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3.2.3. Is there a provision in the institution to provide seed money to faculty for
research? If so, what percentage of the faculty has received seed money in the
last four years?

The College has set aside money for research - particularly as seed grants for an
internally defined major and minor research projects. In the year 2016-17, 18
proposals were received and four proposals were awarded seed grants. Since this is
only a beginning, we expect to see an increase in the number of grants over the years.
About 3% of the teachers have received seed money in 2016-17.

3.2.4. Are there any special efforts made by the College to encourage faculty to
file for patents? If so, provide details of patents filed and enumerate the
sanctioned patents.

There are no specific efforts made by the College to encourage faculty to file for
patents. The following two patents have been filed by Dr. Jayarama Reddy and
Dr. Nayeemulla Khan, Department of Botany.

 A simple method to control water hyacinth (Eichornnia crassipes), a common
aquatic weed: (Patent No. 145/CHE/2013); For details visit:
http://ipindiaonline.gov.in/patentsearch/search
 A combined single method of controlling arsenic levels in environment and
extraction of gold using a common aquatic plant, Eichornnia crassipes (Martius)
Solms-Laubach (Pontederiaceae): (Patent No.
144/CHE/2013); http://ipindiaonline.gov.in/patentsearch/search

3.2.5. Details of Ongoing Research Projects:

The College‘s culture of encouraging research among its faculty has resulted in
several projects being undertaken by the teachers. A total of 40 research projects were
granted to the College during the study period with the total grant money being Rs.
2,69,81,982. Of these 32 were UGC funded. Quite a few of the teachers had applied
for research projects for the first time showing the growing interest in research in the
College. Tables 3.5 and 3.6 above show the details of ongoing research projects in
the College.

3.2.6. How many departments of the College have been recognized for their
research activities by national / international agencies (UGC-SAP, CAS, DST-
FIST; DBT, ICSSR, ICHR, ICPR, etc.) and what is the quantum of assistance
received? Mention any two significant outcomes or breakthrough due to such
recognition.

Departments of Chemistry, Botany and Biotechnology are under DBT-STAR
program. Postgraduatecomponents of Departments of Chemistry, Botany,
Microbiology, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science are under DST-FIST
program. Microbiology Department received infrastructure grants from VGST,
Karnataka. Table 3.10

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