If you are interested in joining the Research and Publication Ethics course offered by St Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, you may register yourself in the following form. RPE - 2026 has completed in June 2026. The dates of the course for 2027 are not yet decided, the course is usually conducted during June-October. We will send you an email before starting the next batch. If there are not enough students the college may not conduct the course.
Please take care while filling email id. Make sure you are entering the spellings correctly.
Before filling the form, please read and understand the following:
About the course:
Please note that attending the Research and Publication Ethics course conducted by St Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur will NOT exempt you from appearing the course work examination (PQE) at your respective universities, where you have registered for PhD. This course is intended only to impart knowledge and lessons on the topics of Research and Publication Ethics. The provision of sharing credits using ABC/APAAR id is not yet available for this course.
The course contents are available in the asynchronous format through Google Classroom. Recorded videos are available and the participants may listen to them at any time as per their convenience. Some study materials in print will be available the Google Classroom.
There will be assignments for each video session. In addition, there will be an online multiple choice examination at the end of the course. 50% is required to pass the examination. Only those participants who complete the assignments and examination successfully will be awarded an e-certificate.
No Objection Certificate (NOC) or Leave is NOT REQUIRED to participate in the course. However, participants may inform their research supervisors or heads of institutions about their participation. Certificate of attendance or duty will NOT be issued by St Thomas College for the purpose.
The tentative course fee is Rs 1600.
Team RPE
Department of Library and Information Studies and Research and Development Cell,
St Thomas College (Autonomous),
Thrissur - 1
