Research

About Research and Development

In order to create research facilities and upgrade promotional policies, a separate R & D Cell is functioning in St.Mother Theresa Engineering College.. The R & D cell provides support and guidance to the faculty and students to actively participate in research and innovative activities that is relevant to industry as well as society.

Functions of R&D Cell

The R&D Cell encourages faculty and students to uplift their knowledge levels in writing research papers, filing patents, applying funded projects and improving skills in developing research methodologies.
Incentives are given to the faculty for publications/books/book chapters/patents/sanctioned projects/consultancy activities.

In order to promote research and development activities, the institute extends its full support to faculty. Full/Partial financial support is given to all innovative research & development works taken up by the faculty members. The institute encourages the faculty to participate in National/International Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Training programmes, Tech-Festivals organized by reputed institutes (IITs/NITs/State Engg. Colleges) etc. by giving full/partial financial support viz. course/registration fee, TA/DA etc., as per the research incentive policy.

Research Policy

R & D Cell of St. Mother Theresa Engineering College provides support and guidance to the faculty members and students to actively participate in research and innovative activities that relevant to industry as well as society. The R & D Cell also encourages faculty members to submit research proposals to various government/non-government funding organizations and continuously monitors the request for project proposals. Research proposals must pass through a multi-tiered review process, during which they are examined by Research Advisory Committee and Code of Ethics Committee.

In order to foster research interest and breakthroughs in the cutting-edge fields of science, engineering, and technology, SMTEC has established a strong research policy. It works to promote and encourage a research culture that will improve the professional skills of faculty members and research scholars which will ultimately help the institute to achieve its vision and mission. In order to facilitate experiential learning and lay a solid academic basis, faculty and students are motivated to engage in interdisciplinary research. The R & D Cell also helps the faculty members and students in the following activities.

Faculty members are encouraged to register for Ph.D. and getting involved in doing research activities.
Faculty members pursuing PhD are encouraged to complete their PhD by providing sabbatical leave with salary benefits.
Faculty members are encouraged to apply for research projects from international, national funding agencies apart from local bodies, industries and other funding sources for research projects.
Providing on duty leave to the faculty members for going outside to do Ph.D related work.
Faculty members are encouraged to organize International / National Workshops / Seminars /Conferences.
Innovation, creativity and patents filing are encouraged by establishing separate cells for the said activities in the College.
Faculty members are encouraged to apply for seed money from funding agencies or industries relevant to their field of interest.
The management will consider seed money for the research projects, if the proof of concept is established by the faculty.

Code of Ethics

All faculty members, students, researcher scholars and staffs of St.Mother Theresa Engineering College should strictly follow the following code of ethics while undertaking research activities.

In all their research endeavours, the faculty members and students should maintain the highest standards of honesty and moral conduct.
Before using the lab, equipment, or other facilities, the faculty members and students must obtain the necessary permission from the concerned department head. These facilities need to be handled carefully and with the appropriate safety measures.
The findings of research should be attempted to be published as a paper in reputed journals and conferences. Before submitting a work for publication, authors should confirm the amount of plagiarism that is permissible, and if a paper has been approved by a journal or conference, they should notify the same to the concern committee.
All publications resulting from research must identify the internal researcher as a member of our Institute. In the case the institute's facilities are used by outside researchers, they should acknowledge the institute.
The Researchers must gather information on both human and animal subjects in accordance with the moral standards that govern their usage, and they must respect the laws protecting the protection of personal information. Where necessary, approval from the college's ethical committee can be acquired.
Without the institution's approval, the Researchers may not enter into any private agreements with other organizations.
Researchers working with potentially harmful substances should take the necessary safety procedures to avoid endangering themselves or others, damaging nearby equipment, or destroying institutional property.
Principal investigators and Co-investigators of sponsored project are required to acquire the relevant approvals for the procurement of equipment and keep an inventory with the appropriate labelling for their use.
When doing collaborative research with one or more teams, the principal investigator should make sure that all participants are aware of and abide by the research policy.
The Institute will assist in supporting the resolution of any disputes amongst Research collaborators over the rights to and potential uses of the Data.
Researchers should follow the internal IPR policy if their work produces a product or process that has the potential to be patented. According to IPR regulations, all potential publications relating to such results should wait until the filed patent has reached a certain stage.

Seed Money Policy

Seed Money policy, sponsored by St.Mother Theresa Engineering College aims to promote research and innovation amongst young faculty. Seed funding under this scheme is to be used to initiate/continue the research work of the new faculty. The objective of this policy is to accelerate the possibility to receive the financial support from external agencies in future. The applicant must clearly and convincingly demonstrate that the proposed project represents a new research direction in an area likely to generate external funding. Research Project that is already supported by other sources will not be considered for funding. The project under seed money policy will be considered as Minor Project and relevant API score will be credited as per rule of SMTEC.

Preference will be given to proposals that:

Have a high potential for external funding
Have significant scientific merit
Represent a new direction for the PI
Build or strengthen inter-disciplinary research partnerships

Applicant Eligibility & Formalities:

Applicant must be a full-time faculty of VCEW.
Principal Investigator (PI) must have Ph.D. degree.
If a proposal is turned down by the Seed Grant approval committee, the PI is allowed to submit a new proposal in the same year.
The seed money grant will be discontinued in the absence of PI for more than 30 days of unsanctioned leave and in such case PI will have to return the money. If the leave is taken due to unforeseen health condition then PI may get special permission to continue the same.
In case of resignation without completion of seed money grant, PI has to refund all the money availed under the scheme to SMTEC.
In case of Maternity Leave, PI will be given special permission to extend their project after joining duty. However, priori permission is required in such cases.
After completion PI must submit a proper report along with achievements, and deliver a formal presentation in the respective department before the committee and PI need to submit utilization certificate as per given format.

Applicant Eligibility & Formalities:

For Travel outside India.
For purchase of Laptop /Desktop

Research Supervisors

Dr. Joe Patric Gnanaraj

MECH

Dr. Vignesh

MECH

Dr.E.Mariappan

CSE