The University of Mizoram is organising a UGC-STRIDE Refresher Course on Research Methodology: Research Ethics, Methods, Skills Writing and Communication from the 19 August, 2020 - to September, 2020. I was invited to give two talks on Historical research and historical methodology and Feminism and Feminist research. There was a wonderful question answer session and many participants had a large number of Questions for clarification. I am really thankful to Prof. Samba Shiv Rao the Vice Chancellor of the University who is taking a lot of interest in modernizing the University and encouraging all the faculty both juniors and seniors to be very pro active with teaching and online activities. He spoke to me about this course long time back and how he wanted the faculty to be trained in different methodologies and interdisciplinary research and I had promised him that I will definitely be part of it. Even when I had gone there as an expert for the selection of the candidates he was insisting on evaluating the candidates for how savvy they are technically, using online resources and interested in research and taking up project and not just on the knowledge of the subject. This was much before the Carona crisis had come. It was as if he foresaw the crisis and wanted the faculty to be updated and tech savvy. Indeed a very dynamic person at the helm of the University. Thanks Prof Guruswamy for making me part of this course.
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