2 Days Workshop on: Introduction to Research in Alternative & Holistic Sciences

Announcing the Introduction to Research in Alternative and Holistic Sciences Workshop at Antarmann Holistic Studio, with Dr. Durgesh K Upadhyay.

BIO: Dr. Durgesh K. Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor in Department of Psychology, Mahatama Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi since 2018. Dr. Upadhyay is also the Assistant Dean of Faculty of Students’ Welfare. Prior to this, he has served Amity University Lucknow Campus for more than 7 years as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Durgesh has completed his D.Phil. in Psychology in the area of Music Psychology from Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad. He is a certified Music Therapist and Vocalist.
Recipient of NADA Award of Excellence (NCMT, Chennai) and SEMPRE Conference Award (UK), Dr. Durgesh has represented India in several international conferences held in Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, USA and Sri Lanka. Dr. Durgesh has published a pioneer book in the area of Music Psychology titled ‘Psychosocial Dispositions of Creative Musicians.’ Also, he has published an edited volume on Youth, Mental Health, Well-being, and Development Issues. He has published more than a dozen research articles in journals of international repute indexed in Web of Science, SCOPUS and UGC notified journals.
Dr. Durgesh is an active member of editorial and reviewer boards in several Web of Science, SCOPUS and UGC notified journals namely Psychology of Music, HSSS, JIAAP, IJSSR, JHBDI, etc. He has developed ‘Music Preference Scale’ to measure music preferences of young adults.
His areas of research interests are as follows: music education, music preferences, creativity in music, music elicitation in qualitative research, health and well-being, music perception, perception of emotion, and personality.

A workshop for beginners
Workshop Outline :

• Introduction to holistic and alternative sciences

Which are the known holistic sciences - including the physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and social aspects of life and living.

• Challenges and Prerequisites of conducting research in alternative and holistic sciences
• Research problem or question to investigate

How to select an area for research
How to select appropriate variables
How to formulate hypotheses, operational definitions etc.
Collating literature on researches done previously
How to proceed in case of a new domain

• Research methodology

Which methods to use - Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed, etc.
How to select a sample as per aim
How to select appropriate tools
How to collate data - Gathering and selecting the material (such as datasets or archival data) to be used in the analysis.

• Processing and analysing data.

How to select appropriate tools for statistical analysis
Brief on statistical analysis

• How to write the research paper -
• How to write references in APA format
• How to create an appendix , so on.

Happening on :
* 15 & 16 April
* 10 am - 5 pm (both days)
* Charges - INR 1555/- (all inclusive) (light lunch will be served on both the days)
* Certificate of Participation shall be awarded to all participants
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