Present about basic concepts about formulating a research project with very high rate of success in terms of outputs. also cover management of research outcome for societal good
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Project Formulation and Outcome Management
1. Project Formulation and
Outcome Management
Presentation at Online National Workshop on Research
Methodology: Concepts and Applications, MPUAT, Udaipur, 26th
June 2020
S.K. Soam
ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research
Management (NAARM)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
@SK_Soam
sudhir.soam@icar.gov.in
2. Purpose and Approach of Research
• Why are we doing PhD?
– A- Enhance qualification
– B- Find out solution to a problem
– C- Just time pass [wait for ARS]
• How are we doing research?
– Whether research question is clear?
– Do we have a hypotheses to prove/reject?
– What is the Rationale?
– Do we have any outcome plan?
3. Hierarchy of Objectives in a
Research Project
• Project Goal [What you intend to
contribute for societal good?]
• Outcome [what are you giving to society?]
• Purpose/ objective [what you intend to
do?]
• Outputs [what research results, a project
team require to achieve their purposes]
• Activities
• Inputs
4. Critical Components of a Research
Project
• Problem Identification
• Objectively verifiable indicators
• Critical Assumptions and Risk
• Go through following software of mine, put
in the Google search and you get the
website: First sign up and then sign in with
user name and password
– Research Concept Writer [Write a concept]
– Project Logframe Writer [Write detailed
project and implement]
– AHP Analyser [Research priority setting]
5. Outcome Management Ecosystem
Research Part:
• Protect your Intellectual Property [Patent, Design, Copyright,
Plant Variety, Geographical Indication]
• Communication: Publication and online networks
Startup Ecosystem Part: [a-IDEA of NAARM]
• Incubation
• Acceleration
• Private Investor [Not guide- initial funding by friends]
• Angel Investor [HNI own money invest at idea level, Guide,
Board Member]
• Venture Capitalist (VC) [Professionally managed LLP]
• Private Equity (PE) [Take share in ownership in your company]
Govt Support:
• NAHEP- Digital Solution Projects
• BIRAC
• NIDHI
6. Research to Development: You
need money
Who support at what stage?
• Idea stage
• Seed stage
• Early stage
• Growth stage [egg laying- Hen stage]
• Expansion stage
For what they support? NASSOM 205 data
• B2C [eCommerce-38%; Aggregators- 35%]
• B2B [Aggregators-23, payment-16,
consumer services-12, Edu tech-11%]
7. A case of rural outcome based research: Greenway
Grameen Infra to Greenway Appliances
Small Research Funds from
Indo-US Science and
Technology Board as
Incubate of Center for
Incubation Innovation and
Entrepreneurship (CIIE at IIM
Ahemdabad)
Stakeholder Networks
• Rural
• Angel Investor
Output Management: Steel
Technology
Outcome Management
• Protecting IP
• Provisional
patent/Patent/PCT
Application
• Startup
9. Share carefully: Creative commons
1.Attribution: Use, re-use, remix, build upon, even commercial
but give credit to Author
2. Attribution-No Derivatives: pass unchanged and in whole
including commercial but with credit to Author
3. Attribution-Non commercial-Share Alike: You need to put your
work under same conditions whatever build upon or remix
4. Attribution-Share Alike: Like 4 but can use commercial also
5. Attribution-Non commercial: Like 1 but non commercial
6. Attribution-Non commercial-No Derivatives: Most restrictive,
like 2 but no commercial.
GATS and Agricultural Higher Education in India by S.K. Soam and Kalpana Sastry
is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available
at www.naarm.ernet.in.
10. Thanks very much MPUAT
Dr NS Rathore, Hon’ble VC
Organizing Secretary/ Conveners
and All Participants of the Workshop
sudhir.soam@icar.gov.in