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Research Orientation: Interaction with New Lecturers of GC University, Lahore 2007

Dr. Khalid Hamid Sheikh, Professor Emeritus at GC University, Lahore, presents on the importance of research in universities and provides guidance on research planning, execution, publication, funding, interdisciplinary work, and personal research interests.

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Research Orientation: Interaction with New Lecturers of GC University, Lahore 2007

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  1. HOW TO BE RESEARCH ORIENTED ? INTERACTION WITH NEW LECTURERS OF GC UNIVERSITY, LAHORE DECEMBER 15, 2007 Presentation by: Dr. Khalid Hamid Sheikh Professor Emeritus GC University, Lahore

  2. 1. DICTIONARY MEANING OF 'RESEARCH': • “Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles” • To do research on or in: “to investigate thoroughly”

  3. RESEARCH:to find solutions to unanswered questions • 3. FUNCTIONS OF A UNIVERSITY • Transmission of existing knowledge through teaching • Creation of new knowledge through research 4. A UNIVERSITY WITHOUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WOULD ONLY BE A DIGNIFIED COLLEGE 5. GC ESTABLISHED IN 1864 BECAME GCU IN 2002

  4. Tradition of research at GC and GCU • GCU is publishing 13 research journals

  5. 7. RESEARCH PLANNING AND EXECUTION • Defining a research question • Applying creativity to develop new research ideas • Ensuring that the proposed research has relevance to prior knowledge: through literature search (Internet access facilitates this now) • Ensuring that the proposed research is technically feasible and can be completed with available resources and within allotted time • Determining how conclusions can be drawn • Collecting data • Using statistics to interpret the results • vi. Making a synthesis for drawing inference

  6. 8. WORKING IN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY • Writing a research paper for publication in a Journal (following the “Instructions for Authors” of the Journal to which paper is to be submitted) • Peer review • Problems of quantity and quality • 9. RESEARCH FUNDING • Preparing a convincing research proposal for funding • 10. FRAUD AND MISCONDUCT IN RESEARCH • Plagiarism

  7. 11. INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK FOR FINDING SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THE GREAT UNANSWERED QUESTIONS • Borders between physics, chemistry and biology continuing to disappear • Study of economics is touching on everything from psychology to ecology • Global Warming: here physical sciences and social sciences are to work together • Sustainable Development Study Centre at GCU

  8. MY OWN RESEARCH INTERESTS: • I am a student of Ecology which may be defined as study of what is found where and why! • Soil-plant relationships: salinity & waterlogging • Soils, plants and termites • Cement dust pollution (worked in Turkey) • Wastewater effluents from various industries and their effects on plants • Conservation and Sustainable Development

  9. READ, THINK AND CHALLENGE • EPILOGUE: BE HONEST AND HUMBLE • ---------------------------------

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