As our College has commerce and arts streams. Teachers from our College do research in social sciences. To have the interaction on this topic, the IQAC of our College had taken initiative to organize two days Faculty Development Programme on ‘Fundamental Aspects of Research Methodology in Social Sciences’ on 18/10/2014 from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm. The objective of the program to discuss about the concept of research in social sciences and to explain the various techniques of research methodology in social sciences.
Prof. Dr. R. O. Parmar was a resource person to deliver information about fundamental aspects of research methodology in social sciences. He discussed about branches of social sciences and the area where we can conduct research. In most of the social sciences area qualitative research are conducted. It is very difficult to collect data. So he gave guidance regarding framing of the questionnaire, sources of collection of data, how it will be available etc. Further Dr. Parmar also explained how the analysis and interpretation of data can be done.
Total 09 participants were attended this FDP. Teachers came to know about social science research, how it will be conducted and various research methodology techniques can be used in social sciences. The involvement of our College teachers in interaction on the topic was highly appreciable. Especially this programme was very much useful to new teachers.
This workshop was organised by the Women Development Cell of our college for creating awareness among the female students and staff regarding the most valuable asset of well-being, i.e. their health. The guest lecturer for this workshop was Dr.(Mrs.)Manisha Kaiyande (Asst. Prof. in Zoology, M.D. College, Parel) who interacted with the female audience on their health issues putting a deep stress on the role of haemoglobin and the way haemoglobin level can be maintained at normal level so as to ensure proper health.
The Haemoglobin level of the females participating in the workshop was measured a day prior to the workshop and its results were declared by Dr. Kaiyande herself at the time of interaction with the females. This made the workshop even more interactive and interesting.
The main objective of the seminar was to create an awareness regarding the Fundamental Human Rights among the seminar participants which mainly comprised of students and teachers of colleges in and around Raigad District. The seminar was divided into three parts/sessions. They were:
This workshop was arranged by the Avishkar Research Cell with an objective to train students on the basic aspects of research design and the statistical tools to apply for the analysis of the data. The guest lecturer for the workshop was Dr. Ajay Saraf, Subject Head, Mathematics and Statistics, MT-UVA.
The workshop witnessed a highly interactive session which helped the students to gain an insight into the world of research, mainly data analysis. This also helped our students to prepare for the Avishkar Research Convention where we witnessed increased participation and success!
