Research Methodology Workshop for Doctoral Scholars
23 April - 27 April, 2012

Concept Note
MIDS invites applications from Doctoral students from research institutions and Universities in Tamil Nadu/South India for participating in a Research Methodology Workshop to be held during 23 April - 27 April, 2012. The theme for this year’s workshop is Contemporary Methods and Issues in Social Science Research. The workshop will be held at MIDS, Chennai.

http://www.mids.ac.in/mids_rmw12.htm

Scholars should have confirmed Ph.D registration in their respective institutions/universities and should have completed at least one year of doctoral work in any discipline in social sciences and humanities. Those scholars who are using multi-disciplinary perspectives in their research are encouraged to apply. Interested scholars are requested to send a write up (2000 words) highlighting: (a) the research problem; (b) scope and significance; (c) research questions; (d) broader and specific objectives; (e) proposed methodology, along with a brief note on how the MIDS workshop will benefit them in pursuing their research.

The applicants should give the following details:
(i) Name of the Applicant; (ii) Name of the Department/University/Institution; (iii) Title of the Ph.D topic; (iv) Name of the Supervisor; and (v) Supervisor’s /Department Head’s Endorsement. Around 25 -30 scholars will be selected for the workshop. Selected scholars will be reimbursed their round trip fare on bus/train (sleeper class). Boarding and lodging will be provided to the selected scholars during the workshop.

The application, marked with ‘Research Methodology Workshop 2012’ on the envelope, should reach one of the coordinators at the following address on or before 5th March, 2012.

About MIDS
The Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) was founded by Dr.Malcolm S Adiseshiah and Mrs. Elizabeth Adiseshiah, in January 1971, shortly after Dr.Adiseshiah's retirement as Deputy Director-General of UNESCO.

In 1976 the Government of India through the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, sent a mission to study the possibility of developing MIDS into a national institute of social science research. On the recommendations of the mission the Institute was reconstituted as a National Institute in March 1977 under the joint sponsorship of the Government of India through the ICSSR and the Government of Tamil Nadu. The trustees gifted to the reconstituted National Institute its land and buildings, its library, furniture and equipment and a cash endowment. The Reserve Bank of India established a Chair in applied research in regional economics in the Institute in 1985.

Contact Information
Madras Institute of Development Studies
79, Second Main Road, Gandhinagar, Adyar
Chennai
Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Pin Code: 600 020