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Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication

Prof. S. Ganesh · IIT Kanpur

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Lectures

Week 1: Introduction to the topic and on types of reasoning

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to the topic Video
  2. Lecture 2: Where do research ideas come from? Video
  3. Lecture 3: Inductive vs Deductive Reasoning Video

Week 2: Scientific hypothesis and abstract writing

  1. Lecture 4: Scientific Hypothesis Video
  2. Lecture 5: Scientific Hypothesis (contd.) Video
  3. Lecture 6: Testing the Hypothesis Video
  4. Lecture 7: Introduction to Scientific Writing Video
  5. Lecture 8: Writing an Abstract Video

Week 3: How to write a research article

  1. Lecture 9: Title for a Research Paper Video
  2. Lecture 10: Title and Keywords Video
  3. Lecture 11: Mileposts for the Article Writing Video
  4. Lecture 12: Writing the Methods Section Video

Week 4: Preparing figures and schematics, and oral communication

  1. Lecture 13: Writing the Results Section Video
  2. Lecture 14: Writing Results Section (Contd.) Video
  3. Lecture 15: How to Prepare Figures Video
  4. Lecture 16: How to Prepare Schematics Video
  5. Lecture 17: How to write Introduction and Discussion Sections Video
  6. Lecture 18: Finalizing the Manuscript and Ethics in Research Video
  7. Lecture 19: Writing a Research Proposal and Preparing for a Presentation Video
  8. Lecture 20: Tutorial Session: Oral communication Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 06-02-2021 Video
  2. Live Session 13-02-2021 Video
  3. Live Session 16-02-2020 Video
  4. Live Session 22-02-2020 Video
  5. Live Session 05-02-2022 Video
  6. Live Session 19-02-2022 Video
  7. Live Session 03-02-2024 Video
  8. Live Session 17-02-2024 Video
  9. Live Session 01-02-2025 Video
  10. Live Session 15-02-2025 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kanpur
Department
Biotechnology
Teacher
Prof. S. Ganesh
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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