Education Research & Development Association (ERDA) successfully organized a five-day workshop on Data Analysis from June 12 to June 16, 2024, at Boring Road, Patna, Bihar. This initiative aimed to promote empirical research in Bihar. The workshop was conducted in a hybrid mode, with Dr. R. K. Mishra Associate Professor at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR, serving as the resource person.
Research scholars and faculty members actively participated, with a total of 48 participants from eight public universities in Bihar: Patna University, Patliputra University, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Jai Prakash University, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University, and Aryabhatta Knowledge University. Additionally, participants from other universities, including Assam University, University of Calicut, University of Allahabad, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Lovely Professional University, and Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, also attended.
The valedictory session was held on the last day of the workshop, June 16, 2024. Prof. (Dr.) Debabrata Mitra, Honorable Vice Chancellor of Dakshin Dinajpur University, a public university in West Bengal, delivered the valedictory address. Prof. (Dr.) Ram Prahlad Choudhary from the  University of Calcutta and President of ERDA, gave the presidential address. Several participants also shared their feedback during the session.