– Dr. P. Nagabhushan at E-Box Colleges’ Webinar
Writing a research project proposal in the perfect way will help the proposer secure the financial support needed (from Government or Private Corporation) without less trouble and time.
Lots of students in colleges in various parts of the State and Country are coming with creative ideas and many of them may not be aware of writing a well-balanced Research Proposal. Noticing this, E-Box Colleges organized an Online Workshop on ‘How to Write Proposals for Funded Research Projects’ recently. Prof. Dr. P. Nagabhushan, Director- IIIT, Allahabad acted as the Resource person.
In his address, he mentioned that the research proposals submitted to funding agencies must be meticulously prepared and well written. He added that the proposal must emphasize the ideas of solving the societal issues and elaborated on the various ways of writing good proposals.
He also stated that the proposals must create interest in the minds of readers, reviewers, and authors too. Further, he underlined that the investigators of the proposal need to convey innovative ideas in an effective way that it attracts the readers and makes them read the proposal repeatedly.
He clarified that the organization of the proposals require a proper and sequential flow of ideas in an appealing manner. He mentioned categorically that the article prepared must have content for solving local and/or global issues in the current scenario.
He stressed that background of the research in progress across the globe must be clearly mentioned in writing so that the need for implementing the ideas proposed is of paramount importance to bridge the research gap.
He also described the various Funding Agencies available in India. He concluded his address by mentioning that Collaborative Research Proposals are to be sent in such a way that the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator of the proposal have been working few projects and have an appreciable number of publications in the Domain/Area of the proposal to be submitted.
The online workshop was attended by about a hundred Research Scholars, Professors from various Institutions and Organizations. Earlier Dr. R. Pradeep Kumar R, Chief Innovation Officer, Amphisoft Technologies delivered the special address. Dr. P. Balamurugan, Chief Learning Officer, E-Box Colleges introduced the faculty members and research scholars. Dr. S. Ramkumar, Director, E-Box Colleges proposed the Vote of Thanks.