SMVDU Katra, 12^th October 2018. One-week Faculty Development Program on ‘Research Methodology’, organized by Human Resource Development Center, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (08-12 October 2018) concluded today, as reported Dr. M. M. Chaturvedi, Coordinator & Asst. Director, (H.R.D.C.). Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadhyay, Director (H.R.D.C.), graced the valedictory function as chief guest, and expressed his satisfaction over the successful completion of the programme. During the event, 18 technical sessions on various topics, related to research methodology, covering tools and methods of quantitative analysis, conceptual analysis, publication strategy, research ethics and alike were conducted. The participants were benefitted from the interactive sessions and thanked the expert resource persons, including Prof. Mukhopadhyay, Prof. Rajeev Garg, Dr. Baijnath Kaushik, Dr. Kakali Majumdar, Dr. Sandeep Bhougal, Dr. Saurabh, Dr. Suparn, Dr. Anil K. Tewari, Dr. Amitabh V. Dwivedi, Dr. Rashi Taggar, Dr. Pabitra K. Jena, Dr. Ashoka K. Tarai, Dr. Kirti Ranjan, all in-house faculty members, and Dr. Suneel Bhougal from Dept. of Statistics, Uni. of Jammu. The participants were facilitated with certificate and group photo. The session ended up with a vote of thanks by Dr. Deepak Jain, Co-Coordinator, FDP. The valedictory was attended by Dr. Anil K. Tewari, Dr. Saurabh, Dr. Rashi Taggar, Dr. Pabiitra K. Jena, Dr. Kirti Ranjan, Dr. Ashoka K.Tarai, Dr. M. M. Chaturvedi, Mr. Samir Vohra and Ms. Kanchan Gupta.