Annual report 2012 research university of calicut
Management of Overhead Charges
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- 5. Expenses to meet local, domestic or international travel
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- Maintenance of Stock Registers
- Interim progress and accounts reports of the Project
- Final Technical, Fiscal report of the Project
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Management of Overhead Charges 27.
The Principal Investigator shall remit the overhead charges allocated in the project to Calicut University Fund. From the overall overhead charges, 50 % of it will be given to the University towards the development fund or for paying the University utilities bills and engaging required contractual staff for the efficient maintenance of the project accounts with the approval of the DoR. 28. Fifty percent of the overhead charges shall be at the disposal of the Principal Investigator which can be claimed from the University through a contingent bill. The funds under this head could be utilized by the PI up to one year beyond the tenure of the project. Any unspent amount from the fifty percent share of Principal Investigator after this period shall be transferred to the miscellaneous account maintained by the University. The following expenses can be made by the Principal Investigator from her/his share of the overhead charges: 1. Infrastructure: All expenses related to Laboratory maintenance and renovation, purchase of furniture, personal computers including laptops, minor equipment costing up to Rs 50,000 and printers to be used as office equipment; repair of existing furniture, wooden work like partitions, shelves etc. flooring, making dust free rooms, water and electricity connections including labour charges, purchasing of air conditioners, invertors, voltage stabilizers, UPS and air curtains. This type of work could be assigned to the outside agencies to avoid delays. Proper procedure of inviting quotations should, however, be followed. No structural changes can be made without the consent of the DoR and such changes can be made after certification by the University Engineering Dept. 2. Repair and up gradation of scientific equipment, computers and peripherals, payment of annual maintenance service contracts, purchase of minor accessories for equipment. 3. Cost of advertisements in newspapers for project positions as well as other notices. 4. Hiring manpower including secretarial assistance (typing/computer operator/accounting, etc.) subject to approval by the Director, as appropriate at University approved rates. Assistance on part time basis to Master’s and Ph.D. students not getting any financial support can be provided on fixed honorarium basis not exceeding the 50% of CSIR/UGC fellowship amount after getting approval of the DoR. 5. Expenses to meet local, domestic or international travel, hotel expenses (actual up to 100 Euro/150 USD per day), DA/per diem (in addition to Hotel Expenses), registration fee towards participation of PI, Co-PI and project staff inConferences/Symposia and on visits to other laboratories (in India and abroad) for discussions in collaborative research-work subject to prior approval of University. 6. Expenses to meet filing of Indian or USA or global patents or PCTs as per rules in consultation with Finance Office and after getting prior approval of DoR/VC. 7. Provision of communication facilities, including installation and periodical bill payment of telephone, intercom, fax and E-mail in office/Laboratory of the PI/Co-PI. In addition to above, charges on calls made from the residential telephone of PI and Co-PI or public call office and E-mail charges including cell phone charges for project work may be paid from this head up to a ceiling of Rs. 12,000 per financial year. 8. Life membership or annual membership of the academic societies directly related to the activities of the project may be claimed by PI / Co-PI. 9. Expenditure towards entertainment/hospitality/snacks/lunch etc. be allowed from the fifty percent share of the PI from the overhead grant. Due financial prudence be exercised by the PI while incurring such expenditure and PI should certify that such bills pertain to the concerned project.
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Prior approval for all the appointments against the sanctioned posts in respect of various projects shall be obtained from DoR/VC. 30. The qualifications and scales of pay/consolidated pay for all the posts will be the same as those prescribed for the corresponding posts in the University. Any relaxation will require the prior approval of DoR/VC. Creation of Annual Report 2012 Research
41 University of Calicut the posts of Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors will not be accepted by the University. 31.
Appointments : For appointments to the posts under the Project, applications should be invited after giving wide publicity regarding the vacancies. The cases where the vacancies are for less than 6 months, such posts need not be advertised widely. In cases where the vacancies are for more than 6 months but less than one year, such posts need not be advertised in the newspaper but circulated in various institutions in India including Departments of the University. In case the posts are for more than one year, the posts should be advertised in at least one national newspaper. The post should be displayed on the website of the University for atleast three weeks. The ad-hoc appointments against different posts shall normally not continue beyond 6 months. 32.
The applications will be processed by the Project-in-charge and persons will be called for interview before selection committee. Traveling allowance/ dearness allowance may be paid to the outside candidate for interview for employment in the project as per rules of the University from the contingency or travel head of the project provided sufficient funds are available. 33. There will be a regular Selection Committee for selection of the candidates. This committee, called the “Project Staff Appointment Committee (PSAC) , for each project shall consist of PI (Chairperson), V. C.’s nominee, Head of the Department, Co-PI (if any), and two members of the teaching faculty of the concerned department (1 Professor, 1 Associate Professor). This committee shall be constituted in the beginning of the project by PI with the approval of DoR and shall serve throughout the duration of the Project. The PAC shall recommend the appointments to the posts of Junior/Senior Research Fellows, Project Fellows, Research Assistants and all other Technical and non-technical staff. The PAC shall also recommend at the time of appointment whether or not JRF/SRF should be considered by DRC for registration for Ph.D. in the Department, if requested so by the candidate and the proposed supervisor (as per the revised ordinance on rules and regulations of for Ph.D). 34. For recruiting Research Scientists A, B and C grade, Research Associates and PDF, VC’s nominee shall be the Chairperson of the Selection Committee. Other members of Selection Committee for the scientific positions mentioned above shall be the Head of the Department concerned (or his nominee), the PI, Co-PI and two members, one from the Department and one from same field to be suggested by the PI and approved by the DoR.
35. The appointment letters shall be issued to the selected candidates by the Project-incharge except in the case of project in respect of which the appointment letters to the candidates are to be issued by the sponsoring bodies. A copy of the appointment letter should be sent to DoR/Finance Office. All appointment letters should clearly indicate the terms and conditions of appointment. In case wherein approval of the funding agency is required, the appointment letters should be issued only when the clearance in writing is received from the funding agency. 36.
Appointment of the above staff will be purely on temporary basis and for the duration of the project only and the appointed staff will have no claim for regular appointment in the University on the termination of project. 37. The staff employed in the projects will be governed by the same rules and conditions of service as applicable to temporary employees in the University from time to time except in those projects where the conditions have been laid down by sponsoring body. 38. The services of specialists on deputation from Government Research Institutions or public or private sector can be obtained. Wherever services of such persons are acquired on deputation basis, the conditions of services may be regulated according to the standard terms of deputation with the approval of sponsoring body. 39.
The leave to the members of the staff under projects will be admissible to the same extent as its admissible to the corresponding employees of the University unless the sponsors specify otherwise. 40. The Project-in-charge will be competent to sanction leave to the extent admissible. 41. The joining report of the selected candidates should be countersigned by the Project-in- charge and forwarded to the central office. A copy may be retained by the Project In charge. 42.
Such Project Fellows/Assistants whose work has been judged meritorious by the Project Appointment Committee may be allowed to draw fellowship amount that the NET qualified candidates are entitled, unless otherwise specified by the funding agency.
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42 University of Calicut 43. Fixation of Pay The pay of employees will be fixed by the Project-in-charge at the minimum of the scale of pay. If, however, a higher initial pay is to be given for reasons to be recorded, the PAC may recommend not more than five advance increments for the approval of the VC. Rates of fellowship approved by the various sponsoring bodies may be paid to Research Fellows employed in Research Projects.
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The payment of bills and clearance of accounts is one of the most important aspects of smooth running of Projects. If Finance Office has procedural objections to a bill, it should be returned to the PI in a week’s time. 45. All the defects, errors, omissions etc shall be notified to the PI in a single objection note. Bills which are in order should be cleared and the whole process including the issue of cheques should be completed within three weeks of submission of the bills. If the bill is not settled within three weeks from the date of submission, PI should report to the DoR. 46.
If any note-sheets/bills of purchase are sent to the Finance Office, concerned branch should acknowledge the receipt of note- sheets/bills. Maintenance of Stock Registers 47.
Each project should have separate stock register for assets, accession, consumable and non-consumable articles. 48. Separate account should be opened for each article purchase on separate page with full particulars unless the transactions in respect of articles are small in number, in which case a page may be utilized for recording receipts and issue for more than one article provided the accounts in respect of different articles are not mixed up on that page. 49.
All entries in the stock book should be initialed by the Project-in-charge. 50.
Physical verification of stock should be conducted at least once in a year; the result thereof should be reported to the Finance Officer. 51. Equipments purchased specifically for each project will be the property of the University on the termination of the project unless the sponsoring body desire otherwise. Interim progress and accounts reports of the Project 52.
The PI should prepare the Progress report along with the settlement of accounts which should be submitted to the concerned official in Finance Office looking after the project who would verify it within a week of submission of the accounts. On verification, the reports and accounts with a forwarding letter should be returned to the PI for onward transmission to the funding agency. Any minor discrepancy should be solved mutually. In case of any major discrepancy, the PI should approach the DoR to get the matter sorted out.
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Closure of the project should be done within six months of the completion of the project. 54.
The final technical and fiscal report should be prepared by the PI in accordance with the requirements of the funding agency and submitted to the Finance Branch for verification of the financial aspects and any discrepancy should be immediately removed by mutual discussions. In case of any major problems, the PI should approach the DoR.
Closing of the projects 55.
Statement of final accounts showing the year-wise receipts and expenditure and a list of articles (consumables and non-consumables) left over at the time of termination of the project and purchased out of the project funds should be sent in triplicate to the Finance Office in the prescribed Performa and verified by the Internal Audit Officer of the University. 56. These articles may be transferred to the Department stock register except where the sponsoring bodies do not allow the Department to retain the articles without paying them the book value of the articles. In case the Department does not want these articles, the same will be auctioned through the Engineer’s office. Annual Report 2012 Research
43 University of Calicut 57. The list will be given to Head of the Department for entering the permanent assets in the stock register of the Department within four weeks of the submission of the list. After entry into the Stock Register of the Department, the list with proper entry of the pages of the stock register in the Performa to be supplied by the Finance Branch should be sent to Internal Audit Office for verification. It is mandatory for the Department to enter all items in stock register and to reissue them to the teacher concerned for his research and to take back into the stores the items the PI does not want to use. It is also mandatory for the Head of the Department to move the papers for writing off of any items which none of the teachers of the Department is willing to take and has been returned to the stores from the project. 58.
The PI and Head of the Department should ensure that all pieces of equipment which are obsolete/beyond repair are written off after following due process. The PIs/teachers should give this in writing as soon as situation arises. In case of any missing item/component of the items falling under this category, the cost to be recovered from the PI/Teachers (when he needs no dues certificate) will be decided by DoR in consultation with Head of the Department and Finance Officer. 4. Consultancy Projects 1. The consultancy project is initiated through a faculty member or by the Director of Research, University of Calicut. When a faculty member is approached by Industry or Research Organization for the consultancy work, he will be identified as the Principal Consultant. If he does not wish to be the Principal Consultant or if the project is referred to the DoR, Principal Consultant would be identified through appropriate discussion and appointment will be made by the Director.. 2. The consultancy project therefore has a Principal Consultant who will be responsible for formulating the project proposal which may include: 1. Planning of the work 2. Estimating costs according to guidelines 3. Identifying other consultants, if necessary 4. Execution of work 5. Handling all communications with clients after a project has been accepted 6. Writing of intermediate and final reports according to project proposal 7. Making recommendations to Director regarding expenditure from the project funds and disbursement of funds to participants in the consultancy project. 3. The university normally requires the cost of the consultancy project to be deposited by the client, in full, before the commencement of work. However, based on the needs of the client and circumstances, the Institute may permit commencement of work with payment to be made as per agreed upon milestones. 4. All payments from clients will be received by the University and expenditure and disbursements made through normal University procedures. 5. All the profits earned in consultancy, by an employee of this University, after utilizing the infrastructure, title, etc., of the University shall be shared on a 40:60 basis by the consultant and the University 6. The University shall disburse the consultation charges so earned to the consultant, after deducting the taxes, levies, etc., as applicable under the rules of the country. 7. The income earned in consultancy, from abroad shall be subjected to the Foreign Currency Regulation Act of Govt. of India. Annual Report 2012 Research
44 University of Calicut 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Externally Funded Projects
Research Papers
Published Ph. D
Scholars enrolled
Seminars & Conferences Patents Received
Ph. Ds awarded
2011 2012
GROWTH OF RESEARCH AT A GLANCE Sl. No.
Parameters Year
2011 2012 1 Externally Funded Projects 29 40 2 Research Papers 239
328 3 Ph.D. Scholars 276 633
4 Seminars & Conferences 72 66
Patents Received 3 2 6 Ph. D’s Degree awarded 60 76
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45 University of Calicut RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS - IN DETAIL
Annual Report 2012 Research
46 University of Calicut ARABIC Department of Arabic, University of Calicut one of the leading institutions for higher studies and research in Arabic language and literature in South India has so far produced 75 scholars. Apart from PhD programme and other research projects, the department publishes a quarterly research journal ‘Kalikoot’. Started in 2006 Kalikoot has received warm welcome from the scholars in India and abroad.
Dr. N.A.M. Abdul Kader Palestinian Literature of resistance Modern Arabic Poetry 3 6
Dr. A.B. Moideenkutty Modern Arabic Fiction 1 -
Dr. Abdul Majeed E. Arabic Grammar Research Articles in national journals Prof. (Dr.) N.A.M. Abdul Kader: Al Muqawama bil Al Adab Al Qisasi, ‘Kalikoot’, August 2012 Prof. (Dr.) N.A.M. Abdul Kader: Al Adab al Muqawim Al Muasir… , Journal ‘Arabic in the Modern Contemporary Text and context, Dept. of Arabic, Kerala University, May 2012 Prof. (Dr.) N.A.M. Abdul Kader: Musahamat Kerala film Tafsir, ‘Al Ithihad’, December 2012 Dr. A.B. Moideenkutty : Quality Higher Education – Need for Admission through Aptitude Tests, ‘Envisionings’ June 2012
Prof. (Dr.) N.A.M. Abdul Kader Aswatun Samita Dept. of Arabic University of Calicut “ “ Ideology and Struggles – A Study… Dept. of Arabic University of Calicut “ “ Al-Aidiuyjiya Wa Anidal Dept. of Arabic University of Calicut “ “ Arabic and Urdu Loan Words in… Dept. of Arabic University of Calicut “ “ Arabic script variations of Kerala Dept. of Arabic University of Calicut “ “ Onnam Tharam Prabhashakan Hira Books Calicut
Prof. (Dr.) N.A.M. Abdul Kader ‘Kerala’s Contribution to Tafsir Literature’ Jamia Nooriyya Annual Conference, Pattikkad, 07.01.2012
Prof. (Dr.) N.A.M. Abdul Kader ‘Faith and Spiritualities, Jamia Nooriyya, Pattikkad. 07.01.2012 “ “ Kilthan Islamic of Lakshadweep Kilthan Islamic, Lakshadweep, 26.01.2012 “ “ ‘Role of Madrasas in Indian Republic’ National Muslim conference, Ammeni, 28.01.2012 “ “ ‘Civil service for a better society’ Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Kooriyad, 26.02.2012 “ “ ‘Impact of Arab Islamic contact , Alakapuri Auditorium, Calicut, 26.02.2012 “ “ ‘Calicut,14.11.2012. “ “ ‘Islamic Arts and Literature’ Changanassery, 15.01.2012 “ “ ‘Religion and National solidarity’, Kadmath Island, Lakhshadweep, 27.01.2012 “ “ Presidential Address Muslim employees, Cochin, 05.04.2012 “ “ ‘Fine Arts and Literature State Islamic Arts Literary Festival, Kottayam , 27.05.2012 “ “ ‘Publications for knowledge Malappuram,15.06.2012 “ “ ‘In search of Excellence Chair for Islamic Studies Calicut University, 19.06.2012 “ “ ‘Social service Scheme for student, Co-ordination of Islamic Colleges, Vegappally,
18.11.2012 “ “ ‘Arabic studies in Kerala’ Calicut University, 18.12.2012 Dr. A.B. Moideen Kutty ‘Development of Modern Arabic” Islamiya College, Talikulam, 15.01.2012 “ “ ‘Personality Development Vatanapally Orphanage, Vatanapally, 19.02.2012 “ “ ‘Youth and Developmetn Thrissur, 15.04.2012 “ “ Return to fields Youth experience Govt. College, Thrissur Thrissur, 30.09.2012 “ “ ‘Palliative care and students’ Thrissur, 11.10.2012 “ “ ‘Social Enterprenuship Islamiyya College for women Mannum, 31.08.2012 “ “ ‘Youth and Community Youth Hostel, Calicut, 14.11.2012 “ “ ‘From campus to Community role Thrissur, 22.11.2012 “ “ ‘Energy conservation, Thrissur , 23.11.2012 “ “ ‘Autobiographical literature Govt. Arts and Science College Calicut “ “ ‘Education for New Generation’ Vatanapally Orphanage Vatanapally Annual Report 2012 Research
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