Two online courses conclude at GNDU Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 7

Eminent personalities in the field of academics and scientists, who are fellows of various national academies, took part in the first online 28 days faculty induction programme (FIP-01) and 14-day refresher course in basic sciences concluded at Guru Nanak Dev University here on Wednesday.

There were 36 eminent speakers from IIT Kharagpur; IIT Kanpur; Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai; Vellore Institute of Technology; Visva-Bharati University Santiniketan; JNU Delhi; CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh; CSIR-IIIM Jammu; NITTTR Chandigarh and WHO New Delhi to name a few, who participated in the event.

Refresher course was attended by 29 participants with specialisation in chemical science, physics, mathematics and life sciences drawn from several states and academic sessions were delivered by eminent scientists from AIIMS New Delhi, INST Mohali, IISC Bangalore, IIT Guwahati, NIPER Mohali, Center for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences Bengaluru. The courses are being conducted under new UGC Gurudakshta guidelines.

UGC-Human Resource Development Centre of GNDU under the stewardship of chief-patron Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor of the host university, conducted its first online programme.

In his valedictory address, the VC shared a vision to start FIPs for newly recruited teachers who were professionally raw and needed to be shaped up to become seasoned professionals. He shared his ardent passion for training young teachers on the similar lines as the civil services officers.

Adarsh Pal Vig, Director, UGC-HRDC, thanked the VC for all his efforts and assistance throughout the course.