SIMATS NAAC SSR
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Criterion 3: Research, Innovations & Extension
Key Indicator: 3.1: Promotion of Research and Facilities
3.1.1: The institution has a well defined Research promotion policy and the same is uploaded on the institutional website
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu accords high priority for research and innovation. The various schools of this institution encourage undergraduate and postgraduates to perform research and publish their research works during their academic tenure.
Research Objectives
SIMATS encourages its faculty to serve their research goals through their main commitment to engaging in research, industrial collaboration. The main research objectives of SIMATS are to
Affirm research as a part of the curriculum and integral activity of the University
Provide facility to conduct high-quality research in a transparent, socially responsible and ethical manner
Provide internal seed money/incentives for faculties to promote research interest and to perform quality research and support the faculties to acquire funds from external sources like various central funding agencies
Offer research incentives for faculties who publish in reputed impact factor journals
The institution has provided Rs. 11 crores as a seed money to its faculties to perform research in the identified institutional thrust areas. The institution encourages students and faculties to publish their work in high-impact factor journals by providing incentives. The institution has spent Rs. 4.8 crores as publication incentives for the past five years. The university has identified more than 70 exclusive researchers who frequently publish research papers in Q1 journals and receive research grants from funding agencies and consultancy projects. The university spends Rs. 16.8 crore/year for such faculties in addition to their salary as research incentives. Every year the institution conducts Founder’s Day, INSIGNIA and STAR SUMMIT events to felicitate its faculties and students who have significantly contributed to the research. SIMATS encourages students and faculties to attend national/international conferences by providing travel grants and to undergo fellowships and projects in international universities.
Research Facilities
The various schools of this institution have world class infrastructure. The institute has developed various labs according to its core research thrust areas based on the above research objectives. The various research laboratories/centers such as Saveetha engineering industry, cell and molecular medicines (Blue Lab), Material science (White Lab), microbiology (Orange lab) were established in the last five years. This institute completed clinical trials for cancer drugs, 2-DG and Covishield drugs during the COVID pandemic. Currently, Covaxin is undergoing clinical trials in pregnant women.
JEOL IT 800 Scanning Electron Microscope - India’s first 0.5 nanometre resolution with 20 lakhs magnification
Ultra Fast Liquid Chromatography
Stereotaxic Apparatus
Instron Electropuls E 3000 Universal Testing Machine - First dynamic universal testing machine in Tamilnadu
SD Mechatronik Chewing simulator - Only Chewing Simulator with inbuilt Thermocycler in a private University in India
SD Mechatronik Brushing simulator - Only Chewing Simulator in a private University in India
Ethics in research
SIMATS have CPCSEA approved separate animal houses for Medical and Dental Colleges (Red lab) etc. The institution has CPCSEA recognised animal and DCGI recognized human ethical committees to monitor and to control the research in animal and human. The various schools of this institution have a Scientific Review Board containing 10 faculty members from different academic and research disciplines, who scrutinize and approve the UG, PG and Ph.D. research proposals. The institution conducts Research Society Meetings through which PG students and faculties present their research works.
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3.1.2: The institution provides seed money to its teachers for research (average per year) Ans: 224.05 lakhs
3.1.2.1: The amount of seed money provided by institution to its faculty year-wise during the last five years(INR in Lakhs)
2020-21(382.868) 2019-20(324.638) 2018-19(205.009) 2017-18(111.089) 2016-17(95.655)
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3.1.3: Average Percentage of teachers awarded national/ international fellowship / Financial support for advanced studies/collaborative research participation in Indian and Overseas Institutions during the last five years
3.1.3.1: Number of teachers awarded national/ international fellowship / Financial support for advanced studies/collaborative research and conference participation in Indian and Overseas Institutions year-wise during the last five years 240
2020-21(180) 2019-20(464) 2018-19(87) 2017-18(170) 2016-17(299)
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3.1.4: Number of JRFs, SRFs, Post Doctoral Fellows, Research Associates, other research fellows in the university enrolled during the last five years
3.1.4.1: The Number of JRFs, SRFs, Post Doctoral Fellows, Research Associates and other research fellows in the university enrolled year-wise during the last five years
2020-21(57) 2019-20(18) 2018-19(58) 2017-18(51) 2016-17(52)
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3.1.5: University has the following facilities
Central Research Laboratory / Central Research Facility
Animal House/ Medicinal Plant Garden / Museum
Media laboratory/Business Lab/e-resource Studios
Research/Statistical Databases/Health Informatics
Clinical Trial Centre
Any one of the above
Any two of the above
Any three of the above
Any four of the above
All of the above
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3.1.6: Percentage of departments with recognition by ICMR-CAR, DST-FIST, DBT, MCI, DCI, PCI, AICTE, AYUSH, NACO, WHO, NIH etc. and other similar recognitions by national and international agencies, (excluding mandatory recognitions by Regulatory Councils for UG /PG programmes): ANS: 61.76%
3.1.6.1: The Number of departments with recognition by ICMR-CAR, DST-FIST, DBT, MCI, DCI, PCI, AICTE, AYUSH, NACO, WHO, NIH etc. and other similar recognitions by national and international agencies
2020-21 (12) 2019-20 ( 8) 2018-19 (5) 2017-18. (5) 2016-17 (4)
3.1.6.2: Number of departments offering academic programmes year - wise during last five years.
2020-21 (13) 2019-20 (12) 2018-19 (10) 2017-18 (9) 2016-17 (9)
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Key Indicator: 3.2: Resource Mobilization for Research
3.2.1: Total Grants for research projects / clinical trials sponsored by non-government sources such as industry, corporate houses, international bodies, endowments, professional associations, endowment-Chairs etc., in the Institution during the last five years
3.2.1.1: Grants for research projects sponsored by non-government sources such as industry, corporate houses, international bodies, endowments, professional associations, endowment-Chairs in the institution year-wise during the last five years (INR in Lakhs)
2020-21(2396) 2019-20(2305) 2018-19(2163) 2017-18(4632) 2016-17(3182)
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3.2.2: Grants for research projects/clinical research project sponsored by the government funding agencies during the last five years lakhs
3.2.2.1: Grants for research projects/clinical trials sponsored by government sources year-wise during the last five years (INR in Lakhs)
2020-21(1323) 2019-20(134) 2018-19(202) 2017-18(30) 2016-17(40)
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3.2.3: Ratio of research projects/clinical trials per teacher funded by government/industries and non-government agencies during the last five years.
3.2.3.1: Number of research projects/clinical trials funded by government/industries and non-government agencies year-wise during the last five years
2020-21(4006) 2019-20(5240) 2018-19(5040) 2017-18(7480) 2016-17(6700)
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Key Indicator: 3.3: Innovation Ecosystem
3.3.1: Institution has created an ecosystem for innovations and entrepreneurship with an Incubation centre, entrepreneurship cell
SIMATS provides a thriving ecosystem for research and innovations. The University has numerous inhouse research and testing facilities that can be used by students and faculties which includes 159 departmental lab facilities, 20 Centres of excellence with advanced tools and research, 17 research unit parks, 6 Industry institute interface units, and 4 technology transfer centres.
The research labs provide state of the art- cutting edge research equipment that can be used in development and testing of innovations. Some of technologies and equipment include 0.7 mm SEM TEM EDS (Scanning Electron Microscope), Ez Pulse Instron Dynamic Universal Testing Machine, Chewing Simulator, Brushing simulator, DMRL Laser Titanium 3D printer, Milling machine (i-mes i-core), 3D printers, Profilometer etc.., The university's design studios are equipped with dome of the latest software like 3 Shape that can be used to 3D design appliances, Geo-Magix and Dolphin 3D Software that can be used for 3D diagnosis and surgical planning etc.
There are about 8 preincubation units and incubation cells which help to enable and coordinate the various constituent colleges to innovate and develop products without any constraints. ‘STEPUP’ is a design-driven Science and Technology Incubator promoted by the Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai. The university also has tie ups and MOUs signed with multiple industries and institutions to expose the students to various industries. Saveetha School of management has also signed MOU with BYST, Andhra Chamber of commerce and EDII.
Saveetha School of Management has been associated with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) from its inception. This association helps our students to gain hands-on experience on Entrepreneurship through various activities like setting up business stalls, one day entrepreneurs, campus companies and seasonal business stalls. This association brings a lot of workshops, seminars and other entrepreneurial related activities which empower our students as entrepreneurs.
The university has 3 IPR / Patent Facilitation cells where they conduct regular programs to educate both the student and the faculty with regards to filling application of research grants, patent filing and also provides financial and legal aid for the same.
Saveetha Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Department (SEED) has been established to provide innovators with necessary support and guidance for manufacture and marketing of their innovations. Educational Programs on marketing and entrepreneurship are conducted to impart the necessary knowledge and skills on securing bank loans, setting up of a start-up unit, setting up websites for online promotion and online marketing are provided to the innovators. The university enhances and encourages research by providing SEED money and incentives in order to provide stimulus to students and faculty to come out with innovations.
Over the last five years 13 start-up companies have evolved from the university. The entities of which are as listed below
Qbec Infosol Pvt, Ltd
DREEMBRIGHT
CLOUDIOTRONIX Technologies
ANADIX Technologies
CLOUDIOTRONIX Technologies
Earth Recycler Innovations
Stratforge Pvt.Ltd
AFI Technology
MM India Hygiene
Reeganz Dental Care
Kedo Dental
Profit Dental
Denversity
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3.3.2: Workshops/seminars conducted on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Research methodology, Good clinical Practice, Laboratory, Pharmacy and Collection practices, Research Grant writing and Industry-Academia Collaborations during the last five years
Regular workshops one IPR awareness were conducted by the university Intellectual Property Right ( IPR) Cell. The IPR cell organises the events for both undergraduate as well as postgraduate students. The members of the intellectual registration office were called as speakers to share their knowledge on patent filing. This workshop was first initiated as a stepping stone in the institute to create awareness in IPR. The university has filed more than 300 patents till date and around 300 patents were published and more than 15 patents were commercialized. Total 10 workshops in IPR have been organised, 200 participants have benefited. The workshop focuses on the steps to file a new patent, patent drafting.
Workshop in Research methodology for post Graduate students from faculty of medicine, Dental, Engineering , Nursing and also for Ph.D students are conducted. More than 95 Research methodology programs were conducted and more than 300 participants benefited. The workshop covers the introduction of the research , study design, sampling, statistical test, analysis plan and also overview of qualitative research methods. These research methodology programs help our students to understand the basic method to conduct research in their respective fields.
Workshop on good clinical laboratory practice has been conducted by the university. More than 35 programs were conducted and more than 250 participants benefited. The workshop focuses on demonstration procedures on proper use of Personal Protection Equipment. Our students with the help of the management training were involved in designing Personal Protection Equipment and more than 5000 public officers were benefited with protective wear. The workshops include demonstration procedures of sample registration , labelling and aliquoting and data management is also discussed in the workshop.
Workshop on research grant writing was conducted regularly, the workshop focuses on how to utilize research outcomes and the importance of communication activities and strategies to turn research output into impact, the workshop also added on the use of knowledge to solve public health problems starting from different types of research. A total of 40 programs were conducted and more than 300 participants benefited. The research grant training programs provide a platform for both undergraduate as well as post graduate students to understand the importances of grant writing to carry out successful research.
Workshop on good clinical practices has been conducted by the university, the workshop focuses on the clinical research process, Investigator responsibilities , clinical investigator financial disclosure. The workshop created awareness among participants and added more information on GCp in their knowledge during the workshop. A total of more than 40 programs were conducted and more than 300 plus participants benefited.
Workshop on Industry-Academia collaborations has been conducted by the university, the major focus of the workshop was to identify how to sustain the industry academia interaction, and to understand how to scale this interaction further. The objective of the consultation meeting was therefore to discuss the predominant challenges that are facing collaboration of industry and academia. A total of 10 Workshop on Industry-Academia collaborations programs were conducted and more than 300 plus participants were benefited.
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Link of the reports of the events
Link for list of workshops/seminars on the above during the last 5 years
3.3.3: Total number of awards / recognitions received for innovation / discoveries by the institution/teachers/research scholars/students during the last five years
3.3.3.1: Number of awards/recognitions received by the Institution/teachers/research scholars/students year-wise during the last five years
2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17
49 26 20 21 14
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List of teachers who have received awards and recognition for innovation and discoveries
List of teachers and details of the national/international fellowships awarded
3.3.4: Number of start-ups incubated on campus during the last five years
3.3.4.1: Total number of start-ups incubated on campus year-wise during the last five years (a startup to be counted only once). 15
2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17
6 1 1 3 4
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Key Indicator: 3.4: Research Publications and Awards
3.4.1: The Institution has a stated Code of Ethics for research, the implementation of which is ensured by the following:
Research methodology with course on research ethics
Ethics committee
Plagiarism check
Committe on Publication guidelines
none of the above
Any 1 of the above
Any 2 of the above
Any 3 of the above
All of the above
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Minutes of meetings of the relevant committees with reference to the code of ethics
Course content of research ethics and details of members of ethical committee
3.4.2: The Institution provides incentives for teachers who receive state, national or international recognitions/awards..
Option
1. Career Advancement
2. Salary increment
3. Recognition by Institutional website notification
4.Commendation certificate with cash award
E. None of the above
D. Any 1 of the above
C. Any 2 of the above
B. Any 3 of the above
A. All of the above
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3.4.3: Total number of Patents/ Copyrights published/awarded/technology-transferred during the last five years..
3.4.3.1: Number of Patents/ Copyrights published/awarded/ technology-transferred year-wise during the last five years.. 322
2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17
31 92 78 10 111
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3.4.4: Average number of Ph.D/ DM/ M Ch/ PG Degree in the respective disciplines received per recognized PG teacher of the Institution during the last five years.
3.4.4.1: Number of Ph.D.s /DM/M Ch/PG degree in the respective disciplines awarded per recognized PG teacher of the Institution year-wise during the last five years.
2020-21 (326) 2019-20 (340) 2018-19 (379) 2017-18 (416) 2016-17 (278)
3.4.4.2: Number of PG teachers recognized as guides by the Regulatory Bodies / Universities during the last five years
2020-21 (204) 2019-20 (199) 2018-19 (191) 2017-18 (156) 2016-17 (124)
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3.4.5: Average Number of research papers per teacher in the approved list of Journals in Scopus / Web of Science/ PubMed during the last five calendar years
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3.4.6: Average Number of research papers per teacher in the approved list of Journals notified in UGC-CARE list during the last five calendar years
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3.4.7: Total Number of books/ chapters in edited volumes and papers in National/International conference-proceedings published per teacher and indexed in Scopus/Web of Science/ PubMed UGC-CARE list during the last five calendar years
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3.4.8: Bibliometrics of the publications during the last five calendar years based on average Citation Index in Scopus/ Web of Science
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3.4.9: Provide Scopus/ Web of Science – h-index of the Institution for the last 5 calendar years.
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Key Indicator: 3.5: Consultancy
3.5.1: Institution has a policy on IPR and consultancy including revenue sharing between the Institution and the individual, besides a training cum capacity building programme for teachers, students and staff for undertaking consultancy
Preamble
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences is focussing towards research and innovation with state of art technology to support social needs and problems. University encourages faculty to support all kinds of industries, medical sectors and other research organizations.
Objectives
SIMATS recognizes the importance of consultancy work undertaken by staff forms a core and valuable part of its function like collaborative projects, training on new technologies, medical emergency support, sharing infrastructure facilities & expertise to other institutes etc.,
Support / Assistance given to Staffs:
Support for financial and legal service, especially with respect to patenting and other related issues.
Access to institute facilities.
Industry experts association to develop reliable solutions.
Travel support for survey and data collection
Workload relaxation - During the project implementation time relaxation may be given in academic and administration workload with prior approval from authorities.
4.The proposal should address the following constraints
4.1. Budget of the project
It is based on materials/components/testing facilities used and man hour calculations. It should be based on the formula given below.
Cost of Project = Cc*t+Mc+EBc+STc+Ic+Oc
Cc : Consultant Charge per hour
Associate Professor / Professor: Rs. 500 per hour
Assistant Professor/Research Scholar : Rs. 300 per hour
t: Number of Man Hours
Mc: Materials / Components Cost
EBc= Electricity Charges
Oc= Other Charges
STc= Stationary Charges
Ic= Institutional Charges
4.2. Duration of the project:
Based on the project, the expert team may propose the duration of the project.
4.3. Sharing pattern of the amount received
Depending on the nature of work, the sharing pattern varies from 45% to 75% for institutions and 25% to 55% for faculty (for Testing Consultancy institution/faculty sharing ratio is 75%/25%, Consultancy work with use of institution facilities 60%/40%, Consultancy work without use of institution facilities 50%/50% and Medical Consultancy/Technical Training/Design/Finance /Technology Transfer 45%/55%)
The HoD shall ensure the usage of institutional facilities.
4.4. Recording and storage of documentation
All documents should be properly formatted and recorded for future reference and auditing.
5.Use of income from Consultancy
Any income generated from approved consultancy work will be first considered to meet the costs incurred by the institute for conducting research activities/experimentation/model creation and rest is shared by the faculty and the institute in the agreed ratio.
Institutional Overheads claimed will be part of the departmental budget. And on completion of the project any surplus or deficit will be duly accounted, and a report is submitted.
6.Policy of IPR
A patent is a form of intellectual property rights (IPR) granted to the inventor for a limited period of time. The students, staff and faculty are encouraged to file and publish patents. Issues related to - Who will do patents; How it will be done; What are the requirements; What are the benefits; Who will be the patent applicant/the organisation; and Who will be the inventors should be included.
This will be monitored by IPR Cell.
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3.5.2: Revenue generated from advisory / R&D /consultancy projects (exclude patients consultancy) including Clinical trials during the last five years: Ans 2529.69
3.5.2.1: Amount generated from consultancy year-wise during the last five years (INR in lakhs)
2020-21 (1236.85) 2019-20(785.86) 2018-19 (186.95) 2017-18 (187.39) 2016-17 (132.64)
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3.6: Extension Activities
3.6.1: Extension and outreach activities such as community Health Education, Community health camps, Tele-conferences, Tele-Medicine consultancy etc., are conducted in collaboration with industry, community, Government and non- Government Organizations engaging NSS/NCC/Red cross/YRC, institutional clubs etc., during the last five years
3.6.1.1: Number of extension and outreach activities conducted in collaboration with industry, community Government and Non-Government Organisations engaging NSS/NCC/Red cross/YRC, institutional clubs etc., year-wise during the last five years 1560
2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17
196 248 389 440 287
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3.6.2: Average percentage of students participating in extension and outreach activities beyond the curricular requirement as stated at 3.6.1 - 98.8 %
3.6.2.1: Number of students participating in extension and outreach activities beyond the curricular requirement as stated at 3.6.1, year-wise during last five years
2016 - 17 - 6184
2017 - 18 - 7298
2018 - 19 - 8906
2019 - 20 - 10039
2020 - 21 - 10591
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3.6.3: Number of awards and recognition received for extension and outreach activities from Government / other recognised bodies during the last five years
SIMATS has conducted around 1560 health camps including COVID vaccination camps to render health services to about 2,70,344 people. We are the second largest COVID hospital in Tamilnadu after CMC vellore. SIMATS was awarded as one of the top 5 medical centres in the country by India Today Health Giri Awards and also awarded with ‘Certificate of Excellence’ by ‘Associations of Healthcare Providers of India’ for the services during COVID period. At state level, we were awarded excellence awards for best performing private hospital, excellence in Covid treatment from Tamilnadu state government and ‘Appreciation award’ from Tamil Nadu Health Systems for Project for providing quality services to maximum number of poor patients under CMCHIS. We have received several appreciation letters from elected representatives and government officials like Panchayat Secretary, Child Development Programme Officer, Deputy Director Medical Services and Heads of government schools and colleges, for our outreach work conducted during the last five years.
All these achievements were made possible by our holistic public health based curriculum that motivates our students to participate in general health camps (670), specialised camps including Cancer screening (234), Cataract screening (50), Oral screening (400) etc. We cover three districts namely Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur and Chennai for the various outreach activities. About Rs 3,47,32190 were spent towards the screening and treatment of the camp patients. Apart from providing health services students had organised 350 health awareness programs for vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the community in the last five years. During COVID period SIMATS has donated 5000 masks, 1500 PPEs and 19,000 Face hoods to the police personnels, local doctors and general community worth Rs 36 lakhs.
SIMATS runs two full-fledged primary health centers at Mappedu and Thirumazhisai for providing Patient care.These centers coordinate with local health agencies in the implementation of the National Health programs.The Rural health center (Mappedu) functions 24x7 providing Primary Health care and Emergency services. Besides, it is also providing specialist Consultation through a dedicated Telemedicine Unit. Consultation services provided in the center are free of cost.
SIMATS students have offered legal awareness and protection for economically weaker sections (3 camps), tribal groups in Ooty, Pachamalai (9 programs) in association with the Tamilnadu forest department . We have settled over 33 cases and are in the process of serving justice for over 93 + clients in the society. Our engineering departments have developed and donated 90 Public toilets, 10 visually impared sticks, 10 battery operated cycles, 43 wheelchairs for disabled, computers for government schools with certificates of appreciation for the same.
SIMATS students are the members of prestigious students clubs like National Service Scheme, Youth Red Cross club, Red Cross club, Rotaract club. Students are recognised for their activities by State Rotaract Clubs like ‘BEST PROJECT AWARD’ amongst the college based club, ‘Best Emerging College Based Club’ awarded by GLORY - Annual District Rotaract Club, ‘Platinum citation award’ and ‘Rotary International Citation Award’ for the service rendered towards the community for two consecutive years (2020 & 2021).
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3.6.4: Institutional social responsibility activities in the neighborhood community in terms of education, environmental issues like Swachh Bharath, health and hygiene awareness, delivery of free/ subsidized health care and socio economic development issues carried out by the students and staff, including the amount of expenditure incurred during the last five years
SIMATS conducts institutional social responsibility activities, along with various institutions such as Rotaract club, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Swachh Bharath, NSS, NCC to assist various socially relevant activities in rural areas. The impact of these extension activities are far reaching in sensitising students to social issues and holistic development. Students are involved in these activities, which helped to shape their interests in promoting rural development. Every year, the institution conducts many activities for the adopted villages and other interest groups in nearby localities. Main activities focused by SIMATS are medical care and related services, medical awareness camps such as hygiene, communicable diseases, vaccination benefits etc. Dental college of SIMATS has completed over 743 awareness programs that benefitted 1,11,450 people in our society. SIMATS have been actively involved in many socially responsible activities in the toughest times of the pandemic , especially dental college and medical college along with allied health sciences. During the pandemic, SIMATS have donated 2 crores to CM pandemic and flood relief fund in 2020-2021. Research and development, innovation in the medical and engineering field has promoted the rural development activities or community outreach programs to the greatest heights.
Public health dentistry department has conducted around 743 camps to render oral health services to the people from the year 2016 to 2021 and about 92,267 people benefited from the camps. About 38, 06, 190 rupees were spent towards the screening and treatment of the camp patients and a mobile medical van was purchased for 39,20,074 rupees. On the occasion of global warming day 2021, dental college organized a huge event for virtual hand hygiene. 1200 students gathered together virtually to sanitize their hands and create awareness, and received appreciation from India star book of records. SIMATS have spent INR 1300 crores socially relevant activities to the society, including free surgeries ( 613 crores), dental treatments (587 crores), midwifery (75 crores), meritorious scholarship (24 crores), free food for patients (10.4 crores), implants (9 crores), social welfare- guinness (12 crores) and financial relief (3 crores).
SIMATS’s engineering departments conduct various awareness camps, rural development activities such as mapping, sketching and constructions. Under Swachh Bharat, the university constructed public toilets for villages, cleaned university premises according to the norms, maintained gardens, installed solar panels and sewage treatment plants. Simultaneously, managerial and legal activities are handled by the management department and legal department by carrying out awareness and problem solving camps for targeted rural groups. Management department conducts over 300 awareness camps in all villages such as financial literacy, technological literacy, inculcating skills in rural children, donating educational toys, and green boards for the rural government schools. School of management also conducts outreach programs along with Rotaract club of Chennai by planting saplings in villages, providing funds for rural development activities, and conducting fundraising events. Recently SIMATS in collaboration with UBA have adopted ten villages nearby university and are doing various activities to ensure that villages’ sustainable development is taken care of.
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Key Indicator: 3.7: Collaboration
3.7.1: Average number of Collaborative activities for research, faculty exchange, student exchange/ Industry-internship etc per year: Ans: 471
3.7.1.1: Total number of Collaborative activities for research, faculty exchange, student exchange year-wise during the last five years: Ans: 2353
2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17
1297 392 227 186 251
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3.7.2: Presence of functional MoUs/linkages with Institutions/ industries in India and abroad for academic, clinical training / internship, on-the-job training, project work, student / faculty exchange, collaborative research programmes etc., during the last five years.
3.7.2.1: Number of functional MoUs / linkages for faculty exchange, student exchange, academics, clinical training, internship, on-the-job training, project work, collaborative research programmes etc., during the last five years: Ans: 211
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