G.H.G Khalsa College of Education, Gurusar Sadhar organized a National Level Seminar on the topic Role of Research in Quality Education on 19th November, 2016 in collaboration with Council for Teacher Education. The aim of the seminar was to bring teacher educators, school teachers, researchers, academicians, and research scholars on a common platform to share their rich experiences, ideas, information and expertise on various aspects of research and to discuss new trends and challenges in the field of research. The various subthemes for the seminar were Research: New trends in Teacher Education and School Education, Plagiarism: A challenge before Researchers, Mixed Method Research: A Research Paradigm and Action Research: A Tool for Practitioners. The eminent resource persons for the seminar included Dr. M.C Sharma (Director, School of Education, IGNOU), Dr. Khushvinder Kumar (Principal, M.M Modi College ,Patiala) and Dr. Ashwani Bhalla, SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana) .The seminar started with the lamp lightning ceremony and the presentation of floral and oral welcome to the resource persons by Dr. Sarbjit Kaur Ranu (Principal Offg.). Dr. M.C Sharma delivered the keynote address. In his address he pointed towards the need of conducting research at school level and the professional development of pre-service and in-service teachers. Dr. Khushvinder Kumar in his address discussed the Mixed Method Research in detail along with its importance. Dr. Ashwani Bhalla highlighted various moral and ethical issues among the research community. He further advocated that researching is an art and the researcher should maintain academic integrity and must properly attribute to the original source. The other dignitaries present on the occasion were Dr.Varinder Kaur Thind(Director),Dr. H.S Brar(Registrar),Dr. J.S Brar (Former Principal,G.H.G Khalsa College of Education), Dr. Bhagwant Singh Ghuman(Prof. University of Texas,USA)Dr. S.S Deol(Principal,G.H.G Khalsa College),Dr.Satwinder Kaur (Principal,G.H.G Khalsa College of Pharmacy),Dr. Baljeet Kaur (Principal,G.H.G Harparkash College of Education,Sidhwan Khurd),Dr.Tirath Singh(Principal,Sacred Heart College of Education,Barnala) and Dr. Gurmit Singh (Fellow,Panjab University,Chandigarh).Dr.S.S Thind, Secretary of the college Governing Council presented vote of thanks. The seminar concluded with concerns , issues and questions raised by participants on the dire need to curb plagiarism that has plagued the academic institutions throughout the world. Dr. Pargat Singh Garcha (Associate Prof.) and Dr. Manu Chadha (Associate Prof.) were convener and the organizing secretary respectively for the seminar. The selected papers for the seminar will be published in the form a book with ISBN number.