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    Day-II of National workshop on “Hands on Training on Scholarly Publications

    Sunil Aswal
    May14/ 2022

    Delhi (The Hawk): The Research Journals Division of CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR), New Delhi, is conducting one week National workshop on “Hands on Training on Scholarly Publications” during 12th-18th May 2022 sponsored by the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India, under Accelerate Vigyan Karyashala scheme. Dr KN Rao, Director, DESIDOC, New Delhi inaugurated the workshop on 12 May 2022. After inauguration, Shri RS Jayasomu, Chief Scientist & Head, Research Journals (Biological Sciences) conducted Session I on Research Communication with two consecutive lectures: (i) Scholarly Communication: Basics of Writing Research Papers”; and (ii) “Selecting a journal to publish your Research Work” followed by hands on training on preliminary editing of research manuscripts and also identifying genuineness of journals using the UGC-CARE window. The DAY-II of the Karyashala on “Hands on Training on Scholarly Publications” today (13/05/2022) started with a warm welcome by Dr NK Prasanna, Senior Scientist followed by the lecture “Ethics in Research & Publications” by BHU Distinguished Professor & SERB Distinguished Fellow Prof. SC Lakhotia, authority on the topic for Session II. He defined ‘Research’ to be primarily a search for truth, and the findings of a researcher are shared with others to enhance the general knowledge base, which helps the society to further advance its well-being. Prof. Lakhotia clarified that ethical communication is based on principles that understand one’s values, privacy, confidentiality and thoughts, effectively. Further, he added that honesty and sincerity are the fundamentals of ethical communication. Ethical ...

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