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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 Course Duration : Sep-Nov 2020
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 Enrollment : 20-May-2020 to 21-Sep-2020
 Exam registration : 14-Sep-2020 to 02-Nov-2020
 Exam Date : 20-Dec-2020

Enrolled

6800

Registered

2300

Certificate Eligible

1910

Certified Category Count

Gold

11

Silver

328

Elite

976

Successfully completed

595

Participation

228

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

VISWANATH K S 92%

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

ROHITH SRIKANTH 91%

PES UNIVERSITY

NEHA KUMARI 91%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ISHIKA SHARMA 91%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SAYANTAN NASKAR 90%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

GAURAV CHANDRAKANT DALWADI 90%

SUNIL KISHORKUMAR VITHALANI 90%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

SHUBHASISH SARKAR 90%

JALPAIGURI GOVT. ENGINEERING COLLEGE

B. NARESH KUMAR 90%

BHARATH INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

KARTIK DETROJA 90%

Government Polytechinc Porbandar

GOPA MANDAL 90%

KALYANI GOVT. ENGINEERING COLLEGE

AKANKSHA SINGH 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ARINDAM CHATTERJEE 87%

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL

DEVYANI DAS 87%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ARPIT JAIN 87%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

SOHOM GHOSH 87%

Fidelity Investments

B. V. ARUN KIRAN 87%

Homi Bhabha National Institute

VINAY KUMAR 86%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ACHYUTHA HARISH 86%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

KARUNESH KUMAR ARORA 86%

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

P GOWTHAM 86%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

N SANKAR 86%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUDUCHERRY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

MINTU GHOSH 85%

BENGAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DHRUMIL GIRISHBHAI GANDHI 85%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

SHRAVANA BARDHAN 85%

George College

TANAYA HALDER 85%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

TAILOR SUHEAB KHAN 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ETHAMUKKALA GNANENDRA NAIDU 85%

Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science

UJJAL DEY 85%

JALPAIGURI GOVT. ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SUDARSHAN SWAIN 85%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SURENDER 85%

Indian Institute of Technology,(BHU) Varanasi

VALLURIPALLI PRANITHA 84%

BHAVANS VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE

AVANI ARVIND VITHALANI 84%

Government Engineering College, Sector-28, Gandhinagar

PRASAD DIXIT 84%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

ARINDAM SAIN 84%

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL

RAHUL PATEL 84%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

KAUSTUV CHATTERJEE 84%

S.R.M. INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PANDAVKUMAR K PATEL 84%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

SONALI HAZRA DAS 84%

Heritage Institute of Technology

SWAPNAVA SAHA 84%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

NEELAKANTHA GURU 84%

BIJU PATNAIK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA

JEENESH REDDY GUNDLURU 84%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

MANOJ KUMAR MISRA 84%

IGCAR

DESAI KHUSHALI YOGDEEP 84%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

ARAVINDAN S 84%

IGCAR


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

ANUP KUMAR MALLICK 83%

KALYANI GOVT. ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SHANTILAL P PADHIYAR 83%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

SHUVRANIL BANERJEE 83%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

SAMADHAN CHANDRAKANTRAO KULKARNI 83%

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING JALGAON

CHANDRAGIRI HIMAVATHI 83%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SURAPU REDDY MANIKANTESWARA REDDY 83%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ARATI SUHAS PRABHU 83%

SVKMs Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy

AKHIL G NAIR 83%

N MOHANA SUNDARAM 83%

KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

VISHNU VARDHAN CHANDRAGIRI 83%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

MARTHALA PRAVEEN KUMAR REDDY 83%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

AMANDEEP SINGH MAKHIJA 83%

Government Polytechnic Kheda

PATEL SANDIP THAKORBHAI 83%

Government Engineering College, Valsad

ADITI SENGUPTA 83%

Siliguri Institute of Technology

PRANEETHA PALAKODETI 83%

Bhavans Vivekananda College of Science, Humanities and Commerce

PRAJAPATI NIMESH RAJANIKANTBHAI 82%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

SATAKSHI CHATTERJEE 82%

University of Mysore

KOYYAGURA SAI PRAKASH REDDY 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DISHA DEVENDRA SAIL 82%

BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVANS SARDAR PATEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DR R SENTHIL GANESH 82%

SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

RISHIRAJ KALITA 82%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

JAYASHREE NAYAK 82%

INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SARANG

SHANTIRAM NEPAL 82%

MYLAPPAGARI PRUTHVI 82%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

N ANIL 82%

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

PAYAL HARSHADBHAI ANDHARIA 81%

L. D. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

JAGADEESH TIRUVEEDHULA 81%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

PALETI SRINIVAS 81%

GITAM

PINKESH VASANTBHAI PATEL 81%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

KOTHAPALLI RAMESHCHANDRA 81%

VISHNU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

VINEETH V 81%

Government Polytechnic College Kalamassery

GANESH SHRIDHARRAO RAGHTATE 81%

DATTA MEGHE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

GUMMA KAVYA 81%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

SULAKSHNA T P 81%

Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham

YANAMALA SINDHU 81%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

KONREDDY RAJITHA 81%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ABHAY ANNA KHONJE 81%

BOSCH

PIYALI ADAK 81%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

POONAM UPRETI 81%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

B DASTAGIRI REDDY 81%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ANDHRA PRADESH

PRIYANKA CHAUDHARY 81%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

VIKAS GUPTA 80%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

DR SHRIPAD PRABHAKAR MOHANI 80%

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING JALGAON

AYESHA MATHUR 80%

GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY

THEJESWEE N 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

ANKITA BORUAH 80%

COTTON UNIVERSITY

PEDDAPUTTA ARIFA 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

VANAPALLI SHANKER NATH 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

JADAV PRASHANT MILANKUMAR 80%

Dharmsinh Desai University, Faculty of Technology

MOUTAN MUKHOPADHYAY 80%

BENGAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

V SAMEER BASHA 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

TUNGA LAKSHMI PRASANNA 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

GOWNI SAI PRAKASH 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

MALICHETTI HIMA VIGNESH 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

RANOJIT BANERJEE 80%

Heritage Institute of Technology

REEMA SHAH 80%

THAKUR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH

KHUSHI BANERJEE 80%

ASANSOL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

MR TUSHAR GANPAT RUKARI 80%

YASHWANTRAO BHONSALE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

SHAIK KHADAR HUSSAIN BASHA 80%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

NARENDRAKUMAR VINUBHAI CHAUHAN 80%

DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY,NADIAD

SHEFALI PRATAP SONAVANE 80%

WALCHAND COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,SANGLI

SHILPA MISHRA 80%

MVSR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

AAKHASH CHERIYAN 80%

S.R.M. INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

KARTIK ASHOKKUMAR 80%

SRI SIVASUBRAMANIYA NADAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SHANMUGHAM MEYAMMAI 80%

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

S.MURUGESAN 80%

GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, TRICHY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 6800

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 1915

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

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.