Session started with a welcom address by HOD BME. A pleasant good morning to all. Our beloved principal, Dr. M. Akila Muthuramalingam, our most respected chief guest, Dr. J Sivaraman, and the heads of the departments, faculty members, and fellow students. It is indeed a great honor and pleasure for me to welcome you all to a seminar on STRATEGIES FOR WRITING AN EFFECTIVE FUNDED RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH PAPERS. About the guest speaker, Dr. J Sivaraman, has completed his postdoc under the National Post-Doctoral Fellowship [2017-2019] from DST-SERB, Government of India. He is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology & Medical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha.Dr. Sivaraman has undertaken several sponsored projects and published articles in well-known journals such as ResearchGate, Elsevier, and the AmericanbScientific Publisher.He also serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals including IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics,
International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, and Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence.In addition, he holds memberships in several societies, including:Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) - Life MemberInternational Society of Electrocardiology (ISE) - Life MemberBiomedical Engineering Society of India (BMESI) -
Life MemberInternational Society for Heart Research (ISHR) - Life MemberIEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) - MemberSociety for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI) - Life MemberWith all these accomplishments, let us begin this seminar with an open mind and a willingness to learn. I hope that by the end of this
seminar, each and every one of you will have gained a deeper understanding of writing a research paper.