Dear all, Gubbi Labs, as a part of its training program is conducting a series of short-courses for students, researchers and professionals. We are now offering separate course on Research Essentials that is going to be held on *21st Feb - 22nd Feb 2015* at Bengaluru. The last date for online application/registration is 7th Feb 2015. The *revised and re-designed* program deals with research essentials only with the goal of enabling participants with fundamentals of research and ways to go about carrying out independent research. It will go through aspects of defining the research; literature review; framing the objectives and questions; hypothesis testing, brief overview of statistical methods; and conclude with writing and presentation skills. The course will provide hands-on exposure to some of the tools like Freemind and Mendeley for research essentials. *Session Details:* Session 1: The Research Enterprise Session 2: Framing the research objectives and questions Session 3: Review of a few key Research Papers Session 4: Literature Review and Ways of Gathering Information Session 5: Managing References and Working with Mendeley Session 6: Getting the basics right: overview of hypothesis testing and statistical methods Session 7: Presenting your research: Writing and Presentation Skills Session 8: Group Work and Run-down of the Research process Potential participants are encouraged to go through the course description and apply/register. Interested participants are encouraged to register here: http://research-essentials.doattend.com/ and avail early bird discount on registrations (before 31st Jan 2015). For more details, please check http://courses.gubbilabs.in or contact: courses@xxxxxxxxxxxx. Thanks, Sudhira.