AIMIT holds faculty development programme

Mangalore, July 27: The MBA department of St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT), St Aloysius College (Autonomous), has organised a three-day faculty development programme on “Research Methods for Non-Statisticians” from July 25 to 27.

On July 25, the programme was inaugurated by Rev Fr Sweebert D'Silva SJ, Principal of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangalore. Rev Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, the Director of AIMIT conducted the prayer service. Rev Dr. Oswald Mascarenhas Sj, Chairman, MBA dept, Dr Rowena Wright, the Dean of the MBA program, was also present. Mr Venkatesh Amin and Miss Sumitha Achar were the program co-ordinators. Ms Ann Cyriac compared the program and Mr Elroy Monis proposed the vote of thanks. The resource persons were the faculty of AIMIT.

Fifty participants from Mysore, Belgaum, Mangalore and various other parts of Karnataka attended the programme. The keynote address was delivered by the Principal who said that 'Research' is the key word for growth and development. He also emphasized the need for quality research for better development of nation. Rev. Dr. Oswald Mascarenhas gave a birds eye view of the program to the audience. He said that the program was carefully designed and chalked out for non- statisticians. He stated that the program was divided into 11 sessions with theory and hands on practical sessions, with topics spanning from research philosophy to number crunching topics like Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics: Parametric & non-parametric tests, problem centered research, longitudinal research, questionnaire design etc.

In the first session Dr Ozzie Mascarenhas SJ, Chairman, MBA department spoke on the Basic Research Philosophy. It was followed by introduction of descriptive statistics by Ms Sumitha Achar. In the afternoon the participants had hands-on experience using SPSS for descriptive statistics. The second day session began with the input by Dr Oswald Mascarenhas on philosophy of research. It was followed by sessions on inferential statistics by Mrs Laveena D'Costa. The practical sessions were on Parametric tests and non-parametic tests. The third days programme started with Research Problem identification followed by Research Problem Formulation and questionnaire design. That session was handled by Fr Mascarenhas. Dr Rowena Wright, Dean, MBA department, spoke on Lognitudinal Research. The final session was on Problem Identification & Formulation. It was once again handled by Rev. Dr Mascarenhas.

The programme got an overwhelming response from the academic fraternity and research aspirants from Mangalore and outside. The second session of the same programme will commence on 3 August. The Advanced Module of FDP on Multivariate Statistical Research: Inter –dependence Techniques is scheduled for 23-24th Of August. Interested persons may contact Mr Venkatesh Amin, MDP/FDP Coordinator: 966354445, [email protected]