Workshop on Building Proficiency in Academic Writing
29 September 2020 to 3 October 2020
The purpose of academic writing is to share and discuss academic knowledge. Since each kind of academic writing is governed by its own rules and conventions; it is essential to identify the rules, process, nature, scope and expectations associated with the specific genre of academic writing. It is in this context and with a view to address concerns pertaining to the present times that the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Sikkim, is organizing a one week online workshop on Building Proficiency in Academic Writing.
Topics to be covered include academic writing conventions and expectations; writers' objective and readers' taste; data collection & interpretation; use of research tools; using evidence to support knowledge; selection of an appropriate journal; identifying predatory journals; abstract writing; argument formulation; preparing the draft; structuring and formatting; citation, referencing and bibliography; editing the final paper; plagiarism check; grammar tools.
Resource persons
Prof. Christopher Chapple
Lecturer in Language Teaching
LCS Assessment Lead
She has expertise in Language teaching, learning and assessment; English for Academic Purposes; curriculum design and evaluation; students as partners; academic integrity and employability. She was the Director of Languages for All (LfA) from 2014 to 2018 and was awarded a LITE Teaching Enhancement Project in 2017 and 2020.
Prof. Lakshmi Raj Sharma
Professor at the Department of English and Modern European Languages at the University of Allahabad, India
He is an Indian Author, Novelist and Academician. His book The Tailor's Needle was published in 2009.
Caroline Campbell
Lecturer in Language Teaching
LCS Assessment Lead
She has expertise in Language teaching, learning and assessment; English for Academic Purposes; curriculum design and evaluation; students as partners; academic integrity and employability. She was the Director of Languages for All (LfA) from 2014 to 2018 and was awarded a LITE Teaching Enhancement Project in 2017 and 2020.
Dr. Frank G. Karioris
Researcher in Comparative Gender Studies with a Specialisation in Sociology & Social Anthropology at University of Pittsburgh
SHis work has been published in various publications, most recently in the IDS Bulletin.
Anurag K. Agarwal
Faculty at IIM Ahmedabad and Visiting faculty at National Judicial Academy Bhopal and ESSEC Paris
He is a Harvard Law School graduate and is the first recipient of the Marti Mannariah Gurunath Outstanding Teacher Award at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
Dr. Khagendra Acharya
Faculty of English at the Humanities and Management Unit, Kathmandu University
He is a recipient of MASHAV scholarship (2009) from the Government of Israel (2009), Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship (2010) from Forum on Contemporary Theory, India, Manisha Shrestha Memorial PhD Scholarship (2011-2014) from Kathmandu University, and Erasmus Scholarship from European Union.
Dr. Gillian Dooley
Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of English, Flinders University, Australia
She was the founding general editor of the Transnational Literature from 2008-2018, and is founding co-editor of Writers in Conversation.
Prof. Kishore G. Kulkarni
Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA
He is an Economist, Author and Academician. He has authored/co-authored 8 books, of which Principles of Microeconomics is the most recent (2014).
Dr. Azhar Kazmi
Professor at the Department of Management & Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
One of his most famous books is Strategic Management and Business Policy.