Consultancy /Internal Revenue policy with reference to the promotion of consultancy works, the following are the framed internal revenue / Consultancy Policies, till further notice.

  • There should be a letter from the customer (Researchers/Ph.D. scholars/Industry/Institution) addressed to the principal.
  • The Principal shall forward the letter to the R & D director.
  • R&D Division shall fix the charges as per our norms in consultation with Heads.
  • Then a copy of the letter and requirement shall be forwarded to the Concern Heads. Then Head shall allot the work to Skill assistants.
  • Once the report is ready, the duly signed report shall be forwarded to R&D.
  • The Report will be Dispatched/issued to the applicant, once the payment is cleared.
  • All the details of Reports/amount will be entered in register / duly countersigned by the principal.
  • A copy of the facility request letter shall also be documented in the Concern department.

Term & Conditions

  • There should not be any hidden work /unethical report to customers without the knowledge of the Head & R&D Director. In such cases, serious action will be executed at the discretion of the Principal.
  • If any faculty/Scholars invite consultancy work, 10% of the total cost charged will be paid as a Reward.

Research Activity – Ethical Clearance Procedure

The following shall be the procedure for conducting experiments on Animals /Human subjects,

  1. A study involving Human /Animal subjects should not be initiated until the ethical clearance is issued by R&D Division.
  2. There shall be only one Animal ethical committee meeting and One Human ethical Review Board meeting during the one academic year (July 1st to June 31st).
  3. However, in case of emergency, the protocol may be mailed to the Nominee and the decision is at the discretion of the Chairman and Govt. Nominee.
  4. During the Ethical clearance meeting, the principal investigator / Co-investigator / Students must be available to defend the queries.
  5. All investigators must give a proposal presentation and submit a copy of the PPT for signing along with the prescribed format of the application.
  6. All UG Projects/experiments should be designed in such a way that no animal is allowed to sacrifice.
  7. Animals will be allowed to dissect only in PG / Granted Projects.
  8. A copy of the animal ethical committee approval letter must be submitted to the pharmacology department to touch /use animals.
  9. In the case of human subjects, interventions should be as per the directions of the ethical committee and should not violate GLP / GCP.
  10. Indent of chemicals/supply of chemicals to Research

(Applicable for: M. Pharm / B. Pharm Projects, Grants)

With reference to the promotion of research works, the following are the framed Policies, till further notice.

Step 1 A student/scholar shall prepare a list of chemicals for their research along with the research title and protocol number (if) and get signed by their supervisor
Step 2 The signed letter shall be forward to the R&D through HOD with remarks, HOD should write the comments on chemicals if it is project-specific, and its importance/ if belongs to consultancy/funded.
Step 3 The R&D division will forward the letter with the comment to the concern section through the Principal / Academic coordinator. A copy of the letter shall be retailed by the HOD.
Step 4 The HOD shall ask the concerned lab assistant to submit the Indent for the same in a prescribed format.
Step 5 The Lab assistant shall follow up with the storekeeper for placing and procuring chemicals.
Step 6 Once the chemicals are received from the store, Lab assistant shall enter in their department stock register/distribution register.
Step 7 Then chemicals shall be supplied to students /scholars, Student shall hold the responsibility of submitting the unused chemicals to lab assistant with utilization record /job record.

NOTE:

  1. No students are allowed in the purchase and permission process.
  2. If any project-specific chemicals, R&D, and HOD shall decide to supply or not to supply.
  3. In case research/project belongs to consultancy / UGC/AICTE /etc funded, all chemicals shall be supplied by the institute. Plagiarism Policy
    Applicable to B. Pharm Project book,
    M. Pharm Dissertation book,
    Pharm D Clerkship book & Internship book
    Ph.D. thesis,
    Reference As required by JNTUA, other Regulatory systems
    % Plagiarism allowed B. Pharm (up to 30%)
    M. Pharm / Pharm D as per JNTUA Norms (up to 25%)
    For PhD, it may change depends on the university.

    Procedure:

    • With reference to the above-cited information regarding plagiarism policy, I request all faculty members TO SIGN THE RESEARCH REPORT only after obtaining the plagiarism report from R&D Division, RIPER.
    • The student/Scholar shall submit the document (word document) in a USB /Pen-drive to the R&D COORDINATOR for plagiarism report. See that the document is EXCLUDED from contents like reference, Index, acknowledgment, definitions, abbreviations, list of tables, list of figures, and certificates.
    • The certificate of plagiarism will be issued by R&D and need to be enclosed in dissertation /thesis/project/internship/clerkship books

    Instructions to reduce plagiarisms

    • Concise the introduction to 10-15 pages only, but focus on the importance, need, challenges, risk, applicability, current trends-based write-up relating to the area of your research.
    • Definitions and abbreviations may be added as annexures, which does not need plagiarism.
    • Compile the content from several resources.
    • Include pictures, graphs, images wherever possible instead of a paragraph explanation.
    • Rewrite all text with changes in phrase, verb, and sentence forms.
    • Literature – do not paste abstract, make it table form, or write 3-5 sentences on each literature.
    • Try to arrange a flow chart / pert chart-based procedure in the methodology/experimental part.
    • The result and discussion should be own written.
    • Do not copy any content from old research report.


R&D Cell Constitution and Policy updated October 2023