“Engagement in research work is a major pre-condition for creative teaching and stimulation of creativity. … research atmosphere in the universities and colleges has a direct bearing on the entire character and quality of teachers and through them it influences the identification and development of pupils” (Kothari Commission Report, 1966, p.409).

Recent re-structuring of curriculum in the under-graduate and post-graduate levels and insight into teacher competencies demand necessary skill for taking up minor and major research projects. Reporting the research in the most attractive and lucid form is as important as the research itself. It will contribute to the concerned discipline and thereby to the qualitative and quantitative improvement of education.

St. Joseph’s Training College, established in 1957, affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University and recognised by NCTE, has published several books as a part of its extension services, aided by the Department of Field Services (DFS), New Delhi. In 1981, Late Dr. T. T. Joseph, Lecturer in Physical Science, published a book titled Modern Trends in Science Education. Recently, Rev. Dr. K. M. Rajan, the author of the present book, published another book titled Perspectives in Physical Science Teaching. Two refresher courses in Education were organised on behalf of the Mahatma Gandhi University for training college lecturers, one in 1993 and the other in 1997 as per the UGC guidelines. A UGC sponsored National Seminar on Education was organised in 1999. The proceedings of the seminar was also published.

I do really appreciate the work done by one of our staff members, Rev. Dr. K. M. Rajan, Senior Lecturer in Physical Science, who devotes much of his time in the mutually supporting activites of teaching and research. The present work titled A Treatise on Form and Style of Thesis and Dissertation elaborates all the factors and even the minute details of preparing a research report, and has succeeded in compiling the requisites of a quality research paper.