Research and Development Committee

The research and development cell of AVSEC ensures the quality and procedural methods to formulate journal publications, projects, funded proposals, consultancy works, Entrepreneurship and start- ups to enhance innovation.

With precedence of recommendations of Internal and External Research Committee of our Institution, the Research policy is framed and updated with the following principles

• To regulate and support various Research activities of Faculty members and students with Research policies and formats.
• To formulate and validate every research activity with respect to government and non-government research organizations and standardize with a Review committee team AVSEC-RRC
• To ensure and enhance Quality of the Research Papers in Journal, Conferences, Hackathon, Funded projects, Patents, Consultancy projects, Start-ups, Industry projects, Incubation centres and participations for the same in external colleges, expo, Industries and organizations with developed Research arena in the Institution.

Objectives

• To achieve a high quality research ambience in the Institution
• The Research and Development is established to achieve outcomes in the field of Science and Technology and to be par with upcoming technologies.
• The research review committee AVSEC-RRC (AVSEC- Research Review Committee) establish a quality arena among faculty members, students and research scholars to undertake research papers, funded projects, patents, consultancy works for industries, industry projects and start-ups.
• Arrange external renowned researchers and industrialists  to visit and interact with the teachers and students through AVSEC- CTaT (AVSEC- Centre for Technology and Training)
• Conduct national and international conferences and Department Symposiums every year in specialised or emerging fields with the involvement of notable scientists and technologists.
• Take charge and devise a system for compiling research findings in fields pertinent to issues or needs in the community with innovative ideas and disseminate them to the students and the community through AVSEC-Start-ups and AVSEC-CWC (AVSEC- Creator Workspace Centre) for prototype development and AVSEC-EDC (AVSEC- Entrepreneurship Development Cell) for expanding the innovation and creativity to business.
• Encourage and develop students' capacity for research and their potential for creative inquiry through thrust area labs.
• Determine the research areas that should be prioritised depending on the college's expertise and Industry expectations through AVSEC-IIP ( AVSEC- Industry Institute Partnership)
• Create strategies and coordinate Institutional / departmental efforts to get their research recognised by national and international organisations such UGC, DST, CSIR, DRDO, TNSPC, ICSSR(Indian Council for Social Science Research), ICHR (Indian Council for Historical research), and ICPR (Indian Council for Philosophical Research) etc.

Research Policy in AVSEC

With relevant to the General Research Promotions from Anna University the Research policy denotes the following.

• Find forecasts for externally supported R&D projects to submit funding applications, project ideas, publish patents, consultancy projects, industry projects, register start-ups and follow up with funding organisations to ensure project approval.
• Create an R&D budget that takes into account susceptible to fund for faculty research projects, incentives, and project cost suggestions.
• Create a yearly R&D plan of activities that includes both institution-support and external sponsored projects.
• Supervise R&D projects, Entrepreneurship and start-ups and maintaining consistency for productive outcome.
• Presentation to Correspondent/Principal with quarterly reports on the state of R&D efforts, sponsored research project proposals, and planned actions to meet or exceed performance goals.
• Identify the infrastructure needs for research projects, start-ups, and prototype development. Then, arrange the progressive installation of facilities.
• Validate lab facilities from thrust area projects, other installations, and capital equipment are utilised to the fullest extent possible through R&D consulting-related activities.
• Establish a platform for developing Incubation Centre and Centre of Excellence based on the updated technology.

Research Committee formation (AVSEC-Research Review Committee- AVSEC-RRC)

The Institutions Research Committee governs both sponsored and academic research with certain principles and formats as mentioned in annexure which is mandatory to ensure quality among the research.

Internal Members

S.No	Name of the faculty	Designation	Department
	Dr.A.Srinivasan	Principal	Mechanical
	Dr.R.Viswanathan	Vice Principal	Mechanical
	Dr.D.R.Joshua	Vice Principal	Mechanical
	Dr.M.Vilasini	Dean R&D	ECE
	Dr.A.Narendran	Associate Professor	EEE
	Prof.G.Janarthanan	Professor & Head	Civil
	Dr.V.Vijayakumar	Professor & Head	CSE
	Dr.P. Umarani	Professor & Head	Mathematics

External members

S.No	Name of the faculty	Designation	Organization/Institution
1	Shri S.Ingersol,	Former Scientist, Group Director,	Liquid Propulsion SC, ISRO Bangalore
2	Dr.C.Senthil Kumar,	Professor, Research Director,	Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai
3	Dr.Chandrasekar	Professor /Head Dept of CSE	Periyar University, Salem
4	Dr.C.Sundaramoorthy ,	Founder	Interlogix Embedded solutions, Pondicherry.
5	Dr.P.D.Rathika ,	Associate Professor	PSG Tech, Coimbatore