(a) Quality Publications, and

(b) Realization of Innovative new Products, Techniques and Technologies etc.

For the fulfillment of this essential aim, SSGI has a full fledged Research & Development committee headed by a highly qualified and experienced Personnel designated as Director—Research & Development.

 The Director—Research has recently taken positive steps to inculcate R&D culture and environment at the campus by directing the faculty members to initiate as Guide / Project Leader new research oriented projects particularly for the Final year students of all disciplines. The project work is now being undertaken mostly in the institutes or at the industry where students are undergoing industrial training. As per directives, a list of innovative projects based on emerging technologies is prepared six months in advance by the project guides under the overall guidance of Director- Research in each department for assigning these to the final year students. Based on the new guidelines formulated by the committee, it is now mandatory to produce at least five publications by each department in a year out of these innovative projects work and as a result of this, positive and encouraging outcome is coming up.

 In order to augment the R&D activity further, each department has been directed to initiate externally funded development projects and as a result of this drive, five R&D project proposals and five Modernization project proposals worth Rs. 1.25 crores have been prepared and submitted by four departments to AICTE in the year 2011. A research project proposal under TEQIP- phasell program worth Rs 4.76 crore has been formulated by SSIET under the guidance of Research Director and submitted for approval to Directorate of Technical Education — Punjab in December 2010.

 In order to perfect the half baked technologies generated out of final year student's projects, and to enhance their viability of commercialization by the local and regional industries, SSIET has embarked upon the new idea of setting up " Technology Incubation Centre" at its campus by involving the students, and faculty members for design improvements and modification and MBA department for marketing purpose. The Technology Incubation Center - a dream project of SSIET, when becomes operational, will prove boon to establish small and medium scale Entrepreneurship (SME) in the region. A proposal in this direction has been prepared by Director - R&D and submitted to PTU for consideration and partial funding.

 In order to en cash the tremendously large potential of wealth generation out of Software Development Enterprise,SSIET has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s Mercury Infotech—Chandigarh. Under this joint venture, software packages are in the process of being developed to cater the need of customers located within the country and abroad with the involvement of trained and expert manpower of SSIET along with those of M/s Mercury I Infotech Chd.

In order to assist the local industries located around Dera Bassi, Chandigarh, Mohali, Parwanoo & Ludhiana, industrial consultancy program has been launched by SSIET by fostering close technical interaction between academia available at SSIET and some other research institutes namely — IlTs and technical personnel of industries. The program is making remarkable progress according to preset targets.

 Under its R&D programs, SSIET has now undertaken the much delayed task of obtaining Accreditation Certificate from National Board of Accreditation (NBA) New Delhi initially for its four departments. Under the inspiring leadership of Chairman and Principal of the institute, and over all supervision/ guidance of Director- Research, all the faculties and Allied Services are working round the clock to accomplish the necessary tasks and prepare the much needed document in the form of ' Self Assessment Report'. The work is in progress.