Capacity Building Programme at Central University of Tamil Nadu

2. Conceptnote. Thanks to technological advances, social and behavioural research are in the fast lane of
development—modernising the need to balance empirical research with qualitative ways of knowing.
While quantitative methodologies are evolving and unfolding with the aid of computing technologies, the
Internet and the wealth of data that the latter offers, on the other side of the spectrum, qualitative research is
coping with such scholarly drift. Going by the developing discourse surrounding social science research using
mixed methodologies, it can be evenly accepted that combining qualitative and quantitative research
methodologies can widen the breadth and depth of scientific understanding and add credence to scholarly
inquiry. To bridge the qualitative-quantitative gap and offer an objective-methodical understructure for the
young social scientist to build a research career upon, we bring together a collection of lectures from experts in
mixed methods research (MMR) in this Capacity Building Programme.

3. Chief Patron
Prof. A. P. Dash
Vice-Chancellor
CUTN
Patrons
Dr. S. Bhuvaneswari
Registrar, CUTN
Dr. A. Ragupathy
Controller of
Examinations, CUTN
CMA. V. Palani
Finance Officer, CUTN
Course Director
Prof. S. Ravi Dean, School of Communication
Course Co-Director
Dr. Francis P. Barclay
Head (i-c), Department of Media and Communication
Co-ordinators
Dr. Boobalakrishnan N.
Asst. Prof., Department of Media and Communication
boobalakrishnan@cutn.ac.in +91 99444 31305
Dr. K. G. Sudhier
Asst. Prof., Department of Library and Information Science
kgsudhier@cutn.ac.in +91 94464 84561

4. Venue of the CBP
Guest House
Conference Hall
CUTN Residential
Campus
Central University
of Tamil Nadu
Thiruvarur - 610005
Tamil Nadu
OBJECTIVES
● For social science researchers that are inquisitive about
and wish to employ MMR methods, this programme will
be a scratch-to-finish guide
● It will elaborate on the plethora of qualitative and
quantitative methods, and their possibilities and
limitation as standalone research methodologies
● It will cover the paradigms (positivist,
interpretive and critical), and research approaches
(inductive and deductive)
● It will also detail the emergence of mixed-method
research, providing context for its current
and historical landscape
● It will explain the intricacies of the MMR design and
data-analysis frameworks.
● Moving into the core idea of mixed methods research, the
CBP will get into data-analysis approaches used in
mixed-methods
● It will also help readers understand statistics
and perform statistical analyses

5. ACCOMMODATION &
TRAVEL ALLOWANCE
Food and accommodation
will be provided to
outstation participants in
the University Guest House.
Travel allowance by shortest
distance (Train Second class
sleeper fare) will be
reimbursed to the
outstation participants after
submitting original tickets.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
The number of seats for the Capacity Building
Programme (CBP) is restricted to thirty (30)
candidates from Social Science disciplines,
out of which ten (10) will be from outside Tamil
Nadu as per the ICSSR guidelines. Faculty
members of Economics/ Media/Commerce/
Management/ Psychology/Sociology/Political
Science/Social Work/ Library and Information
Science and/or any allied subjects of Social
Science are eligible for this programme.

6. CERTIFICATE OF
PARTICIPATION
The participants will be
provided certificates on
successful completion
of the programme. It is
mandatory for participants
to attend all the sessions
and also the test.
HOW TO APPLY?
Interested faculty members can apply using the
Google Form provided, before January 25, 2019.
Selected candidates are required to send the soft
copy of the filled-in Nomination Form and
Certificate of Recommendation duly forwarded
by Head of the Department/Principal/Director to
boobalakrishnan@cutn.ac.in.
NO REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE CHARGED
FROM THE PARTICIPANTS.
Google form link: https://goo.gl/forms/dn2CuYGPtQBoFDph2