Media Release
Udupi, May 14: The ISTE faculty chapter of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi organized a motivational talk for the faculty.
The talk on the Research Initiatives and Methodologies was conducted by Dr Lewlyn L Raj Rodrigues, Head of the Department of Humanities and Management, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.
Professor Dr Radhakrishna S Aithal, principal of the institute emphasized on the relevance and need for the faculty of technical institutes to take up quality research leading to a PhD degree.
During his address, Dr Rodrigues outlined the objectives, procedures and methodology of conducting research; starting from browsing of existing literature in the area of research interest to facing the panel of examiners that would go into the merits of the thesis submitted for the award of the doctorate degree.
He further explained the different approaches to research such as discipline-specific approach, interdisciplinary and trans- disciplinary approaches and the two models that are adopted in any kind of research: the deterministic model and the probabilistic or stochastic model.
Professor Kishor Kumar Aroor, department of Mechanical Engineering welcomed the gathering. Professor Deepika BV, department of Civil Engineering introduced Dr Rodrigues and the program concluded with a vote of thanks by professor Arun Upadhyaya, secretary of ISTE faculty chapter of the institute.
Sri Rathna Kumar, secretary, SSVMET and professor Dr Ganesha A Dean (Academics) were present.