The School of Liberal Arts (SoLA) organized a One -week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Advanced Research Methodology in the Social Sciences and Humanities from 13th February to 19th February 2023. Prof. Rajan Gurukkal threw light on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches in academia. Prof. Madhu Prabhakaran took a session on concepts, methods, and sources. He gave a broader design for research: a framework, philosophy, and science; after that, the paradigm; then theory; further methodology; and finally, method. Prof. K. N. Ganesh delivered an insightful lecture on the writing of history, demonstrating how a new history can be written by combining historical facts with people's narratives. The Chief Guest, Shri. Rajesh Kumar made a comparison between research in the natural sciences and social sciences, in two thought-provoking stories, he demonstrated how one event could be viewed from various perspectives, such as astronomical, astrological, geographical, and so on.
