2nd FACULTY RESEARCH MEET

On 16th and 17th August 2012, RUB 2nd Faculty Research Meet was held at Gaeddu College. It was organized by Department of Research and External Relations, RUB with the theme “Generating Reliable and Useful Knowledge, Building a Credible University”. Faculty members from different colleges under the RUB had participated in the conference. The participants presented various papers on varying topics. Some presentations are just at an early stage and many of the participants were presenting papers that they are proposing/working for their PhD programme. Open discussions were held for each papers after the presentation. The students of GCBS also took active part during the two day session. The guest Dr. Ha Vinh Tho, currently is a program coordinator of Gross National Happiness Center in Bumthang and Thimphu. On a key note address, he said that research is the searching for what is not searched or not known to anyone. Participants felt that it is a very remarkable event for them because they could present their papers in front of many seasoned researchers from within the country, sharing different views on their topics. Research in Bhutan is gaining much momentum and popularity over the years. Participants also shared and deliberated many a times on research methodology, which according to many participants, is a real problem in research. Students who took part in the session said that they have been very much benefited from the presentations and they felt that it would be of much help for them when they do research projects from now onwards. The conference ended very successfully after 17 paper presentations within a two day period.