R & D Committee

ACADEMIC RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:

The Academic Research Objectives of the R&D cell at ACE Engineering College are aimed at fostering a thriving research environment. Key objectives include:

1. Promoting Innovation: Encouraging faculty and students to engage in creative and innovative research, addressing current and future challenges.
2. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Facilitating collaborative research across various disciplines to solve complex problems and generate impactful solutions.
3. Knowledge Advancement: Supporting the continuous growth of academic knowledge through rigorous research, leading to publications in reputed journals and conferences.
4. Technological Development: Driving technological advancements that contribute to industry and societal needs by focusing on practical, applied research.
5. Capacity Building: Enhancing research skills and competencies among faculty and students through training, workshops, and access to advanced tools and resources.
6. Sustainability and Societal Impact: Ensuring that research initiatives contribute positively to sustainable development and societal well-being.
7. Alignment with NEP 2020: Guiding research activities in accordance with the National Education Policy 2020 to meet national educational and technological goals.

The research policy principles of ACE Engineering College are outlined as follows:

1. Respect for research participants, including humans, animals, and the environment, will be maintained at all times.
2. Responsible use of public resources in conducting research will be emphasized.
3. The institute will ensure proper acknowledgement of contributions made by authors and participants in research.
4. Research will adhere to high standards of record keeping and data storage.
5. Clear and responsible communication of research findings will always be expected.

ACE Engineering College is committed to:

1. Complying with all legislation and guidelines set by statutory bodies in the conduct of research.
2. Establishing clear policies and procedures grounded in ethical standards.
3. Promoting mutual cooperation among peers and respecting the freedom of academic exploration.
4. Upholding integrity, safety, and proper conduct in all research activities.
5. Ensuring that collaborative research follows guidelines aligned with both institutional policy and statutory body regulations.
6. Regulating the publication and commercialization of research findings in accordance with institutional policies, and addressing instances of research misconduct based on guidelines established by the institute.

CONTENTS

Topics 

1. Introduction
2. Research Policy

2.1       Preamble

2.2       Objectives & Principles

2.3       Promotion of Research

2.4       Identification of Thrust Areas

2.5       Research at UG

2.6       Research Centre

2.7       Sponsored Research Projects

2.8       Collaborative Research Projects

2.9       Collaborative International Research

2.10     Training for Research and Publications

2.11     Publication of Papers in Conferences and Journals

2.12     Intellectual Property

2.13     Incentives for Outstanding Research

2.14     Research Misconduct

2.15     Review of the Policy

2.16     Misconduct in Research

2.17     Review of Policy

3. Code for Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research

3.1       Scope of this Code for Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research

3.2       Strive for Excellence with Research

3.3       Upholding beneficence and non-malfeasance during research

3.4       Respect for Intellectual Property

3.5       Honesty and Transparency in research

3.6       Integrity and Professional conduct of the researcher

3.7       Competence

3.8       Legality

3.9       Protection of Human Subjects

3.10     Managing conflicts of Interest

3.11      Ensuring safety and protection of the environment

3.12      Breaches in the responsible and ethical conduct of research

3.13      Rules for preventing plagiarism

Profile of the Institute:

ACE Engineering College was established by Yadala Satyanarayana Memorial Educational Society with the fundamental objective of nurturing the group of nascent talent of young minds aspiring to make career in engineering into a pool of valuable and employable engineers. In addition, they understand their responsibility to willfully render services to the society with dignity and accountability.

ACE Engineering College was established in 2007 in a sprawling campus spreading over 10 acres of land. Situated in serene locales on the suburbs of Hyderabad on Hyderabad –Warangal National Highway, ACE provides an excellent ambience conducive for fruitful engagement of learners and faculty. Surrounding lush greenery filled plains and adjoining urban forest department land add to the tranquility that reminds one of ancient Indian gurukula. The college is well connected by road. It is just 20 Km from Uppal and about 28 Km from Secunderabad.

The College offers B.Tech Courses in CE,EEE,ME,CSE, CSE (AI&ML), CSE (DS), CSE (IoT),ECE&IT, out of which CE,EEE,ME,ECE and CSE Courses are NBA Accredited. The college has NAAC accreditation with ‘A’ grade. The college is conferred AUTONOMOUS status for a period of ten years with effect from AY 2020-21.

Prof. Y.V. Gopala Krishna Murthy, an Educationist, Engineer, Motivator, and the founder of ACE Engineering Academy is at the helm of academic affairs in the college. The Academy, a premier coaching center for GATE, IES and Public Service selections conducted by several state governments for recruitment of engineering graduates is the most sought after coaching center and has been consistently contributing toppers to all the premier technological institutions in India viz., IITs, IISc, NITs and other universities. The Academy, in the last two decades of its committed services in the training and coaching sectors for engineering graduates across the country has produced toppers in Engineering Services, as also state service Commissions recruitments.

2.1 Preamble

Research and innovation is the essence of excellence of any educational institution. The accomplishments of an educational institution lie in academics, placements, quality of research publications, ongoing research projects, number of patents, innovative product developed and number of incubations. Thus the success of an institute in attaining its objectives greatly depends on the orientation of the faculty towards research and incubation initiatives taken by the institute. Therefore, the present research policy-2021 of ACE Engineering College aims at achieving excellence in research and contributing to the society at large.

2.2 Objectives & Principles

The research policy provides a broad framework to guide research, consultancy and innovation. It also guides the faculty and students towards ethical practices while conducting research and consultancy in the Institute. The objectives of the policy are as follows:

1. To accelerate world class research, consultancy, Innovation and intellectual property.
2. To ensure Integrity, quality and ethics in research.
3. To integrate teaching and research through translational and instructional research
4. To promote the generation on intellectual capital.

The broad Research policy principles of ACE Engineering College are as given herein under:

1. 1. It will have respect for research participants;may be animal or human or the environment.
   2. Careful handling of public resources to conduct research will be insisted.
   3. The institute will appropriately acknowledge the work of authors and participants in the Research.
   4. Appropriate standard of record keeping and data storage are required in Research.
   5. Responsible communication of results of the research carried out will always be expected.

The ACE Engineering College will,

1. 1. 1. Adhere to all legislation and guidelines of the statuary bodies in the conduct of Research.
      2. Establish clear policies and procedures based on ethical standards.
      3. Will encourage mutual cooperation between peers and respect for the freedom of expansion.
      4. The institute insists on integrity, safety and proper conduct by the Researchers.
      5. Collaborative research will be taken on the basis of guidelines consistent with the policy of the institute and that of the statuary bodies.
      6. All the publications and commercialization of the research findings will be based on the institute policy and the institute will deal with such cases of research misconduct using the guidelines of the institute framed from time to time.

2.3 Promotion of Research

1. 1. • The Institute provides all the necessary infrastructural facilities and conducive environment to promote research, consultancy, innovation and intellectual capital.
      • Due to limited resources the institute may not be able to fund all the research activities taken up by the faculty and students.
      • It is the responsibility of the faculty to apply for various funding agencies and pursue their research. However, the institute is ready to provide seed funding or partial funding based on the merit of proposals submitted by the faculty and student.
      • The faculty and students are encouraged to present their ideas/project proposals before the committee of the society for getting the sanction of seed funding in accordance with institute guidelines.
      • The faculty and students are given freedom to choose the research area of their choice and guidance is given to seek funding from various funding agencies and industries.

The institute encourages the faculty by providing incentives for peer reviewed publications consultancy works, writing books and filing patents.  The institute takes care of complete patent filing process, which is governed by IP Policy of the institute.

The Institute gives a freehand to report research results and findings. However, a thorough review is done for all research proposals seeking funding from various funding agencies by constituting a project review committee comprising the Dean R&D, and subject experts of the respective department to get a constructive criticism of peers. The research committee also sees that the impact of research and consultancy does not violate research & consultancy ethics, professional ethics, privacy of the people human rights, causing problems to health & safety of human beings and damage of property.

2.4. Identification of Thrust Areas

1. 1. • The institute shall finalize the thrust areas in research in consultation with Research Advisory Board, Dean R&D and HODs shall be planned and approve research areas.
      • The list of Research Thrust areas will be modified each year depending on the resources, facilities available in the Institute. Although the researchers have the freedom to choose their own topics of research, it is highly desirable to make research socially relevant.
      • The institute expects from all the Departments to prepare list of research topics and focus on these in their efforts.
      • Under each department, there is a list of project ideas or research topics, which can be called a Project Compendium of thrust areas.
      • It shall be utilized for the following research activities and topics shall be chosen from thus bank:
      • The project compendium can be made available to the research scholars / students who may refer to it for their B. Tech/Doctoral research projects.
      • Similarly, the faculty shall also avail the project compendium for identifying the subject for their minor research projects and even for major research projects.

The project compendium shall also be utilized for industry sponsored projects or for collaboration with other institutions.

2.5. Research at UG Level

1. 1. • Teaching and Research are equally important in an Institute.
      • At the time of establishment of the institute, the idea was to promote creativity among the undergraduate students.
      • Therefore, the necessity to include some research component in the curricula was evident, especially in the final or pre-final year of the bachelor’s program.
      • In the third year second semester and final year, UG students shall choose a few projects from the project compendium (research projects listed by respective department faculty) as part of their mini project and major project respectively.
      • The UG students are encouraged to take up a specific task in the research projects funded by various funding agencies under the guidance of faculty investigators.
      • The institute disburses the internship amounts to UG students if there is a provision in the corresponding projects.

The students who are participating in such funded projects should undertake the task of technology transfer to undergraduate students for further continuation of the research projects.

2.6. Research Centre

1. 1. • Various departments of ACE Engineering College are in the process of recognizing as Research Centers by JNTUH.
      • Through this research center it is proposed to have PhD scholars’ admission into the institute through JNTUH PhD scholars’ admission process.
      • The institute shall further boost doctoral research and earmark appropriate budget for scholarship and research facilities.
      • It shall also recognize the worthy R&D organizations for doctoral research and build bridgeswith them.
      • The institute encourages and guides faculty and PhD research scholars to obtain funding from external agencies for attending International Conferences.
      • It also encourages and supports its PhD scholars in publishing high quality research papers and patent of their research work.

2.7. Seed Funding for Faculty-Minor Research Projects

From the very beginning, the institute has encouraged young faculty to conduct research. Thus, it has developed a scheme for providing financial assistance to Minor Research Projects.

1. 1. 1. Student projects supported under this category are normally projects of one semester duration and depending upon the situation can be extended upto one year. Each can have a financial support in the range of Rs.5000/- to 25000/-
      2. The faculty may utilize the facilities & infrastructure available and human resources from faculty or students.

2.8. Seed Funding for Faculty-Research Projects

The institute shall provide funding on its own to certain important Major Research Projects with the prior approval from the management. The following are the rules and regulations for sanctioning the Major Research Projects from the Institute.

1. 1. 1. A major project is sanctioned to a faculty member, or a team of faculty members of the Institute based on merit of the project.
      2. Periodical progress report, normally once in three months must be submitted for review.
      3. All the equipment purchased, fabricated prototypes shall be the property of the Institute.
      4. Wherever possible, student projects must be generated from faculty research projects and given to students.

2.9 Sponsored Research Projects

1. 1. • The Research &Development Cell (RDC) has identified a list of funding agencies and schemes.
      • The Faculty can submit Major Research Project proposals to these agencies.
      • These proposals will be scrutinized by the RDC before submitting the same to a funding agency.
      • The system to be adopted for conducting the research will be discussed and the approval from the Chairman-RDC and the organization will be obtained before such effort is undertaken.
      • RDC aims that, Every department has atleast one sponsored research project from the Govt./Private / R&D Institutions.
      • Complete funding to conduct the sponsored research projects must be obtained from the organization, for which the project is conducted.
      • The Institute will provide all kinds of infrastructure facilities required for conducting a faculty research project.
      • The funding must cover all aspects which include equipment, testing facilities, specialized manpower resources etc.
      • The Institute has formed a Project Review Committee comprising of: Dean (RDC), Associate Dean (RDC), members (RDC) and Head of all the Departments.
      • Through this committee, the RDC shall monitor the progress of the Major Research Projects funded by an external agency, maintain its accounts and submit the utilization certificate in time to the funding agency as per the requirement of the funding agency.
      • All the sponsored projects must lead to publications and patents.
      • Every department should have a Tie-up with the industry to work on a Research Project, which should lead to publications and patents of collaborative nature.
      • Students can be involved in the sponsored research projects and can be paid Research assistant allowance out of the funding for the sponsored research projects.

2.10  Collaborative Research Projects

1. 1. • The Institute-Industry Interaction is the demand of the day.
      • If we want to contribute to the society at large, they need to work closely with industries and different organizations.
      • Industries and business organizations are facing different kinds of problems and many of them appreciate help from academic institutions to find the solutions to their problems.
      • In view of this, ACE Engineering College has come up with certain strategies:

i) Industry sponsored research project

1. 1. • An organization can sponsor a project and the experts of ACE Engineering College concerned can conduct research on this project for which the financial support will come from the organization.
      • As a result, if any patent is registered, then there shall be a sharing of income generated from patenting, among the industry, researcher and the Institute.
      • The benefits derived from this are as follows:
   2. 1. The researcher will get an exposure to the concerned area of research.
      2. The industry will get solutions to their problem.
      3. The researcher, institution and industry can earn revenue and at the end, the society will be ultimately benefited.

ii) Interdisciplinary Research

1. 1. • Interdisciplinary Research is the need of the hour.
      • No department, institution, researcher or scholar can address a research problem in which more than one discipline is involved.
      • It is only when they interact with each other that Interdisciplinary Research is possible and yields better result.
      • Therefore, ACE Engineering College has decided to conduct Interdisciplinary Research activities for which the following actions will be taken:
   2. 1. Identify the Interdisciplinary area
      2. Identify the different experts from concerned disciplines who can work together.
      3. Study the requirement of the infrastructure to conduct the concerned Interdisciplinary Research.
      4. Explore possibilities to find resources for such Interdisciplinary Research.

iii) Inter-Institutional Research

1. 1. • Inter-Institutional collaboration is the need of the hour.
      • The funding agencies are also giving a high priority for Inter-Institutional Research proposals.
      • The faculty are encouraged to prepare the proposals in collaboration with well-established research institutes such as IIT’s, IIIT’s, NITs, Central Universities, Research Institutes like CCMB, IICT and other academic institutions having research interest.

The faculty should be a Principal Investigator / Co-Principal Investigator, if the major contribution is from the Institute 

2.11 Collaborative International Research 

1. 1. • Collaborative International Research is essential to facilitate mutual learning and expertise sharing.
      • ACE Engineering College plans to have the MOUs with prominent research institutions abroad for conducting research jointly in the areas of common interest.
      • For this purpose, a Task Force shall be constituted that will constantly explore the possibilities of having such collaborative or joint research in terms of thrust areas, decide the method / plan of action of conducting such research and attend the other relevant aspects.

2.12 Training for Research and Publications 

1. 1. • Generally, the faculty is interested in conducting research, but because of lack of expertise in writing research proposal or having insufficient research skills, they are unable to channelize their efforts effectively.
      • Due to this reason, in many cases, a research proposal is rejected by a funding agency.
      • In the case of many faculty, lack of knowledge about the method of writing paper or the format in which it should be submitted, becomes an impediment for paper publication.
      • Therefore, the Institute shall organize rigorous training programs for developing such skill in the faculty and promote research in the identified areas.

2.13 Publication of Papers in Journals and Conferences

1. 1. • Publication of Papers is critical for the effectiveness of the Institute.
      • The faculty must publish in quality / Peer reviewed journals.
      • Therefore, the Institute plans to encourage the publication of papers by the faculty with a targeted aim.
      • A faculty member will be expected to publish a certain number of research papers in refereed journals at National & International Levels.
      • These journals shall be identified by respective departments.
      • Research papers which can be published in identified / Peer reviewed journals and also which can be presented at National & International Conferences shall be scrutinized and guided by a committee of senior professors.
      • ACE Engineering College encourages faculty to publish in quality journals and organize research conference from time to time to boost research activities in the institute and to the contribution towards the existing body of knowledge.
      • The authors should use the Institute affiliation as follows:
   2. 1. ACE Engineering College, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, 501 301.Telangana, India

2.14 Intellectual Property

1. 1. • The Institute would like to strengthen research, leading to filing patents for which the guidelines are already available.
      • In case of any innovation, the Institute shall encourage the researcher / scholar to patent it.
      • However, when a scholar files for a patent, a thorough scrutiny will be carried out for which a mechanism is evolved at three levels, namely:
      • 1. Department at the RDC level.
        2. Experts at the committee level
        3. A patent attorney associated to the concerned field at the Institute level.
   2. • The Institute also bears all expenditure for filing application for patent.
      • If the patent is commercialized, the sharing of earning is to be done between the researcher and the Institute as per the guidelines mentioned in IP Policy of the Institute.
      • The host Institute shall create awareness about intellectual property rights among the faculty, researchers / scholars and students from time to time.
      • The authors should use the Institute affiliation as follows:
      • ACE Engineering College, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, 501 301.Telangana, India

2.15  Incentives for Outstanding Research

1. 1. • The Institute would like to encourage quality research in different thrust areas.
      • For this purpose, outstanding research contributions done by faculty, researcher / research scholar and students shall be recognized.
      • Therefore, the Institute has prepared a scheme for providing incentive to researchers and scholars.
      • The faculty members who are pursuing Ph. D are given research allowance every month ranging from Rs.5,000/- to Rs.10,000/- based on the type of university, where they are undergoing their research.
      • The incentives are identified as under:
   2. 1. Incentive in terms of money
      2. Incentive in terms of awards / prizes
      3. Incentive in terms of more funding for the ongoing research projects
      4. Incentive in terms of giving an appreciation certificate or giving more weightage for the career advancement scheme etc.

The following are the incentives for the Faculty:

I. Outstanding Performance

II. Publications

III. Other incentives

 2.16   Misconduct in Research

• The Institute views misconduct in research as upsetting the very principles of research.
• Misconduct in research can manifest in plagiarism, fabrication or falsification in proposing, performing or reviewing research or in reporting research results.
• An honest error or difference of opinion or authorship dispute that does not involve plagiarism is not deemed as misconduct.
• The distress caused by misconduct in research damages the integrity of the profession and loss of reliability of the researcher.
• Also, misconduct of research is against the values of the Institute.
• The Institute shall not tolerate any contentions of misconduct and shall entrust the matter to investigation and inquiry for all parties involved.

 2.17 Review of Policy

• The Review of Policy will happen once in two years.

3. Code for Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research

ACE Engineering College, Hyderabad was established in 2007 with the primary objective of providing competent and employable Engineering graduates to suit the industry needs. We offer B. Tech courses in CSE, ECE, CE, EEE, ME, and IT branches. In current academic year (2020-21) we have added three new courses in emerging technologies of CSE domain viz., AI & ML, Data sciences and IoT. The institute has enviable infrastructural and instructional facilities.

All the eligible branches in which we offer courses are NBA Accredited. Further College has secured NAAC-A Grade for qualitative & Outcome based educational practices. Also, we are delighted to share with you that ACE is conferred Autonomous status for a period of ten years, from the Academic year 2020-21.

3.1 Scope of this Code for Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research

This code shall be applicable to all research activities including Projects and Dissertations carried out at ACE Engineering College (Autonomous College). This Code is also applicable to all collaborative research and industrial research services conducted by the College. The Code shall be binding on all members of the Faculty, Staff, Research Students, Research Fellows and Alumni who are involved in research activities and Project / Dissertation at the College. All collaborators in research Code for Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Projects, all industrial research services and all research consultancies provided by this College / its faculty shall be implemented adhering to the guidelines of this Code.

3.2 Strive for Excellence with Research

All the respective Departments and researchers at the college shall strive to enhance the reputation of the college and themselves through research work that shall match or surpasses the world standards of quality in their fields and disciplines. Research at the college shall be at the forefront of innovation and shall contribute significantly to nation-building, national progress, socio-economic development and societal upliftment.

The Institute gives high regard for keeping up promises and agreements, sincerity and consistency of thought and action

3.3 Upholding beneficence and non-malfeasance during research

Research at the college will be dedicated to the generation and propagation of new knowledge that will raise the quality of life and help to build a just, peaceful, stable and progressive India. The departments and its researchers will ensure that no harm is done to the community that they serve and work with. They will be on alert against the misuse of their work in any context. They will uphold the dignity, protect the rights, guarantee the safety and preserve the wellbeing of all involved in or affected by the conduct of research.

3.4 Respect for Intellectual Property

Another most important thing is to honor patents, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual property. One must not use unpublished data, methods, or results without permission. Credit needs to be given where credit is due. Research contributions must be given proper acknowledgement/credit and plagiarize must be avoided at any cost.

3.5 Honesty and Transparency in research

The conduct of research at the College is founded on strong commitment to honesty and transparency. The College, its Departments and researchers shall ensure that all their actions and activities are free from deceit and fraud, and shall inspire trust and confidence.

3.6 Integrity and Professional conduct of the researcher

The departments and researchers shall demonstrate a fundamental soundness of moral character. They shall strive to preserve the good reputation of the College and the high esteem of the public by honoring all obligations, agreements and commitments.

3.7 Competence

It is desirable to improve professional competence and expertise through lifelong education and learning. One must take steps to promote competence in engineering or science as a whole.

3.8 Legality

A researcher must know and obey government policies, relevant laws and institutional rules and regulations.

3.9 Protection of human subjects

It is advisable to minimize harm and risks to human subjects and take special precautions with vulnerable populations when conducting research. We need to respect human dignity, privacy, and autonomy. It is desirable to maximize the benefits from research and distribute the benefits and burdens of research fairly.

3.10 Managing conflicts of Interest

Guided by the principles of honesty, integrity, professionalism, and accountability, the conduct of research at ACE Engineering College shall proceed in an atmosphere of trust. Situations in which trust between participants in the research process is, could be, or perceived to be compromised due to personal, financial, professional, and/or institutional considerations; such situations shall be forthrightly disclosed and resolved in a transparent and fair manner.

3.11 Ensuring safety and protection of the environment

Researchers shall be responsible in not only taking care of their own safety but also that of their fellow workers, research subjects, participants, the community at large and the environment during the conduct of their research. They shall take extra measures to ensure safe handling and the proper disposal or storage of hazardous and bio hazardous items, microorganisms, genetic materials, biological samples etc. The researchers shall take care to avoid over collection or unnecessary collection of wildlife specimens and shall avert the introduction of non-native species in their research locale. All guidelines of safeguarding Biodiversity and ensuring environmental safety, as issued by the competent authorities, shall be adhered to.

3.12 Breaches in the responsible and ethical conduct of research

All faculty and staff members of the college are duty-bound to formally report misconduct in research to the heads of the appropriate and/or pertinent units. Allegations made against a College staff member or employee shall be handled in accordance with college regulations.

Complaints that a researcher has not acted responsibly in the conduct of research shall be made in the following steps:

1. 1. 1. The complainant submits a written complaint to the appropriate and/or pertinent unit head.
      2. The Department head conducts a discreet investigation of the particulars of the complaint. The Department head and/or the Department’s ethics committee set a formal inquiry.
      3. The Department head and/or the department’s ethics committee impose a sanction or a penalty after thorough investigation and deliberation.
      4. The Department head and/or the Department’s ethics committee recommend action to remedy the situation.
      5. The Department head advises the Principal and the Principal makes appropriate public statements related to the case. In some cases, such as when the complaint cannot be sustained or when the researcher concerned concedes, the response may not require all of the above steps.

If the complaint cannot be settled to everyone’s satisfaction at this level, the formal complaint or allegation may be elevated to a higher level mutually agreed upon by the parties concerned. At this higher level, the authority concerned may consult the College Committee on Ethics and Intellectual Property on the appropriate or necessary process for determining whether a prima facie case exists.

The term breach shall apply to less serious deviations from this Code that are appropriately remedied within the college. The term research misconduct is used for more serious, deliberate deviations. For the purposes of this Code, misconduct in research includes any deviation of this Code that includes, but is not limited to: fabrication of results; falsification or misrepresentation of results; plagiarism; misleading ascription of authorship; unauthorized use of another person’s research data, materials, or writing; unjustified destruction of research materials; deception/misrepresentation in relation to research proposals; financial fraud; misuse of research funds; failure to declare and/or manage serious conflicts of interest; falsification or misrepresentation to obtain funding; risking the safety, security, and/or well-being of research participants, whether human or non-human, and/or the environment; deviations from this Code that occur through gross or persistent negligence; and/or willful concealment or facilitation of research misconduct by others.

3.13 Rules for preventing plagiarism

All projects/seminar reports, dissertations/thesis, research papers, case studies, and any such documents need to be checked with the standard plagiarism software tool. In case of project/seminar reports, dissertations/thesis, the concerned student needs to submit a plagiarism report generated by a software tool to the department, with the signature of the concerned guide/supervisor. The students submitting any kind of research work in the form of reports/thesis must provide a “Certificate of originality of work” with signature of the concerned supervisor/guide. In order to avoid copying in course assignments, the faculty members are required to design assignments that encourage the students to analyze and evaluate rather than asking them to collect, describe or present information, data, etc. A training program on the use of plagiarism detection software tool should be organized for students, faculty, staff, and research fellows.

NOTE:  Chairman-RDC has every right to take decision on any activity regarding research and development.

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1. Intellectual Property Ownership

1. 1. ACE Engineering College Ownership
   2. Inventor/Author Ownership

2. Third-Party Ownership

Profile of the Institute:

ACE Engineering College was established by Yadala Satyanarayana Memorial Educational Society with the fundamental objective of nurturing the group of nascent talent of young minds aspiring to make career in engineering into a pool of valuable and employable engineers. In addition, they understand their responsibility to willfully render services to the society with dignity and accountability.

ACE Engineering College was established in 2007 in a sprawling campus spreading over 10 acres of land. Situated in serene locales on the suburbs of Hyderabad on Hyderabad –Warangal National Highway, ACE provides an excellent ambience conducive for fruitful engagement of learners and faculty. Surrounding lush greenery filled plains and adjoining urban forest department land add to the tranquility that reminds one of ancient Indian gurukula. The college is well connected by road. It is just 20 Km from Uppal and about 28 Km from Secunderabad.

The College offers B.Tech Courses in CE, EEE, ME, CSE, CSE(CSM), CSE(DS), CSE(IoT), ECE&IT, out of which CE, EEE, ME, ECE and CSE Courses are NBA Accredited. The college has NAAC accreditation with ‘A’ grade. The college is conferred AUTONOMOUS status for a period of ten years with effect from AY 2020-21.

Prof. Y.V. Gopala Krishna Murthy, an Educationist, Engineer, Motivator, and the founder of ACE Engineering Academy is at the helm of academic affairs in the college. The Academy, a premier coaching center for GATE, IES and Public Service selections conducted by several state governments for recruitment of engineering graduates is the most sought after coaching center and has been consistently contributing toppers to all the premier technological institutions in India viz., IITs, IISc, NITs and other universities. The Academy, in the last two decades of its committed services in the training and coaching sectors for engineering graduates across the country has produced toppers in Engineering Services, as also state service Commissions recruitments.

1.  Intellectual Property Ownership

1. 1. ACE Engineering College Ownership

• Intellectual property(IP) of any kind created by faculty, students, staff, project staff, researchers, visitors, and others, such as trainees from other institutes, participating in ACE Engineering College programs or using ACE Engineering College funds or facilities, are owned by ACE Engineering College when either of the following applies:
  1. The intellectual property was created with the major use of funds or facilities administered by ACE Engineering College.
  2. The intellectual property was created (i) as a part of the normal professional duty (ii) Work for hire
  3. The intellectual property was created in the course or pursuant to a sponsored/consultancy research agreement with ACE Engineering College. In such cv cases, specific provisions related to IP made in contracts governing such activity will determine the ownership of IP.
  4. The intellectual property was created as a part of academic research and training leading towards a degree or otherwise.

1. All copyrights, including copyrighted software will be owned by ACE Engineering College when it is created as a part of any of the academic programs of ACE Engineering College or created pursuant to a written agreement with ACE Engineering College, providing for transfer of copyright or ownership to ACE Engineering College. More specifically:
   1. ACE Engineering College will be the owner of the copyright on all teaching materials created by ACE Engineering College and other academic institutes, external agencies, and industry under the continuing education of ACE Engineering College. However, the authors will have the right to use the material for their teaching and research activities.
   2. ACE Engineering College will not claim ownership of copyright on books and scientific articles authored by ACE Engineering College However, ACE Engineering College will have the copyright, if books and reports have been created using funds specifically provided for this purpose by ACE Engineering College only.

3. 3. Inventor/Author Ownership

• • • Inventors/Authors will own intellectual property when
    3. 1. None of the situation defined above for ACE Engineering College-ownership of intellectual property applies.
       2. It is created outside their assigned/normal area of research/teaching, for example, popular novels, poems, musical compositions, or other works of artistic imagination, without the use of significant institute resources.
          1. Students will own copyright on thesis/dissertation created as a part of their academic programmes. However, the student must grant to ACE Engineering College royalty-free permission to reproduce and distribute copies for teaching and research as well as for dissemination for teaching and research to other academic institutions.
          2. Ownership of software code, patentable subject matter and other intellectual property contained in the thesis/reports are subject to conditions specified under ACE Engineering College-ownership and Inventor/Author ownership.

2. Third-Party Ownership

• Ownership of intellectual property resulting from:
  1. Funds provided partially or fully by a third-party to ACE Engineering College will be governed by specific provisions in the contract between the third-party and ACE Engineering College.
  2. Exchange programs between ACE Engineering Collegeandotherinstitutionswillbegovernedbyspecificprovisionsinthecontract between the third-party and ACE Engineering College.
  3. In case no such specific contract exists, IPR will remain with ACE Engineering College.
     1. In cases of all IP produced at ACE Engineering College, ACE Engineering College shall retain a non-exclusive, free, irrevocable license to copy/use IP for teaching and research activities, consistent with confidentiality arguments wherever entered by ACE Engineering College.
     2. In cases where an IP is created by ACE Engineering College personnel, fully or as apart of the team, during deputation, official leave, or leave,the concerned ACE Engineering College personnel should officially communicate the IP to ACE Engineering College. If the IP involves ideas/software developed, fully or in part, using significant institute resources, then the IP will also be owned by ACE Engineering College fully or partially.

I. Disclosures, Confidentiality and Assignment of Rights

• 1. For sponsored and/or collaborative work the provisions of the contract pertaining to disclosure of IP are applied.
  2. For all other IP produced at ACE Engineering College, the inventors will be required to disclose their IP to the IPEC(Intellectual Property Evaluation Committee) at the earliest date using an IPDF (Intellectual Property Disclosure Form).
  3. It will be mandatory for students to submit an IPDF, countersigned by their supervisor(s), at the time of filing their B.Tech report and M.Tech report.
  4. The inventor shall assign the rights of the disclosed IP to ACE Engineering College before leaving the institute and will agree to the terms and conditions for the sharing of any financial benefits received by the institute by commercialization of such IP.
  5. Having made the disclosure, the inventors, both ACE Engineering College and non- ACE Engineering College personnel, shall maintain confidentiality of the IP during the period it is pending with ACE Engineering College for the assessment of the possibility of commercialization and protection of IP, unless authorized in writing by ACE Engineering College.

II. Evaluation of Intellectual Property

1. Evaluation of Intellectual Property will be done by the IPEC(Intellectual Property Evaluation Committee).Dean (RDC) will be the Chairman and the Head of the organization within ACE Engineering College responsible for commercialization, will be the member secretary. The principal will nominate at least three additional faculty members with expertise or familiarity/experience in areas related to the IP.
2. Evaluation of IP means:
   1. 1. Assigning ownership of IP.
      2. Determining whether an IP is innovative and fit for filing in India and foreign countries.
      3. Determining whether the IP has areas on able chance for commercialization.
3. After evaluation of IP, if ACE Engineering College decides not to take the responsibility for the protection of the IP, then it will assign all the rights of the IP to the inventors.
4. Even in such cases, as in (3),ACE Engineering College may take the responsibility of facilitating protection of the IP on case-by-case
5. A decision on the annual renewal of IP rights will be taken by the IPEC. If ACE Engineering College decides not to renew the IP, fully or partially, then it will assign the rights of the IP, wherever relevant, to the “inventors.”

III. Contracts and Agreements

All agreements related to IP, including, but not limited to the following categories, undertaken by any ACE Engineering College personnel and students need to be approved by the institute:

1. Allegiance, Affirmation and Confidentiality Agreement.
2. Evaluation Agreement.
3. License Agreement
4. Technology Transfer(Commercialization)Agreement
5. Alternative Dispute Resolution Agreement
6. Classified Information Non-Disclosure (specific) Agreement

The Dean (RDC), with specific approval of the General Secretary, will be the authorized signatory in all categories of agreements listed above.

IV. Commercialization

1. ACE Engineering College shall market the IP and identify potential licensee(s) for the IP to which it (i) has ownership and (ii) for which rights have been assigned to it. Licensing may be made either directly to third parties or through incubation or through licensing agents.
   1. Technology licensing: Licensing the IP to 3^rd parties for commercialization. This would be asper the current policy and revenues earned will be shared with the inventor(s) as detailed in next section.
   2. Incubation through ACE Engineering College Business Incubator (ACEBI):ACE Engineering College inventors and community interested to incubate the technologies developed have an opportunity through ACEBI. In this case ACEBI considerations are applicable for equity and/or revenue sharing of the respective companies for transfer/ licensing of / permission to use IP in favor of the incubate companies.
2. For the IP where exclusive rights have not already been assigned to a third party, the creators may also contact potential licensee(s) on their initiative maintaining confidentiality and taking all necessary care to ensure that the value of the IP is not affected.
3. If ACE Engineering College is not able to commercialize the IP in are as on able time, then the inventor(s) may approach ACE Engineering College for assignment of rights of the invention(s) to them.

V. Revenue Sharing

1. The net earnings from the commercialization of IP owned by ACE Engineering College would be shared as follows:

2. The creator(s) share would be declared annually, and disbursement will be made to the creator(s), their legal heir, whether or not the creators are associated with ACE Engineering College
3. Co-creators of IP shall sign at the time of disclosure, a distribution of IP Earnings’ Agreement, which shall specify the percentage distribution of earnings from IP to each co-inventor. The inventors may at any time by mutual consent revise the Distribution of IP Earnings Agreement.

VI. Infringements, Damages, Liability, and Indemnity Insurance

1. As a matter of policy, ACE Engineering College shall, in any contract between the licensee and ACE Engineering College, seek indemnity from any legal proceedings including without limitation manufacturing defects, production problems, design guarantee, upgradation and debugging obligation.
2. ACE Engineering College shall also ensure that ACE Engineering College personnel have an indemnity clause built-in to the agreements with license(s) while transferring technology or copyrighted material to licensees.
3. ACE Engineering College shall retain the right to engage or not in any litigation concerning patents and license infringements.

VII. Conflict of Interest

The inventor(s) are required to disclose any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest. If the inventor(s) and/or their immediate family have a stake in a licensee or potential licensee company, then they are required to disclose the stake they and/or their immediate family have in the company. Under these circumstances, it must be ensured by the inventor(s) that their entrepreneurial activities do not have an adverse impact on inventor(s) teaching, research, and any other institutional responsibilities.

VIII. Dispute Resolution

In case of any disputes between ACE Engineering College and the inventors regarding the implementation of the IP policy, the aggrieved party may appeal to the Principal of ACE Engineering College.   Efforts shall be made to address the concerns of the aggrieved party. The Principal’s decision in this regard would be final and binding.

IX. Jurisdiction (Authority)

As a policy, all agreements to be signed by ACE Engineering College will have the jurisdiction of the courts in Hyderabad and shall be governed by appropriate laws in India.

Nomenclature

IP: Intellectual property

ACE Engineering College: ACE Engineering College, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad

IPEC: Intellectual Property Evaluation Committee

IPDF: Intellectual Property Disclosure Form

Glossary

1. “Principal” means the Principal, ACE Engineering College, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad
2. “Dean, (RDC)”means the Dean (RDC) of ACE Engineering College.
3. “Author” means faculty, students, staff or visiting faculty who has/have written or created a creative work.
4. “Confidential Information” is information not in the public domain and declared confidential by parties as such in a MOU/Agreement that has been signed by the parties.
5. “Copyright” means the exclusive right granted by law for a certain period of time to an author to reproduce, print, publish and sell copies of his or her creative work. Copyright protection is available for most literary, musical, dramatic, and other types of creative work, including software, teaching materials, multimedia works, proposals, and research reports.
6. “Creators” are persons who have produced any original work.
7. “Intellectual Contribution” means original technical or artistic contributions.
8. “Intellectual Property” includes but is not limited to copyrights and copyrightable materials, patented and patentable inventions, tangible research results, trademarks, service marks and trade secrets.
9. Invention” includes but is not limited to any new and useful process, formula or machine conceived or first reduced to practice in whole or in part, defined within the purview of the Patent Act, Inventor(s) are person(s)who produce an invention.
10. “Licensing” is the practice of renting the intellectual property to a third party.
11. “Net Earnings” Earnings resulting from the licensing or commercialization of the IP reduced by the outstanding actual expenses incurred in obtaining and commercialization of the IP.
12. “Patent” means the exclusive right granted by law form a king, using, or selling an invention.
13. “Royalty” is the payment made to an inventor/author or an institution usually for legal use of a patented invention or any Intellectual Property when licensed.
14. “Significant Use of ACE Engineering College Resources” is any usage of ACE Engineering College’s resources in the creation of the invention(s), in excess of the routine use of office facilities, computers, library resources and resources available to the general public.
15. “Software” means anything executable in a computer.
16. “Teaching material” means any material that aids the process of teaching.
17. “Trademark/Service Mark” is a distinctive word, symbol or picture or a combination of these, which is used by a business entity to discriminate its products and services from those of other business entities.
18. “Trade Secret:” Usually some information such as know-how of commercial or strategic value that is not disclosed to all and is used in a restricted manner.

ANNEXUREI

Intellectual Property Disclosure Form ACE Engineering College, HYDERABAD

Title of the invention:

Innovator(s) who have contributed or conceived an essential element of the invention, either independently or jointly with others during evolution of the technology concept or reduction to practice:

Name:                                                                                     Name:

Position:                                                                                  Position:

Department:                                                                           Department:

Phone:                                                                                     Phone:

e-mail:                                                                                     e-mail:

Brief description of the invention:

How does this invention relate to new processes, machines, compositions of matter, etc.? Please cover the following points:

• Describe the invention so that the other faculty of the Institute who are knowledgeable in the field can evaluate the technical and commercial merits of the technology.
• What are the advantages of the present invention over the comparable inventions?
• Has the invention been tested experimentally?
• Are experimental data available?
• Has the invention been patented or protected under confidentiality agreement?

(Please use additional sheets to elaborate and to attach sketches, drawings, photographs and other materials that help illustrate the description).

Commercial potential:

What are the

• Possible uses/application areas and/or products you feel may embody aspects of your technology and Possible end-users
• ,(1) input required, (2) production capacity where applicable, (3) raw material requirement, (4) transfer form, (5) target companies and countries,(6) economic data, (7)potential long-term commercial interest.

(Please provide as much in formation as possible; attach extra sheets of required) Prior disclosure and possible intent:

Hastheinventionbeendisclosedtoindustryrepresentativesorthirdparties?Hasanycommercialinterestbeenshowninit and of what nature?  Name companies and specific individuals and their titles.

Development stage:

 Give you opinion on the current stage of development of the invention as it relates to its market ability (indicate appropriate response):

——————-Embryonic (needs substantial work to bring market)

—————Partially developed (could be brought to market with significant investment)

———— Off-the-shelf (could be brought to market with nominal investment) Do you know of any other inventions that are congruent with this invention?

Signature of Inventor with date                                 Signature of Inventor with date

I, the undersigned,                                       here by certify that                                                           (the “Work”; attach additional sheet if necessary to accurately describe the work)was specially commissioned by and is to be considered a “work made for hire” by ACE Engineering College, Hyderabad, herein after referred to as Institute with address at ACE Engineering College, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad, Telangana, 501601, India, and that ACE Engineering College Hyderabad is entitled to all patent/copyright/trademark and all other intellectual property rights there to.

Without limiting the foregoing, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is there by acknowledged and in accordance with the above entitlement of Institute to Intellectual Property generated by me, I hereby assign and/or transfer to Institute, its successors and assigns, absolutely and forever, all right, title, and interest, throughout the world in and to the Work and each element there of, including but not limited to the copyright/patent/technology innovation contained therein.

I further agree that no copyright material assigned by me to the Institute under this agreement shall be reproduced by me beyond that which falls under fair use, and I shall retain only moral rights to this material. Further more, no patent able invention/ technology innovation/ trademarks developed by myself, and others shall be working with, be disclosed by me to any other party upon termination of this agreement. I understand that any prior disclosure by myself, directly or indirectly, either during the period of this work-for-hire agreement or after its termination, shall render me prosecutable as per laws that may be in force at the time.

Signed this               day of                    (month),                        (year)Name:

Address:

ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIPAND STARTUP POLICY

For Institute to emerge as a global innovation hub, the students of our campus, especially in higher knowledge and intellectuality need to play a crucial role to create a sustainable innovation ecosystem. Hence, ideally all students and faculty should have a comprehensive and functional mechanism to convert research into innovations. This ecosystem will encourage, inspire and nurture students by exposing them to new ideas and processes resulting in innovative activities in their formative years.

1. Vision

To be a leading contributor in the field of Incubation to cultivate, foster and stimulate the entrepreneurial aspirations and provide an ecosystem to create innovative, sustainable, profitable and job creating startups.

2. Mission

• To encourage and     support     students     and     youngsters     to     opt  for entrepreneurship as a career opportunity.
• To strengthen the students, alumni and local entrepreneurial ecosystem by providing the necessary  information,   knowledge,   support,   facilities  and organize  community-level  programs  and  summit  to  develop  the  start-up culture.
• To connect the start-up aspirants with the respective domain experts, entrepreneurship mentors, consultants and investors.
• To work and     network    with    various    organizations    in     the    field    of  entrepreneurial development.

3. About:

• Innovation Cell of ACE addresses the challenge of building innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem which has Start up cell initiated at college under TEQIP – III
• ACE has constituted Institution’s Innovation Councils (IIC) as per the guidelines of MHRD’s Innovation Cell and has reserved budget for its activities. IIC ACE has council framed to support conducting various activities related to innovation, startup and entrepreneurship development.
• In addition to IIC council formed at institute level, innovation champions shall be nominated from within the students/ faculty/ staff for each department.
• Conducts start up awareness activities such as workshops, idea competition, field visits, innovation center/startups labs visits round the year as specified by MHRD guidelines.
• Connects Startups through motivational talks about their experiences and provides internship opportunities.
• Startup week – an annual workshop will be organized to create awareness about design thinking, patent filing, ideation to productization and to enable students with their faculty mentors to pitch in their proposal. The selected ideas are awarded SEED MONEY to take their proposals forward.
• Students are encouraged to participate in events and competitions from CII, SIH, IIDC.
• Few students have started their own companies few others are aspiring to be entrepreneurs.

4. Objectives:

• To create and foster a University wide ecosystem for new ideas to flourish.
• To provide support for conversion of the innovative idea of students, faculty, staff and researchers to ventures that address the problems in society with special focus on less developed regions.
• To provide the infrastructure and incentives for generating interest among the students, staff, faculty and researchers to engage in innovative pursuits and product development for facilitating commercialization.
• To support innovative knowledge-based venture creation within the Institute.
• Setting direction for streamlining and establishing a strong start-up ecosystem in campus.
• Measuring Innovation & Start-up ecosystem based on Input, Process, Output and Outcome based parameters.
• Focusing on both quantity and more on quality aspects of Start-up Eco-System available at Institute.
• Also measure the impact created by these innovations and Start-ups from Institutions in society and market.
• To facilitate innovation, foster entrepreneurship, start-ups by providing facility to conduct POC at institute.
• Handhold to transform POC to products towards societal needs.
• Establish an ecosystem to nurture innovation and entrepreneurship through incubation, facilitation for filing patents.
• Institutional entrepreneurial agenda includes spreading awareness among students and faculty about the importance of innovation, entrepreneurship, its role in career development as well as employability of the students.

ARIIA ranking will certainly inspire Higher education to reorient their mind’set and build ecosystems to encourage high quality research, innovation and entrepreneurship. Moreover, ARIIA wiil set tone and direction for institutions for future development for making them globally competitive and in forefront of innovation.

5. Definition

1.1. Startup:  An entity  that  have  scalable  and  sustainable  business idea based on product or service innovation.

1.2. Student startup: A student or a group of students studying under ACE AOE have an idea and want to initiate as a startup.

1.3. Faculty   startup:   It   may  consist   of  faculty   members   alone   or   with students or with faculty of other institutes or with alumni or with other

entrepreneurs.

1.4. Individual   Entrepreneur:   An   individual  who   has  an   entrepreneurial mindset and have an idea that he wants to convert it into a commercial viable product.

1.5. Mentors:  An  individual  who  have  the  experience  of entrepreneurship journey or a skill manpower willing guide the startup in their journey.

6. ARIIA 2021 Parameters

Parameter 1: Programs and Activities on IPR, Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship Organized

1.  Part-1: Program Conducted by Institute Related to IPR, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups & Innovation (Data required for Financial Year – 2018-19)
2.  Part-2: Participation / Representation of Students and (or) Faculties in Events / Programs related to IPR, entrepreneurship / Start-ups & Innovation organized by repute external institutions or agencies at national or international level (Data required for Financial Year -2018-19)

Parameter 2: Annual Budget Spent on Innovation & Start-up funding, Income & Expenditure towards Promoting and Supporting Innovation & Start-up in Campus.

Parameter 3 & 6: Pre-Incubation & Incubation Infrastructure; Successful Innovation and Start- ups; and Funding, Expenses and Income from Innovation & start-ups during the financial year 2018-19.

1. Part -1: Innovation, Pre-Incubation & Incubation Centre/Facilities and Services.

1. Part 1(a): Innovation, Pre-Incubation & Incubation Centre/Facilities exists in campus
2. Part 1(b): Grants / Funds Received by Pre-Incubation & Incubation Centre /Facilities exists in Campus
3. Part 1(c): Idea / Prototype / Innovation have received Grant / funding from Pre-Incubation / Incubation Centre / Facilities
4. Part 1(d): Start-ups have received Grant / funding from Pre-Incubation/Incubation Centre/Facilities

2. Part -2: Co-Incubation Partnership

Parameter 4: Courses on Innovation, IPR and Entrepreneurship Development Offered by  Institute during the Academic Period 2018-19.

Parameter 5: IP Granted and Published; Tech Transfer and Commercialized

• Part -1: Patent Granted and Published (Obtained from Third Party Source)
• Part-2: Technology Commercialization / Transfer

7. Goal (Targets)

• Organize the events,  hackathons,  ideathons,  and  summits  for strengthening the network.
• Encourage interested students,  faculty and  staff members for Project  to
  Product (P2P)  Transformation  Program (for Engineering and other disciplines)  in collaboration with School of Design
• Contribute in long term institute branding activities
• Conduct upskilling and outreach programs
• Execute and evaluate the outcome of minor specializations in innovation,
  entrepreneurship and startup/venture.
• Amendment of existing IPR and Innovation many Startup policies
• Constitute the alumni council for startup and innovation.
• Encourage to adopt and strengthen the NISP (National Innovation and
  Startup Policy for Students and Faculty) policy for all stakeholders of the institute.

8. Action Plan (2021-22)

1. To develop the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship amongst students, Faculty and  staff of the University.

1. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awareness Sessions
2. Entrepreneurship Boot camp
3. Impact Lecture with Entrepreneurs and Innovators
4. FDP on Entrepreneurship
5. Exposure trip to incubators/ accelerators
6. Entrepreneurship Week

2. Identify and Develop Innovative ideas

1. Workshop on Design thinking for Innovation
2. The Big Shot- Idea Pitching Competition
3. Workshop on IPR
4. Workshop on stage gate process of Innovation
5. Innovative Project demo Day
6. Workshop on Business Model canvas
7. Business Plan competition
8. Workshop Legal Compliance for Startups
9. Workshop on preparing an effective pitch deck and mock investor pitching session
10. Webinar on Raising funds for Business

3. To Promote Industry-University Interaction

1. Entrepreneurship/ Business Conclave in collaboration with industry association/ chamber of commerce
2. Mentoring session with Industry experts
3. Webinar session with Promoters and senior management from Industry

9. Major Programs

1. Entrepreneurship in ACE
2. Consortium:
3. Network of Innovation Clubs (NIC)
4. Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)
5. Smart India Hackathon (SIH)
6. National Student Startup Policy (NSSP)
7. Mentoring and Startup Generation
8. Start up Eligibility and Enrollment
9. Intellectual Property
10. Periodic Assessment

1. Entrepreneurship in ACE

Entrepreneurship is the process of starting a business, typically a startup company offering an innovative product, process or service. Anentrepreneur perceives an opportunity and often exhibits biases in taking the decision to exploit the opportunity.

1.1 E-cell

E-Cell  ACE is the entrepreneurship cell of ACE. As the name suggests, the very purpose of E-Cell is to foster a community of contemporary as well as seasoned entrepreneurs, along with mentoring of new and budding startups across the country. E-Cell has been the driving force forchannelizing and guiding more startups, impacting over 5000 students, and would be entrepreneurs.  With a variety of student intensive, learning-oriented programs, the organization plays akey role in the development of entrepreneurial skills and giving an opportunity to the deserving.  At the same time, it has been invoking a sense of responsibility towards the nation in students by empowering social startups as well. Throughout the year, the E-Cell organizes expert talks, webinars, workshops, light skill development events as well as highly rewarding competitions, actual pitching scenarios and much more.

2. Consortium:

The consortium is the annual summit of ACE, which basically the abridgement of all the activities that the E-cell performs.Usually held as a three-day summit, Consortium is filled with famous key-note speeches, enthralling competitions, captivating side events, and much more.Experiencing a footfall of over 5000, consisting of students, aspiring entrepreneurs and enthusiasts, it is one of the largest gatherings for entrepreneurs.

3. Network of Innovation Clubs (NIC)

ACE will prescribe basic framework for the structure, formation, structure and smooth running of ICs and will soon share list of different activities which ICs need to undertake for the entire academic year

4. ARIIA will primarily focus on 5 main parameters

5. Smart India Hackathon (SIH)

Smart India Hackathon 2019 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem solving. In this new edition, students would have the opportunity to work on challenges faced within the public and private sector organizations, and NGOs in addition to government problems pooled from various union ministries. As like in previous editions, Smart India Hackathon 2019 would also have 2 sub-editions – Software edition (a 36-hour software product development competition) and Hardware edition (a 5 days long hardware product development competition).

6.  National Student Startup Policy (NSSP)

The policy aims at identifying the innovative and entrepreneurial potential of students and transforming them into start-up entrepreneurs. This can be done by developing an ideal entrepreneurial ecosystem and promoting strong inter-institutional partnerships among technical institutions, other ecosystem enablers, different stakeholders, programs, market and society.

7. Mentoring and Startup Generation

 5.1 Pre-Startup planning:  It is very important to primarily identify which ideas have scalable and sustainable business plan and can successfully face the real time market challenges. This phase of pre-  startup can prepare student entrepreneurs for the incubation phase by providing them prerequisite skills and knowledge that will help them validate and assess their ideas as well as define their business models in detail. In the pre-startup phase, the following activities are to be performed:

• Idea Validation: Incubate can discuss their idea with the mentors and do its basic market analysis just to understand the current market challenges and their competitors.
• Promoters Details: Relevant details of promoters are  required  to  be validated before allowing start-ups to enter into this process.
• Development of rapid prototype:  The  incubate  can  start  with  the development of a prototype of their idea to understand its development challenges
• Registration of Startup: The start-up needs to be registered under a form of business  entity  like  Partnership  Firm,  LLP,  Private  Limited Company  and  One  Person  Company.   Start-ups  should  be  able  to provide a copy of the registration certificate/letter to his/ her academic institution.

5.2 Startup Acceleration: The startups will be supported by the institute in terms  of incubation  and laboratory  support,  space of the  incubate, technical expertise, mentor connections, service provider connects, and any other support based on mutual understanding.

5.3 Startup   Mentors:    The    mentors   will    be    industry    experts    and    or entrepreneurs from field like IT, electronics, R&D, sales, legal, finance, and many more.

8. Startup Eligibility and Enrollment

6.1 Startup enrollment is open to:

• • Students and alumni
  • Faculty and staff members (current and in the recent past),
  • MIT AOE’s R&D partners

• Local residence of nearby location.

6.2      Startup Eligibility:

• Startup should have innovative idea that have scalable and sustainable business model.
• Startup’s idea should have commercially viable solution.
• Startup should be ready to incubate with the ACE AOE-EDF (depending to their mutual understanding).

9. Intellectual Property

The intellectual property (IF) that can be a patent, software code, copyright, design registration, developed product, or alike will be shared by the startup and ACE AOE. During the transfer of / licensing of/ permission to use IP, the startup will have to approach to ACE AOE and ACE AOE-EDF for its request.

10. Periodic Assessments

ACE Entrepreneurial  Development  Foundation(ACE-EDF) management and    mentors   will    evaluate    the    performance    of   startups periodically. Startups will submit information to ACE-EDF on quarterly basis in a prescribed format. The companies may also be subject to an annual assessment by a committee comprising of external experts.

No data filled by ACE in the following categories:

1.  List the Employment Generation Skill Development Programs Organized by the HEI on Innovation, IPR and Entrepreneurship Development During the Academic Period (2019-20).
2. List the Full Time Faculties had with a Degree (UG/PG/PhD) in innovation/IPR/ Entrepreneurship and (or) Received Specialized Training Program of I&E, IPR(MDP, EDP, FDP, Short-term Certificate Course, of minimum 30 hours Duration) conducted by various State, Central Govt. agencies, and Knowledge Agencies in the Academic Period (2019-20)
3. List the Incubation Facilities at the HEI (>=1500 Sq. Floor Area)
4. List the Innovation Park/Research Park Facilities at the HEI (>= 5000 Sq. Ft. Floor Area)
5. List the IPR Cell/Technology Transfer Centre Facilities at the HEI
6. List all the Innovations Generated Development, Completed and Implemented in Ground with Support of Pre-incubation & Incubation facilities at the HEI and Recognitions Received.
7. List all the Ventures/Startups/SME Units Established with Support of Pre-incubation & Incubation facilities at the HEI.
8. List all the Innovations/Venture/Startups for which HEI has facilitated Angel/Venture Capital Fund.
9. Empaneled Mentoring Service Support
10. Ventures Established with the Support of the HEI
11. List all the Collaborations with External Agencies and Co-Creation of I&E Activities by the HEI.
12. List the IPs Filed/Published/Granted (Copy Right & Designs Only) by the HEI as Co-applicant/Co-owner.
13. List the IPs hold by the Innovation teams/Startups Incubated at the Pre-incubation/incubation Unit of the HEI.
14. List the IP Commercialized/Transferred Published & Granted to HEI as Co-applicant/ Co-owner

COLLABORATION & MoUs

RESEARCH ACHEIEVEMENTS (FACULTY)