ST. ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

At St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur, research is promoted as a key component of academic excellence, innovation, and societal development. The College encourages faculty and students to undertake meaningful, multidisciplinary, and socially relevant research.

The policy provides a framework for research promotion, ethical conduct, plagiarism prevention, intellectual property, funding, publications, and collaborations, ensuring integrity, transparency, accountability, and originality in all research activities.

The College is committed to fostering a responsible research culture that supports innovation, higher studies, women’s empowerment, and community development.

The Research & Development Cell (RDC) of St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur promotes a vibrant culture of research, innovation, consultancy, collaboration, and academic excellence in alignment with UGC guidelines, NEP-2020, and institutional quality initiatives.

The RDC facilitates and monitors research activities, encourages ethical research practices, supports publications and funded projects, and provides opportunities for faculty and students to engage in innovative, interdisciplinary, and socially relevant research.

St. Ann’s College for Women is committed to building a responsible, innovative, and collaborative research ecosystem that contributes to academic excellence, women’s empowerment, community development, and sustainable societal progress. Research • Innovation • Integrity • Impact

St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur provides a supportive academic environment for research, innovation, experimentation and knowledge development. The institution utilizes its departmental laboratories, library resources, digital facilities and ICT infrastructure to facilitate faculty and student research activities.

St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur promotes quality research and scholarly contributions by faculty members and students. The institution encourages publication of research findings in peer-reviewed, UGC-recognized, Scopus/Web of Science indexed, and other reputed journals, subject to applicable norms.

The College encourages faculty members and students to disseminate their research findings through paper presentations at national and international conferences, seminars, symposiums, workshops, and academic forums. These activities provide opportunities for scholarly exchange, professional development, and wider dissemination of research outcomes.

Faculty members of St. Ann’s College for Women contribute to academic and scholarly development through:

• • Research Articles in reputed and indexed journals
• • Textbooks and Reference Books
• • Edited Books and ISBN Publications
• • National & International Book Chapters
• • Departmental Journals and Academic Magazines

The institution encourages scholarly writing, publication, knowledge sharing, and dissemination of research across diverse disciplines.

St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur promotes innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving among faculty and students. The institution provides opportunities to develop innovative ideas, projects, prototypes, start-up concepts, and intellectual property.

The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell of St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur, was constituted on 1 September 2022 to create awareness and promote the effective protection of intellectual property among faculty and students. The Cell encourages innovation, creativity, research ethics, academic integrity, and responsible use of intellectual property.

The IPR Cell provides awareness and guidance on patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, plagiarism prevention, and related IPR procedures. It also supports research-oriented and innovation-driven academic activities in collaboration with departments and the IQAC.

St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, leadership, and self-employment among students. The Entrepreneurship Development / Innovation & Start-Up Centre facilitates entrepreneurial learning, skill development, industry interaction, and awareness of start-up opportunities, contributing to employability and women empowerment.

The Institution Innovation Council (IIC) / Institution–Industry Cell of St. Ann’s College for Women, Gorantla, Guntur promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, skill development, and industry-oriented learning among students and faculty. The Cell facilitates industry interaction, expert engagement, innovative projects, start-up awareness, incubation support, and academic–industry collaboration in association with the IQAC and academic departments.