BRIEF REPORT OF

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON

RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY

FOR

POST GRADUATE STUDENTS

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

REGIONAL CENTRE MUMBAI

Date: 04th November 2019

The Regional Centre Mumbai and LSC 49050 jointly organized One Day Research

Methodology Workshop for Post Graduate learners on 03rd November 2019 at Seva

Sadan College of Education, Ulhasnagar. This workshop was conducted in the four

sessions, first session on The Basics of Research and Research Methodology by

Dr. G. Shrinivas, Asst. Regional Director and second session was on Research

Method and Tools by Dr. E. Krishna Rao, Regional Director (I/c).

The post lunch session was on Research Proposal taken by Dr. Deepika Sharma,

Associate Professor and the last session was on Elements of Research

Methodology- Hands on Experience by Dr. Heena Wadhwani, Associate Professor.

At the end of the workshop the students were asked to prepare their project proposal

and present the same for discussion and suggestions by the experts. Good number of

students has participated actively in the workshop.

The Regional Centre is planning to organize these types of workshop twice in a year

first one in the month of March and second in the month of October for the benefit of

student fraternity.

Dr. E. Krishna Rao Regional Director (I/c)

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Sessions Area covered Resource Person

Timings

Inaugural

10.00 to

10.30 am

Session I What is

Research and Research Design?

Dr. G. Shrinivas

Asst. Regional Director

10.30 to

11.30 am

Tea Break

11.30 to

11.45 am

Session II Research Methods and tools Dr. E. Krishna Rao

Regional Director (i/c)

11.45 to

1.30 pm

Lunch

Break - -

1.30 to

2.00 pm

Session III How to Write a

Research Proposal/synopsis?

Dr. Deepika Sharma

Associate Prof.

Education

2.00 to

3.15 pm

Session IV

Elements

of Research Methodology –

Hands on Experience

Dr. Heena Wadhwani

Associate Prof.

Education

3.15 to

4.30 pm

Tea Break - - 4.30 to

4.45 pm

Feed Back

and

Valedictory

- - 4.45 to

5.00 pm

Inaugural Session

Session 1: The Basics of Research and Research Methodology Speaker: Dr. G. Shrinivas, Asst. Regional Director

Session 2: Research Method and Tools Speaker: Dr. E. Krishna Rao, Regional Director (I/c)

Session 3: Research Proposal Speaker: Dr. Deepika Sharma, Associate Professor

Session 4: Elements of Research Methodology- Hands on Experience

Speaker: Dr. Heena Wadhwani, Associate Professor

Hands on Experience

Resource Persons and Benefitted Students