Obligation of the Host Institution of the Principal Investigator. Accept the institutional overhead cost paid by the UGC to cover the overhead cost in connection with the research project and to support Research Management Cell or equivalent body in the institution. Accept the installment of the research grant disbursed by the UGC for the research project. Disburse the research grant received from the UGC to the Principal Investigator according to the scheme outlined in the Section B. Audit the financial statement of the Research Project as per rules of the Institution. Refund the unused fund of the grant received from to the UGC, if the research project is terminated or not completed within the specified time or the deadline extended by the UGC. Obligation of the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators Supervise at least [one/two/three Masters/MPhil students or a PhD student and a Masters/MPhil] students for their theses by providing theses research projects based on or complementary to the research project awarded by this agreement and funding them. Maintain the highest level of academic integrity and research ethics. Make honest and best use of the research fund. The research fund can only be used to cover allowable expenditure as specified in the Budget Estimate. All applicable financial rules must be followed for payments. Accommodate the UGC’s reviewers’ suggestions on the research proposal and periodic progress reports. Submit a progress report every six months. The progress report should be 5-10 pages and include progress in research, academic activities and a financial statement on the spending of the research fund. (Suggested format in Appendix 5.4) Make an oral presentation on research work after the submission of final draft report to the UGC. (see Appendix 5.5 for the format). Publish at least one original research article(s) based on the research work on high JCR Impact Factor/ SJR ranked journals and one/two research articles in non-impact Factor/ non-ranked indexed journals or the UGC recognized peer-reviewed journals. Other Conditions The Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators declare that the proposed research is original and has not been submitted in full or in part in full or in part to any funding agency for funding. The Principal Investigators and Co-Investigators declare that they have read and understood The UGC Guidelines regarding Research Misconduct and The UGC Procedure for Addressing Allegation of Research Misconduct and declare commitments to abide by these guidelines and procedure....
Obligation of the Host Institution of the Principal Investigator. Accept the institutional overhead cost paid by the UGC to cover the overhead cost in connection with the research project and to support Research Management Cell or equivalent body in the institution. Accept the installment of the research grant disbursed by the UGC for the research project. Disburse the research grant received from the UGC to the Principal Investigator according to the scheme outlined in Section B. Annually audit the expenditure incurred during the Research Project as per the rules of the Institution. Refund the unused fund of the grant received from to the UGC if the research project is terminated or not completed within the specified time or the deadline extended by the UGC. Any hindrance or non-cooperation to the research project or any unscrupulous delay in disbursement of fund by the host institution officials to the Principal Investigator shall be regarded as the abuse of authority and breach of trust with the UGC. In such cases, the UGC will take appropriate actions that might include placing the institution and the responsible individual in the UGC Barred List and forwarding the case to appropriate governmental agency for further action. Obligation of the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators Supervise at least a PhD student or two Masters/MPhil students for her/his/their theses by providing thesis research projects based on or complementary to the research project awarded by this agreement and funding them with the UGC grant. In case of Bachelors students, every two Bachelors dissertations/theses/group projects is counted as equal to one Masters thesis. The Investigators and the students conducting the research must maintain a Research Logbook recording all activities and relevant notes on a daily basis (on all active days). Maintain the highest level of academic integrity and research ethics. Make honest and best use of the research fund. The research fund can only be used to cover allowable expenditure as specified in the Budget Estimate. All applicable financial rules must be followed for payments. Accommodate the UGC’s reviewers’ suggestions on the research proposal and periodic progress reports. Submit a progress report every six months. The progress report should be 5-10 pages (3,000-5,000 words) and should include information about progress in research, academic activities along with expenditure details. (See suggested format in Appendix 5.4) Make an oral presentation on the progress of the work at the end of every y...
