2026 Dissertation

Resources and Plan

• Read all the sections and subsections listed in this section  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/index.html 

In fact, this resource was already listed on your course description of SEC in the third semester. So brush it up. 

• Read all the sections and subsections listed in this section          https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/research_papers/index.html 

• Particularly complete the Writing a Research Paper: Generating Questions & Topics Workshop https://t.ly/EW2Ut   

• Read through the following article in the MLA Style Center https://style.mla.org/student-guide-to-ai-literacy/

• Read the chapter "Academic Writing" by Sharmila Majumdar. If you did not study it in your UG days, you can find it now in Enrich 2, the UG textbook of University of Kalyani, under NEP 2020 syllabus. 

Dateline

1. After the deadline for the first internal assessment expires on 24 April 2026, an in-person online test focussed on 'Choosing a Topic' [LINK: https://tinyurl.com/yc5muatz to the content] will be held at 'smart' classroom at 10:30 AM on 6 May 2026 Wednesday.

2. You need to grade at least 50% marks in the above test and complete all the reading mentioned in the above section before you will be allowed to proceed to the stage of choosing your area and topic. 

3. First paragraph of the approved proposal and title will be due in 14 days after the area and topic are approved. 

4. Date of submission of the dissertation  will be announced subsequently. 

Communication

For any inquiry or clarification email me at dhrubas[at]klyuniv.ac.in. 

* If you [still!] do not know or are uncertain about how to email your teacher, follow this Wikihow. 

* Inappropriate emails will not be responded to. 

* Also make sure that you have read this website before emailing your query. 

* [Pronouns: he/his/him; although the course tries to be consciously gender-neutral]

*It is acceptable to use any AI guided writing tools (like Chat GPT) to compose your email, as long as you yourself is able to write a similar email. Use the technology without putting yourself blindly on autopilot. As in real life the responsibility of your actions (read 'writing' in this context) cannot be delegated to 'someone' else.