Short Course on Business Leadership and Management

Course Director: Prof Brian Purdey

Attendance to all sessions is compulsory to get a certificate

Are you looking for a world class exposure and good skills on business leadership and management in Nepal?

If yes, then this course is for you. We have a globally respected academics from Australia delivering this course at NIMS college.

This course is for emerging researchers, recent graduates, university teachers, PhD Candidates, Masters level students.

Further details will be made available soon.

Training on Research Methods and Proposal Writing

Course Directors: Dr Hemant Ojha, Dr Mani R Banjade, and Prof. Dr Ram B Chhetri

Attendance to all sessions is compulsory to get a certificate

Are you looking for a world class exposure and good skills on research proposal and academic writing in Nepal?

Then this course is for you. We have globally respected academics and scholars delivering seminars and workshops for you.

Course aims and scope

This course is for emerging researchers, recent graduates, university teachers, PhD Candidates, Masters level students planning for a thesis work and anyone interested in proposal writing and securing some insights on academic writing.

The course comprises of three areas:

· Emerging trends in interdisciplinary, mixed methods, qualitative and social science research

· The art and science of research proposal writing

· An overview of planning, structuring and writing a post graduate thesis.

Session outline

Date / Session	Time	Topic	Resource Person	Notes
Friday,4th Jan2019 Session 1	15:00-17:00	Introduction to research and scientific writing	Dr Hemant Ojha	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Saturday, 5^th Jan 2019 Session 2	10:00-12:00	Designing a research project: Stating a problem statement and setting research objectives and questions / designing Conceptual framework	Dr Mani Banjade/ Hemant Ojha	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Friday 11^th Jan, 2019 Session 3	15:00-17:00	Engaging effectively with the existing knowledge and theory: Literature review (using relevant databases, overviewing articles, taking notes)	Dr Dil B Khatri/ Dr Mina Adhikari	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Saturday 12th Jan 2019 Session 4	10:00-12:00	Designing a smart mixed method research: Research methods: approach, sampling, tools, data collection protocol, note taking, survey techniques, facilitation skills, ethical considerations and data analysis framework	Dr Mina Adhikari/ Ishwari Banjade	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Friday 18^th Jan 2019 Session 5	15:00-17:00	Fundamentals of research methodology: epistemology, qualitative vs quantitative	Dr Hemant Ojha/Dr Mani Ram Banjade/Ishwari Banjade	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Saturday 19th Jan 2019 Session 6	10:00-12:00	Selling your research idea: proposal writing, fund raising, and developing research collaborations	Dr Naya Sharma Paudel/ Dr Bharat Pokharel	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Friday 25th Jan, 2019 Session 7	15:00-17:00	Gathering evidence effectively: Data collection tools and techniques	Prof. Dr Ram Chhetri	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Saturday 26^th Jan , 2019 /Session 8	10:00-12:00	Planning thesis writing: Basic introduction on thesis and discussion on common issues/ problems in writing a dissertation	Dr Mina Adhikari/Dr Dil B Chhetri/Dr Mani Ram Banjade	Pre-reading provided and compulsory.
Friday , 1^st Feb 2019 Session 9	15:00-17:00	The art and science of scientific writing:Structuring a scientific paper, writing strategies, presenting results, writing discussion, writing abstract	Dr Kiran Paudel/ Dr Mani R Banjade
Saturday, 2^nd Feb Session 10	10:00-13:00	Workshop on proposal writing	Dr Mani R Banjade/Dr Naya Paudel

Fees and applications

Course fee: NRs15,000

Fee for students: NRs 10,000

Duration: 10 Days

Seats: Maximum 20 participants

Certificate: YES

For details and registration: Please contact training coordinatorMs Enusha Khadka at [email protected]; Mobile no: 9841281714