As part of Student Development Program, the Department of Sociology and Social Work, GEMS Arts and Science College, Malappuram conducted a webinar on the topic; Research: Myths and Misconceptions, Pragmatic researching – an insider story on 16th August 2020 (Sunday) from 2:30 pm to 4 pm. The program begun with the welcome speech of Ms. Narghees A, the student coordinator (3rd Semester MSW). Dr. Naveen Mohan, the Principal of GEMS Arts and Science College officially inaugurated the program. In his words, he mentioned some of his experiences and memories of research works during his PhD. After the inaugural session, resource person Mr. Krishnanunni Chemmathu, Research Scholar, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Tamil Nadu and Fellow - ICSSR lead the session by defining the main title of the webinar i.e. research and also mentioned about the things that we shouldn’t do during the time of research. He discussed about the misconceptions as well as the myths which are existing in the field of research. He also explained about the importance of doing research and “why should we do research?”. After the session Dr. Mirshad Rahman T M, Head of Department of Sociology and Social Work, delivered the felicitation to the program and also shared his view points and experiences of conducting research work. The session was very informative for the participants and there were more than 100 participants including faculties and students from various institutions such as SNDP College, Perinthalmanna, Ideal College, Cherpulassery, Nethaji College, Nemmara, Ideal College, Thavanur, Mercy College, Palakkad and Sree Shankaracharya University of Sanskrit etc. also tried to be part of the webinar. Faculties like Mr. Arun K (Program Coordinator), Mr. Aneesh, Mrs. Anju Haridas and Ms. Ashitha also participated in the webinar on behalf of the Department of Sociology and Social Work. The participants used the Question and Answer session for clarify their doubts. After that there was a feedback session, the feedbacks were given by Ms. Divya (Faculty, SNDP College Perinthalmanna), Mr. Kasim A H (3rd Semester MSW Student GEMS Arts and Science College) etc. The webinar was winded up with the vote of thanks by Mrs. Kuloodh P, 3rd Semester MSW Student by 4:30 p m.