Research is the backbone of truths and it reinforces the strategies to acquire learning. Kongu Arts and Science College research strength span over diverse disciplines like Tamil, English, Commerce, Management, Corporate Secretaryship, Computer Science, Mathematics, Bio-Chemistry, Bio- Technology and Costume Design & Fashion.
Dr. A. K. Vidya | Associate Professor & Head Department of Biochemistry |
Dean of Research, Science Stream |
Dr. K. K. A. Alaguappan | Associate Professor & Head Department of CS CA & PA |
Dean of Research, Arts Stream |
Mr. A. Satheesh | Junior Assistant | Research and Development Cell |
The institution has stated Code of Ethics to create a culture of responsible and quality research with integrity.
Ethical pursuit of research is vital for the accomplishment of research objectives. It is maintained that, the researchers should at all times pursue research in a right way thus invariably assuring the dignity of the institute. The code of ethics augments to create awareness on ethical conduct of research, promotion of academic integrity and prevention of misconduct including plagiarism in academic writing among students, faculty and research scholars.
Excellence in research is a fundamental concept that every institution fosters and supports. The institution implements research governance via its formulated research policy. Research Advisory Committee is constituted to co-ordinate with the research activities of the college. It conducts training programmes to support career development and continuously improves the existing systems to detect and prevent malpractices thereby promoting academic integrity. The institution provides the required infrastructure support and resources. Ethics committee reviews research proposals to ensure that they agree with local and international ethical guidelines. They also monitor studies once they begin and if necessary may take part in follow-up actions after the end of the research.
The relationship between the Research Supervisors and Scholars is both personal and professional in which trust plays an important role. A good Research Supervisor is always a good leader because he can understand the aspirations of the candidates and educate them properly, thus, can lead them in a more effective way. Hence, developing supervision skills is very important for effective leadership. Research leaders take on a number of roles, rights, and responsibilities--as scientific leaders, financial administrators and mentors. They engage with their scholars in preparing research project and make them aware of ethical research practices and help them comply with the formal aspects of ethical and intellectual property regulations. They guide the scholars on institution's rules and regulations that govern proper conduct of research and provide academic advice in developing their career both during candidature and beyond.
The term 'good research practice' describes the expected norms of professional behaviour of researchers. Since research often involves a great deal of cooperation and coordination among many different people in different disciplines and institutions, ethical standards promote values that are essential for collaborative work. Upholding ethical principles are important for research and following are the values required for research scholars.
Researchers must strive for honesty in all scientific communications. They must honestly report data, results, methods and procedures, and publication status and should not fabricate, falsify, or misrepresent data.
Research has to be conducted in an ethical manner ensuring dignity, rights, safety, and privacy within the researcher ecosystem.
Objectivity and lack of bias are the core principles of research. Researchers must strive to avoid bias in experimental design, data analysis, data interpretation, peer review, personnel decisions, grant writing, expert testimony and other aspects of research where objectivity is expected.
Researchers must keep their promises and agreements; act with sincerity; strive for consistency of thought and action.
Honor patents, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual property. A researcher must not use unpublished data, methods, or results without permission. They should give proper acknowledgement or credit for all contributions to research. A researcher must never plagiarize.
Show proper respect and care for animals when using them in research. A researcher must not conduct unnecessary or poorly designed animal experiments.
When conducting research on human subjects, the researcher has to minimize harms and risks and maximize benefits. They must respect human dignity, privacy, autonomy and take special precautions with vulnerable populations
They must take responsibility for their part in research and be prepared to give an account of what they did on a research project and why.
To apply for grants and securing research funding is an essential
part of conducting research. To be able to secure a research grant is a matter of
prestige for a researcher and it also helps in the advancement of career. Funding
Development Cell (FDC) aims to nurture getting funds from recognized government and
non-government research funding organizations by promoting research in newly
emerging and challenging areas of Science, Arts and Humanities.
Most funding agencies expect the applicant to carry out some preliminary research
work before applying for projects. Moreover funds needed for research are not easily
available. Faculty who are at their early stages of career find it difficult to get
funds for their projects. So there exists a need to support the preliminary research
work which would grow into a sizeable research project that would be submitted to an
external funding agency later. Considering these aspects, the College Management
provides Seed Money Grant Scheme for faculty to assist in their initial phase of
their research work and facilitate them to prepare a formal research proposal for
funding in later stages.
Research Misconduct can be characterised as actions or questionable
research practices that fall short of the standards of ethics, research and
scholarship required to ensure that the integrity of research is upheld. It can
cause harm to people and the environment, waste resources, undermines the research
record and damages the credibility of research. Scientific misconduct is the
violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behaviour in the
publication of professional scientific research.
It is often defined by ‘falsification, fabrication and plagiarism’. Falsification
involves misrepresentation of the research by changing data or results or by
tampering with equipment, research methods, or materials. Fabrication involves
reporting false or made-up data, results, or research outputs. Plagiarism involves
presenting others' ideas, works, or words without acknowledging or providing
appropriate credit to the original authorship. Plagiarism of any kind is
unacceptable and researchers are encouraged to use their novel and original ideas
and provide proper acknowledgement and citations. The institutions views any
research misconduct very seriously and when any research misconduct is reported,
prompt and appropriate investigation and actions are undertaken as per the defined
process and guidelines.
Research ethics focuses on the moral principles that researchers must follow in their respective fields of research. It provides guidelines for the responsible conduct of research. In addition, it educates and monitors researchers conducting research to ensure a high ethical standard. The institution mandates its faculty and research scholars to adhere to the highest standards of truthfulness in carrying out academic research and upkeep of academic research activities.
Rapid growth in scientific knowledge is an indication of quest for discovery and has an impact on economic and societal development. Science, technology and innovation is often initiated at the College research environment and it is also the mission of Kongu Arts and Science College. Research and developmental activities creates and disseminates new knowledge in range of fields, promotes innovation and these will motivate better learning and teaching among Faculty members and students of our College as these are often incorporated in the courses. Research is the foundation of knowledge that brings new energy, builds state of the art facilities, promotes research publications, develops collaborations and becomes part of active community that shares the mission objectives. Taking these into considerations, Kongu Arts and Science College Research Policy is implemented.
The purpose of the Research Policy is to create a vibrant atmosphere of research among Faculty members and Researchers in Kongu Arts and Science College. The policy shall serve as an overall framework within which research activities may be carried out.
Seed Money Grant has been initiated by our College since 2017, to provide seed research grant to the Faculty Members under different areas of research to motivate their ideas which may lead to apply for funding agencies for Minor and Major Projects. This encourages the researchers to prepare and apply for Funding to carry out contemporary and multidisciplinary research.
PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING
All eligible Faculty Members may submit their Research Proposal
applications for grant at the beginning of every academic year
through the prescribed proforma to the Research Cell duly forwarded
by the Principal.
PROCESSING
After the receipt of Proposal, it is sent to the committee duly
constituted. The committee will evaluate and give their report.
Based on the report and availability of the budget the seed money
sanction order will be given to the Principal Investigator and the
fund will be released.
DURATION
Seed Money shall be a one-time Grant for one year period.
The investigator should submit the soft copy and hard copy of the research project report to the Research Cell. The final presentation should be made to the committee along with the details of publications and paper presentations. Further the investigator should also submit all vouchers, bills and accounts statement.
Consultancy is a practice of sharing the intellectual knowledge, expertise, as an individual Faculty or a group of Faculty members using the resources/ facilities/ infrastructure of the Institution for offering solutions to the problems received from collaborating Industries/ Corporate / Institutions. Consultancy will increase professional and academic competence by way of stimulating research by applying knowledge for solving real life problems. Kongu Arts and Science College (KASC) inspires all the Faculty members to extend Consultancy Services that facilitate knowledge and technology transfer to Industry and Society. The Consultancy Policy provides a clear framework for the Faculty who prefers to engage in consultancy.
The revenue generated out of Consultancy Services will be shared between the Institution and the Faculty in the following ratio
S.No. | Particulars | Institution | Faculty |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Consultancy service using the resources of the Institute | 60% | 40% |
2 | Consultancy service using personal expertise of the Faculty | 40% | 60% |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr.P.Dhinakaran | 13946/A2/2019 & 21.08.2019 | 13946/A2/2019 & 21.08.2019 |
2 | Dr.M.Sarmiladevi | 22092/A2/2009 & 13.12.2009 | 22092/A2/2009 & 13.12.2009 |
3 | Dr.B.Sangeetha | 18134/CRE 5/2021 & 07.06.2022 | 26768/A2/2012 & 19.12.2012 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr.K.Prabha | 1695/A2/2019 & 21.03.2019 | 5192/A2/2009 & 27.04.2009 |
2 | D.Anita | -- | 16073/A2/2008 & 16.08.2008 |
3 | Ms. N.Renuka | -- | 006470-1/A2/2016 & 25.04.2016 |
4 | Ms. P.Mythili | -- | 20060/A2/2017 & 09.10.2017 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr.N.Raman | 257/12900/A4/99 & 06.10.1999 | 257/12900/A4/99 & 06.10.1999 |
2 | Dr. H.Vasudevan | 2713-2/A2/2011 & 24.02.2011 | 9102-2/A2/2004 & 26.07.2004 |
3 | Dr.M.Sathish | -- | 14906/A2/2009 & 9.8.2009 |
4 | Dr. D.Yuvashankar | -- | 030944/A2/2016 & 24.02.2016 |
5 | Ms. S.Kowsiga | -- | 0303929/A2/2016 & 20.04.2016 |
6 | Ms. K.Punithavathi | -- | 002106-1/A2/2016 & 12.05.2016 |
7 | Ms. N.Santhamani | -- | 12955-12/A2/2012 & 05.07.2012 |
8 | Ms. M.Tamilselvi | -- | 9651-1/A2/2017 & 20.05.2017 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr. E.T.Lokganathan | 28177/A2/2012 & 31.01.2013 | A4/425/04511A/2002 & 24.04.2002 |
2 | Dr.K.K.A.Alaguappan | 12547/A2/2017 & 12.07.2017 | A4/26/11128X/2001 & 23.08.2001 |
3 | Dr.K.M.Kumaraguru | 13220/A2/2018 & 20.07.2018 | A4/25/11128V/2001 & 23.08.2001 |
4 | Dr. P.Parvatham | -- | 7199/A2/2010 & 15.04.2010 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr. P.Poongodi | 9948/A2/2011 & 18.05.2011 | 9948/A2/2011& 18.05.2011 |
2 | Dr.R.Vijayapriya | 004747/A2/2016 & 29.04.2016 | 004747/A2/2016 & 29.04.2016 |
3 | Dr.V.G.Sumathy | 1339/A2/2017 & 28.02.2017 | 15873/A2/2009 & 31.08.2009 |
4 | Dr.G.Karthi | 23301/A2/2017 & 16.11.2017 | 23301/A2/2017 & 16.11.2017 |
5 | Dr.M.Thangam | 915/CRE 5/2022 & 24.02.2022 | 915/CRE 5/2022 & 24.02.2022 |
6 | Dr. G. Manju | -- | 11825/A2/2004 & 12.09.2004 |
7 | Ms. C.Kalamani | -- | 15871/A2/2009 & 31.08.2009 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr. A.K.Vidya | 9948-1/A2/2011 & 19.05.2011 | 9948-1/A2/2011 & 19.05.2011 |
2 | Dr.N.Sangeetha | 1729-3/A2/2017 & 28.02.2017 | 21486/A2/2010 & 19.01.2010 |
3 | Mr. R.Rasu | -- | 6445/A2/2004 & 27.05.2004 |
4 | Mr. S.Natarajan | -- | 6445/A2/2004 & 27.05.2004 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr.S.K.Gangai Abirami | 30026//A2/2020 & 21.02.2020 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr. B.Jayanthi | 25837-1/A2/2018 & 08.11.2018 | 1478-1/A2/2004 & 09.02.2004 |
2 | Dr. T.A.Sangeetha | 23679/A2/2018 & 20.10.2018 | 9234-1/A2/2004 & 26.07.2004 |
3 | Dr. R.Rooba | 7622/1/CRE 5/2021 & 22.10.2021 | 9821-3/A2/2004 & 12.08.2004 |
4 | Dr. P.Kalarani | 7622/2/CRE 5/2021 & 23.10.2021 | 028982/A2/2016 & 24.02.2016 |
5 | Dr. R.Pushpalatha | 9798/CRE 5/2021 & 23.10.2021 | A4/367/03339/2002 & 20.03.2002 |
6 | Dr. J.Ghayathri | -- | A4/11128W/2001 & 24.08.2001 |
7 | S.Karthikeyeni | -- | 12413/A2/2004 & 05.10.2004 |
8 | Mr. P.Ramesh | -- | 6628/A2/2004 & 27.05.2004 |
9 | Mr. K.K.Sureshkumar | -- | 1149/10021/A2/2004 & 30.01.2004 |
10 | Mr. S. Muruganantham | -- | 1775/A2/2006 & 16.02.2006 |
11 | Mr. M.S.Kokila | -- | 1777/A2/2006 & 16.02.2006 |
12 | Ms. S.Hemalatha | -- | 10673/A2/2006 & 19.09.2006 |
13 | Ms. P.K.Mangaiyarkarasi | -- | 15815/A2/2009 & 31.08.2009 |
14 | Ms. C.Janaki | -- | 24631/A2/2008 & 29.11.2008 |
15 | Mr. S.Vijayakumar | -- | 20651/A2/2011 & 27.09.2011 |
SL.NO | NAME OF THE GUIDE | GUIDE RECOGNITION
APPROVAL
NUMBER AND DATE |
|
Ph.D | M.Phil | ||
1 | Dr.S.Nagarajan | 30728/A2/2018 & 13.12.2018 | A4/986/11128A/2001 & 16.08.2001 |
2 | Dr. D.Sivakumar | 12282/CRE 5 /2021 & 27.05.2022 | 21920/A2/2010 & 19.01.2010 |
3 | Ms. M.Lalitha | 552/CRE 5/2022 & 21.11.2022 | 22936/A2/2010 & 19.01.2010 |
4 | Ms. C. Radhamani | -- | 17877/A2/2008 & 30.08.2008 |
5 | Dr. S. Suresh | -- | 565-1/A2/2008 & :31.03.2008 |
6 | Ms. C.Kiruthica | -- | 9472/A2/2019 & 25.05.2019 |
S.No | Project Title | Agency | Principal Investiagator | Duration | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | A Study on Biochemical Changes and Cytogenetic Analysis in the
Prognosis and Screening of Cervical Cancer Patients From Erode
District, Tamilnadu MRP-6354/16 (SERO/UGC) |
UGC | Dr. A.K. Vidya M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDBI., Ph.D., Associate Professor & Head PG and Research Department of Biochemistry |
2017-2020 | |
2. | A Prediction Model for Gynaecological Disorders by using Enhanced
Bio Inspired Harmony Search Based Wrapper Approach MRP-6573/16 (SERO/UGC) |
UGC | Dr. V. Krishnaveni M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Computer Science |
2017-2020 |