I participated in a National workshop on research methodology organised by Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), Bhubaneswar in collaboration with PG dept. of English, Utkal University. Attending the two days long workshop was like an eye opener from many respects.The four plenary sessions were presided over by many distinguished Professors of English in and around orissa.
Right after the inaugural session Prof. Kalidas Mishra from Sambalpur University initiated the new research scholars in to the realm of research by delivering a beautiful presentation entitled "Research Methodology: Theoretical approaches ". By means of explaining the fundamental of research through A, B, C and D (where A- author, B-book, C-Critic, and D- Dismantling the established notions), he very beautifully elaborated the very essence of research theories.
The session was followed by Prof. Himansu S. Mohapatra from Utkal University who spoke on how to pen down the information and material in to a structured disciplined and organised scholarly write up. His approach of dividing the whole writing in to small chunks and working to meet the short term goal was very promising. He also spoke about how to draft a thesis statement and how to go about the whole writing, step by step, in a very disciplined way.
Prof. Amulya k purohit, The Ex Director of American Center, presented a paper on "American Literature, key concepts". Prof Purohit, in fact, is mockingly referred as a CIA agent by his fellow professors for his long association with and wide contribution to American Literature
The third presentation was made by Dr. Swayamprabha Satpathy from ITER whose presentation entitled "Key Concepts of Communication", though little digressed from the topic of the workshop, was really useful for many participants who teach Communicative English in many technical institutes. Some research tools she came up with, used mostly in the field of communication are Observations, case study analysis, interviews and questionnaire.
The second day began with Prof. Ramshankar Nanda delivering a talk "Resources on the web", which was full of facts ,hitherto unknown to many. Apart from giving a very informative talk on how to avail resources on internet, he also gave a list of e- journals whose importance for a research scholar can not really be denied.
After so many illuminating talks on research in Literature and communication, Prof. Kalyani Samantray, who was earlier associated with ELTI,Bhubaneswar and currently a Reader of English, Utkal University shed some light on research methodology in Language. Though little different from that of the methodology used in literature , research methodology used in the field of language should be appropriate to the objective to the study. By a beautiful Powerpoint presentation and a quiz activity, she elicit the very core of methodology used in Lanuage research.
It was followed by a talk "Miscommunication" made by Dr. Sthita Pragyan, Professor of English, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University which discussed issues in the domain of communication and dealt very beautifully with the entire barriers of communication.
Prof. Dipti R Pattanaik's insightful talk on "Indian Literature in English: Major issues" was curtain raiser in figuring out the problems in that area of research . prof. pattanaik, at his best, suggested the research scholar to read few canonical texts and to go for the unconventional research topics which are hitherto untried ventures.
So the two days workshop, with lots of input, was absolutely useful for scholars who are just initiated in to the domain of research and struggling hard to find out where to start. For me in particular it resolved many of my confusion though again leading to creating many. Apart from the intellectual dose from a seminar like this , meeting many literary scholars, eminent professors and writers under a single roof is the most beautiful part of it. Chat over a cup of coffee with Prof Mohapatra whose unconditional love to mentor the students was something we enjoyed the most. So the work shop opened up a whole array of prospects in literary research for all aspirants who are all set to fly high.
Jayaprakash
Right after the inaugural session Prof. Kalidas Mishra from Sambalpur University initiated the new research scholars in to the realm of research by delivering a beautiful presentation entitled "Research Methodology: Theoretical approaches ". By means of explaining the fundamental of research through A, B, C and D (where A- author, B-book, C-Critic, and D- Dismantling the established notions), he very beautifully elaborated the very essence of research theories.
The session was followed by Prof. Himansu S. Mohapatra from Utkal University who spoke on how to pen down the information and material in to a structured disciplined and organised scholarly write up. His approach of dividing the whole writing in to small chunks and working to meet the short term goal was very promising. He also spoke about how to draft a thesis statement and how to go about the whole writing, step by step, in a very disciplined way.
Prof. Amulya k purohit, The Ex Director of American Center, presented a paper on "American Literature, key concepts". Prof Purohit, in fact, is mockingly referred as a CIA agent by his fellow professors for his long association with and wide contribution to American Literature
The third presentation was made by Dr. Swayamprabha Satpathy from ITER whose presentation entitled "Key Concepts of Communication", though little digressed from the topic of the workshop, was really useful for many participants who teach Communicative English in many technical institutes. Some research tools she came up with, used mostly in the field of communication are Observations, case study analysis, interviews and questionnaire.
The second day began with Prof. Ramshankar Nanda delivering a talk "Resources on the web", which was full of facts ,hitherto unknown to many. Apart from giving a very informative talk on how to avail resources on internet, he also gave a list of e- journals whose importance for a research scholar can not really be denied.
After so many illuminating talks on research in Literature and communication, Prof. Kalyani Samantray, who was earlier associated with ELTI,Bhubaneswar and currently a Reader of English, Utkal University shed some light on research methodology in Language. Though little different from that of the methodology used in literature , research methodology used in the field of language should be appropriate to the objective to the study. By a beautiful Powerpoint presentation and a quiz activity, she elicit the very core of methodology used in Lanuage research.It was followed by a talk "Miscommunication" made by Dr. Sthita Pragyan, Professor of English, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University which discussed issues in the domain of communication and dealt very beautifully with the entire barriers of communication.
Prof. Dipti R Pattanaik's insightful talk on "Indian Literature in English: Major issues" was curtain raiser in figuring out the problems in that area of research . prof. pattanaik, at his best, suggested the research scholar to read few canonical texts and to go for the unconventional research topics which are hitherto untried ventures.
So the two days workshop, with lots of input, was absolutely useful for scholars who are just initiated in to the domain of research and struggling hard to find out where to start. For me in particular it resolved many of my confusion though again leading to creating many. Apart from the intellectual dose from a seminar like this , meeting many literary scholars, eminent professors and writers under a single roof is the most beautiful part of it. Chat over a cup of coffee with Prof Mohapatra whose unconditional love to mentor the students was something we enjoyed the most. So the work shop opened up a whole array of prospects in literary research for all aspirants who are all set to fly high.Jayaprakash
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