Objectives:
The Research & Development Cell was established in LIET to strengthen and expand the research
activities, and has the following objectives:
- Improve
and maintain a healthy research atmosphere in the campus.
- Imbuing
the research vision & outlook in and around the Core and Applied Engineering areas.
- Focus
on
exploring the latest technology to keep pace with technology happening around the globe.
- Encourage
research-based teaching practices to aware students about the latest technologies.
- Develop
a
common platform to link academia and industry, and form policies to process products from
theoretical research to application in real life.
- Encourage
collaborative multidisciplinary research to explore interdisciplinary research areas.
- Focus
on
innovation, projects and enhancing the research output of the institute by publishing papers
in
reputed journals and conferences.
- To
provide
support and facilities to students and faculty members for the enhancement of their research
potential.
- To
encourage the faculty members and students for publishing the papers in national/
international
journals and conferences to explore new areas of research.
- To
encourage the students and faculty members for filing the patents.
- To
encourage the faculty members to write the proposals for government and private sector
research
grants.
- To
organize research based events such as conferences, workshops and expert lectures based on
recent technological development.
- To
enhance
the knowledge and exposure of students and faculty members by collaborating with top
international universities/ organizations.
- To
publish
E-research newsletter once in six months showcasing the research achievements of the
institute.
- To
create
a network for research internship of students in collaboration with partner institutions in
Indian and abroad.
- To
create
a platform for industries through R&D assistance on industrial problems.
- To
reward
the researchers for their achievements.
Institutional
Responsibilities:
The Institute is dedicated to ensuring that all the institute's operations, particularly those
involving research, are carried out to the greatest possible standards while adhering to legal,
ethical, and safety guidelines. Individuals' professional obligations on behalf of the Lloyd
Institute of Engineering & Technology are referred to as accountability.
As a result, the Institute adheres to the following core research principles:
- Develop
a
research governance structure through policies and procedures.
- Promote
training and development programs, as well as appropriate mentorship, to help people improve
their skills and advance their careers.
- Focuses
on
research in order to achieve greatness.
- Establishes strong management mechanisms to guarantee adherence to established
standards, as well as methods for resolving disputes and preventing wrongdoing.
- There
is
also a method for making good decisions and resolving grievances.
- Offers
pertinent assistance in terms of resources, endurance, and services.
Functions of Research
Cell
The main functions of R&D Cell are to provide support for:
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Organization of seminars, webinars, workshops and conferences
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Sponsored Research Projects
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Research resource building through paper publication, editorial, authoring book &
chapter propagation
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Promotion of Institute and Industry Collaborative projects
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Promotion of filing Patents & IPR
Code of Ethics for
Paper Publication
Integrity, accountability, and responsibility are basic structure of a research and academic
institute that helps in building a healthy and trustworthy relationship between the researchers
and the research societies. Lloyd Institute of Engineering & Technology (LIET) has formed
several policies and guidelines for code of ethics for maintaining decorum of research. It is
mandatory that all faculties, students and researchers at LIET are aware of these policies and
guidelines. Within the bounds of the institute’s policies, a researcher is given apt freedom to
explore about subjects, research findings and publishing valid data, in the manner that it is
considered professionally appropriate. All the researchers must follow widely-recognized
academic research standards and care must be taken that they are not violating these standards.
The Code of Ethics for research is same to all the researchers including students and faculties
of the institution to ensure the integrity and reliability of the research work.
- The
researchers in academic and research institutions are well-known to preserve the honesty and
truthfulness of the research work. So the researcher should aware of ethics of research and
must oppose to misconduct of research. They must brought to the notice of the higher
authorities if find anything suspicious behavior. The misconduct of research can include
falsification or fabrication of data and plagiarism all such irresponsible practices.
- Conduct
the research according to appropriate research plan/protocol and the Researchers will be sole
responsible for the trustworthiness of their research.
- All the
researchers are expected to report the research finding accurately, without fabricating or
misrepresenting the results.
- The
researchers must acknowledge to all significant contributions including sponsors, funding
agencies etc.
- To
ensure the ethical and professional values of research, the research committee of the
institute regulates and monitor the research activities. Proper guidance will be provided to
the researches by the research committee to maintain quality of research.
- This
committee comprising of
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Training
and monitoring opportunities are also provided by R & D cell to support research activities
in the campus.
- The
Research & Development Cell provides training to the scholars, students and faculties
regarding research ethics review process when required. In addition to this, The R& D cell
also takes some measures for ensuring that the research work is as par the ethical standards.
Plagiarism Checking
Rules and Policy
Violation of research ethics and breaches in research transparency leads research misconduct and
indicate an unhealthy research environment developing across the world. In order to maintain
research integrity and ensure valued research performance in the institute, the code of ethics
has been practiced at LIET.
The Code of Ethics for research is same to all the researchers including students and faculties
of the institution to ensure the integrity and reliability of the research work.
- Among various aspects of research policies, plagiarism is a major issue in the present
scenario of research. Dishonesty in research is observed and few researchers includes other’s
work in their research work without proper acknowledgement and permission that dismisses the
integrity of research and also damage the reputation of the researcher’s institution.
- For eliminating these types of irresponsibility and dishonesty of the researchers toward
research, a research committee has been formed consisting of experienced researchers having
good published work in the reputed journals and aware of research policies very well.
- A reliable software-based plagiarism check must be performed to research data before
publishing it in the journal, conferences, and for including in project work by the
researchers to maintain quality standards.
- Research community encouraged to the researchers to submit their original work for paper
publications or project submission. There will be no compromise on plagiarism and any type of
others work included in the research work must be properly acknowledged or with permission
from the source.
- It is mandatory that all faculty members and students of LIET to follow to code of ethics to
maintain the honesty and professionalism towards their research or project undertaken by
them.
- The faculty member/guide must asked plagiarism report from the scholar/students working
under their guidance and must ensure that research data/article is plagiarism free and
eligible to publish or report.
- The maximum allowed limit of plagiarism must be specified according to the research
standards (most of the research community has maximum allowed limit 10%) and the plagiarism
report submitted by the researchers must follow the standards i.e. the plagiarism must be
less than 10%).
- Violation of the code of ethics and other issues such as complaints regarding plagiarism
will be considered strictly. Disciplinary action will be taken by the committee against the
complaint.
Retention and
Accessibility of Research Data
Violation of research ethics and breaches in research transparency leads research misconduct and
indicate an unhealthy research environment developing across the world. In order to maintain
research integrity and ensure valued research performance in the institute, the code of ethics
has been practiced at LIET.
- Maintaining research data is an essential part of
research on its own. The HODs and the concern faulty will ensure that the research data is
properly documented and kept available for a specific minimum duration (5 years). The
availability of the data will also help the researcher in further research for reference.
- The
concern faculty/ PI will be responsible for maintaining and retaining the research data that
may be required for reconstructing and evaluating stated study outcomes, as well as the
techniques that led to the experimental results.
- The
scientific and other related data of research conducted under patronage of LIET, belongs to
this Institute except the specific terms of funding/sponsorship or other agreements. The
PI/researcher and LIET have the rights to access, use of the original research data.
- To
prevent from any accusations of unethical conduct or conflicts of interest, the research
/project data must be retained until the disputes are completely resolved.
- After
the final submission of research data or project, the data must be keep in appropriate
storage memory/device for a minimum duration of five years. Furthermore, the duration of
holding data may be longer as per the importance of data/results according to area of
research.
- Wherever
researchers/students are involved, the research/project data must be kept for the minimum
duration until the degree is conferred. The PI and the concerned department have the
discretion to destroy the research record after the standard retention period has expired.
- Each
project's scientific record at the LIET and/or utilizing Institute resources is its own
resource except the research is supported by a non-LIET agency that will be depend on the
agreement between the agency and LIET.
- Furthermore, when LIET researchers transfer to other
universities or institutions, the PI/HODs may allow to keep the research finding data with
them that they have performed, but not necessarily entire data or associated documents. All
such requests have to be authorized by the Director, LIET.
- If a
PI/faculty leaves LIET then the project under the PI/faculty should be transferred as per the
agreement of the funding agency at the time of allocation of project and the rights of the
data may be transferred with proper approval of Directors of the institutions.
Sponsored /
Collaborative Research Project
- For
collaborative of sponsored research based on the proposal from govt. /industrial agencies,
the faculty shall apply for the funded/sponsored project as per the available proposal.
- A
Research Committee comprises of senior faculties, subject expert and the HOD shall be
constituted to view the application, objectives, technology proposed and cost of the project
to be proposed.
- After
the complete evaluations of the project proposal, Research Committee will forward the project
proposals to the Director, LIET for approval. Then the Principal Investigator shall then
submit the project proposal to the respective funding agency along with the supporting
documents.
- For
maintaining the project related financial record, The PIs shall create a separate account
head and maintain a stock register with all entry records of recurring and non-recurring
items purchased from the project fund with proper sanction from the respective authority.
- According to the requirement of the project, the PIs
may hire project fellow(s) through proper procedure as per rule of the funding agency.
- As per
agreement term between the PI and agency, The PIs shall present the progress report in review
meeting (Once in six months) conducted by the Progress Review Committee. The committee may
comprises of expert members, Dean-R&D and other senior faculties.
- After
completion of the project PIs shall prepare Project Completion Report according to the
guidelines of the funding agency along with some supporting documents including Utilization
Certificate (UC) and list of publication publications / patent sponsored by the project fund.
The Project Completion Report shall be submitted through proper channel by approving through
the HOD and the Director of the Institute.
The Research Seminar at
LIET:-
- The
primary purpose of the Research Seminar is to provide an open forum where LIET researchers &
scholars can present & collaborate for their work.
- Empower
LIET in bridging/cooperating/increasing their engagement with other international
organizations through a dialogue between academic research, on one side, and the UN
SDG(Sustainable Development Goals) framework and its redefinition towards 2030 on the other
side.
- Provide
an overview of existing initiatives in the field of research-policy interface with national
&international organizations;
- Offer
opportunities to the faculty base to establish direct contact with high-level decision makers
of funding agencies based in India and discuss possible collaborations.