Following the Research Question workshop, a comprehensive Research Design workshop was conducted on November 4^th, 2012. Facilitated by Dr. Anil Sutar, Professor, TISS, the workshop aimed to introduce the fellows to research theory and to practically explore design, methodology and other aspects of research planning with specific topics.

During the first half of the workshop, the fellows were introduced to research theory, key words, their meaning and significance. Subsequently, the facilitator engaged with each group to tentatively create custom research designs for each chosen topic.

The research design workshop was conducted for the first time in the Youth Fellowship Programme. The importance of this workshop was impressed on the team as they are engaged in other research activity in PUKAR. Moreover, youth fellows were also faced with the popular misconception that all research is conducting surveys. It was to dispel this myth that they decided to organize a workshop on research design for the fellows as well.

A total of 17 fellows, 9 male and 8 female, attended the workshop. Since only 2-3 members from each group attended, it the workshop was challenging at two levels. First, they had to understand the plethora of issues regarding research design and second, they had to communicate the same to the rest of their group members.