Page 8 - Research Promotion Policy

Note :

I) Textbooks, edited books or book chapters published by reputed
publishers with ISBN number only are eligible. Quality of publishers
will be verified by a School level committee.
ii) One who claims for an edited book cannot claim for his/her
contribution to a chapter in the same book.
iii) Thesis as a book and manuals will not be considered.

iv) Conference proceedings published as Lecture notes are not considered
as Book chapter.

4) Patents:

Filed Awarded
Indian International Indian International
5 Points 10 Points 10 Points 20 Points

Note : Equal points for the Inventor and the Co-inventor.

CATEGORY II : FUNDED PROJECT

5) Funded Project :

I) Both PI and Co-PI are eligible for a cash award.
ii) For a funded project, cash award can be claimed only once and
thereafter certificate of appreciation (CoA) will be given every year
until the end of the project.
iii) For sanctioned amount not received by VIT, the investigator will
receive only CoA.
CATEGORY III : H-INDEX

6) h - index :

Papers newly contributed to the h-index of VIT during the calendar
year will be awarded.

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