UPCOMING EVENT

3-Day eWorkshop on “AI Tools for Smarter Research and Faster Publications". 

6 to 8 August, 2026 from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM (on Google Meet).


This highly relevant and useful eWorkshop aims to equip research scholars and educatos with practical AI-powered tools to enhance every stage of the research lifecycle, from literature discovery and academic writing to publication and research visibility. It also seeks to promote the responsible, ethical, and effective use of artificial intelligence to improve research quality, productivity, and scholarly impact.


Lecture Coverage: 

Day 1: From Research Ideas to Literature Discovery: Leveraging AI for Research Exploration

• Understanding how AI can help identify promising research areas and emerging research trends

• Exploring interdisciplinary research opportunities and refining research ideas

• Conducting comprehensive literature searches using AI-powered academic search strategies

• Building a strong literature review by identifying foundational, recent, and highly influential studies

• Mapping citation networks to understand relationships among research articles

• Tracing the evolution of research topics and identifying key authors and landmark publications


Day 2: From Literature to Manuscript: AI-Assisted Research Analysis and Academic Writing

• Identifying research gaps and developing novel research questions using AI-assisted techniques

• Synthesizing evidence from multiple research papers to build theoretical foundations

• Reading, summarizing, and extracting key findings from academic articles efficiently

• Generating structured literature summaries, thematic analyses, study notes, and research insights

• Improving academic writing quality through AI-assisted language enhancement, grammar correction, and manuscript refinement

• Understanding ethical and responsible use of AI in academic research and scholarly writing


Day 3: From Research to Impact: AI for Analysis, Scholarly Communication, and Research Visibility

• Designing publication-quality conceptual frameworks, diagrams, and research models

• Using AI to support coding, data analysis, machine learning, bibliometric analysis, and natural language processing

• Automating citation management and bibliography creation for research manuscripts

• Measuring research impact using citation metrics and scholarly indicators

• Selecting suitable journals for publication and improving research visibility

• Developing strategies for academic branding and increasing scholarly influence


Resource Person: 

Prof. Dhaval Mehata, Dept. of Business & Industrial Management, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University 


Registration: There is a very nominal registration fee for full-time researchers/ PG students i.e. Rs.349 and for educators Rs.399. Participants will receive lecture recordings (2 months), and e-certificate along with exercises and study materials upon successful completion of the programme. Interested participants may register using the link below:

As seats are limited, early registration is highly encouraged.