MM-899

Communication & Presentation Skills-II

by
Prof. Shobha Shukla
&
Prof. V. K. Srivastava
(MEMS)
IITB, Mumbai

JULY-NOVEMBER-2022
Communication & Presentation Skills-II
(MM-899)
By

Prof. V. K. Srivastava
Former Head TDS/AMS , Scientific Officer ‘H+’
Chemical Engineering Group, BARC &
Presently
Adjunct Professor, MEMS, IITB, Mumbai-76
Email : vksriv1954@gmail.com/vksriv@iitb.ac.in
 MM-899
• WK 1: Introduction to MM 899.
• WK 2: Reading & Summarizing Technical
Writing/Paper.
• WK 3: Scientific Methods.
• WK 4: Listening & Notes Taking.
• WK 5: Formal Writing/Technical Writing.
• WK 6: Data Presentation.
• WK 7 & 8: Data Visualization.
 MM-899( contd /-)
• WK 9: Short Communication & Elevator Pitch.
• WK 10: Technical Presentation-Dos & Don’ts.
• WK 11: Speaking Skills & Oral Presentation.
• WK 12: Email Communication & Etiquettes.
• WK 13: Gender & Diversity in Communications.

COURSE OBJECTIVE & PROGRAM OBJECTIVE

 COMMUNICATIONS (SCIENTIFIC)
• IT IS A KIND OF SOFT SKILL,PRACTICE A MUST
• GOOD COMMAND IN LANGUAGE(ENGLISH)
• SHOULD HAVE A FOCUS & AVOID DETRACTION
• SHOULD BE FREE FROM FEAR & EXPECTATION
• STORIES TO MOTIVATE,INSPIRE & HARD WORK
LEARN UN-LEARN RE-LEARN
CURRICULAM(SUBJECTIVE)
PROJECT AND PROBLEM(OBJECTIVE)
 MM 899: COURSE DESCRIPTION
• Making Presentation- Short & Long
and Evaluating Them to Identify
What Makes a Good Presentation
• Discussion and Debates
• Listening & Comprehension of
Audio and Video Recording
 MM 899: TEXT REFERENCES
1. Strunk Jr., William; E.B. White, The Elements
of Style, 4th Edition, Longman (1999)
2. Truss, Lynne Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero
Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Gotham;
(2006)
3. Whitesides, George M.” Whitesides Group:
Writing a Paper”, Advanced Materials 16
1375-77(2004)
4. Lewis, Norman, ‘Word Power Made Easy ’,
2nd Edition , Goyal Publishers (1991)
 HS-791 & MM-791/899
• WK 1-2:Importance of communication skills for
researchers & aspiring technologists.
• WK 3-4:Reading including dictionary, grammar and
scientific articles.
• WK 5-6:Writing messages, abstracts and then
expanding to paragraphs.
• WK 7-8:Speaking and oral presentations.
• WK 9:Listening.
• WK 10:Contextual Viewpoint.
 HS-791 & MM-791/899( Contd/-)
• WK 11:Ethics in Research and Plagiarism.
• WK 12:Gender & Cultural Sensitivities in Social
Background Within Indian and International Contexts
including Ethnic Groups.
• WK 13:Transactional Analysis-Ego & Super Ego
Child Parent & Adult ; Transactional Stimulus &
Response ; Complimentary/Cross Transaction;
Initiation and Termination of Transactions.
• WK 14: Non-Verbal Communications.
 POSTULATES EXPERIMENT& INFERENCES PREPARE
CONCEPT & DATA & A PAPER /
PROCEDURE CONCLUSIONS
COLLECTION REPORT

DATA
ANALYSIS &
REPETITIONS

Main Stages of any Research Work

 4 Cs OF THE CONTENT

● Concise: short and to the point

● Contextual: Explain the background
● Clear: List or tabulate facts
● Correct Tone: no slang, no
contractions, or emotional
expressions
Distribution of Earth’s Water
 WATER TYPES
 Every organisms needs a Water to Survive.
 In nature there are different kinds of water available such
as
Sr.No. Types of water TDS(mg/l), ppm

1. Sea water 35000 – 43000

2. Brackish water 7000 – 15000

(High)

(Medium) 2000 – 7000

(Low) 1000 – 2000

3. Drinking water Below 500

 DATA COLLECTIONS, INSTRUMENTS
& CONTROLS
• LOCAL MOUNTED
• LOCAL PANEL MOUNTED
• CONTROL ROOM PANEL MOUNTED
• INDICATORS & RECORDINGS (Manual/Auto)
• MACHINE TO HUMAN & VICE VERSA
• MACHINE TO MACHINE
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/PNEUMATIC CONTROLS
PLC and SCADA SYSTEMS (INTERFACE)
 TECHNOLOGY PILOT
SCIENCE ENGG. COMMER
BENCH SCALE SCALE -CIAL

RULES &
REGULATIONS

Stages of any Research & Development

 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• BASIC RESEARCH
• APPLIED RESEARCH
• RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
• INNOVATION & DEVELOPMENT
• DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT
• DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
• SCALE UP DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
 SEVEN(7) ‘C’ FOR SUCCESS
CONCEPT
CONTACT
CONNECTIVITY
COMMUNICATION
CONCISE
CONFIDENCE
CONVINCE
PRIMAVERA and SAP
 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS &
ELEVATOR PITCH
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS (Wikipedia)
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS ARE SHORT PAPERS THAT PRESENT
ORIGINAL AND SIGNIFICANT MATERIAL FOR RAPID
DISSEMINATION.

IT MAY FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR ASPECT OF A PROBLEM OR A

NEW FINDING THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT

VERBAL ,WRITTEN & VISUAL

Seven(7) ‘C’ For Communication
CLEAR
CONCISE
CONCRETE
CORRECT
COHERENT
COMPLETE
COURTEOUS
ABSTRACTS, REVIEWS & SYNOPSIS etc.
 Short Communication & Research Paper

• Original research papers are detailed studies

reporting original research conducted by the
author.
• Short papers are usually a concise format used
to report significant improvements to existing
procedure or a totally new/different usages. It
is generally 1-3 pages long.
Short Communication In Research
(Template/Format)
SHORT COMMUNICATION IS THE PRECISE AND
CONCISE VERSION OF A RESEARCH PAPER IN
BRIEF RESPECTING THE JOURNAL’S WORD LIMIT
THAT IS CREDITED WITH SOME UNIQUE,
FINDINGS / BREAKTHROUGHS / SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENTS AND REQUIRES IMMEDIATE/
QUICK COMMUNICATION FOR DRAWING THE
ATTENTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC/RESEARCH
COMMUNITY AT THE EARLIEST
 HOW TO WRITE A SHORT
COMMUNICATION?
• TITLE: SHOULD BRIEFLY DESCRIBE CONTENT OF THE
PAPER
• ABSTRACT: LIMITED TO ABOUT 100 WORDS OR
FEWER
• KEYWORDS: FOUR TO FIVE KEYWORDS OR SHORT
PHRASES
• LITERATURE: BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND
REFERENCES
• PROCESSING: METHODS AND PROCEDURE IN BRIEF
 EXAMPLES OF SHORT COMMUNICATION

• RESEARCH ARTICLES ON IMPORTANT /

CURRENT SUBJECTS
• CONTENTS OF THE FORTHCOMING ARTICLES
IN A REGULAR JOURNAL
• PRODUCTS/EQUIPMENTS/INSTRUMENTS ETC.
BEING LAUNCHED
• TRAILOR OF A MOVIE
• BROCHURE OF A FORTHCOMING SEMINARS
 ELEVATOR PITCH (Wikipedia)

AN ELEVATOR PITCH, ELEVATOR SPEECH OR

ELEVATOR STATEMENT IS A SHORT
DESCRIPTION OF AN IDEA, PRODUCT OR
COMPANY THAT EXPLAINS THE CONCEPT IN A
WAY SUCH THAT ANY LISTENER CAN
UNDERSTAND IT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
VERBAL AND VISUAL
 ‘ELEVATOR PITCH’ BY MEANING
• ELEVATOR PITCH IS A SLANG TERM USED TO
DESCRIBE A BRIEF SPEECH THAT OUTLINES AN
IDEA FOR A PRODUCT, SERVICE OR PROJECT.

• THE NAME COMES FROM THE NOTION THAT

SPEECH SHOULD BE DELIVERED IN THE SHORT
TIME PERIOD OF AN ELEVATOR RIDE, USUALLY
20-60 SECONDS(EXCEPTION BURJ KHALIFA)
 THREE(3) STEP FORMULA FOR A GREAT
ELEVATOR PITCH
• WHAT BUSINESS (RESEARCH) R U REALLY IN?

• HOW YOU BENEFIT (IITB/MEMS/NEMO) YOUR

CUSTOMERS (INDUSTRIES / DEPARTMENTS)?

• WHY ARE THE BENEFITS (JOB/CONSULTANCY/

ADMISSION ABROAD ETC.) YOU PROVIDE IS
EXCEPTIONAL OR EVEN UNIQUE?
 HOW TO WRITE AN ELEVATOR PITCH?

• START WITH WHO YOU ARE.

• WRITE WHAT YOU DO & HOW YOU DO IT.
• EXPLAIN RESULTS OF THE WORK & WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE.
• EDIT WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN.
• ADD A GOOD CONVERSATION-STARTER AT THE BEGINNING.
• RECORD YOUR PITCH.
• MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY WITHIN 30 SECONDS WITHOUT
TALKING TOO FAST.
• PRACTICE A LOT.
 ASSIGNMENT NO:
• ASSUME YOURSELF AS AN ACCOMPLISHED
ENTERPRENUER/ INDUSTRIALIST/RESEARCHER &
FOR YOUR PRODUCT, AN ELEVATOR PITCH IS TO BE
MADE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 60 SECOND

• YOU MAY CHOOSE THE PRODUCT OF YOUR

CHOICE.LET THE PRODUCT BE ANY THING, A
PATENT/PROCESS/DEVICE/SENSOR/VACCINE FOR
COVID19/NEW MOLECULE*****
 EVALUATION
• CONTENT(25)
• PRODUCT CHOICE(10)
• PRODUCT RELEVANCE(10)
• PRODUCT APPEAL TO MASS & IT’S
ACCEPTANCE(15)
• PRESENTATION(40)
 MAIN ASPECTS FOR HUMAN
SUSTENANCE
• ENERGY SECURITY
• WATER SECURITY
• HEALTH SECURITY
• FOOD (& AGRICULTURE) SECURITY
• ENVIRONMENT SECURITY
• COUNTRY’S SECURITY
 MAIN UTILITIES IN MANY LABS
AND INDUSTRIES
• POWER (VOLTAGE,PHAGES,LOAD ETC.)
• WATER (QUALITY AND USAGES ETC.)
• STEAM (QUALITY,PRESSURE,TEMPERATURE )
• AIR (QUALITY, PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE ETC.)
• OXYGEN (QUALITY, PRESSURE ETC.)
• CHLORINE(QUALITY, PRESSURE ETC.)
• NITROGEN (QUALITY, PRESSURE ETC.)
• ACETYLENE (QUALITY, PRESSURE ETC.)
 ASSIGNMENT NO:
ABOUT THESE TWO PICTURES

1)WHAT & WHERE (PLACE,STATE, COUNTRY ETC.)? [25]

2) CONNECTION IF ANY IN THESE PICTURES? [25]

3) IDENTIFY THE INSTALLATIONS/BUILDINGS? [25]

4) ALL POSSIBLE MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION? [25]