• The current/present impact factor, indexing (SCI/SCIE/SSCI) and other information will be taken from Clarivate analytics for evaluation of the papers. For indexing in Scopus, Cite Score and other information will be taken from scopus.com.
• The faculty member requesting the incentive must be the first author/supervisor (only for Ph.D students) or co-supervisor (only for Ph.D students) on the research paper.
• It is mandatory for all faculties receiving/receiving research paper incentives based upon impact factor to establish/contribute to a centre of excellence, research lab, student research facility, or sponsored projects in their respective departments based upon the research carried out in the paper.
• In the case of a multi-authored publication, the incentive will be equally shared by the authors.
• Published papers must have "KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad" as the affiliation.
• The author needs to claim the incentive only after the volume number, issue number, and page number have been assigned to the research paper by the journal.
• Authors outside the KIET fraternity are not entitled to this scheme.
• To raise the number of citations for improvement of KIET NIRF Ranking, it is mandatory for the perspective authors to include at least two references of already published Research Papers by KIET faculty in their Research papers.
• Authors must also be aware of the KIET Ethics Policy for Students and Faculty Members on academic dishonesty and plagiarism (Annexure I).
• The corresponding author shall take the responsibility of screening the paper for plagiarism, ethics approval, and background checks on the potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open access journals before communicating the research publication to Beall’s list of predatory publishers.
• When submitting a claim, proof of the journal paper and its indexing must be provided.
• A publication claim under the Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET must be made within a month of publication in the prescribed form to the HR department (Annexure II (a)).
• Details of the knowledge sharing session must be submitted while making the claim (Annexure II (b)).

• An incentive amount of rupees two thousand (Rs. 2000/-) is applicable to student authors for publications in any Scopus-indexed, non-paid journals besides the ones quoted above.

• The International/National conference must be of repute (viz. IEEE, Springer/Wiley/IPC etc.) and the hosting institutions must be of repute as well (IITs/IISc/NITs/IIITs/Universities/Deemed Universities etc.).
• The faculty would be allowed OD + Registration + T.A. on an actual basis or Rs. 10,000/-whichever is less.
• Only one faculty member may use the facility in the case of joint authorship.
• Each faculty member can present research papers at conferences of repute twice in an academic year with financial assistance (limited to Rs. 10,000/-only).
• The maximum number of ODs is limited to one week during the lean period. Only one one-day OD is allowed in the academic period.
• Authors must also be aware of the KIET Ethics Policy for Students and Faculty Members on academic dishonesty and plagiarism (Annexure I).
• Published paper must have ‘KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad’ as the affiliation.
• Only oral presentation of research papers is acceptable.
• To raise the number of citations for improvement of KIET NIRF Ranking, it is mandatory for the perspective authors to include at least two references of already published Research Papers by KIET faculty in their Research papers.
• A publication claim under Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET must be made within a month of the publication of a research paper in Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (CPCI-S), Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Social Sciences & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) and SCOPUS Indexed Conference Proceedings in the prescribed form (Annexure III (a)).
• Details of the knowledge sharing session must be submitted while making the claim (Annexure III (b)).
• In the case of student T.A (as per Institute policy), registration fees or Rs. 1000/-whichever is less.

• The faculty has to approach AICTE (which provides 100% funding subject to meeting their norms) or other funding agencies of the Govt. of India.
• It has been observed that some of the proposals may not meet AICTE norms, besides the paucity of funds, because of their all India scope. Therefore, KIET may also consider funding for international conferences on a case-to-case basis, subject to 60% being paid by the candidate and 40% by KIET, with the candidate having at least 5 years of service in KIET. Also, the candidate should register for a Ph.D. after coming as soon as possible.
• This sanction would be allowed depending upon the track record of the faculty member to be adjudged by a panel of at least four research and development.
• To raise the number of citations for improvement of KIET NIRF Ranking, it is mandatory for the perspective authors to include at least two references of already published Research Papers by KIET faculty in their Research papers.
• Published papers must have "KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad" as the affiliation.
• A publication claim under Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET must be made within a month of the publication of a research paper in Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (CPCI-S), Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Social Sciences & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) and SCOPUS Indexed Conference Proceedings in the prescribed form (Annexure III (a)).
• Details of the knowledge sharing session must be submitted while making the claim (Annexure III (b)).

• The faculty would be allowed OD+ Registration+ T.A. on an actual basis or Rs. 10,000/-whichever is less.
• The Workshops/Seminars/FDPs hosting institutions must be institutes of repute (IITs/IISc/NITs/IITs/Universities/Deemed Universities etc.).
• Each faculty member can attend workshops/seminars/FDPs of repute twice in an academic year with financial assistance. However, financial assistance is limited to Rs. 10,000/-only.
• The maximum number of ODs is limited to one week during the lean period. Only one one-day OD is allowed in the academic period.
• The clause of "minimum requirement of 6 months of service in KIET" stands discontinued for claiming any research-related incentives or OD for attending workshops, seminars, or FDPs etc.
• Faculty who attend FDPs outside the university must disseminate knowledge and information by organising faculty development programmes (FDP) and student development programmes (SDP)/student workshops/summer/winter schools, among other things, for the benefit of faculty and students in their respective departments.
• The OD and registration claim under the Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET must be made within a month in the prescribed form (Annexure IV (a)).
• Details of the knowledge sharing session must be submitted while making the claim (Annexure IV (b)).

• Faculty members who have made efforts to write and publish books or monographs are encouraged and an incentive will be given to the faculty member as per the cap provided:
  

  Details	Published By	Amount
  Full Book	Renowned International Publisher	Rs. 10000/-
  Full Book	Renowned National Publisher	Rs. 5000/-
  Edited volume of book with articles or chapters (with ISSN/ISBN number wherever necessary)	Renowned International / National Publisher	Rs. 2000/-
  Monographs	National Level / International Level	Rs. 2000/-

• If the book/chapter/monograph is contributed by more than one author, the incentive amount will be shared by all the authors equally.
• A maximum of two books/chapters/monographs may be considered per academic year.
• Authors must also be aware of the KIET Ethics Policy for Students and Faculty Members on academic dishonesty and plagiarism (Annexure I).
• Published chapters or monographs must have "KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad" as the affiliation.
• Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET must be made within a month of publication in Book Citation Index-Science (BKCI-S), Book Citation Index Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) and SCOPUS Indexed Book Publication in the prescribed form (Annexure V).

• Faculty members are expected to submit proposals for research grants from funding agencies.
• It is quite likely that these projects may involve modernization of laboratories or research infrastructure, acquiring equipment required specific to the research study or conducting surveys, etc.
• The research incentive will be 5% of the allocable amount if the institutional overheads are less than 10% of the project, and 10% if the overheads are 10% or more of the project cost. Research grants with no overheads are eligible for up to a 5% incentive. However, researchers are encouraged to include institutional overheads while proposing the grant budgets. Applicable to DST/DRDO/ISRO/DAE/ICMR/DEIT/DST.
• The Principal Investigator will receive 60% of the incentive, with the remaining 40% divided equally among the co-investigators.
• The maximum salary for any faculty member shall be one lakh rupees (Rs.1.00 lakh) per year, subject to applicable taxes. The amount will be payable over the period of the grant.
• For the purpose of the calculation of the incentives, there will be only one principal investigator, and faculty members assisting the principal investigator with any other title/s will be treated as co-investigators.
• If there is no principal investigator, the incentive must be split evenly among the co-investigators.
• Principal and co-investigators from outside the university will not be eligible for the incentive.
• An incentive claim under Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET must be made within a month of the sanction of the project grant in the prescribed form (Annexure VI).

• 25% amount will be with KIET for infrastructure and other supports for research and consultancy development.
• As per current understanding with EDRPL, which is a firm to facilitate consultancy work in KIET as per MOU signed, the remaining 75% amount will be with IRCDC and the same will be utilized as follows:
  • 25% to EDRPL Nominee staff attached to IRCDC for Project Management/ Business Promotions/ Client Interaction/ Coordination with EDRPL & KIET.
  • 50% will be spent on the salary of IRCDC technical staff /consultancy fee/ travel and lodging expenses on IRCDC Project according to the recommendation of IRCDC Head and as per mutual agreement with EDRPL to successfully deliver the project.

• Faculty members are expected to submit proposals for research grants from funding agencies.
• It is quite likely that these projects may involve modernization of laboratories or research infrastructure, acquiring equipment required specific to the research study or conducting surveys, etc.
• The research incentive will be 5% of the allocable amount if the institutional overheads are less than 10% of the project, and 10% if the overheads are 10% or more of the project cost. Research grants with no overheads are eligible for up to a 5% incentive. However, researchers are encouraged to include institutional overheads while proposing the grant budgets. Applicable to DST/DRDO/ISRO/DAE/ICMR/DEIT/DST.
• The Principal Investigator will receive 60% of the incentive, with the remaining 40% divided equally among the co-investigators.
• The maximum salary for any faculty member shall be one lakh rupees (Rs.1.00 lakh) per year, subject to applicable taxes. The amount will be payable over the period of the grant.
• For the purpose of the calculation of the incentives, there will be only one principal investigator, and faculty members assisting the principal investigator with any other title/s will be treated as co-investigators.
• If there is no principal investigator, the incentive must be split evenly among the co-investigators.
• Principal and co-investigators from outside the university will not be eligible for the incentive.
• An incentive claim under Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET must be made within a month of the sanction of the project grant in the prescribed form (Annexure VI).

• In the case of a provisional patent application, the initial processing fees of Rs. 25000/-or actual, whichever is less, will be paid by KIET as per KIET IPR Policy issued by the Director Office on 22nd June’18.
• Also in the case when patent is commercialized, its patent shall be shared among the inventors and KIET in the ratio 80:20.
• The share of the inventors shall be decided by the inventors among themselves.
• Incentive claim under Research Incentive Schemes (RIS) of KIET for commercialization of patent must be made within a month of filing with the patent in the prescribed form. (Annexure VIII).

Every year on Teachers' Day, the top five KIET Ph.D research supervisors/co-supervisors will be awarded based upon the number of Ph.D students guided in that particular academic session, in addition to the CV Raman Award.

In conclusion, here are some key points presented in this policy document:

• Research is an important – even integral – component of the KIET Group of Institutions' vision and mission: Knowledge creation and dissemination are key.
• Developing a robust research programme requires careful planning, including evidence-based assessment.
• The KIET Group of Institutions research plan must consider its institutional ancestry, resources, talents, and capacities of current staff, and its realistic, practical opportunities.
• Research talent is a first-order concern, so recognition, retention, and recruitment of well-trained, creative, and passionate scientists and scholars should be a priority.
• Researchers require time, not only for their work but for their development: KIET Group of Institutions' expectations of research performance should be well balanced in a reasonable way with teaching duties.
• Opportunities for collaboration are desired and, in fact, necessary for KIET Group of Institutions researchers.
• Governance requires monitoring and evaluation, but policy should determine measures of performance and not the reverse.

This document is intended to encourage KIET Group of Institutions to consider how to build up or improve research activity.