Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Publication Ethics and Plagiarism​”

Date   :    16th October, 2020

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            2. Consultants Networks Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5. Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            7. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            8. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            9. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, Safa Society, New Delhi
                                            10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The Webinar was held on 16th October, 2020 in the benign presence of the dignitaries including Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, Consultants Network Affinity Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section. The webinar was blessed to have inaugural address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay giving a brief background of the all these webinars in collaboration will all the premiere professional societies, including the latest happenings in the domain of Cyber Security. Prof. R. K. Vyas, National President, CSI welcomed all the invited guests and participants. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi also addressed the session and discussed the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series. He also motivated participants to continue learning regardless of all disruptions. He also discussed the background of the topic of the webinar; publication ethics and plagiarism and related consequences, which is going to be very critical for the researchers.

Dr. Ritika Wason, Managing Editor, International Journal of Information Technology (BJIT), Published by Springer Nature; SCOPUS Indexed and Associate Professor, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, was the lead speaker. She first introduced the topic to the participants. She discussed that ethics have always played an important role in the context of human behaviour since ages. Ethics govern the definition of right and wrong. In the present world, the growth of technology and modern life has not only impacted the nature of activities, but also how we perform them. Present generation of academia, researchers and industrialists alike should be aware of the basic ethical principles to be adhered to in their domain of work. In the present times, research is also marred by numerous unethical practices like plagiarism, data fabrication, etc. The webinar also discussed other related details with many interesting examples and sensitized the participants regarding do’s and don’ts of Publication Ethics and Plagiarism

The session was concluded with Question & Answer round where participants willingly asked their queries, followed by concluding remarks by Prof. M. N. Hoda. He gave his heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Ritika Wason for her insightful and detailed session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time for having participated in this webinar and also making all the other webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the country and abroad like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Canada, Bahrain, Ethiopia, Maylasia, Qatar, Bangladesh, Spain, etc. The webinar was coordinated and anchored by Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi and Mr. Uttam Singh Bist, Assistant Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi was the technical host for the Webinar.