Guest Lecture by Dr. Sanjay Batra

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Event: Guest Lecture

Date: 30 September 2022

Time: 3.00-4.00 pm

Venue: Ojas Hall

Target Group: Research Scholars  & Faculty members of all sciences

No. of participants: 35

Resource Person: Dr. Sanjay Batra

Topic- “Structuring and writing a Scientific Research Proposal”

Activity Coordinators: Dr. Ruchi Singh, Dr. Deepak S. Rajawat, Dr. Lav Varma

Objective: To acquaint the faculty members and research scholars with the basic process of project submission and to enhance their knowledge about the do’s and don’ts regarding the project submission to various agencies like DST and CSIR etc.  

The Department of Chemistry under the aegis of IISU Chemical Association organized a guest lecture on 30th September 2022 on the topic Structuring and Writing a Scientific Research Proposal for all the research scholars of sciences in Ojas Hall, IIS (Deemed to be University) on 30th September, 2022. The guest lecture was given by Dr. Sanjay Batra, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. Dr. Krishna S. Sharma, Advisor, IIS (deemed to be University), felicitated Dr. Sanjay Batra for the guest lecture.

Professor Batra started the lecture by explaining the basic proposal of writing Research Proposal Paper. The topics that were covered while this lecture was how to write a paper, Programmes such as Commonwealth Fellowship and German Fellowships that offer a great platform to the foreign student, what is Research, purpose of Research, importance of creativity and innovation and also the other things such as funding, execution, grants and scope.

He gave an overview on a good project proposal, an original impacting idea and its adequacy to funding agency requirements. The key point that needs to be focused by the beginners were also discussed. Professor Batra further explained the ways to write summary and title emphasizing on the fact that they should be brief. Apart from the merits and ways of writing Research Proposals, the causes of rejection and ways to avoid them were also discussed.

The event ended with a warm vote of Thanks. It was greatly receipted by the research scholars and faculty members.

Outcome: The guest lecture provided an excellent knowledge about Structuring and writing a Scientific Research Proposal to the  research scholars as well as  faculty members