Guest lecture on Dissertation was organised on 21 sept 2021 Tuesday for M.Arch IA students from 11.30- 12.30. Ar.M.Shrruthi was invited to be the speaker for the session. She has done her masters in Interior Architecture at Faculty of Architecture, Dr. M.G.R Educational and Research Institute, Chennai. She has Worked in renowned firms in Bangalore and is now working with Hindustan Institute of technology and science, Chennai. She is also a Freelance Architect and interior designer who is doing projects in Chennai and Coimbatore

The presentation was very structured and explanations were very systematic starting from how to choose a domain of interest for dissertation research, to the formulation of title, then she insisted on the focus the research should have. She elaborated on the general frame work of any dissertation and mentioned the significance of knowing what to be included in the dissertation and also equally knowing clearly what not to be included. she explained the importance of understanding the difficulties and challenges and risk factors in that domain. She briefed on the process of dissertation research as well as the process of report writing.

Students got their queries clarified and gave their feedback that it had been highly useful to them as it gave them much clarity on the research process as well as report writing.