COPYRIGHT

• Researchers publish their research outcomes or creative works in the form of journal articles, papers presented in conferences, newspaper articles, or as books. The ownership rights in such scholarly and academic works, generated utilizing resources of University, including books, articles, student projects/ dissertations/ theses, lecture notes, audio or visual aids for giving lectures shall ordinarily be vested with the Author(s). However, the University shall have non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free license, on worldwide basis, to use such scholarly works for academic and teaching objectives.
• Copyright to thesis/ dissertation work shall be owned by the student and research guide jointly. However, such copyright shall only pertain to the thesis document itself or to the form in which the research findings or creative work are documented, whereas ownership of invention/ development described in the thesis will be owned by the University. Notwithstanding any copyright, University shall have non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free license, on worldwide basis, to use such created thesis/ dissertation work for teaching and academic objectives.
• The ownership rights in lecture videos or Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), films, plays, and musical works, institutional materials including, but not limited to, course syllabi, curricula, exam questions, exam instructions, and papers/ reports specifically commissioned by University, shall vest with University. The moral rights shall continue to vest with the author(s) wherever applicable