Research
238
Publications
34
IPR / Copyrights
20
Average h Index
1730
Total No. of WoS / Scopus
Vision
Research productivity is of paramount importance for the reputation of any educational institution. KMV has recommended to its Faculty a number of guidelines to ensure that the conduct of a research is of high quality and of ethical standards. KMV expects its faculty members and students to comply with set policies diligently.
Research Committee
| 1. | Prof. (Dr.) Atima Sharma Dwivedi | Principal KMV, Chairperson |  |
| 2. | Dr. Jatinder Pal | Department of Economics (Dean Research) |  |
A. Research Programme and Policy Development Responsibilities
- To develop comprehensive document on research policy
- To promote research among faculty and students
- To organize research promotion activities such as workshops, seminars and conferences
Committee Members:
| 1. | Dr. Neetu Chopra | Department of Physics (Incharge) |  |
| 2. | Dr. Gopi Sharma | Department of Physics |  |
| 3. | Dr. Natasha Sharma | Department of Mathematics |  |
| 4. | Mrs. Tank Sinderpal Kabal singh | Department of Chemistry |  |
| 5. | Dr. Davinder Singh | Department of Physical Education |  |
B. Committee on Finance and Infrastructure
Responsibilities
- To create a corpus for research and development from government, industry, and other funding agencies.
- To look into the possibilities of in-house funding.
- To setup Digital Library & Information, Quantitative Methods & Data Analysis, Analytical and Consultancy Services.
Committee Members:
| 1. | Dr. Pardeep Arora | Department of Computer Sci (Incharge) |  |
| 2. | Dr.Rashmi Sharma | Department of Commerce |  |
| 3. | Dr. Harpreet Kaur | Department of Faison Designing |  |
| 4. | Dr. Ashish Raina | Department of Hospitality and Tourism |  |
| 5. | Mrs. Hema Khurana | Library |  |
C. Committee on Collaboration and Community
Responsibilities
1. To develop connection with already well established RDC
2. To identify and develop collaborative research with other national and international institutions inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary, and multidisciplinary research.
Committee Members:
| 1. | Dr. Archana Saini | Department of Zoology (Incharge) |  |
| 2. | Dr. Narinderjit Kaur | Department of Chemistry |  |
| 3. | Dr. Rupika | Department of Hindi |  |
| 4. | Dr. Gopi Sharma | Department of Physics |  |
| 5. | Dr. Pardeep Arora | Department of Computer Sci. & IT | |
D. Committee for Product Development, Monitoring and Commercialization
Responsibilities
- To assign various research activities to faculty and students
- To monitor and oversee research progress, coordinate program, manage and facilitate optimizing resources, timely review of research activities for completion of the projects as per schedule.
- To ensure that all the research labs in the institution fulfill the norms of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Safety
Committee Members:
| 1. | Dr. Ravi Khurana | Department of Computer Sci. & IT (Incharge) |  |
| 2. | Dr. Narinderjit Kaur | Department of Chemistry |  |
| 3. | Dr. Ekta Saini | Department of Philosophy |  |
| 4. | Dr. Simerjeet | Department of Fashion Designing |  |
| 5. | Mrs. Vibhuti Kalia | Department of Textile Design & Apparel Technology |  |
E. Committee for IPR, Legal & Ethical Matters
Responsibilities
- To comply with ethical codes of research and publishing practices
- To procure and manage plagiarism check mechanism
- To sensitize the research community about dubious research, publishing practices and predatory journals.
- To sensitize and guide to the faculty and students to procure IPRs
Committee Members:
| 1. | Dr. Harleen Singh | Department of Physics (Incharge) |  |
| 2. | Dr. Rashmi Sharma | Department of Commerce |  |
| 3. | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Department of Physics |  |
| 4. | Dr. Natasha Sharma | Department of Mathematics |  |
| 4. | Dr. Iqbal Singh | Department of Political Science |  |
Research Policy
Objectives
- To create an enabling environment within the KMV to foster a research culture.
- To create, maintain and enhance infrastructure to enable conduct of state-of the-art research
- To ensure adequate support to faculty, researchers and students in their research activities through internal and external funding.
- To ensure publications in quality journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science and/or with impact factor.
- To encourage faculty to undertake interdisciplinary and socially useful research with potential for commercialization.
- To establish Research Centres within the institutions and extend research consultancy to outsiders.
- To encourage the faculty to enter research collaborations and linkages nationally and globally.
Guidelines and Instructions
- A research forum will be organized once in a month. Each department, especially post graduate departments, will showcase their respective research. The investigators, along with their students working under seed money grant, will present their ideas, findings and experiences. Research forum will also organize invited talks periodically on research methodology, IPRs and research orientation.
- The appointments and promotions will be linked to research and academic activities and strictly in accordance with UGC/Government ordinances.
- Members of the faculty should undertake research leading to quality publications capable of generation of Intellectual property rights with potential for commercialization and with social relevance.
- Research activities of teachers, research fellows and students will be supported through the grants from central, state government agencies and college funds.(for detail see Seed Money Policy).Â
- It will be ensured that research papers are published in UGC approved Journals preferably with Impact Factor. Faculty can explore the Scopus to find list of journals for their respective subjects.
- Research should be promoted at Departmental level in collaboration with students. Departments should publish journals having research papers by faculty as well as students.
- Research Award for Faculty and Students
- In case of travel from project funds, for distance more than 500 KM air fare can be availed.
- To attend seminar/conference/workshops duty leave applications, along with acceptance of letter/invitation letter, should be submitted to Research cell, IQAC one month prior to the seminar/conference/workshops. Certificate of participation must also be submitted to Research Cell, IQAC after attending the conference.
- Workshops/interactions on research methodology should be organized to promote research.
- Website for online journals should be actively used.
Seed Money Policy
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya seeks to strengthen research and innovation activities in the college by motivating teachers and students who are not getting external funding. For this, it is desirable to have Seed money scheme. This will enable the faculty and students to engage in research work until sponsored projects from outside agencies are secured.
Eligibility
- Faculty should be working fulltime with the college and should have at least M. Phil degree.
- They have to sign an agreement that He/she will continue to work with the institution till the project is completed. In case the PI is leaving the institute, then he/she must deposit the granted seed money amount and assets created thereon to the office before leaving the institute.
- The PI should not be availing another grant from external agency for the same project.
- The PI should publish at least one research papers along with the names of co-investigators in UGC approved list of Journals.
- Seed money will be provided for only one project/scheme to an individual.
- The department of PI should have basic infrastructure to support research.
Money Grant
All the faculties including Social Sciences, Commerce, Languages, IT, Performing Arts and Sciences can avail seed money grant for research projects. One faculty member must choose two students as team members and proposal can be submitted to meet Recurring expenses, and/or Non-Recurring. Applications will be screened by expert committee in Dean Research office and short listed applicants will be asked to make presentations. Based on recommendations of expert committee seed money will be allocated up to Maximum Rs.30, 000 per project. One team can submit one project proposal only. Different documentation formats associated with project can be availed from Dean Research and can also be downloaded from college website. Selected Principal Investigators will have to submit progress report at the end of each semester. Duration of project will be of 1 year and extendable if required depending on progress made.
The funds will be released in two parts. First part 50% to be released at the time of sanction and the second part will be given only after recommendations by the mid-term review by the expert committee.
Non-Recurring Grants
- Equipment (Minor equipment only)
- Books and Journals
The equipment as well as books & journals grants may be utilized to procure the essential equipment and books & journals needed for the proposed research work. The equipment and books & journals acquired by the Principal Investigator under a Project must be deposited to Institution after the completion of the project.
Recurring Grant
- Hiring Services
This is meant for specialized technical work, such as sample analysis, for which the University/Institution either has no infrastructure or such services are available on payment basis. - Contingency
The admissible contingency grant may be utilized on spares for apparatus, photo-stat copies and microfilms, typing, stationary, postage, internet, fax, computation and printing needed for the project. Expenditure towards the audit fee may also be claimed under contingency head. - Special Needs
Assistance may be provided for any other special requirement in connection with the project which is not covered under any other ‘Head’ of assistance under the scheme. - Chemicals and Consumables
To meet expenditure on chemicals, glassware and other consumable items - Travel and Field Work
The amount allocated under the head travel/field work is to be utilized for data collection and collection of other information such as documents and visit to libraries within the general scope and sphere of the ongoing project. This should not be used for attending conferences, seminars, workshops and training courses etc. They may also avail special casual leave/duty leave for field work/collection of data as per rules. This grant is not meant for lodging in case of outstation visits.
Session 2019-20
| S. No | Faculty | Department | Title | Year of Sanction | Amount |
| 1 | Dr. Pardeep Arora and Mrs. Rajni Bansal & Team of Students | Computer Sc. | To Study the Impact of Social Media on Youth based on Machine Learning The Role of Media in Higher Education | 2019 | Rs.30000 |
| 2 | Mr. Sehajpal Singh & Team of Students | JMC | The Role of Media in Higher Education | 2019 | Rs.20000 |
| 3 | Dr. Monika Rani & Dr. Natasha Sharma & Team of students | Mathematics | Solution of non-linear differential equations using non-perturbation methods | 2019 | Rs.30000 |
| 4 | Mrs. Rashmi Bindra & Mrs. Namita Kochhar & Team of students | Commerce | Social Networking Sites: A Comparative Study of Youth Belonging to Urban & Rural Area ( A study of Women Colleges in jalandhar City) | 2019 | Rs.22000 |
| 5 | Dr. Narinderjit Kaur & Dr. Manju Sahni and team of students | Chemistry | Effect Of Different Solvents On Reverse Micellar Extraction Of Dye From Textile Effluent | 2019 | Rs.130000 |
Session 2020-21
| S. No | Faculty | Department | Title | Year of Sanction | Amount |
| 1 | Dr. Davinder Singh & Team of Students | Physical Education | Assessment of Aerobic Fitness, Abdominal Strength, Body Mass Index, Socio-Economic Status Eating Orders and Decision Making among the Students of Different Streams of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar” | 2020 | 30000 |
| 2 | Dr. Gurpreet Kaur Grewal & Mrs. Deepika Vashistha & Team of Students | Biotechnology & Botany | Studying the molecular basis of dysregulated glucose and cholesterol levels | 2020 | 30000 |
| 3 | Dr. Nalini Singh Chauhan & Dr. Mandeep Kaur & Team of Students | Zoology | Bioefficacy of Plant based compounds in controlling the insect pest | 2020 | 30000 |
| 4 | Dr. Archana saini Dr. Prabha & Team of Students | Zoology | Evaluation of Plastic Pollution in Fresh Water Ecosystems | 2020 | 30000 |
| 5 | Dr. Surbhi Sharma Dr. Neetu Chopra & Team of Students | Physics | Structural, Optical and Thermal Studies Of Alkali Boro- Tellurite Glasses Doped With Rare Earth Element Matrix For Fiber Optics Application | 2020 | 80000 |
Major Research Projects
| S. No. | Name of the Faculty | Funding agency | Title of the Project | Amount sanctioned |
| 1. | Dr. Neetu Chopra & Dr. Manmohan Singh (Dept. of Physics) | DST | Rare Earth doped tellurite and borate glass nanocomposites for photonic applications | 3254000
completed |
| 2. | Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics | UGC | Optical and non linear optical properties of nanopatterned novel glasses | 36,46,388/- Completed |
| 3. | Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics | UGC | Nanocrystaline phase of oxy flouride glasses as Scintillation material | 18,24,000/-Completed |
| 4. | Dr. Pardeep Arora Dept. of Computer Science | UGC | Rural Geographical Information System | 11,46,800/- Completed |
| 5. | Dr. Neeraj Maini Dept. Commerce | UGC | ‘Status of Women Investors in the Indian Capital Market: An Empirical Study’ | 6,30,000/- Completed |
| 6. | Dr. Sonik Bhatia Dept. Physics | UGC | Nano structured molecular sensor based upon doped/ undoped ZnO films prepared by different techniques. | 10,93,800/- Completed |
| 7. | Dr. Pardeep Arora Dept. Computer Science(Co-PI) | UGC | Data Mining and Analysis of Indian Origin academicians in foreign universities for exploring opportunities of academic interaction | 60,61,265/- Completed |
| 8. | Dr. Sangeeta Prashar Dept. of Physics | UGC | Tailoring the conducting properties of SHI irradiated polyaniline metal halide composites | Only Facility Available |
| 9. | Dr Archana Saini Dept.of Botany | UGC | Multidimensional investigation on Aprostocetus purpureus, a resurgent parasitoid of Indian lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) for devising lac crop management strategies | INR 28, 43, 697/- Ongoing |
| 10. | Dr. Neetu Chopra Dept.of Physics | UGC | Rare earth doped tellurite and borate glass nanocomposites for photonic applications | INR 32,54,020/- Ongoing |
| 11. | Dr. Jaswinder Kaur Dept. of Botany | UGC | Tissue Culture Studies in Stevia | 4,90,600.00
Completed |
| Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics | UGC | Rare earth doped glass nanocrystal composites : Optical & physical Characterization | 10,96,300/-
Completed | |
| 12. | Dr. Neeraj Maini Dept. of Commerce | UGC | ‘Status of Women Investors in The Indian Capital Market : An Empirical Study’ | 6,30,000/-
Completed |
| 12. | Dr. Sonik Bhatia
Dept. of Physics | UGC | ‘Nano Structured Sensors by Different Techniques’ | 11,00,000/-
Completed |
| 13. | Sh. Ashish Arora | DST | Wave Propagation in Porous Media | 2,94,000/-
Completed |
| 14. | Dr. Gopi Sharma Dept. of Physics | DST | Nanocrystalline phase in oxy flouride glasses for scintillator application | 18,24,100/-
Completed |
Minor Research Projects
| S. No. | Name of the Faculty | Funding agency | Title of the Project | Amount sanctioned |
| 1. | Dr. Sangeeta Prashar Dept.of Physics | UGC | Tailoring the conducting properties of SHI irradiated polyanaline metal halide composites | 3,oo,ooo/-
Completed |
| 2. | Dr. Rupika Dept.of Hindi | UGC | Punjab ki Hindi patarkartia: Vividh aayam | 1, 80,000/-
Completed |
| 3. | Mrs. Mohini Sharda Dept. of English | UGC | Ben Jonson’s Theory and Practice of comedy – A Deconstructionist Perspective | 25000-00
Completed |
| 4. | Mrs. Seema Jyoti Dept. of Commerce | UGC | Performance evaluation of Non Banking Finance Companies | 80,000-00
Completed |
| 5. | Ms. Manan Sachdeva Dept. of Fine Arts | UGC | “B.C. Sanyal-Life and works” | 35,000.00
Completed |
| 6. | Ms. Neeraj Maini Dept. of Commerce | UGC | “Information needs of Investors” | 40,000.00
Completed |
| 7. | Mrs. Suman Khurana Dept. of Computer Sc. | UGC | “Internet use by college teachers” | 40,000.00
Completed |
| 8. | Mrs. Harpreet Kaur Dept. of Punjabi | UGC | Drama : Changing Scenario of Woman(Punjabi Natak-Istrai De Badlte Roop) | 30,000.00
Completed |
| 9. | Mrs. Amanpreet Khurana Dept. of Economics | UGC | VAT : Issues and Concerns A study in Punjab | 35,000.00
Completed |
| 10. | Mrs. Neelam Bala Dept. of Music | UGC | Sangeet aur Sanskriti ‘Mulyankan’ | 1,00,000.00
Completed |
| 11. | Mrs. Sabina Batra Dept. of Commerce | UGC | Dematerialisation in India A study of investors perceptions | 45,000.00
Completed |
| 12. | Mrs. Rituparna Datta Roy Dept. of English | UGC | Thomas Hardy’s Delineation of A ‘Feminist’ Woman : Sue Bridehead’ | 30,000.00 Completed |
| 13. | Mrs. Rashmi Sharma Dept. of Commerce | UGC | Business Process outsourcing :: Impact on Indian economy | 25,000.00
Completed |
| 14. | Dr. Monica Sharma Dept. of History | UGC | “Human Rights Violation in Leather Industry” | 80,000-00
Completed |
| 15. | Dr. (Mrs.)Vinod Kalra Dept. of Hindi | UGC | Bhartiya Uchh Adhian Sansthan Shimla Mein Amntrit Sahityakaro Ka Hindi Sahitya Ko Awdaan | 55,000.00
Completed |
| 16. | Dr. Jatinder Pal Dept. of Economics | UGC | Monetary Transmission Mechanism in India Evidence from Firm Level Data | 60,000.00
Completed |
| 17. | Sh.Sonik Bhatia Dept. of Physics | UGC | Characterization of undoped and doped Zinc oxide films prepared by different techniques | 1,00,000.00
Completed |
| 18. | Dr.(Mrs.) Neeraj Sharma Dept. of Sanskrit | UGC | ‘Abhiraj Rajendra Praneet Sanskrit Kathasahitya : Ek Samikashtmak Adhyayan’ | 60,000.00
Completed |
| 19. | Mrs. Neetu Chopra Dept. of Physics | UGC | ‘Gamma Irradiation Effect on Alkali Boarate Glasses for Shielding : and Reactor Applications : Structural Optical and Physical Analysis’ | 1,90,000.00
Completed |
| 20. | Mrs. Parminder Kaur Dept. of Physics | UGC | ‘Optical and Physical Characterization of Glass Ceramic Composities’ | 1,00,000.00
Completed |
Research Awards
- In each year faculty will be given “Award of Excellence in Research” of Rs. 10000/- approximately. Research outcome will be evaluated as per latest CAS UGC guidelines. Only those research activities will be considered for award where the researcher has acknowledged KMV as their working institution. Senior and junior categories will be decided according to Nature of job of the applicant.
- Awards will also be given separately/ award of Rs. 2000/- to UG and PG students under Faculty of Languages, Science, Social Science, IT and Performing Arts. Each faculty will short list the research activities of students and submit the same to the research committee.
| Name of the Faculty | Department | Category | Year |
| Dr. Manmohan Singh | Physics | Senior | 2016-17 |
| Dr. Narinderjit Kaur | Chemistry | Junior | 2016-17 |
| Mrs. Ashima Sahni | Political Science | Senior | 2017-19 |
| Dr. Davinder Singh | Physical Education | Junior | 2017-19 |
List of Co-Supervisor with Research Scholars
| Sr. No. | Name of Co Supervisor | Research scholar | Title | University | Status |
| 1. | Dr. Gopi Sharma | Dr. Vandana | Preparation of Transition Metal Based Borate Glasses and their optical and structural characterization | Punjabi University Patiala | Completed(2009) |
| 2. | Dr. Gopi Sharma | Dr. Neetu Chopra | Effect of gamma irradiation on optical and structural properties of alkali borate glasses | Punjab Technical University Jalandhar | Completed (2013) |
| 3. | Dr. Gopi Sharma | Dr. Ruchika Bagga | Rare Earth Doped Glasses and Glass Ceramics: Optical & Physical Characterization | IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala | Completed (2015) |
| 4. | Dr. Sangeeta Prashar | Ms. Soloni Sharma | Microstructural analysis of radiation induced modifications in some polymers | IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala | Completed (2016) |
| 5. | Dr. Gopi Sharma | Ms. Nancy | Nano Crystalline Phase of Oxyfluoride Glass as Scintillator Application | IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala | Completed (2017) |
| 6. | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Dr. Kulwinder Singh | Investigation of gamma-ray shielding Behaviours of some LOW- Z Engineering Materials | IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala | Completed (2017) |
| 7. | Dr. Archana Saini | Ms. Nimneet Kaur | Physicochemical & histopathological studies on fish & surface water of Doaba region & development of green technology for water purification. | LPU University | In Progress |
| 8. | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Ms. Kirandeep Kaur | Measurement of air. soil and water pollution using radiation techniques. | IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Jalandhar- Kapurthala | Completed (2018) |
| 9. | Dr. Monica Sharma | Ms. Tashi Namgyal | Impact of Tourism on the Economy, Society and Environment of Ladhak and the Challenges for their Sustainable Development | Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh | In progress |
| 10. | Dr. Gopi Sharma | Dr. Shivani | Linear and non linear optical Properties of Nanoparticles Dispersed Novel Glasses | Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology: Patiala | Completed (2020) |
Ethics Policy
Researchers must in all areas of their research demonstrate Honesty and integrity. All the research activities of faculty in each area should be of good quality adhering to highest standards of ethics. The college encourages publications in journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science. Faculty/students/research fellows must submit the undertaking that research work has not been published/presented/communicated elsewhere and all the citations are acknowledged carefully to avoid the issues involved in plagiarism.