The Department of Panchakarma, Amrita School of Ayurveda, organized a one day workshop on Introduction to Research Methodology for Ayurveda Post Graduates on February 27, 2016. The workshop was conducted on behalf of Center for Public Health Protection by Dr. Hari Sankar D., Research Officer, State Health Systems Resource Centre, Trivandrum; Dr. Sreenidhi S., Consultant Management, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Trivandrum and Dr. Sumesh Soman, Public Health Researcher, JIPMER, Puducherry.

Dr. Ananth Ram Sharma and Dr. Vineeth P. K. and PG Scholars of Amrita School of Ayurveda attended the workshop.

The following points were discussed in the workshop,

• Introduction to Data
• Description of Data: Tables and Graphs: How to create and where to use
• Summarizing Data: Measures of Central Tendency and dispersion
• Developing a Research Question and choosing a study Design
• Overview of Sampling Techniques and its Estimation
• What is inferential statistics?
• Hypothesis Testing & overview to use of Data Entry and Analysis using Software