A two days seminar on "Understanding the Qualitative Research From Theory to Practice (Round I)" on 25_26th of January, 2017 was organized by Department of Economics, SBBWUP. The purpose of this seminar was to provide a platform for researchers to network and disseminate knowledge on areas of expertise with each other. Qualitative research experts from various disciplines participated in the seminar as guest speakers. In this introductory seminar the speakers not only introduced the qualitative research but also addressed the diversity of existing qualitative methods and various traditions of the qualitative research. The seminar was concluded by an open house panel discussion of the experts where the future of qualitative research was the main focus of discussion. In the closing ceremony, the Vice Chancellor Dr. Razia Sultana distributed the shields and certificates among the speakers, organizers and participants. In the end, Dr. Razia Sultana, in her closing address, highly appreciated the efforts of the organizers and encouraged to continue such activities in future.