Essential rubrics

2. DEMAND FOR GOOD RESEARCH IN INDIA
• IN AMERICA, FOR EVERY ONE LAKH PEOPLE, 440 INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN RESEARCH.
• IN CHINA, THERE ARE 130 RESEARCHERS FOR EVERY ONE LAKH PEOPLE.
• IN ISRAEL, IT IS 825 RESEARCHERS PER LAKH, AND
• IN INDIA, IT IS 27 RESEARCHERS FOR EVERY ONE LAKH PEOPLE.
26 JUNE 2021, DINAMANI, CHENNAI EDITION | MR. R. KATHIRAVAN

3. WHAT IS RESEARCH?
•A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF INQUIRY
•MAKES A DIFFERENCE
•CONTRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE
•RESEARCH IS SEEN AS AN EXTENSION OF
EDUCATION

4. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH METHODS
(QUANTITATIVE, QUALITATIVE, ETC.)
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(PERSPECTIVE TAKEN BY THE RESEARCHER – E.G. MARXIST PERSPECTIVE,
BIOREGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, ECOCRITICAL PERSPECTIVE, FEMINIST
PERSPECTIVE, POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE, ETC.)

5. CHOOSING A RESEARCH TOPIC
•PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING
•INSPIRATION/MOTIVATION
•INTERESTING

6. EDWARD DE BONO’S LATERAL THINKING
•DISRUPTING AN APPARENT THINKING SEQUENCE
AND ARRIVING AT THE SOLUTION FROM ANOTHER
ANGLE!

7. CULTIVATING AN ALTERATION MINDSET
•RESISTING ESTABLISHED PATTERNS OF
THINKING IS THE FIRST STEP TO INNOVATION!

8. WHAT IS YOUR TRUTH?
WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION?

9. •THOUGHTS – IDEAS – OPINION – ARGUMENT –
THESIS STATEMENT

10. YOUR CLAIM
ASSERTION OF FACT OR BELIEF THAT NEEDS TO BE
SUPPORTED WITH EVIDENCE

11. ARGUMENT & THESIS STATEMENT
•ARGUMENT: TAKES A STAND ON AN ISSUE
•THESIS STATEMENT: STATES AN ARGUMENT, AND
DESCRIBES BRIEFLY, HOW IT JUSTIFIES THE
ARGUMENT

12. ARGUMENT & THESIS STATEMENT
•ARGUMENT: THE FILM MISREPRESENTS INDIA
•THESIS STATEMENT: THE FILM MISREPRESENTSINDIA IN THE
EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

13. CHOOSE YOUR POND
•PROBLEM – STRUCTURE – METHODOLOGY – IMPORTANCE

14. ABSTRACT
•PROBLEM – STRUCTURE – METHODOLOGY – OUTCOME -
IMPORTANCE

15. AIR
•ANALYSE - INTERPRET - REPORT

16. TEA IN YOUR PARAGRAPH
•TOPIC SENTENCE – EVIDENCE - ANALYSIS

17. ‘FOCUS’ - IN YOUR RESEARCH
•FEASIBLE
•ORIGINAL
•CONTRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE
•USEFUL TO SOCIETY
•SCOPE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH