Guest Lecture on ‘Art of Literature survey in Research Work’

A Guest Lecture on “Art of Literature survey in Research Work” was organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, MVJCE on 19.04.202 from 10:30 AM to 12.30 PM in the seminar hall 6, MVJCE. The Guest Speaker for the event was Dr. Ujjwal Sreenag Meda, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, RVCE, Bangalore. The lecture was attended by 70 participants from inside (faculty and students) of MVJCE.

About the Speaker

Dr. Ujjwal S Meda is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, RVCE, Bangalore.

He secured his B.E., from Siddhaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, and secured his M.S., in Chemical Engineering from TU/e, The Netherlands. He has also completed Doctor of Philosophy in Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. His research interests lie, broadly, in Nano technology; Process and Product Design; Bulk Solids Handling; Process integration, Modelling and Simulation; Alternate fuels and fuel cells. Dr. Ujjwal S Meda has published over 9 International Journals and 27 International conferences and got a DST funded project in the year of April 2018.

A Brief Account of the Lecture

The session started with the welcome address by Dr. Mahabaleswarappa, Principal, MVJCE for the students and the guest speaker. He gave the importance of literature review for the final years and the pre-final years in their project review and for the building career in Chemical Engineering.

The Lecture was started by Dr. Ujjwal S Meda with a discussion on “Art of Literature Review” giving a detailed description from selecting the topic to getting it published in an esteemed journal. He had explained how to write a review paper starting with introduction which includes the topic definition, purpose for selection of the topic and the overall trend, followed by the theme, chronology and methodology, major contributions of our findings and opinion for future scope.

The Speaker stressed on the steps for publishing the paper like deciding the area of research, finding the relevant excerpts, coding the literature, and creating a conceptual scheme. He had given us ideas on how to make data correlation using excel sheet. Finally, the speaker had concluded about the tools for literature using the Mendeley software, by tabbing in the papers for convenient access to standard styles and references.

After the presentation, Q&A session was conducted where the Speaker addressed the queries of attendees are clarified during the session.

The student had concluded with vote of thanks to the MVJ management, Principal, COE, and Vice Principal of MVJCE for providing this opportunity to gain knowledge on art of literature review in Chemical Engineering. The event organizers are grateful to Guest Speaker Dr. Ujjwal S Meda for delivering informative and impressive aspects of literature survey on research work in Chemical Engineering applications and motivating the interested young generations. A special mention to IT HELPDESK and team for their technical support during the session.

Outcome of the Event

The lecture enabled the attendees to strengthen their knowledge on following a systematic way for research and inspiring about publishing the paper in repudiated journal