21st April, 2022

The seminar began with the introduction (given by Ms. Blossom Pereira) about the Chairperson for the event -Mr. Prashant Kale, who is the in- charge Principal at Gokhale Education & Research, Parel. He is currently also a research guide at the University of Mumbai. The Resource people were Dr. Cindrella D’mello ma’am & Dr. Shakuntala S. Nighot ma’am. They presented their Research Paper in the following area:

Title: Family, Mass Media & Education: Agents of political socialization- By Dr. Cindrella D’mello. Some of the aims of the Research Paper was to understand what is Political Socialization, shaping & transmitting nations political culture & generating political culture. Cindrella ma’am spoke about, how more educated people should be joining politics & all of us need to have some basic awareness about the politics, of our country. Mass media should not be the primary source for political information for students, but family, schools & colleges should also be a good source of information for them.

Title: Citation Analysis of Ph.D. Thesis in Education: By Dr. Shakuntala S. Nighot. Some of the aims of the Research Paper were, to find out the areas of research in Education & to find out the principal types of information resources used in Education research. Ma’am spoke about how researchers should explore contemporary issues in education and also how more research should be conducted in interdisciplinary subjects.

Dr. Prashant Kale then gave his insights to students about the following: Quality Research is very important for the progress of our country.

It is very important to carry out Research which is useful & important & and just not any research. The session ended with a thankful note (given by Ms’ Binaisha Fernandes) to Dr. Prashant Kale, Dr. Cindrella ma’am, Dr.Shakuntala ma’am & to our Principal Dr. Sr. Tanuja ma’am.The students were given a Google form, to share their feedback for the session conducted.

Both the Research papers were presented very well & nicely explained. This will definitely help us to carry out any research studies in future. Also, the information shared will be very helpful for the students for their Action Research Project. We are very thankful to Dr. Cindrella ma'am & Dr. Shakuntala ma’am for conducting this informative session for students.

Many students raised their queries which were promptly answered and explained. She shared her personal experiences of working on cases related to the above mentioned crimes. She also said that every case ruling may vary depending on the circumstances and the amount of evidence present because it is necessary to have Proof beyond reasonable doubt to convict a person. It was a very informative, knowledge packed and fruitful session for the students.