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Course Pack Incentive (CPI)
Dhofar university has decided to facilitate the students, faculties and society for long-term teaching

and learning process by initiating the preparation of course packs for different courses. The course
packs will consist of teaching materials, exercises, sample exams etc. prepared in accordance with
the course syllabus. The accessibility of students and faculties to a standardized course pack will
definitely improve the overall quality of education in DU. Thus, DU has decided to reward the
faculties involved in developing course packs with specific incentives termed as Course Pack
Incentive (CPI).
(For Details, Refer to DU R&D Guidelines for AY 2021-22)

14.11. DU Research Policies
DU has established policies for the implementation of various aspects of research and consultancy.
These include:

14.11.1. Consultancy Policy
DU has a large pool of qualified and research-oriented faculty with a rich experience in consultancy
and on the other hand, the Sultanate of Oman, and especially the Dhofar Region, is witnessing a
rapid development in various sectors, which provides a huge scope for consultancy. In view of this,

DU aims to provide a favourable atmosphere for its faculty and staff to embark on consultancy
activities. The University considers consultancy as an essential professional activity related to the
faculty's area of expertise, skills and research and a tool for providing solutions to various challenges
in business, social, economic and technical areas. It is perceived as an activity that is mutually
beneficial to the faculty, university, industry and society in general. DU considers consultancy work
as an important contribution from the University to society, through the transfer of knowledge and
expertise to businesses, industry and community.

14.11.2. Intellectual Property Policy
DU encourages and supports its students, faculty and staff members in bringing the results of their
research, consultancy and other similar activities in diverse fields of knowledge to public use and

benefit, and encourages their commercial development, subject to protecting the University's
rights. The main aim behind developing the Intellectual Property (IP) Policy is to encourage
advancement of technology and its transfer for public benefit. The policy defines the ownership and
rights of the inventor(s)/creator(s) and the University and provides procedures, guidelines and a
governing mechanism.

14.11.3. Ethics Policy
All living beings (human and non-human) have been bestowed with certain fundamental rights
around the world. The purpose of DU Ethics policy is to respect the moral rights of living beings and
also lay down fundamental ethical principles for all research activities conducted on them at
University. DU also reserves the rights to protect non-human living beings and ensure that the
experiments involving them are conducted in a safe and socially responsible manner. This policy

applies to all leading investigators, staff members, students and researchers engaged in approved
research projects on University premises which involve human, animal or genetic ethical

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