On the initiative of Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur organised “leadership Development Programme” in association with National University of Singapore (NUS) here.
The programme was organised for Vice Chancellors and Directors/Principals of Technical Institutions of India under Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-II), an institute press release stated.
The programme was organised in two phases from September 27 to October 2, 2015. The first phase of the programme was organised at IIM Raipur on September 27, whereas second phase of the programme was conducted at NUS in Singapore from September 28 to October 2, 2015.
The programme was coordinated by Prof. B.S. Sahay, Director, IIM Raipur and Prof. P.R.S. Sarma, TEQIP-II Coordinator, IIM Raipur and Prof. Choy, NUS. The programme was participated by about 30 participants including Vice-Chancellors, Directors/Principals and TEQIP Coordinators including two Directors from MHRD.
The objective of the leadership Development Programme was to align Indian technical education with global trends for knowledge development to bring transformation to achieve academic excellence, research and enterprise.
The programme highlighted the importance of world-class technical education and need to identify the gaps in the existing systems, processes and infrastructure to set the benchmarks for the delivery of education and resources management.