BIGD arranged a study tour for the students of Development Research: Concepts, Methods and Appraisal (MDP 628) course under the Masters in Development Management and Practice (MDMP) from July 21-23, 2016 at Sylhet. Dr. Zahir Uddin Ahmed, faculty of MDMP led the 20 students of the course in the tour. During the tour, the students learnt the techniques of research and how to design a viable research. They also gathered knowledge regarding Participant Observations, Ethnographic Interviews, Focus Group Discussions and Formulation of a research problem and how to write a successful research report based on an identified research problem. Dr. Ahmed told, “A great learning of doing qualitative research in the field. For qualitative data interpretation, I believe students can generate huge amounts of empirical material.”