A workshop on Qualitative research was conducted by Centre of Post Graduate Studies and Research, St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru , on 4 and 5 October 2021. The workshop was taken by Dr Priya Thomas from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, NIMHANS, Department of Social work. She is engaged in developing and rendering psychosocial interventions in neurological disorders. She has special interest and expertise in qualitative research methodology and palliative care. In her inaugural address she said that qualitative research is important, and it is necessary to motivate the students to take up interest in research. Introduction to Qualitative Research, Approaches in Qualitative research, Data collection procedures in Qualitative Research and Data Analysis in Qualitative Research were the topics deliberated for the day. A total of 40 delegates participated. The core objective of the workshop was to equip the research scholars with a set of skills and potentiality to undertake the research very effectively in the disciplines of social science and to turn completed research into publishable material of high quality in the form of articles, journals, and books. This workshop offered the practical guidelines and directed the researchers through all the stages of research from identifying a research problem to the submission of a dissertation, report writing and research article. The course intended to deal with a variety of qualitative research methods used in social science research. It also gave exposure to data analysis with the help of software packages. The workshop consisted of both theory and practical. By the end of the programme participants were expected to develop conceptual clarity and practical knowledge to undertake quality research and write good research papers, field-reports and project proposals etc. The workshop commenced, after the registration of participants, introductions, and Inaugural function.
