Page 8 - Research Integrity Policy

· Unauthorized collaboration and use of unauthorized
material from sources are also cheating.
· Falsifying and making up of data from dubious sources and
using them in thesis and publications is also cheating.

Some guidelines for the proper conduct of research to safeguard
against dishonesty and negligence are stated below:

· All experimental and computational work should use
the proper and well- established methodology
· Not only primary data but also secondary data from
readouts, laboratory notebooks and pictures should be
stored in specific folders. Digital manipulation of photos
should be saved for posterity, so that, they can be
scrutinized later.

· Ensuring reproducibility of all simulations and
experimentations is important.
· Data points and figures should not be included artificially
by cherry-picking to make them look impressive.
· Lab notebooks must be maintained with utmost care.
They should be bound with printed page numbers and
should be amenable for subsequent checking. The
practice of writing page numbers on every single page
must be followed.

· One must use one's language as far as possible and
must avoid copying and pasting from the internet.
· All previous reports, methods, and computer
programs must be given appropriate citations.
Otherwise, it shall be considered self-plagiarism.
Submission of the identical materials in different fora is
completely unethical. All scientific and technical
conferences, workshops, and journals prohibit these

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