Annexure-4

AKAL UNIVERSITY, TALWANDI SABO

Incentivising Research and Innovation Policy

In modern day higher education system, especially for private and public universities, the research is
the integral part of the system to keep them to the highest level. For this purpose, the competent
faculty having wider exposure and dedication is required. Further, it is the duty of the universities to
provide a congenial research atmosphere to the faculty so that they can give their best in the form of
new technologies and innovations to the modern society at large. To promote research in the
university system, motivation is one aspect and to undertake quality research at par with international
standards, some form of incentives must be given in the monetary terms to encourage the active
researchers. This is the only way to differentiate between the active and non-active researchers.

Considering this fact, Akal University has formulated a research policy to give impetus to the research
activity which mainly includes the financial assistance to those faculty members engaging themselves
in the active research. The Akal University ‘Incentivising Research, and Innovation Policy’ have been
developed to enhance sponsored research and innovation activities. By providing opportunities for
teaching and research staff to be eligible for monetary and non-monetary rewards, the policy provides
incentive options to secure externally-funded research grants or funds or consultancy and contracts.

Purpose:
The policy strives to achieve the following:
1. To create an excellent enabling ambiance within Akal University (AU) to foster a research
culture as well as to ensure effective and efficient support to facilitate faculty and researchers
to pursue their research activities.
2. To incentive faculty and researchers suitably to undertake research works having potentials
for publications in high impact factor Journals of international repute, for filing patents and
transfer of technologies to the relevant industries.
3. To encourage faculty and other researchers to secure externally funding research, scholarship,
consultancy and other sponsored projects, and to reward them suitably for their initiatives
and contribution to the promotion of such activities at Akal University.
4. To promote integration of research outputs with curricula through the teaching learning
processes, wherever applicable.
5. To encourage faculty and researchers to engage in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
research collaborations; nationally and globally.

INCENTIVES:

1. Publications:

A. Publications in Journals:
Original research articles, review articles and full length conference papers published in SCI-
Expanded/SSCI/A&HCI/SCOPUS/UGC listed journals only qualify for award of incentives as per
the following norms:

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 S Research Journal Impact Factor Incentive(₹)/
No Publication
1 • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI Expanded) High >4.0 15,000.0
• Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) Indexed Medium 2.0-4.0 10,000.0
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A& HCI) Low <=2.0 7,500.0
Indexed

2 SCOPUS (Not covered in SCI-Expanded, SSCI and High >4.0 10,000.0

A&HCI) Medium 2-4 7,500.0
Low <=2.0 5,000.0
3 UGC LIST (Not covered under 1& 2 above) 4,000.0

4 Any Other (Not Covered under any of 1-3) NIL

5 Newspaper article/write ups NIL

Note:
i. In case of joint papers, incentives shall be shared on 60:40 basis; 60% first author and
remaining 40% shall be equally shared among the remaining co-authors.
ii. Only Authors/Co-authors with the affiliation of the Akal University mentioned in the
publication shall be eligible for incentives.
iii. Only published articles with volume, issue & page numbers are to be considered for
award. If the paper is accepted and published online but not yet assigned with
volume/issue/page numbers, it shall not be considered for the purpose.

B. Publication of Books:
Books published by the reputed International and National publishers only are eligible for
award of incentives as per the following norms:

i. International Publishers [like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press,

Routledge, SAGE, McMillan, McGraw Hill, Palgrave, Springer, Pearson or other
internationally reputed publisher].
i. Authored ₹ 30,000.00
ii. Edited ₹ 20,000.00
ii. Reputed National Publishers[Tata-McGraw Hill, Prentice Hall of India, Academic
Press, Concept, Oxford-IBH, Rawat, Serial, Himalaya etc.]
i. Authored ₹ 20,000.00
ii. Edited ₹ 15,000.00
iii. Other National/Regional Publishers (for Punjabi Books only): ₹ 5000.00
iv. Others (not Covered i-iii and like LAMBERT or paid publications): NIL

C. Publication of Book Chapter(s)

i. International Publishers : ₹ 5000.00
ii. Reputed National Publishers: ₹ 2000.00
iii. Other National Publishers : NIL
iv. iv. Others (not Covered under any of i-iii): NIL

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 Note:
(i) Textbooks, edited books or book chapters published by reputed publishers with ISBN
number shall only be eligible for the award. Quality of publishers shall be verified by the
committee constituted for the purpose.
(ii) Thesis published as a book and/or manuals shall not be considered.
(iii) Conference proceedings published as Lecture notes shall not be considered as Book
chapter(s) for the purpose.
(iv) Author(s) has/have to procure prior approval for making any payment in respect of the
categories mentioned above.
(v) Author(s) has/have to deposit at least two copies of the publications(s) with the
university library and one copy with IQAC for administrative purposes.
(vi) Before submitting any document for publication, two copies of the manuscript must be
submitted to the University for evaluating and maintaining the standard.
(vii) All the papers must indicate the affiliation of Akal University, otherwise, financial
assistance will not be provided. In case of collaborative work, this aspect should not
take back seat.
(viii) Akal University will not be responsible for any fall out due to plagiarism, use of any data
or figure(s) etc. from any other source which is not permissible and any legal
implication(s).

2. Research Project(s)
Faculty members and/or researchers of the Akal University are encouraged to apply for
externally funded research projects. Principal Investigator (PI) and Coinvestigators (CIs) are
eligible to claim incentives of a total of 5% of the external grant received by the University. PI
shall be eligible for 50% of the incentive (i.e.; 2.5% of the research Grant received) and CI the
rest 50% of the incentive (2.5% of the research Grant received). The incentives shall be
estimated upon the amount actually received and utilized for the project.
The PI and CIs can claim incentives only on completion of the research project and acceptance
of the project report by the funding agency. Faculty members guiding students for their
projects shall not be eligible for any incentives out of any financial incentives/fellowships
awarded to the students.

3. Support for Research Paper presentation in National/International

(i) Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops

a) To facilitate faculty members to present their research findings in the International and
National academic conferences and/or seminars, the University shall reimburse the 2nd
Class Rail A/C fair and 50% of the registration fee (subject to a maximum of ₹ 5000.00).
Only those persons who had actually presented their full length papers in the
conference/seminar or were invited speakers and keynote speakers and who are not paid
any amount by the organizers or any other funding agency shall be eligible for the
assistance.
b) Faculty members are eligible for reimbursement of 2nd class A/C rail fare for attending
conferences/Seminars within India.
c) Faculty members are eligible to get financial assistance up to Rs.25,000/- per annum for
attending Conferences abroad. Financial Support Claim can be made once in two years by
a faculty member.
d) A faculty member can seek reimbursement only if he/she is a presenter/first author/
Invited speaker/orator, provided no other agency had given financial help for the same.

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 e) A faculty is not eligible for reimbursement, for just chairing a session or attending the
conference.
f) A faculty member not presenting full length paper or presenting poster(s) or just attending
conference/seminar shall not be eligible for any such assistance.

(ii) For Workshops/Training:

Expenses can be reimbursed if it is conducted by a National Association/National Institute of
Eminence/University and is supported by recommendations of the Committee constituted for
the purpose.

4. Patent:
Faculty member and /or Researchers having affiliation with the Akal University, shall be
reimbursed full fee/charges paid by him/her for the purpose of the patent registration authority.
Besides this an additional amount of Rs 5000.00 shall be awarded as incentive for his/her
initiative.

Disclaimer:
Award of incentives cannot be claimed as a matter of right and are subject to availability of funds for
the purpose.
The University reserves the right to withdraw or amend any listed incentive without any prior notice.