In its endeavor to make its contribution towards the promotion of excellence and quality teaching in technical institutions, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur will organize a five-day faculty development programme from May 20 to 24.
The programme will be held under Technical Education Improvement Program (TEQIP) II at VW Canyon, according to an IIM press release.
This is being conducted under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD), Government of India, which has initiated the third phase of TEQIP for faculty members of higher educational institutes.
This 8h faculty development Programme will be attended by about 45 participants comprising professors, associate professors, assistant professors from engineering colleges across the states of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujrat, Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madya Pradesh, Odhisha, and Tripura.
The IIM Raipur has been entrusted by the MHRD with the objectives of highlighting the importance of world class technical education, identifying the gaps and lacunae in the present system, processes and infrastructure and evolving the benchmarks for the delivery of education and resources management. The series of 12 programs is an outcome of learning of two-day conclave organized by IIM, Raipur in May 2014.
Prof M.Kannadhasan and Prof. DhananjayBapat are programme directors and Prof. Sanjeev Prashar, Dean (Academics) is TEQIP coordinator.
The programme is centered on various themes, namely improving governance, sse of ICT, vision, mission and goal in academia, participant centered learning, financial system in academic institutes, buidling team, accreditation process, building interpersonal relations, developing industry interface, knowledge systems, funding for R & D projects, student teacher interaction, managing labarotary, project management, implementation of GIAN, procurement management, managing stress, and developing global networks.
More such programs will be organised for faculty members, heads of institutions and administrative officials of the engineering colleges.