Course Name: Introduction to Research

Course abstract

Large numbers of students are actively considering and taking up research and associated higher studies. This course aims to introduce students to the important aspects of research. The intent of the course is to make students aware of the details associated with formal research and to help students overcome common misconceptions that may be present in their minds. By going through this course, students are likely to be able to take up research activities in a more systematic and formal manner right from the beginning.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Prathap Haridoss

Prof. Prathap Haridoss has been a faculty in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, since 2001. He has a B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras, and a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Before joining IIT Madras as faculty, he worked as a Senior Scientist at Plug Power a Fuel cell company in Latham New York. He has published papers in the areas of Carbon nanomaterials, Fuel Cells, Lithium ion batteries, semiconducting nanomaterials, and recycling of electronic waste. He also has three US patents in the area of PEM Fuel cells.f PEM Fuel cells.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

DIKSHA KHAKAL

MS

 Course Duration : Aug-Oct 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 26-Aug-2019
 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 30-Sep-2019
 Exam Date : 17-Nov-2019, 17-Nov-2019

Enrolled

7055

Registered

2232

Certificate Eligible

1903

Certified Category Count

Gold

9

Silver

483

Elite

991

Successfully completed

420

Participation

138

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment score
Introduction to Research - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

SATYA RAJESH MEDIDI 91%

INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH

JAYANTA BHUSAN BASU 91%

SILIGURI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SHAIFALI MALUKANI 90%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

HEMANT KUMAR 90%

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ARUNIMA SINGH 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

PADMANABHAN 90%

Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research

DEB KUMAR ADAK 90%

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT, KOLAGHAT

RAHUL DEV MAHATO 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

RAJAT KUMAR 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ABHISAK SHARMA 88%

Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panipat

RASIKA SHIRISH RANSING 88%

VIDYALANKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SANTOSH KUMAR GUPTA 88%

Central University of Jharkhand

MUTTAQI AHMAD ALLADIN 88%

CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,PRODDATUR

MITUL RANJAN CHAKRABORTY 88%

SILIGURI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

GUDURU LAKSHMI SHIREESHA 88%

RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES-AP, IIIT-RKVALLEY

MAHABOOBALI NADAF 88%

JAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MACHHE, BELAGAVI

SNIGDHASURAPANENI 88%

LAKIREDDY BALI REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SHAIK MOHAMMED JAVEED 87%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

KUMAR ANKIT UPADHAYAY 87%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SEEMA SAREEN 87%

DEV SAMAJ COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, SECTOR 36-B, CHANDIGARH

ABHIHSEK KUMAR SRIVASTAVA 87%

Galgotias University

ANUVERTIKA PANDEY 87%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

MARELLA RAMESH 87%

MLR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MUKESH KUMAR 87%

TERNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

UDAYINI DIKKALA 87%

STANLEY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

M.PRIYANKA 86%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

MIRZA IRSHAD BAIG MIRZA SADIK BAIG 86%

PROF RAM MEGHE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

AMIT PRAKASH PATIL 86%

ANNASAHEB DANGE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

JAYANT KUMAR SURANA 86%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

PARTHA MISHRA 86%

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, KOLAGHAT

VISHAL SHUKLA 86%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

JAYANTA KUMAR DAS 86%

MAKAUT

ISHITA GHOSH 86%

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT (UEM)

ARIJIT ADHIKARY 86%

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL

PRASHANT KARN 86%

NSHM KNOWLEDGE CAMPUS, KOLKATA

SUJA JAYACHANDRAN 86%

VIDYALANKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MEGHA GUPTA 85%

JIMS

SIDDAPPAGARI DIVYA 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DALSANIA PIYUSHKUMAR CHANDULAL 85%

A. V. PAREKH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, RAJKOT

MANOJ K JADHAV 85%

PILLAI HOC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

SIVA KUMAR KANDE 85%

GAYATRI VIDYA PARISHAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

HARINI R 85%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING, KANCHEEPURAM

SAHANA P 85%

SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

AKANKSHA JOSHI 85%

NIFTEM

P KARTHIK 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SITHARA JEYARAJ 85%

MAR ATHANASIUS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BIKASH SINGH 85%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

VINEET 85%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

DUPATI SUSMITHA 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DR ARKAPRABHA SAU 85%

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL

AKASHNARAYANAN B 85%

DWARAKA DOSS GOVERDHAN DOSS VAISHNAV COLLEGE

DR. SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

P.BHARATH KUMAR 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

M.CHAITANYA 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

NILIM MANNA 85%

GEORGE COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

POORVI SUBRAMANIAN 84%

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

A. DHARMIKA 84%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

NARA VENKATA KUMAR REDDY 84%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

J VANAJA 84%

HBNI

M NANDINI 84%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

MANJAY PAL 84%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ARAVIND CHAKKERA 84%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SHABANA HUDA 84%

CAMELLIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,MADHYAMGRAM

DEVESH PANDEY 84%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

NIKITA PARITOSH DESAI 83%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

TIPOLE PRALHAD JAYSING 83%

VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

MD AKTAR HOSSAIN 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SAMIR DAS 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SANDEEP KUMAR GUPTA 83%

NIT KURUKSHETRA

AMIT MAINAN 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

BISWAJIT MONDAL 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SUMA UMESH 83%

BMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

SUJA RAMACHANDRAN 83%

Homi Bhabha National Institute

PEDDI ANUDEEP 83%

GITAM Institute of Technology

SUDARSHAN SWAIN 83%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DR.N.ANITHA 83%

SULTAN-UL-ULOOM COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

ATUL SETYA 83%

GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY

RITESH PRASAD 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ANIMESH KARMAKAR 83%

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, KOLAGHAT

DIVYA R 83%

MEPCO SCHLENK ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SANTU GUIN 83%

TECHNO INDIA, SALT LAKE, WEST BENGAL

SAUMY AGARWAL 83%

NIT KURUKSHETRA

PANDYA HARIOM ASHOKKUMAR 82%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

S IRFAN BASHA 82%

NIT

AJAY KUMAR YADAV 82%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

RAMGOPAL SAHU 82%

P.E.SS MODERN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

PALAKKUMAR BHATT 82%

A. V. PAREKH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, RAJKOT

TRUPTI MARKOSE 82%

DWARKADAS J.SANGHVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

NAGAVENI S A 82%

GM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PEDDI NENI SAI KUMAR NAIDU 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DHWANIL TRIVEDI 82%

DWARKADAS J. SANGHVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CHETAN NARAYANRAO DESHMUKH 82%

TERNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

MOLAKA GURUPRASAD REDDY 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

KSHITIJ PATHAK 82%

Government Polytechnic College Mandsaur

AFAQUE ALAM 82%

BAKHTIYARPUR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

MOORTHI A 82%

BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE

GARIMA JOSHI 82%

UIET, PANJAB UNIVERSITY

M.SANTHIYA 82%

KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SUCHARITA DEBNATH 82%

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL

ABHIJIT SAHOO 82%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

KAILAS B KOLEKAR 82%

D.Y.PATIL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TALEGAON, PUNE

MRIGANKA DUTTA 82%

NSHM KNOWLEDGE CAMPUS, KOLKATA

SHUBHRA AGGARWAL 82%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

OMENDRA PURI 82%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SUCHARITA PAL 82%

ASANSOL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

DEEPANJAN DAS 82%

OM DAYAL GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS

GEETANJALI NILESH SAWANT 82%

RAJENDRA MANE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

VISHWANATHA SIDDHARTHA 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

RAHUL SARASWAT 82%

NIT KURUKSHETRA

SIDDHARAJ VIJAYKUMAR KUMBHAR 82%

SHREE SIDDHESHWAR WOMENS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, SOLAPUR

DADIREDDY SRAVANI 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

S.VIJAY KUMAR REDDY 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

NARENDRABABU A 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

KAUSTAV KANTI NANDI 82%

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDY

A. VINITA MARY 82%

DR.M.G.R.EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

KAUSTUV DEB 82%

SUPREME KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS

DEEPIKA M. HARWANI 82%

R.C.TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,AHMEDABAD

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 7055

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 2232

Assignment Statistics



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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.