The Department of Chemistry (PG), K.L. Mehta Dayanand College for Women, Faridabad had organised a 5 day workshop from 13-17 February 2023 on, ‘How to write a research paper’. The workshop aimed at developing an aptitude for research and writing research papers among the students. It focussed on providing the students a step-by-step guidance on writing a research paper. Dr. Soumita Talukdar was the resource person from G D Goenka University, Gurugram for the first day. She explained the meaning of research in a very clear manner. She also explained the students regarding forming the title and the abstract of the research paper and the meanings of various terms used while writing a research paper. The resource person for the second day was Dr. Krishna Dutt Chauhan from Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, BCAS, University of Delhi. He very nicely explained the qualitative and quantitative analysis while writing a research paper. He also explained the students regarding the concept of patents and impact factors of various journals. The two resource persons for the third day, Dr. Annu Kalra and Dr. Purnima Verma, both are from the Department of Chemistry (PG), K. L. Mehta Dayanand College for Women Faridabad. Dr Annu Kalra explained about the introduction part of the research paper writing and how literature review is done for writing down the introduction. She also told what and which sources to refer to for preparing the introduction. The students were told about mistakes to be avoided while writing the introduction for a research paper. This was followed by a 2nd presentation from the other resource person, Dr Purnima Verma. She clearly explained to the students the concept of journals and how research papers are processed for publication. She also showed the students examples of various journals in the field of Commerce, Arts, Mathematics, Physics and many other subjects. The concept of indexing, Scopus, UGC Care journals was well explained by Dr Purnima Verma. The resource person for day 4th was Dr. Pooja Sawhney from Prime Labs, Faridabad. She talked about the results and discussion part of research paper writing and how the results are framed. She also explained what critical points should be kept in mind while writing the discussion part as it is the heart of the paper. Taking examples from various fields like political science, chemistry, biotechnology and others, she clearly described the importance of clear and precisely written results and discussion in a research paper. Dr Nadeem Luqman from Amity University, Gurugram was the resource person for the last and fifth day of the workshop. He very nicely and clearly explained the various techniques used in data analysis and also what types of parameters should be employed for a certain type of data analysis while preparing for a research paper. All the registered students for the workshop received certificates from the organizers along with group photographs with the resource person and all the dignitaries present.
More than 150 students were registered in the workshop. Our esteemed Principal, Dr Manju Dua Mam congratulated everyone for the success of the workshop and also motivated the students to go for writing research papers and also explained to them the importance of writing a research paper and how it will help them in their future. Dr. Meenu Dua Mam, Head, Department of Chemistry also appreciated and encouraged the organizing team for their wonderful efforts in making this workshop a success. Feedback was obtained from all the registered students.
