CB 2018

CONCEPT NOTE

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is going to organize a two-week Capacity Building Programme on Research Methodology as a new orientation for the benefit of University as well as College faculty members in Humanities and Social Sciences during March 7-18, 2018. The objective of the course is to develop research capabilities among young faculty and turn completed research into publishable material in the form of journal articles/books. Specifically, the objectives will be to:

Develop capacity for conceptualising and writing research proposals.
Enhance skills to prepare an appropriate research design, including conducting an overview of literature, formulating research questions and hypotheses, collection of information and analysis
Enhance level of competency for writing a research paper/review of books for publication.
Develop the capacity for planning and writing a book.

Capacity Building is much more than training and includes the following:

Human Resource Development: The process of equipping individuals with the understanding, skills and access to information, knowledge and training that enables them to perform effectively.
Organizational Development: The elaboration of management structures, processes and procedures, not only within organizations, but also the management of relationships between the different organizations and sectors (public, private and community)
Institutional and Legal Framework Development: Making legal and regulatory changes to enable organizations, institutions and agencies at all levels and in all sectors to enhance their capacities

WHY IS CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDED?

The issue of capacity is critical and the scale of need is enormous, but appreciation of the problem is low.

The link between needs and supply is weak.
There is a lack of realistic funding.
There is a need for support for change.
Training institutions are isolated - communications are poor.
Development of teaching materials is inefficient.
Alternative ways of capacity building are not adequately recognized.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

The training methodology would broadly focus on:

Lectures
Research interaction and experience sharing
Case Method
Laboratory work
Field Study

Broad overview of course modules

WEEK I (MARCH 7-12, 2018)

Fundamentals of Research
Ethics of Research
Research Design
Research Tools and Techniques
Methodology used in Management and Social Science Research
Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Formulating the Research Proposal for Seminar/Workshop

WEEK II (MARCH 13-18, 2018)
Academic writing like papers for journals, reviewing and writing books and project reports (Actual papers/outlines will be taken-up for discussion) :

Research Proposal: Main elements; keywords, identifying and presentation of issues/topic/problems to be studied, Presenting a hypothesis, tools for data collection and analysis
Publication Process: Journals-submission, review, revision; Books-manuscript presentation, review, editing, dealing with rejection, importance of revision (Review Reports, Response sheets), Papers/Books-Criteria for selection of chapter/paper, Process-Acceptance to Publication (revision, editing, proofing, printing) etc
Paper Clinic: The idea in the Paper Clinic is to give the participants an opportunity to demonstrate what they have been exposed to in the previous 10 days by working with an actual paper/outline; this is a crucial element of the course and both the course directors and participants must give this module careful attention. The basic aim behind it is to teach the participants how to make proposal and handle over it

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION

Outstation participants will be paid TA & DA (as per the institute rules), and board and lodging will be provided at free of cost.

SELECTION Intake of participants for the course will be restricted to 30. The selection of candidates will be done as per the ICSSR guidelines. Decision of the Selection Committee in this regard is final. Those who are interested to attend the course must submit their application in the prescribed format (enclosed) to the address mentioned below or by email to cb2018iitg@gmail.com latest by January 20, 2018. Decision on selection will be displayed on the event website by January 25, 2018. Applicants must confirm their participation in CB 2018 by January 31, 2018. Application and details of the programme can also be downloaded from http://www.iitg.ernet.in/sambit/cb2018/index.html

HOW TO REACH IIT GUWAHATI The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is located just on the outskirts of the city of Guwahati and is well connected to other parts of the country by road, rail or air. There are direct air services from/to Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata with connectivity to all major cities in the country and direct train services from/to all the metros and other major cities. Air India, Jet Airways, Jetlite, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir operate regular flights to and from Guwahati. It is around 20 km from the heart of the city and around 40-minute drive from the airport as well as railway station. To reach the institute from the city, there is an Institute bus service that runs regularly to and from the city.

Trains connecting Guwahati


TRAIN NAME	ROUTE
Rajdhani Express	Delhi, Lucknow
North East Express	Delhi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Patna
Brahmaputra Mail	Delhi, Aligarh, Kanpur, Allahabad, Patna
Avadh Assam Express	Delhi, Lucknow, Muzaffarpur
Kamrup Express	Kolkata, Malda Town, New Jalpaiguri
Kanchanjunga Express	Kolkata, Barddhaman, Rampurhat
Saraighat Express	Kolkata, Barddhaman, Malda Town
Dadar Express	Mumbai, Manmad, Katni, Mughalsarai, Patna
Cochin Express	Cochin, Coimbatore, Chennai, Cuttack, Howrah
Trivandrum Express	Thiruvananthapuram, Trichur, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneshwar, Howrah
Bangalore Express	Bangalore, Viziangaram, Cuttack, Kharagpur, Howrah

All correspondence shall be made to:

Course Director / Co-Director
Dr. Sambit Mallick / Dr. Ngamjahao Kipgen
Capacity Building Programme for Faculty Members in Social Sciences (CB 2018)
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039, Assam
Tel: +91-361-2582566 (O) / +91-9957564137 (M)
Fax: +91-361-2582599
Email: cb2018iitg@gmail.com
For more information, kindly visit IIT Guwahati website: http://www.iitg.ac.in/hss