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(Established by Govt. of Delhi vide Act 6 of 2009)

formerly Delhi College of Engineering)
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F.No. 105-15/DTU/Acad-PG/SM-901/2021 161-16 Dated:o7/01/2022

NOTIFICATION
the Ph.D. Coursework in r/o Research Methodology (SM-901) and Research and
Sub: Regarding
Publication Ethics (SM-903)
The Competent Authority is pleased to approve the new syllabus of Research Methodology(SM-901)
for Ph.D Research Scholar(s) from the Even Semester (2022) and the details of course viz., code, name,
under:
structure, objectives, pre-requisites, outcomes, content(s) are as

Course Structure
Course Code Course Name L-T-P
SM-901 Research Methodology and IPR
3-1-0
Total Credit (04)
Course Objectives:
To understand the basic techniques and tools for conducting systematic research
To develop an understanding of the relevant tools and techniques applicable in proposed area of research
To develop basic skills in design, implementation and evaluation of research methods to conduct

objective research
Pre-requisites:
Basic understanding of fundamentals of quantitativetechniques.
Course Outcomes:
CO1:To introduce research methods and processes.
co2: To formulate research problem statement and prepare the plan for investigations
CO3: To apply various quantitative techniques for data analysis.
C04: To communicate and present research findings.
CO5: To understand IPR and related aspects.
COURSE CONTENT:

Unit- Introduction, Concepts of research, Meaning and objectives of research, Research process, Types of
research, Research problem identification, Research proposal-contents, Funding agencies, Ethical
aspects and Plagiarism detection tools.

Unit- II: Research design process, Need and types of research design, Literature survey, Use ofinternetand
advanced search techniques, Various reputed publishers and their databases, ldentification of
research gaps, Measurement and scaling techniques, IData collection-types and methods, Processing
and analysis of data, Design and analysis of experiment.
Unit - III:
Quantitative techniques, sampling fundamentals, Type of hypothesis, Introduction and applications
of Binomial, normal and Poisson distributions, Statistical tests: Chi-squared test, t-test, f-test etc.,
Multivariate analysis, Introduction to various statistical analysis software.

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Unit - IV:Computer applications in research, Pre-writing considerations, Principles of thesis and report
and presentation tools-
writing, Formats for thesis, report and research papers, Documentation
introduction to LATEX and MS Office.

Nature of Intellectual Property: Patents, Designs, Trade and Copyright, Process of Patenting
Unit-V:
and Development: technological research, innovation, patenting, development, New
developments in IPR: National and internationalscenarios.
Text Books:
[TI]: Stuart Melville and Wayne Goddard, "Research Methodology: An Introduction for Science &|
Engineering Students", Juta and Company Ltd. International Publisher.
[T2]: Dr. C.R. Kothari, "Research Methodolgy: Methods and Techniques", New Age
Wadehra B.L., "Law Relating to Patents, Trademarks, Copyright Designs and Geographical
IT 3] Indicators", Universal Law Publishing.
References:
[RI]: Ranjit Kumar, "Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners", 2nd Edition, SAGE
Publications Ltd.
[R2: G.C. Ramamurthy, "Research Methodology'",Dream Tech Press, New Delhi

Utmost two (02) faculty members shall be involved in the Teaching of RM-901 (Research Methodology and

OPR).
2. Further, as per the UGC letter No. D.0. No. F.1-12018(Journal/CARE) dated Nil December, 2019, the
UGC in its 543d meeting held on 09/08/2019 approved a credit course for awareness about publication
ethics and publication misconducts entitled "Research and Publication Ethics(RPE)" to be made
compulsory for all Ph.D students for pre-registration course work. The DTU has already included the
same in the Course work for DTU R/Scholars vide subject code SM-903 (Research and Publication

Ethics(RPE). Now,thesaid course shall be madecompulsoryelectivewithoutcontributing towards

anycredit for thecoursework.
This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.

(Prof. Suresh C. Sharma)

Dean (Academic-PG))

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Dean (IRD), DTU.
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shu Chaujar
Associate Dean (Academic-PG)