Part I: Research Methodology (20 hrs)  

Unit I :                                                                                                           4 Hrs

Epistemology: sources of knowledge. Rationalism and empiricism. Assumptions and Limitations of science, philosophy, logic and ethics, Science and technology, theory, law, postulate.                                   

Unit II                                                                                                           4 Hrs

Hypothesis- Types, characteristics. Chemistry and chemical knowledge, Scientific method- research process, causality, experimental research. Data analysis- Mean and standard deviation- absolute and relative errors, linear regression, covariance and correlation coefficient.

Unit III                                                                                                         4 Hrs

Literature Survey- Importance, types of sources. Databases collection, collation, management and retrieval of references. Scientometry-citations, impact factor, H-index. 

Unit IV                                                                                                  4 Hrs

Scientific Writing: Types of research papers, writing of research paper, review, thesis, reviewing process of research paper, ethics in research and publishing.

Unit V                                                                                                    4 Hrs

Intellectual property Right (IPR)- Tangible and intangible assets, IP and IPR, Types of IPR, issues related to patenting, format of patent.

Part II: Seminar (10 hrs)

The candidates will have to choose a topic either from the recent advancements in chemistry or syllabi for seminar preparation. They will be expected to submit a write up pertaining to that topic and at the end of semester, a presentation will have to be made in presence of panel of experts from different fields of chemistry.