{"id":1728,"date":"2024-01-04T18:07:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simat.edu.pk\/?page_id=1728"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:31:09","slug":"oric-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simat.edu.pk\/index.php\/oric-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"ORIC Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OFFICE OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><strong>POLICY 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#circulation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circulation<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#introduction\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#mission\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mission<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#objectives\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Objectives<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#oric-steering-committee\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORIC Steering Committee<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#scope\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scope<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#the-steering-committee-shall\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Steering Committee Shall<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"circulation\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Circulation <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Chairman<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Director ORIC<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Management representatives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 id=\"introduction\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">To support and coordinate research and commercialization initiatives within the university, the SIMT Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC) has been established. This policy specifies KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to assess and measure the performance of ORICs and defines their roles, responsibilities, and missions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"mission\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">By providing a platform for the mission-driven individuals to step forward and carry out the mission, improving the trends of research activities for the improvement of areas concerning economic, industrial, social, and academic development and their accelerated advancements for achieving the national objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"objectives\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">The ORIC Department&#8217;s responsibility will be to always have ready access to information about:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">1.A single point of contact for all mentoring and facilitation for high-quality research<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">2.To develop and strengthen partnerships between institute researchers and potential industrial users of their research<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">3.To create an ethical institutional review board in the university to conduct thorough assessments of research proposals and ensure that all research complies with ethical standards<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">4.To establish the Intellectual Property Policy (IPR) policy for the university, protect the interests of academics, and the safety of the researchers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">5.Determine, create, and market the university staff members&#8217; intellectual property through licensing and spin-off agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">6.To fulfill all of the institute&#8217;s academic and market research requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">7.The creation of an annual research budget, receipt of funding for project overheads (a 15% performance grant from HEC, the university&#8217;s own contribution, and any matching funds from industry), and auditing the financial records of the research support budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">8.The ORIC&#8217;s primary controls will be University Industrial Linkages, Placements, startup, and Training &amp; Development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">9.All of the aforementioned academic research, market research, placements, linkages, startup, and training sessions are operationalized by ORIC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">10.Should submit an annual report detailing the University&#8217;s accomplishments in research and outlining its priority areas for research for graduate studies to the Advance Studies and Research Board (AS&amp;RB).<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid black;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;\">S. No.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;\">Objectives<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;\">Plan\/Strategy<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;\">Accomplishment Date<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMT Journal. Call for paper.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call for the timely publication of the document in accordance with the annual plan.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 issues<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMT Research Conference<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sole focus of SIMT Research Conference, a completed research conference in the vicinity of SIMT, where students from all from all over Pakistan to present the studies pertaining specifically to scope of management sciences.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annual<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market Research<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The staff and students at ORICs collaborate with corporate sectors on corporate research projects.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TBD<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agreements Signed with Industry<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORIC will work with numerous<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">companies from the sector as well as in addition to working with institutions to study and develop the instructors and students<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TBD<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training\/Seminars<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of this training\/seminar is to discuss an academic topic in order to obtain a deeper understanding of it and to build the capacity of the participants, who are teachers and students.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TBD<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students Placements &amp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruitment Drives<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The corporate sector and industry have partnered with SIMT ORIC to help with job placement.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Semester Wise<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Development Centre<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(EDC)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industry and corporate sectors are aligned with SIMT ORIC for organizational development and professional growth.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per industry need<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Incubation Centre (BIC)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students at SIMT are urged to bring fresh, creative company ideas for incubation.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yearly<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5 id=\"oric-steering-committee\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>ORIC STEERING COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h3 id=\"scope\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>SCOPE:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">The steering committee shall act as a governing body for the ORIC, and provide leadership and governance oversight. The steering committee shall continuously review the performance of the ORIC in line with the objectives and strategic plans\/roadmaps and provide effective oversight and evaluation. The steering committee shall consist of at least 07 members, of which the majority is from the private Sector, and the remaining from senior university officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"the-steering-committee-shall\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>THE STEERING COMMITTEE SHALL:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">1.Devise and approve the 5-year strategic plan for the ORIC and ensure its proper compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">2.Review and approve the recommendations for implementation of initiatives for better achievement of ORIC objectives and strategic plans<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">3.Review periodic monitoring reports based on the set objectives and strategic plans and advise the ORIC leadership accordingly<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">4.Provide policy guidance to ORIC leadership<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">5.Ensure that ORICs activities and initiatives are coordinated with other relevant stakeholders, inside or outside the HEI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">6.Provide crucial support and advice on matters to promote university-industry linkages and commercialization<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 11pt;\">7.Advice the Director ORIC on the challenges related to research management<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFFICE OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION POLICY 2022 Table of Contents Circulation\u00a0 Introduction\u00a0 Mission\u00a0 Objectives\u00a0 ORIC Steering Committee\u00a0 Scope\u00a0 The Steering Committee Shall\u00a0 Circulation Chairman Director ORIC Management representatives Introduction To support and coordinate research and commercialization initiatives within the university, the SIMT Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC) has been established. 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