Kanya Maha Vidyalaya Research - Kanya Maha Vidyalaya

Vision

Research productivity is of paramount importance for the reputation of any educational institution. KMV has recommended to its Faculty a number of guidelines to ensure that the conduct of a research is of high quality and of ethical standards. KMV expects its faculty members and students to comply with set policies diligently.

Research Committee

1. Prof. (Dr.) Atima Sharma Dwivedi Principal KMV, Chairperson

2. Dr. Jatinder Pal Department of Economics (Dean Research)

A. Research Programme and Policy Development Responsibilities

To develop comprehensive document on research policy
To promote research among faculty and students
To organize research promotion activities such as workshops, seminars and conferences

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Neetu Chopra	Department of Physics (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Department of Physics
3.	Dr. Natasha Sharma	Department of Mathematics
4.	Mrs. Tank Sinderpal Kabal singh	Department of Chemistry
5.	Dr. Davinder Singh	Department of Physical Education

B. Committee on Finance and Infrastructure

Responsibilities

To create a corpus for research and development from government, industry, and other funding agencies.
To look into the possibilities of in-house funding.
To setup Digital Library & Information, Quantitative Methods & Data Analysis, Analytical and Consultancy Services.

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Pardeep Arora	Department of Computer Sci (Incharge)
2.	Dr.Rashmi Sharma	Department of Commerce
3.	Dr. Harpreet Kaur	Department of Faison Designing
4.	Dr. Ashish Raina	Department of Hospitality and Tourism
5.	Mrs. Hema Khurana	Library

C. Committee on Collaboration and Community

Responsibilities
1. To develop connection with already well established RDC
2. To identify and develop collaborative research with other national and international institutions inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary, and multidisciplinary research.

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Archana Saini	Department of Zoology (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Narinderjit Kaur	Department of Chemistry
3.	Dr. Rupika	Department of Hindi
4.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Department of Physics
5.	Dr. Pardeep Arora	Department of Computer Sci. & IT

D. Committee for Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization

Responsibilities

To assign various research activities to faculty and students
To monitor and oversee research progress, coordinate program, manage and facilitate optimizing resources, timely review of research activities for completion of the projects as per schedule.
To ensure that all the research labs in the institution fulfill the norms of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Safety

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Ravi Khurana	Department of Computer Sci. & IT (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Narinderjit Kaur	Department of Chemistry
3.	Dr. Ekta Saini	Department of Philosophy
4.	Dr. Simerjeet	Department of Fashion Designing
5.	Mrs. Vibhuti Kalia	Department of Textile Design & Apparel Technology

E. Committee for IPR, Legal & Ethical Matters

Responsibilities

To comply with ethical codes of research and publishing practices
To procure and manage plagiarism check mechanism
To sensitize the research community about dubious research, publishing practices and predatory journals.
To sensitize and guide to the faculty and students to procure IPRs

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Harleen Singh	Department of Physics (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Rashmi Sharma	Department of Commerce
3.	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Department of Physics
4.	Dr. Natasha Sharma	Department of Mathematics
4.	Dr. Iqbal Singh	Department of Political Science

Research Policy
Objectives
- To create an enabling environment within the KMV to foster a research culture.
- To create, maintain and enhance infrastructure to enable conduct of state-of the-art research
- To ensure adequate support to faculty, researchers and students in their research activities through internal and external funding.
- To ensure publications in quality journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science and/or with impact factor.
- To encourage faculty to undertake interdisciplinary and socially useful research with potential for commercialization.
- To establish Research Centres within the institutions and extend research consultancy to outsiders.
- To encourage the faculty to enter research collaborations and linkages nationally and globally.
Guidelines and Instructions
- A research forum will be organized once in a month. Each department, especially post graduate departments, will showcase their respective research. The investigators, along with their students working under seed money grant, will present their ideas, findings and experiences. Research forum will also organize invited talks periodically on research methodology, IPRs and research orientation.
- The appointments and promotions will be linked to research and academic activities and strictly in accordance with UGC/Government ordinances.
- Members of the faculty should undertake research leading to quality publications capable of generation of Intellectual property rights with potential for commercialization and with social relevance.
- Research activities of teachers, research fellows and students will be supported through the grants from central, state government agencies and college funds.(for detail see Seed Money Policy).Â
- It will be ensured that research papers are published in UGC approved Journals preferably with Impact Factor. Faculty can explore the Scopus to find list of journals for their respective subjects.
- Research should be promoted at Departmental level in collaboration with students. Departments should publish journals having research papers by faculty as well as students.
- Research Award for Faculty and Students
- In case of travel from project funds, for distance more than 500 KM air fare can be availed.
- To attend seminar/conference/workshops duty leave applications, along with acceptance of letter/invitation letter, should be submitted to Research cell, IQAC one month prior to the seminar/conference/workshops. Certificate of participation must also be submitted to Research Cell, IQAC after attending the conference.
- Workshops/interactions on research methodology should be organized to promote research.
- Website for online journals should be actively used.
Seed Money Policy
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya seeks to strengthen research and innovation activities in the college by motivating teachers and students who are not getting external funding. For this, it is desirable to have Seed money scheme. This will enable the faculty and students to engage in research work until sponsored projects from outside agencies are secured.

Eligibility
- Faculty should be working fulltime with the college and should have at least M. Phil degree.
- They have to sign an agreement that He/she will continue to work with the institution till the project is completed. In case the PI is leaving the institute, then he/she must deposit the granted seed money amount and assets created thereon to the office before leaving the institute.
- The PI should not be availing another grant from external agency for the same project.
- The PI should publish at least one research papers along with the names of co-investigators in UGC approved list of Journals.
- Seed money will be provided for only one project/scheme to an individual.
- The department of PI should have basic infrastructure to support research.
Money Grant

All the faculties including Social Sciences, Commerce, Languages, IT, Performing Arts and Sciences can avail seed money grant for research projects. One faculty member must choose two students as team members and proposal can be submitted to meet Recurring expenses, and/or Non-Recurring. Applications will be screened by expert committee in Dean Research office and short listed applicants will be asked to make presentations. Based on recommendations of expert committee seed money will be allocated up to Maximum Rs.30, 000 per project. One team can submit one project proposal only. Different documentation formats associated with project can be availed from Dean Research and can also be downloaded from college website. Selected Principal Investigators will have to submit progress report at the end of each semester. Duration of project will be of 1 year and extendable if required depending on progress made.
The funds will be released in two parts. First part 50% to be released at the time of sanction and the second part will be given only after recommendations by the mid-term review by the expert committee.

Non-Recurring Grants
- Equipment (Minor equipment only)
- Books and Journals
The equipment as well as books & journals grants may be utilized to procure the essential equipment and books & journals needed for the proposed research work. The equipment and books & journals acquired by the Principal Investigator under a Project must be deposited to Institution after the completion of the project.

Recurring Grant
- Hiring Services
  This is meant for specialized technical work, such as sample analysis, for which the University/Institution either has no infrastructure or such services are available on payment basis.
- Contingency
  The admissible contingency grant may be utilized on spares for apparatus, photo-stat copies and microfilms, typing, stationary, postage, internet, fax, computation and printing needed for the project. Expenditure towards the audit fee may also be claimed under contingency head.
- Special Needs
  Assistance may be provided for any other special requirement in connection with the project which is not covered under any other ‘Head’ of assistance under the scheme.
- Chemicals and Consumables
  To meet expenditure on chemicals, glassware and other consumable items
- Travel and Field Work
  The amount allocated under the head travel/field work is to be utilized for data collection and collection of other information such as documents and visit to libraries within the general scope and sphere of the ongoing project. This should not be used for attending conferences, seminars, workshops and training courses etc. They may also avail special casual leave/duty leave for field work/collection of data as per rules. This grant is not meant for lodging in case of outstation visits.

Session 2019-20

S. No	Faculty	Department	Title	Year of Sanction	Amount
1	Dr. Pardeep Arora and Mrs. Rajni Bansal & Team of Students	Computer Sc.	To Study the Impact of Social Media on Youth based on Machine Learning The Role of Media in Higher Education	2019	Rs.30000
2	Mr. Sehajpal Singh & Team of Students	JMC	The Role of Media in Higher Education	2019	Rs.20000
3	Dr. Monika Rani & Dr. Natasha Sharma & Team of students	Mathematics	Solution of non-linear differential equations using non-perturbation methods	2019	Rs.30000
4	Mrs. Rashmi Bindra & Mrs. Namita Kochhar & Team of students	Commerce	Social Networking Sites: A Comparative Study of Youth Belonging to Urban & Rural Area ( A study of Women Colleges in jalandhar City)	2019	Rs.22000
5	Dr. Narinderjit Kaur & Dr. Manju Sahni and team of students	Chemistry	Effect Of Different Solvents On Reverse Micellar Extraction Of Dye From Textile Effluent	2019	Rs.130000

Session 2020-21

S. No	Faculty	Department	Title	Year of Sanction	Amount
1	Dr. Davinder Singh & Team of Students	Physical Education	Assessment of Aerobic Fitness, Abdominal Strength, Body Mass Index, Socio-Economic Status Eating Orders and Decision Making among the Students of Different Streams of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar”	2020	30000
2	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur Grewal & Mrs. Deepika Vashistha & Team of Students	Biotechnology & Botany	Studying the molecular basis of dysregulated glucose and cholesterol levels	2020	30000
3	Dr. Nalini Singh Chauhan & Dr. Mandeep Kaur & Team of Students	Zoology	Bioefficacy of Plant based compounds in controlling the insect pest	2020	30000
4	Dr. Archana saini Dr. Prabha & Team of Students	Zoology	Evaluation of Plastic Pollution in Fresh Water Ecosystems	2020	30000
5	Dr. Surbhi Sharma Dr. Neetu Chopra & Team of Students	Physics	Structural, Optical and Thermal Studies Of Alkali Boro- Tellurite Glasses Doped With Rare Earth Element Matrix For Fiber Optics Application	2020	80000

Major Research Projects

S. No.	Name of the Faculty	Funding agency	Title of the Project	Amount sanctioned
1.	Dr. Neetu Chopra & Dr. Manmohan Singh (Dept. of Physics)	DST	Rare Earth doped tellurite and borate glass nanocomposites for photonic applications	3254000 completed
2.	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	UGC	Optical and non linear optical properties of nanopatterned novel glasses	36,46,388/- Completed
3.	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	UGC	Nanocrystaline phase of oxy flouride glasses as Scintillation material	18,24,000/-Completed
4.	Dr. Pardeep Arora Dept. of Computer Science	UGC	Rural Geographical Information System	11,46,800/- Completed
5.	Dr. Neeraj Maini Dept. Commerce	UGC	‘Status of Women Investors in the Indian Capital Market: An Empirical Study’	6,30,000/- Completed
6.	Dr. Sonik Bhatia Dept. Physics	UGC	Nano structured molecular sensor based upon doped/ undoped ZnO films prepared by different techniques.	10,93,800/- Completed
7.	Dr. Pardeep Arora Dept. Computer Science(Co-PI)	UGC	Data Mining and Analysis of Indian Origin academicians in foreign universities for exploring opportunities of academic interaction	60,61,265/- Completed
8.	Dr. Sangeeta Prashar Dept. of Physics	UGC	Tailoring the conducting properties of SHI irradiated polyaniline metal halide composites	Only Facility Available
9.	Dr Archana Saini Dept.of Botany	UGC	Multidimensional investigation on Aprostocetus purpureus, a resurgent parasitoid of Indian lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) for devising lac crop management strategies	INR 28, 43, 697/- Ongoing
10.	Dr. Neetu Chopra Dept.of Physics	UGC	Rare earth doped tellurite and borate glass nanocomposites for photonic applications	INR 32,54,020/- Ongoing
11.	Dr. Jaswinder Kaur Dept. of Botany	UGC	Tissue Culture Studies in Stevia	4,90,600.00 Completed
	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	UGC	Rare earth doped glass nanocrystal composites : Optical & physical Characterization	10,96,300/- Completed
12.	Dr. Neeraj Maini Dept. of Commerce	UGC	‘Status of Women Investors in The Indian Capital Market : An Empirical Study’	6,30,000/- Completed
12.	Dr. Sonik Bhatia Dept. of Physics	UGC	‘Nano Structured Sensors by Different Techniques’	11,00,000/- Completed
13.	Sh. Ashish Arora	DST	Wave Propagation in Porous Media	2,94,000/- Completed
14.	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	DST	Nanocrystalline phase in oxy flouride glasses for scintillator application	18,24,100/- Completed

Minor Research Projects

S. No.	Name of the Faculty	Funding agency	Title of the Project	Amount sanctioned
1.	Dr. Sangeeta Prashar Dept.of Physics	UGC	Tailoring the conducting properties of SHI irradiated polyanaline metal halide composites	3,oo,ooo/- Completed
2.	Dr. Rupika Dept.of Hindi	UGC	Punjab ki Hindi patarkartia: Vividh aayam	1, 80,000/- Completed
3.	Mrs. Mohini Sharda Dept. of English	UGC	Ben Jonson’s Theory and Practice of comedy – A Deconstructionist Perspective	25000-00 Completed
4.	Mrs. Seema Jyoti Dept. of Commerce	UGC	Performance evaluation of Non Banking Finance Companies	80,000-00 Completed
5.	Ms. Manan Sachdeva Dept. of Fine Arts	UGC	“B.C. Sanyal-Life and works”	35,000.00 Completed
6.	Ms. Neeraj Maini Dept. of Commerce	UGC	“Information needs of Investors”	40,000.00 Completed
7.	Mrs. Suman Khurana Dept. of Computer Sc.	UGC	“Internet use by college teachers”	40,000.00 Completed
8.	Mrs. Harpreet Kaur Dept. of Punjabi	UGC	Drama : Changing Scenario of Woman(Punjabi Natak-Istrai De Badlte Roop)	30,000.00 Completed
9.	Mrs. Amanpreet Khurana Dept. of Economics	UGC	VAT : Issues and Concerns A study in Punjab	35,000.00 Completed
10.	Mrs. Neelam Bala Dept. of Music	UGC	Sangeet aur Sanskriti ‘Mulyankan’	1,00,000.00 Completed
11.	Mrs. Sabina Batra Dept. of Commerce	UGC	Dematerialisation in India A study of investors perceptions	45,000.00 Completed
12.	Mrs. Rituparna Datta Roy Dept. of English	UGC	Thomas Hardy’s Delineation of A ‘Feminist’ Woman : Sue Bridehead’	30,000.00 Completed
13.	Mrs. Rashmi Sharma Dept. of Commerce	UGC	Business Process outsourcing :: Impact on Indian economy	25,000.00 Completed
14.	Dr. Monica Sharma Dept. of History	UGC	“Human Rights Violation in Leather Industry”	80,000-00 Completed
15.	Dr. (Mrs.)Vinod Kalra Dept. of Hindi	UGC	Bhartiya Uchh Adhian Sansthan Shimla Mein Amntrit Sahityakaro Ka Hindi Sahitya Ko Awdaan	55,000.00 Completed
16.	Dr. Jatinder Pal Dept. of Economics	UGC	Monetary Transmission Mechanism in India Evidence from Firm Level Data	60,000.00 Completed
17.	Sh.Sonik Bhatia Dept. of Physics	UGC	Characterization of undoped and doped Zinc oxide films prepared by different techniques	1,00,000.00 Completed
18.	Dr.(Mrs.) Neeraj Sharma Dept. of Sanskrit	UGC	‘Abhiraj Rajendra Praneet Sanskrit Kathasahitya : Ek Samikashtmak Adhyayan’	60,000.00 Completed
19.	Mrs. Neetu Chopra Dept. of Physics	UGC	‘Gamma Irradiation Effect on Alkali Boarate Glasses for Shielding : and Reactor Applications : Structural Optical and Physical Analysis’	1,90,000.00 Completed
20.	Mrs. Parminder Kaur Dept. of Physics	UGC	‘Optical and Physical Characterization of Glass Ceramic Composities’	1,00,000.00 Completed

Research Awards

In each year faculty will be given “Award of Excellence in Research” of Rs. 10000/- approximately. Research outcome will be evaluated as per latest CAS UGC guidelines. Only those research activities will be considered for award where the researcher has acknowledged KMV as their working institution. Senior and junior categories will be decided according to Nature of job of the applicant.
Awards will also be given separately/ award of Rs. 2000/- to UG and PG students under Faculty of Languages, Science, Social Science, IT and Performing Arts. Each faculty will short list the research activities of students and submit the same to the research committee.

Name of the Faculty	Department	Category	Year
Dr. Manmohan Singh	Physics	Senior	2016-17
Dr. Narinderjit Kaur	Chemistry	Junior	2016-17
Mrs. Ashima Sahni	Political Science	Senior	2017-19
Dr. Davinder Singh	Physical Education	Junior	2017-19

List of Co-Supervisor with Research Scholars

Sr. No.	Name of Co Supervisor	Research scholar	Title	University	Status
1.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Vandana	Preparation of Transition Metal Based Borate Glasses and their optical and structural characterization	Punjabi University Patiala	Completed(2009)
2.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Neetu Chopra	Effect of gamma irradiation on optical and structural properties of alkali borate glasses	Punjab Technical University Jalandhar	Completed (2013)
3.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Ruchika Bagga	Rare Earth Doped Glasses and Glass Ceramics: Optical & Physical Characterization	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2015)
4.	Dr. Sangeeta Prashar	Ms. Soloni Sharma	Microstructural analysis of radiation induced modifications in some polymers	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2016)
5.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Ms. Nancy	Nano Crystalline Phase of Oxyfluoride Glass as Scintillator Application	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2017)
6.	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Dr. Kulwinder Singh	Investigation of gamma-ray shielding Behaviours of some LOW- Z Engineering Materials	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2017)
7.	Dr. Archana Saini	Ms. Nimneet Kaur	Physicochemical & histopathological studies on fish & surface water of Doaba region & development of green technology for water purification.	LPU University	In Progress
8.	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Ms. Kirandeep Kaur	Measurement of air. soil and water pollution using radiation techniques.	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2018)
9.	Dr. Monica Sharma	Ms. Tashi Namgyal	Impact of Tourism on the Economy, Society and Environment of Ladhak and the Challenges for their Sustainable Development	Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh	In progress
10.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Shivani	Linear and non linear optical Properties of Nanoparticles Dispersed Novel Glasses	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology: Patiala	Completed (2020)

Ethics Policy

Researchers must in all areas of their research demonstrate Honesty and integrity. All the research activities of faculty in each area should be of good quality adhering to highest standards of ethics. The college encourages publications in journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science. Faculty/students/research fellows must submit the undertaking that research work has not been published/presented/communicated elsewhere and all the citations are acknowledged carefully to avoid the issues involved in plagiarism.

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Research Development Center
Research Programme and Policy Development Responsibilities
Committee on Finance and Infrastructure
Committee on Collaboration and Community
Committee for Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization
Committee for IPR, Legal & Ethical Matters
Research Policy
Seed Money Policy
Projects awarded under seed money
Projects sanctioned by Government bodies
Research Awards
Ph.D students supervised
Ethics Policy

Vision

Research productivity is of paramount importance for the reputation of any educational institution. KMV has recommended to its Faculty a number of guidelines to ensure that the conduct of a research is of high quality and of ethical standards. KMV expects its faculty members and students to comply with set policies diligently.

Research Committee

1.	Prof. (Dr.) Atima Sharma Dwivedi	Principal KMV, Chairperson
2.	Dr. Jatinder Pal	Department of Economics (Dean Research)

A. Research Programme and Policy Development Responsibilities

To develop comprehensive document on research policy
To promote research among faculty and students
To organize research promotion activities such as workshops, seminars and conferences

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Neetu Chopra	Department of Physics (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Department of Physics
3.	Dr. Natasha Sharma	Department of Mathematics
4.	Mrs. Tank Sinderpal Kabal singh	Department of Chemistry
5.	Dr. Davinder Singh	Department of Physical Education

B. Committee on Finance and Infrastructure

Responsibilities

To create a corpus for research and development from government, industry, and other funding agencies.
To look into the possibilities of in-house funding.
To setup Digital Library & Information, Quantitative Methods & Data Analysis, Analytical and Consultancy Services.

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Pardeep Arora	Department of Computer Sci (Incharge)
2.	Dr.Rashmi Sharma	Department of Commerce
3.	Dr. Harpreet Kaur	Department of Faison Designing
4.	Dr. Ashish Raina	Department of Hospitality and Tourism
5.	Mrs. Hema Khurana	Library

C. Committee on Collaboration and Community

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Archana Saini	Department of Zoology (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Narinderjit Kaur	Department of Chemistry
3.	Dr. Rupika	Department of Hindi
4.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Department of Physics
5.	Dr. Pardeep Arora	Department of Computer Sci. & IT

D. Committee for Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization

Responsibilities

To assign various research activities to faculty and students
To monitor and oversee research progress, coordinate program, manage and facilitate optimizing resources, timely review of research activities for completion of the projects as per schedule.
To ensure that all the research labs in the institution fulfill the norms of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Safety

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Ravi Khurana	Department of Computer Sci. & IT (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Narinderjit Kaur	Department of Chemistry
3.	Dr. Ekta Saini	Department of Philosophy
4.	Dr. Simerjeet	Department of Fashion Designing
5.	Mrs. Vibhuti Kalia	Department of Textile Design & Apparel Technology

E. Committee for IPR, Legal & Ethical Matters

Responsibilities

To comply with ethical codes of research and publishing practices
To procure and manage plagiarism check mechanism
To sensitize the research community about dubious research, publishing practices and predatory journals.
To sensitize and guide to the faculty and students to procure IPRs

Committee Members:

1.	Dr. Harleen Singh	Department of Physics (Incharge)
2.	Dr. Rashmi Sharma	Department of Commerce
3.	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Department of Physics
4.	Dr. Natasha Sharma	Department of Mathematics
4.	Dr. Iqbal Singh	Department of Political Science

Research Policy

Objectives

To create an enabling environment within the KMV to foster a research culture.
To create, maintain and enhance infrastructure to enable conduct of state-of the-art research
To ensure adequate support to faculty, researchers and students in their research activities through internal and external funding.
To ensure publications in quality journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science and/or with impact factor.
To encourage faculty to undertake interdisciplinary and socially useful research with potential for commercialization.
To establish Research Centres within the institutions and extend research consultancy to outsiders.
To encourage the faculty to enter research collaborations and linkages nationally and globally.

Guidelines and Instructions

A research forum will be organized once in a month. Each department, especially post graduate departments, will showcase their respective research. The investigators, along with their students working under seed money grant, will present their ideas, findings and experiences. Research forum will also organize invited talks periodically on research methodology, IPRs and research orientation.
The appointments and promotions will be linked to research and academic activities and strictly in accordance with UGC/Government ordinances.
Members of the faculty should undertake research leading to quality publications capable of generation of Intellectual property rights with potential for commercialization and with social relevance.
Research activities of teachers, research fellows and students will be supported through the grants from central, state government agencies and college funds.(for detail see Seed Money Policy).Â
It will be ensured that research papers are published in UGC approved Journals preferably with Impact Factor. Faculty can explore the Scopus to find list of journals for their respective subjects.
Research should be promoted at Departmental level in collaboration with students. Departments should publish journals having research papers by faculty as well as students.
Research Award for Faculty and Students
In case of travel from project funds, for distance more than 500 KM air fare can be availed.
To attend seminar/conference/workshops duty leave applications, along with acceptance of letter/invitation letter, should be submitted to Research cell, IQAC one month prior to the seminar/conference/workshops. Certificate of participation must also be submitted to Research Cell, IQAC after attending the conference.
Workshops/interactions on research methodology should be organized to promote research.
Website for online journals should be actively used.

Seed Money Policy

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya seeks to strengthen research and innovation activities in the college by motivating teachers and students who are not getting external funding. For this, it is desirable to have Seed money scheme. This will enable the faculty and students to engage in research work until sponsored projects from outside agencies are secured.

Eligibility

Faculty should be working fulltime with the college and should have at least M. Phil degree.
They have to sign an agreement that He/she will continue to work with the institution till the project is completed. In case the PI is leaving the institute, then he/she must deposit the granted seed money amount and assets created thereon to the office before leaving the institute.
The PI should not be availing another grant from external agency for the same project.
The PI should publish at least one research papers along with the names of co-investigators in UGC approved list of Journals.
Seed money will be provided for only one project/scheme to an individual.
The department of PI should have basic infrastructure to support research.

Money Grant

All the faculties including Social Sciences, Commerce, Languages, IT, Performing Arts and Sciences can avail seed money grant for research projects. One faculty member must choose two students as team members and proposal can be submitted to meet Recurring expenses, and/or Non-Recurring. Applications will be screened by expert committee in Dean Research office and short listed applicants will be asked to make presentations. Based on recommendations of expert committee seed money will be allocated up to Maximum Rs.30, 000 per project. One team can submit one project proposal only. Different documentation formats associated with project can be availed from Dean Research and can also be downloaded from college website. Selected Principal Investigators will have to submit progress report at the end of each semester. Duration of project will be of 1 year and extendable if required depending on progress made.
The funds will be released in two parts. First part 50% to be released at the time of sanction and the second part will be given only after recommendations by the mid-term review by the expert committee.

Non-Recurring Grants

Equipment (Minor equipment only)
Books and Journals

The equipment as well as books & journals grants may be utilized to procure the essential equipment and books & journals needed for the proposed research work. The equipment and books & journals acquired by the Principal Investigator under a Project must be deposited to Institution after the completion of the project.

Recurring Grant

Hiring Services
This is meant for specialized technical work, such as sample analysis, for which the University/Institution either has no infrastructure or such services are available on payment basis.
Contingency
The admissible contingency grant may be utilized on spares for apparatus, photo-stat copies and microfilms, typing, stationary, postage, internet, fax, computation and printing needed for the project. Expenditure towards the audit fee may also be claimed under contingency head.
Special Needs
Assistance may be provided for any other special requirement in connection with the project which is not covered under any other ‘Head’ of assistance under the scheme.
Chemicals and Consumables
To meet expenditure on chemicals, glassware and other consumable items
Travel and Field Work
The amount allocated under the head travel/field work is to be utilized for data collection and collection of other information such as documents and visit to libraries within the general scope and sphere of the ongoing project. This should not be used for attending conferences, seminars, workshops and training courses etc. They may also avail special casual leave/duty leave for field work/collection of data as per rules. This grant is not meant for lodging in case of outstation visits.

Session 2019-20

S. No	Faculty	Department	Title	Year of Sanction	Amount
1	Dr. Pardeep Arora and Mrs. Rajni Bansal & Team of Students	Computer Sc.	To Study the Impact of Social Media on Youth based on Machine Learning The Role of Media in Higher Education	2019	Rs.30000
2	Mr. Sehajpal Singh & Team of Students	JMC	The Role of Media in Higher Education	2019	Rs.20000
3	Dr. Monika Rani & Dr. Natasha Sharma & Team of students	Mathematics	Solution of non-linear differential equations using non-perturbation methods	2019	Rs.30000
4	Mrs. Rashmi Bindra & Mrs. Namita Kochhar & Team of students	Commerce	Social Networking Sites: A Comparative Study of Youth Belonging to Urban & Rural Area ( A study of Women Colleges in jalandhar City)	2019	Rs.22000
5	Dr. Narinderjit Kaur & Dr. Manju Sahni and team of students	Chemistry	Effect Of Different Solvents On Reverse Micellar Extraction Of Dye From Textile Effluent	2019	Rs.130000

Session 2020-21

S. No	Faculty	Department	Title	Year of Sanction	Amount
1	Dr. Davinder Singh & Team of Students	Physical Education	Assessment of Aerobic Fitness, Abdominal Strength, Body Mass Index, Socio-Economic Status Eating Orders and Decision Making among the Students of Different Streams of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar”	2020	30000
2	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur Grewal & Mrs. Deepika Vashistha & Team of Students	Biotechnology & Botany	Studying the molecular basis of dysregulated glucose and cholesterol levels	2020	30000
3	Dr. Nalini Singh Chauhan & Dr. Mandeep Kaur & Team of Students	Zoology	Bioefficacy of Plant based compounds in controlling the insect pest	2020	30000
4	Dr. Archana saini Dr. Prabha & Team of Students	Zoology	Evaluation of Plastic Pollution in Fresh Water Ecosystems	2020	30000
5	Dr. Surbhi Sharma Dr. Neetu Chopra & Team of Students	Physics	Structural, Optical and Thermal Studies Of Alkali Boro- Tellurite Glasses Doped With Rare Earth Element Matrix For Fiber Optics Application	2020	80000

Major Research Projects

S. No.	Name of the Faculty	Funding agency	Title of the Project	Amount sanctioned
1.	Dr. Neetu Chopra & Dr. Manmohan Singh (Dept. of Physics)	DST	Rare Earth doped tellurite and borate glass nanocomposites for photonic applications	3254000 completed
2.	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	UGC	Optical and non linear optical properties of nanopatterned novel glasses	36,46,388/- Completed
3.	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	UGC	Nanocrystaline phase of oxy flouride glasses as Scintillation material	18,24,000/-Completed
4.	Dr. Pardeep Arora Dept. of Computer Science	UGC	Rural Geographical Information System	11,46,800/- Completed
5.	Dr. Neeraj Maini Dept. Commerce	UGC	‘Status of Women Investors in the Indian Capital Market: An Empirical Study’	6,30,000/- Completed
6.	Dr. Sonik Bhatia Dept. Physics	UGC	Nano structured molecular sensor based upon doped/ undoped ZnO films prepared by different techniques.	10,93,800/- Completed
7.	Dr. Pardeep Arora Dept. Computer Science(Co-PI)	UGC	Data Mining and Analysis of Indian Origin academicians in foreign universities for exploring opportunities of academic interaction	60,61,265/- Completed
8.	Dr. Sangeeta Prashar Dept. of Physics	UGC	Tailoring the conducting properties of SHI irradiated polyaniline metal halide composites	Only Facility Available
9.	Dr Archana Saini Dept.of Botany	UGC	Multidimensional investigation on Aprostocetus purpureus, a resurgent parasitoid of Indian lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) for devising lac crop management strategies	INR 28, 43, 697/- Ongoing
10.	Dr. Neetu Chopra Dept.of Physics	UGC	Rare earth doped tellurite and borate glass nanocomposites for photonic applications	INR 32,54,020/- Ongoing
11.	Dr. Jaswinder Kaur Dept. of Botany	UGC	Tissue Culture Studies in Stevia	4,90,600.00 Completed
	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	UGC	Rare earth doped glass nanocrystal composites : Optical & physical Characterization	10,96,300/- Completed
12.	Dr. Neeraj Maini Dept. of Commerce	UGC	‘Status of Women Investors in The Indian Capital Market : An Empirical Study’	6,30,000/- Completed
12.	Dr. Sonik Bhatia Dept. of Physics	UGC	‘Nano Structured Sensors by Different Techniques’	11,00,000/- Completed
13.	Sh. Ashish Arora	DST	Wave Propagation in Porous Media	2,94,000/- Completed
14.	Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics	DST	Nanocrystalline phase in oxy flouride glasses for scintillator application	18,24,100/- Completed

Minor Research Projects

S. No.	Name of the Faculty	Funding agency	Title of the Project	Amount sanctioned
1.	Dr. Sangeeta Prashar Dept.of Physics	UGC	Tailoring the conducting properties of SHI irradiated polyanaline metal halide composites	3,oo,ooo/- Completed
2.	Dr. Rupika Dept.of Hindi	UGC	Punjab ki Hindi patarkartia: Vividh aayam	1, 80,000/- Completed
3.	Mrs. Mohini Sharda Dept. of English	UGC	Ben Jonson’s Theory and Practice of comedy – A Deconstructionist Perspective	25000-00 Completed
4.	Mrs. Seema Jyoti Dept. of Commerce	UGC	Performance evaluation of Non Banking Finance Companies	80,000-00 Completed
5.	Ms. Manan Sachdeva Dept. of Fine Arts	UGC	“B.C. Sanyal-Life and works”	35,000.00 Completed
6.	Ms. Neeraj Maini Dept. of Commerce	UGC	“Information needs of Investors”	40,000.00 Completed
7.	Mrs. Suman Khurana Dept. of Computer Sc.	UGC	“Internet use by college teachers”	40,000.00 Completed
8.	Mrs. Harpreet Kaur Dept. of Punjabi	UGC	Drama : Changing Scenario of Woman(Punjabi Natak-Istrai De Badlte Roop)	30,000.00 Completed
9.	Mrs. Amanpreet Khurana Dept. of Economics	UGC	VAT : Issues and Concerns A study in Punjab	35,000.00 Completed
10.	Mrs. Neelam Bala Dept. of Music	UGC	Sangeet aur Sanskriti ‘Mulyankan’	1,00,000.00 Completed
11.	Mrs. Sabina Batra Dept. of Commerce	UGC	Dematerialisation in India A study of investors perceptions	45,000.00 Completed
12.	Mrs. Rituparna Datta Roy Dept. of English	UGC	Thomas Hardy’s Delineation of A ‘Feminist’ Woman : Sue Bridehead’	30,000.00 Completed
13.	Mrs. Rashmi Sharma Dept. of Commerce	UGC	Business Process outsourcing :: Impact on Indian economy	25,000.00 Completed
14.	Dr. Monica Sharma Dept. of History	UGC	“Human Rights Violation in Leather Industry”	80,000-00 Completed
15.	Dr. (Mrs.)Vinod Kalra Dept. of Hindi	UGC	Bhartiya Uchh Adhian Sansthan Shimla Mein Amntrit Sahityakaro Ka Hindi Sahitya Ko Awdaan	55,000.00 Completed
16.	Dr. Jatinder Pal Dept. of Economics	UGC	Monetary Transmission Mechanism in India Evidence from Firm Level Data	60,000.00 Completed
17.	Sh.Sonik Bhatia Dept. of Physics	UGC	Characterization of undoped and doped Zinc oxide films prepared by different techniques	1,00,000.00 Completed
18.	Dr.(Mrs.) Neeraj Sharma Dept. of Sanskrit	UGC	‘Abhiraj Rajendra Praneet Sanskrit Kathasahitya : Ek Samikashtmak Adhyayan’	60,000.00 Completed
19.	Mrs. Neetu Chopra Dept. of Physics	UGC	‘Gamma Irradiation Effect on Alkali Boarate Glasses for Shielding : and Reactor Applications : Structural Optical and Physical Analysis’	1,90,000.00 Completed
20.	Mrs. Parminder Kaur Dept. of Physics	UGC	‘Optical and Physical Characterization of Glass Ceramic Composities’	1,00,000.00 Completed

Research Awards

In each year faculty will be given “Award of Excellence in Research” of Rs. 10000/- approximately. Research outcome will be evaluated as per latest CAS UGC guidelines. Only those research activities will be considered for award where the researcher has acknowledged KMV as their working institution. Senior and junior categories will be decided according to Nature of job of the applicant.
Awards will also be given separately/ award of Rs. 2000/- to UG and PG students under Faculty of Languages, Science, Social Science, IT and Performing Arts. Each faculty will short list the research activities of students and submit the same to the research committee.

Name of the Faculty	Department	Category	Year
Dr. Manmohan Singh	Physics	Senior	2016-17
Dr. Narinderjit Kaur	Chemistry	Junior	2016-17
Mrs. Ashima Sahni	Political Science	Senior	2017-19
Dr. Davinder Singh	Physical Education	Junior	2017-19

List of Co-Supervisor with Research Scholars

Sr. No.	Name of Co Supervisor	Research scholar	Title	University	Status
1.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Vandana	Preparation of Transition Metal Based Borate Glasses and their optical and structural characterization	Punjabi University Patiala	Completed(2009)
2.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Neetu Chopra	Effect of gamma irradiation on optical and structural properties of alkali borate glasses	Punjab Technical University Jalandhar	Completed (2013)
3.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Ruchika Bagga	Rare Earth Doped Glasses and Glass Ceramics: Optical & Physical Characterization	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2015)
4.	Dr. Sangeeta Prashar	Ms. Soloni Sharma	Microstructural analysis of radiation induced modifications in some polymers	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2016)
5.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Ms. Nancy	Nano Crystalline Phase of Oxyfluoride Glass as Scintillator Application	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2017)
6.	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Dr. Kulwinder Singh	Investigation of gamma-ray shielding Behaviours of some LOW- Z Engineering Materials	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2017)
7.	Dr. Archana Saini	Ms. Nimneet Kaur	Physicochemical & histopathological studies on fish & surface water of Doaba region & development of green technology for water purification.	LPU University	In Progress
8.	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Ms. Kirandeep Kaur	Measurement of air. soil and water pollution using radiation techniques.	IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala	Completed (2018)
9.	Dr. Monica Sharma	Ms. Tashi Namgyal	Impact of Tourism on the Economy, Society and Environment of Ladhak and the Challenges for their Sustainable Development	Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh	In progress
10.	Dr. Gopi Sharma	Dr. Shivani	Linear and non linear optical Properties of Nanoparticles Dispersed Novel Glasses	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology: Patiala	Completed (2020)

Ethics Policy

Researchers must in all areas of their research demonstrate Honesty and integrity. All the research activities of faculty in each area should be of good quality adhering to highest standards of ethics. The college encourages publications in journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science. Faculty/students/research fellows must submit the undertaking that research work has not been published/presented/communicated elsewhere and all the citations are acknowledged carefully to avoid the issues involved in plagiarism.