• Introduction
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Contents
• Methodology
• Medium of instructions
• Resource person
• Deadline for registration
• Registration fee
• Discount
• Withdrawal requests
• Cancellation/postponement
• Award of certificates
• Time
• Further information
• Registration form

Introduction
Technical (scientific, engineering, research) reports have special requirements. If not done well, they fail to achieve the objective for which they are written. Unfortunately, technical writing for many professionals remain a weak area. It is not systematically taught in academic institutions. Individuals learn this skills through self or peer teaching by hit and trial methods which may take many years. An inadequate expertise in this skill may mean lost opportunities and difficulties in career development. This training workshop is designed to enable the participants to improve their knowledge and acquire skills in technical writing.

Objectives
After completion of the workshop, participants will be expected to:

• Understand the aims and elements of technical writing
• Understand the essentials and components of a technical and research report
• Improve their knowledge of drafting, editing, documentation and presentation of technical reports
• Generate logical arguments through critical and creative thinking

Methodology
SDPI follows participatory and experiential training approach for skill development. The session plans, besides lectures, are developed around experience-sharing, group work, practices and presentations. Based on the feedback on earlier training programmes, sessions have been planned to optimise satisfaction of the participants and achieve objectives of the workshop. Efforts are made to tailor such trainings according to expectations of the registered participants.

The workshop is designed to directly involve participants, individually as well as in groups, in writing effective reports, and they will have an opportunity to discuss ideas and present solutions.

Contents
The workshop will cover the following topics:

• What is Technical Writing
  • Aims of technical writing
  • Elements of technical writing
• Thinking Process
  • Critical and creative thinking
• Writing Process
  • Pre-writing
  • Drafting
  • Revising
  • Editing
• Paragraphing
  • Types and patterns of paragraphs
  • Qualities of a good paragraph
  • Reducing paragraph sprawl
  • Adding variety and style to paragraphs
  • Effective use of transitions to improve writing
• Editing
  • Using proper words
  • Achieving consistency
  • Sentence combining
  • Proof reading
  • Spellings and punctuation
  • Consistency
• Technical Report Formats
  • Types of technical reports
  • Components of a technical report
  • How to write various components of a technical report
• Documentation
  • APA and MLA styles
• Critiquing Major Sections of a Research Report

Medium of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop.

Resource person
A team of experienced and professional trainers will conduct the training.

Deadline for registration
Please return the attached registration form to the Program Secretary, SDPI, by 31 March 2008 at the latest via fax or mail. The institute will confirm the registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Seats are limited; the applicants will be registered on a first come, first serve basis. Bookings will close for registration if all the seats are taken up before the last date.

Registration fee
Rs 11,500/= per participant.

Discount

• 25% discount is available to the following:
  • Women
  • SDPI members
  • HRDN members on each nomination
  • Students registering through their institutions
  • Other organizations registering two or more persons
• Special discount for journalists:
  • One free seat is available to nominees of Press Clubs. 25% discount will be given on additional nominations

Withdrawal requests will be processed as under:

10 or more days before workshop	Full refund
Nine to four days before workshop	75 percent refund
Three days before workshop	50 percent refund
Two or less days before workshop	No refund

Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.

Award of certificates

• Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
• Trainees who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial attendance certificates.
• Trainees attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given letters specifying the sessions that they attended.

Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)

Further information
For further details, please contact Program Support Secretary at Tel: 92-51-2278134 or Fax: 92-51-2278135.

Registration form
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