Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “The Art of Writing Quality Research Papers”

Date   :    25th September, 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 25th September, 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 was the lead speaker. He first introduced the topic to the participants. He discussed the meaning of the research papers, common mistakes committed by the authors in writing the research paper leading to its rejection by good quality journals, steps of quality review processes, format and structure of a well organized research paper, helpful hints for avoiding outright rejection of the research paper and enhancing the probability of its acceptance in good quality journals, Issues related to Plagiarism and Ethical Compliances. Finally, he discussed about some common do’s and don’ts. He also discussed Citation, Impact Factor, h-index, etc.

The session was concluded with Question & Answer round where participants willingly asked their queries, followed by concluding remarks by Prof. Ajay P. Thakare, Chairman, TPPC, IETE, New Delhi. He gave his heartfelt appreciation to Prof. M. N. Hoda for his 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.