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TEQIP-III Professional Development Training

Programme

26-28 November, 2020

The three-day TEQIP-III Professional competence and confidence. The training aimed
Development Training (PDT) program at the to facilitate networking and knowledge-sharing
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam among participants and resource persons, provide
(IIMV), starting on 7 December, 2020, was the insights into effective academic practices, and
second such online program hosted by the offer exposure to the latest developments in
Institute. the academic, professional and socio-economic
Prof. Jayasankar Ramanathan was Programme contexts.
Director and Prof. Amit Shankar was the Co- The end goal is to empower the participants to
Director. transfer the benefits to their key stakeholders –
The aim of the programme was to create the students, community and to the nation.
needed capacities under TEQIP-III in technical The three-day program at IIM Visakhapatnam
education policy planners and administrators saw participation from 31 professionals from
towards gaining greater appreciation for premier engineering institutions such as NIT
governance, institutional and policy reforms, Durgapur, ICT Mumbai and The National Institute
as well as management principles, precepts and of Engineering Mysuru, to name a few, across 12
practices, so that they are able to fulfil the role- states and one Union Territory of India. Among
responsibilities envisaged of them as mentors, the participants were 13 Assistant Professors, 10
facilitators and champions of change with Associate Professors and eight Professors.

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