Event Report:
The Department of Language, Culture and Society organized a one-week online International Faculty Development Programme on “Research Methodology and Teaching Strategies” on the days from 4 May 2026 to 9 May 2026, in collaboration with Lavender Literary Club, Kanyakumari. The first speaker of Day 1, Dr. L. Santhosh Kumar, Assistant Professor of English, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kristu Jayanti (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India deliberated on the topic “Art of Publishing in Scholarly Journals” followed by the second session on “Qualitative Research Design” by Dr. S. Vijayakumar, Associate Professor, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University), Chennai, India.
The second day had two speakers- Dr. Aloysius Albert, Dean of Arts, St.Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai who gave great insights highlighting the use of pedagogy to teach the Digital minds and Dr.Fatima Amer Jid Almhari, Assistant Professor, College of Computing and Information Sciences, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Salalah, Oman giving a step-by-step guideline to write an effective research paper.
On the third day the first speaker Prof. Dorien Kartikawangi, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Communication Sciences at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta delivered a lucid lecture on Research writing and publication . Dr. Geetha Muthusamy, senior lecturer in the department of marketing, University of technology, MARA, Malaysia delivered her insightful lecture “From Pages to Insights: Unveiling the essence of literature Review” highlighting the need to do a meticulous literature review so that the research turns out coherent and complete.
On the fourth day Prof. Bala Parasuraman from the university of Malaysia, President of MIHRA Malaysia, highlighted the nuances of international collaboration for research and grant. The second speaker Dr. Zameer Gulzar Associate Professor from Malla Reddy university Hyderabad, spoke on the basics of research writing especially on the structure of an effective abstract that can reduce the rate of rejection from editor’s perspective
The fifth day of the FDP brought to the forum three eminent speakers on varied topics, beginning with the session of TILT – Transparency in Learning and teaching by Dr. Thilagha jagaiya from the University of Hartford USA, followed by an entirely novel presentation by Dr. Veeramani, Associate Professor and Head, dept of English, Government Arts and Science college, Lalgudi, Trichy, who deliberated on Legal Research. The final speaker Dr. Aparna Ajith spoke from the perspective of doing literary research concentrating on the various forms.
The final day of the FDP showcased two stalwarts Dr. Tanushree Mukherjee,Associate professor and Deputy Director- outcome, from Amity University, Rajasthan and Dr. Jehoson Jiresh, Assistant Professor, dept of language and Culture studies , Christ Deemed to be university Bangalore. Nearly 80 participants actively interacted throughout the sessions and had fruitful takeaways. The participants registered very positive feedback and expressed their readiness to be a part of our future events.
