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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Research Development through Digital Technologies

Dear participants of the National Workshop on Effective Classroom Communication and Teaching Skills for College Teachers, as agreed I am posting some resources on research and using digital technologies for research. Click on the topics to get the links.


  • If you wish to refer to some of my past posts/notes on research you can go to posts of October 2010 by clicking here 
  • Hope you find all these links useful. If you do, please take time to mention it in the comment section below. Your suggestions are welcome. 

New India Fellowship


    The core activity of the New India Foundation are the New India Fellowships, awarded to scholars and writers working on different aspects of the history of independent India. The duration of the fellowships is twelve months. Fellows are paid Rs. 70, 000 a month. Each year, a mix of young and experienced candidates are selected. The New India Fellowships are open only to Indian nationals, including those currently living abroad. Fellowship holders are expected to write original books. Their proposals should be oriented towards final publication, and outline a road map towards that destination. The Foundation is ecumenical as regards genre, theme, and ideology: the only requirement is that the proposed works contribute to the fuller understanding of independent India.Thus Fellowship holders may choose to write a memoir, or a work of reportage, or a thickly footnoted academic study. Their books could be oriented towards economics, or politics, or culture. They could be highly specific-an account of a single decade or a single region-or wide-ranging, such as a countrywide overview.

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Integrated PhD and MA in Humanities (Interdisciplinary) at Manipal University


Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities
Manipal University, Manipal

Announcing Integrated PhD and MA in Humanities (Interdisciplinary)

Applications are invited for the following courses starting August 2011
With distinguished faculty, world class facilities and a stimulating research environment, Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University, is one of the premier centres for the study of Humanities in the region. As part of the Centre’s activity to encourage research and higher education in the field of Humanities, MCPH is offering a number of educational opportunities in these fields.

MA in (Interdisciplinary) Humanities
The graduate coursework in Humanities includes training in critical and creative thinking, academic writing and research, along with courses that emphasize learning of basic concepts in Philosophy, incorporating both Indian and Western traditions of thought.

Integrated MA-PhD program in Humanities
The five-year full-time integrated PhD program will have a strong focus on original, contemporary research work in the Humanities. Students join the MA program, which will be followed by their doctoral work. They have the option of leaving after two years with an MA degree. The rigorous training in research and conceptual work at the Centre facilitates timely completion of the doctoral program.

Who can apply?
Highly motivated candidates with a BA (or undergraduate degree in other disciplines) with an interest in pursuing research in theoretical Social Sciences and Humanities are encouraged to apply.

For more details, please visit the website:
http://www.manipal.edu/Institutions/UniversityDepartments/MCPHManipal/Pages/Welcome.aspx
Apply online at www.manipal.edu. Or pick up an application form at select branches of State Bank of India.
Please contact office.mcph AT manipal.edu for any clarifications.

Address
Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities
I Floor, Old TAPMI Building
Behind Post Office
Manipal – 576104
Phone: 0820-2923157