April 29th 2024, Serdang – The School of Graduate Studies (SGS), through the Putra Sarjana Learning Support Program, organized a seminar on The Basics of Research conducted by Professor Dr. Sharmili Vidyadaran in person at the Putra Sarjana Room, SPS. The two-hour seminar was part of the Putra Sarjana SPS Seminar Series, which provides various information, tips, and skills to UPM postgraduate students. The positive response from students and participation from students outside the university reflected the significance of the topic.

The main objective of the seminar is to outline the criteria of the basics research. The importance of structured soft skills was also highlighted by Prof. Dr. Sharmili throughout his presentation. The guest speaker has also shared his experience in gaining the approval of related institutions and the challenges he overcame in order to complete a research.

Prof. Dr. Sharmili has shared her knowledge through a simple PowerPoint presentation, which captured the students’ attention more than usual. An active Q&A session took place proving the seminar was indeed an interactive and successful one. After a heated session of clarifications, the talk came to an end at 12.00 noon. Attendees even had a one-to-one personal discussion with the guest speaker to understand the session even better.

Date of Input: 29/04/2024 | Updated: 13/05/2024 | aslamiah