Hyderabad, October 12 (MExN): Naga Research Scholars’ Forum, Hyderabad organized a one day workshop on Academic Writing and Publication on October 11 at the School of Economics Seminar Hall, University of Hyderabad.
The resource persons were Professor Kham Khan Suan Hausing, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad and Dr K K Kailash, Columnist, The Indian Express and Associate Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of Hyderabad,a press release from the Forum stated.
During the first session, Professor Suan dealt with questions on the why, what and how to write articles. Highlighting categories of journals in terms of quality, he stressed that it was important to identify right journals as right platforms for publication.
Professor Suan also encouraged the research scholars to go for top-notch journals that provide excellent peer reviews. He added that a holistic engagement with existing literature, the use of right materials and awareness of the larger scheme of things in any research area is crucial for one to come up with good articles.
Focusing on the writing of dissertations, Dr Kailash, in the second session spoke about the need for clarity in framing research questions stating that fussy thinking results in fussy writing.
He mentioned that it was important for a research scholar to learn how to strike a balance between the real world and the scholarly world, by maintaining simplicity in one’s writing without losing sophistication.
He also added that one’s dissertation needs to be worthy of the degree he or she is awarded with. While both stressed on brevity, the resource persons also encouraged the students to keep thinking, remain patient and determined in their pursuit of research as a life-long process.
A total of 25 Naga research scholars from the University of Hyderabad, and the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) participated in the day-long workshop.
