paper publication in UNPAID national journals and Rs. 4 ,000/- for paper publication in UNPAID International Journal may be paid to the author who is a 15 regular faculty member of CGC.
  – 100% in case of a single author.
  -In the ratio of 60:40 in case of two authors.
  – And in the ratio of 60:20:20 in case of three authors.
  4 b): For ABDC/SCI/SCIE/ESCI/AHCI Publications the institute will provide financial incentive of Rs. 10,000/- In case of multiple authors in the same paper from CGC, the incentive shall be shared by the number of authors.
  – 100% in case of single author
  – In the ratio 50:50 in case of main author & corresponding author.
  – In the ratio of 60:40 in case of two authors.
  – And in the ratio of 50:20:20 in case of three authors and so on per paper which publishes original research paper in refereed Scopus/ABDC/SCl/SCIE/ESCl/AHCI (Thomson Reuter) Journals.
  4 c.):Case study publication incentive of Rs: 4,000/- for case publications in IVEY Business publishing and Harvard Business review, may be paid to the author who is a regular faculty member of CGC.
  -100% in case of a single author.
  – In the ratio of 60:40 in case of two authors.
  – And in the ratio of 60:20:20 in case of three authors and so on per case study which publishes original case study in lVEY Business publishing and Harvard Business review.

4 d.): In case of Book/ Chapter publications, the incentives of Rs. 4,000/- will be given to the authors as per the quality of publication, the discretion of which rests on the research committee. The incentive shall be shared by the regular faculty members of CGC as follows:
– 100% in case of a single author.
-In the ratio of 60:40 in case of two authors.
– And in the ratio of 60:20:20 in case of three authors.
* For Publications Incentive granted only subject to citation of CGC Faculty.

• Professional Development Allowance (PDA): Faculty members are given Professional Development Allowance for attending conferences, delivering lectures and other academic activity.
  a.): Conferences in India: For presentation of research papers in conferences within India, the regular faculty member of CGC shall be eligible for:
  i. 50% of conference registration fee subject to maximum of Rs. 5000/-
  ii. To & Fro Travel allowance as per college Domestic Travel Policy.
  iii, Duty Leave as per College Leave Rules Policy.
  b.): Foreign Conference: For presentation of research paper in international conference outside the country, the regular faculty member of CGC shall be eligible for:

  i. 50% of conference registration fee subject to maximum of Rs 10 ,000/-
  ii. 50% of one way airfare to the foreign destination of the conference.
  iii. The regular faculty members of CGC shall be eligible to attend conferences.
  Once In every three years along with the duty leave.

• Patents Filing Support: Faculty is encouraged to file patents and for it all expenses are borne by the Institute.
  6 a.): Award / Granting of Patent: Once the patent has been sealed / awarded, the faculty I members (s) will receive an Incentive of Rs. 10,000/- (To be shared if there are more than one faculty member as applicants).

  6 b.): There is no maximum limit on the number of patents filed by an individual / team.

• Project Support:Faculty will be entitled to the project support in case of prototype and process testing subject to review and recommendation by research cell.
• Travel Support: TA/DA for project presentation is given to every faculty if not given by funding agencies. This support is valid within India.
• Consultancy: Faculty is paid 50% of grant received under consultancy projects.
  9 a.): CGC Encourages the faculty to provide consultancy on payment/complimentary basis. It allows 50% of the consultancy remuneration to the faculty and 50% to the institute for providing infrastructure and backup support.
  b.): CoIIege will provide due weight age to the consultancy done by faculty in annual appraisal of the teachers which form the basis of annual increment and promotions.
• In every department of the institute, a journal club (s) has to be formed in which every faculty has to discuss/present PPT of a peer reviewed / refereed research paper / article. A report in the form of a proceeding register has to be submitted by the HOD to the Director Principal / Dean Research. HODs / Coordinators have to ensure that each faculty should present at least one paper / case study in a semester. The success of individual presentation and overall journal club would be acknowledged in annual appraisals.
• In order to encourage research among the young doctoral faculty, College will provide a financial appreciation incentive of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand only) to faculty who will receive awards such as ‘Young Scientists, Punjab Young Scientist, etc. from Government Bodies.
• Department R & D Fund:The annual departmental R & D fund allocated to every department every year may be utilized for departmental R & D activities e g U. G projects, PG projects, Ph. D Projects, Deputation to STTPs / Workshops / FDPs/ MDPs / Guest Lectures to reputed institutes / Industries etc. The HODs are empowered to recommend the applications to the Principals, with a copy to Dean R & D. Once the applications are approved, Duty leave (as per Leave Rules policy of College) may also be granted for attending the STTPS / Workshops/ FDPs / MDPs / Guest Lectures etc. The Amount of fund may vary depending on the quality of the proposal of the respective department but should not exceed beyond Rs. 25000/- per semester.
• The Management reserves the right to take a decision over and above the R&D policy in special cases considering its merits and In the interest of the institute.

For Students:

Patent FiIing Support: CGC Sponsors all expenses for patents filing to UG and PG Students.