AALIM MUHAMMED SALEGH College Of Engineering (AALIMEC) was established with a vision, ‘Cutting-edge Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Research Integrates Academia, Industry and National Progress’. The Institute has developed excellent facilities, both in terms of infrastructure and scholastics. AALIMEC encourages faculty members and students to undertake sponsored research projects with a commitment to serve society. Research and Development is carried in several areas like Structural, Environment, Image Processing, Networking, Computation, Sensor Networks, Communication, Soft Computing, Energy, Materials, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence and Simulation studies.
The Research & Development (R & D) Cell of AALIMEC facilitates and encourages a research culture among the faculty members, research scholars and students. Its prime role is to create contacts with the real world and promote research through a range of publications. The R&D Cell takes up the responsibility of creating a workplace to attract the best talent and strives continuously in pooling of skills and internal resources, create a strategy, overcoming limitations and make the College proud to be amongst the best institutions in the world. The institutional research related activities are approved by the Research Advisory Committee (RAC).The promotion of research is the backbone to sustain the research environment on campus. The purpose of this policy is to establish procedures for the conduct of research and scholarly activity and to promote applied research and innovation. The composition of RAC is as follows:
1. Dr. P. Marimuthu -Chairperson (Principal)
2. Dr.S.Sathish – Observer (Vice – Principal )
3. Dr.Mohammed Usman – Research & Development Cell Head
RESEARCH PROJECT POLICY
This research project policy provides a broad framework to guide, scholarly research by faculty members, students and research scholars. AALIMEC R&D Cell promotes various research projects which are listed below,
Sponsored Research
Research Consultancy
Internal Seed Funding
Faculty Member Research
Student Research
Sponsored Research
The faculty members are encouraged to submit sponsored research work in the focused as well as interdisciplinary areas of research.
Identify research areas and specify research topics of academic, practical and socially relevant through websites of government sponsored research agencies (Details and Website links are available below)
Every faculty member with a Ph.D. qualification shall apply for a minimum of one funded research project per year.
The RAC will review the proposals of all the faculty members who are submitting in various funding agencies
The RAC will approve the proposal, if the faculty member’s proposal is appropriate for submission or it will be returned for improvement.
Various funding agency details with website link
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE): aicte-india.org
Science and Engineering Research Board: serbonline.in
ISRO-Respond: isro.gov.in
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog: aim.gov.in
Defence Research and Development Organisation – DRDO: drdo.gov.in
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME): msme.gov.in
Department of Science and Technology: dst.gov.in
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology: meity.gov.in
Center for Development of Advanced Computing: cdac.in
Center for Entrepreneurship Development, Anna University: auced.com
Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology: tanscst.tn.gov.in
The progress of the research will be monitored by the RAC and progress report will be sent to the respective agency whenever needed
The Workload can be reduced for those who are working as Principal Investigators on Sponsored Research Projects
Cash Awards for the faculty members who got funded projects on Annual Day Celebrations of that academic year.
Research Consultancy
The faculty members are encouraged to submit Research Consultancy work in the focused as well as interdisciplinary areas of research.
Identify the need of the Company/Industry/Society and relevant significance through meeting with the industry technocrat and society members with proper appointment
Every faculty member with Ph.D. qualification shall secure for a minimum of one Research Consultancy per year with a minimum value of Rs.25000/- including overheads
The RAC will review the proposals of all the faculty members in written based on the needs of the Company/Industry/Society
The RAC will approve the proposal and recommend to the Company/Industry/Society, if the faculty member’s proposal is appropriate or it will be reset for improvement
The progress of the research will be monitored by the RAC and progress report will be sent to the respective Company/Industry/Society within the period of requirement
The Principal Investigators of Research Consultancy can take ON DUTY to visit Company/Industry/Society
Overhead Money will be given to the faculty members who have done Research Consultancy
Internal Seed Funding
The purpose of the research seed money is to create a vibrant atmosphere of research among faculty members and researchers. Depending on the quality of proposals, upto 15 faculty members per academic year will be approved to receive seed money for a tune of upto Rs. 5,00,000/-. However, this is not a constraint for high potential and cross-disciplinary research partnerships.
Objective
To create an enabling environment in order to foster research.
To nurture an environment of undertaking socially useful research with potential for commercialization.
To create opportunities for teachers of the institute to involve themselves in real-life research projects and obtain sponsorships.
To develop a strong and successful external proposal for the targeted funding opportunity.
To test a novel idea and to generate preliminary results before submitting proposals to external agencies.
To promote inter-faculty collaboration in emerging areas.
To promote the generation of IPR and product/process development.
To attract and to retain talent.
Seed grant proposal submitted may include the following (suggestive):
Research plan.
Introduction and seed grant project description.
Describe the proposed research or creative activity
Include a summary of relevant literature, specific objectives / primary questions to be addressed, expected outcomes / products, procedures and methods utilized, novel / cutting-edge aspects of the project, and broader impacts of the research. Provide an explanation of possible pitfalls / risks of the project and how these will be mitigated
Relevance of the proposed research or creative activity to the PI’s career
Include a statement about how the seed grant and the external proposal will advance the career of the PI
Relationship of seed grant project to external funding goal.
Explain how the seed grant’s project outcomes / products are relevant and necessary to the development of a strong and successful external proposal to the targeted funding opportunity
Describe how the seed grant work will enhance or be incorporated into the external proposal. In addition, describe how a less than satisfactory outcome of the project will be mitigated in the external proposal
Seed projects targeting DST/AICTE/ISRO/DRDO etc., may want to consider involving Extension specialists to help improve the Broader Impacts requirement of the external proposal
Management plan.
Describe the scope of work and responsibilities of the key personnel of the seed grant project. If the project includes multi- or interdisciplinary partnerships, describe how data, responsibilities, and information will be coordinated and how communication will be managed. Provide a timeline for major activities, including the preparation and submission of the external proposal. Data management is also needed.
References (required, no page limitation).
Budget (suggestive template)
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