GGDSD College teachers attends expert lecture on ‘How to Improve Research Visibility and Impact’: The Readers Club, Department of Library, Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College, Sector 32, Chandigarh organised an Expert Lecture and launched the IRINS (Indian Research Information Network System) portal on May 25, 2022.
Dr Ajay Sharma, Principal, Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College welcomed the expert, Dr. Neeraj Kumar Singh, Deputy Librarian, Panjab University for his lecture titled
‘How to Improve Research Visibility and Impact’. Dr Sharma also stated that research is an elemental tool in the quiver of any academician. However, knowing how to respond to the latest trends and increasing the outreach of one’s research is fast becoming quintessential for today’s academicians.
Dr. Gurpreet Singh Sohal, Head Librarian, gave an overview of the IRINS portal, stating that the portal helps institutions, researchers and grant agencies in analysing their research output and designing further research projects. The GGDSD IRINS Portal (https://ggdsd.irins.org/) was officially launched by Dr Ajay Sharma, Principal, Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College, Sector 32, Chandigarh.
Dr Neeraj’s enlightening lecture emphasised on the importance of research visibility for advancing research output and acquiring grants for research projects. He showcased various portals such as ORCID, IRINIS, Vidwan, which he recommended all researchers must register on. He further highlighted the importance of H-index and G-index. The lecture was followed by an interactive session. Dr Pratibha Kumari, Head, Department of Hindi, gave the vote of thanks.
