5-Day Value-Added Course on theme “Academic Writing and Research & Publication Ethics” 

Chandigarh, February 16, 2024: The Five-Day Value-Added Course on the theme “Academic Writing and Research & Publication Ethics” organized by the Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh sponsored by RUSA 2.0 concluded today. 

The course was attended by 30 participants from across the disciplines like Public Administration, Economics, Mass Communication, Police Administration and Department-cum-Centre for Human Rights and Duties. Dr. Bhawna Gupta and Dr. Bharati Garg, Assistant Professors of the Department were Coordinators of the course. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. B.S. Ghuman, former Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala who encouraged the participants to make full use of the resources being channelized for their professional development. He apprised to importance of ethics at every stage of research and explained the steps of research and academic writing to the participants

The course comprised of 24 sessions focused on diverse themes relating to research and publication ethics – Qualitative and Quantitative Research, use of tools such as ATLAS-ti, ORANGE, Mendeley, Journal Matrices, Journal Finder, Violation of Publication Ethics, Publication Misconduct, Issues of copyright, academic writing, writing and publishing scholarly articles, book reviews, position papers, policy briefs, , Plagiarism and open access publication and scientific misconduct etc. 

Resource Persons from diverse disciplines interacted with the participants during the course – Prof. Pampa Mukherjee, Dr. Neeraj Kumar Singh, Deputy Librarian, AC Joshi Library, PU, Chandigarh; Prof. Rupak Chakravarty, Department of Library and Information Science; Dr. Meenu Gupta and Professor Akshaya Kumar from the Department of English and Cultural Studies; Prof. Pampa Mukharjee, Prof. Ashutosh Kumar and Prof. Deepak Kumar Singh from the Department of Political Science; Prof. Ramanjit K. Johal from the Department of Public Administration, Dr. Tejinder Pal Singh from UBS, Dr. Akashdeep from Computer Science and Shri Ram. 

Prof. Devinder Singh, Department of Laws in his Valedictory Address motivated the participants to inculcate the values such as discipline, hard work and dedicated effort to succeed in life. He also shared various anecdotes from his research journey to motivate the participants and linked research with employability. He said that ethics is a necessity and cannot be ignored. 

Dr. Bharati Garg, Chairperson of the Department of Public Administration proposed a formal vote of thanks. The Value Added Course was well received by the participants and concluded successfully.