A two-day Faculty Development Programme on Research Methodology which was organized by Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) at its campus has been concluded recently. Ph.D scholars, teachers and corporate professionals from various institutes took active participation in the Programme. Inaugurating the Programme, the founder Director of ASBM, Dr. Biswajeet Pattanayak highlighted the importance of research skills development for professionals. He said, ‘Time has come when we have to come out of rote learning and should integrate research findings in the teaching methodology.’ The valedictory ceremony was graced by Prof. RK Panda, Director, Naba Krushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies. Giving thrust on knowledge, Prof. Panda said that knowledge has emerged as a new capital. According to him, today we need value based education for better use of resources which can ultimately pave way for increasing the GDP.
The two-day workshop witnessed 8 technical sessions on various topics. The contents of the workshop were Research in Business, Setting-up Objectives, Review of Literature, Development of Research Proposal, Research Design & Questionnaire, Data Testing, Analysis & Interpretation, Data Preparation & Analysis through SPSS, Bibliography Designing and Research Report Writing. On the concluding day, the participants were given away certificates. The function was attended by the faculty members of all the departments. The Programme was coordinated by Prof. Padmanava Mohapatra and Prof. Susan Das.