Research and Development (R & D) Centre

To foster an environment of open inquiry and academic freedom in which individuals can pursue scholarly activities.

Adopting proactive mechanisms which promote and encourage research. It has an organizational structure at departmental levels that encourages younger faculty and students to involve in active research.

• Each department is divided into groups as per various specializations. Along with the senior Professor, a few other senior faculty of that division act as Lead Faculty and act as mentors to other faculty of that division and guide them in their academic pursuits.
• UG & PG students are encouraged to take up research-oriented projects for dissertation. The students are financially supported to attend/participate in conferences and present their research work.
• The faculty are encouraged to register for Ph.D. through external registrations in IITs and other universities. Incentives in the form of sabbatical/study/special leaves are provided to the faculty pursuing Ph.D.
• Research is promoted by: (i) Providing seed money to the faculty to carry out research, (ii) through faculty incentives for publications in journals, (iii) providing financial assistance for attending/organizing conferences as well as for patenting, as per the norms of the institute.
• College makes efforts for renewal of recognition as a Research Centre by SIRO, Directorate of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).
• Interdisciplinary research is promoted among various departments.
• College is looking for collaboration with leading National/International Institutes / Industries to strengthen research and developmental activity.
• Offering monetary benefits to faculty involved in consultancy as per the college norms.
• Providing necessary support to faculty to visit industries to work on specialized areas as per the demands of industries.

• To Establish Multi-Disciplinary Advanced Research & Development Centre in Engineering Sciences and to create trained man power.
• To establish strong linkages with Industries to work in specialized areas in meeting their needs.
• To arrange internships to the students in industries to gain industrial experience.
• To motivate faculty members to visit leading industries to work on industrial problems as part of R&D at the college.

• To build a strong tie up with industries and to work in the specialized areas to meet their needs so that the knowledge of college will be transformed into industrial products.
• To generate revenue to build better infrastructure in the college and train students with industrial orientation right from the beginning of academic curriculum.

• All the available infrastructural/equipment facilities will be made available for the consultancy projects, as required.
• If new facilities are to be created and/or the equipments to be procured, the same would be worked out on a mutually agreed terms with the customer/industry. The ownership of the equipment/facilities after the project completion lies with both the customer/industry and GCET.
• The faculty consultant(s) would be spared for the consultancy work without affecting the academic commitments of the faculty; however, reduction of the academic workload of the faculty will be considered keeping in view the project completion time. Offering monetary benefits to faculty involved in consultancy as per the college norms.

• Consultancy work undertaken at customer site not involving the use of the college facilities:
  Income from the consultancy would be shared by the college and the faculty on 15:85 basis.
• College infrastructural / equipment facilities:
  The charges payable by the customer would consist of two components, one based on the cost of usage of the facilities as estimated by Cost counting Committee and the other, based on the service cost of the faculty. The charges for the first component would be allocated to the college in full and the charges for the second (service component) would be shared by the college and the faculty on 15:85 basis.
• For the consultancy work of special nature, not covered above policy guidelines, will be framed on case to case basis.

• To Establish Multi-disciplinary Advanced Research & Development Centre in Engineering Sciences and to create trained man power and to cater to the needs of industrial consultancy.
• To strengthen College-Industry cell and execute MoU’s with more leading industries in order to establish strong linkages to work in specialized areas in meeting their needs.
• To tune academic curriculum in tune with industrial requirements so that the students perform better right from the joining industry.