Staff Training

Staff Training

CTD actively conducts training programs for staff members – both teaching & non-teaching. These programs cater to both functional and behavioral dimensions of work responsibilities.

 

• Training programs for non-teaching staff: These programs run throughout the academic semester and are aimed at enhancing both the soft skills and computing skills of the

          Soft Skills

            

          Computing Skills

          

         Note: Apart from the above the Centre also organizes a special kind of training for laboratory staff through its 5S Process Improvement Workshop

5S is the name of a workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke. The list describes how to organize a work space for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items, and sustaining the new order. The decision-making process usually comes from a dialogue about standardization, which builds understanding among employees of how they should do the work.

• Training programs for teaching staff : These programs are conducted during the reading weeks in the academic semester so as not to disturb the academic equilibrium. Details are as under

Program	Prof.	Associate Prof.	Assistant Prof.	New Hire
Mastering Classroom Communication	|	|	|	|
Use of Technology in Education	|	|	|	|
How to write a Research Paper	|	|	|	|
Patent & Guide to Patent Process	|	|	|	|
How to write a Research Proposal for Funding	|	|	|	|
How to write a Case Study	|	|	|	|
How to prepare on-line learning videos	|	|	|	|
Emotional Intelligence during Change	|	|	|	|
Designing and developing the Creative Workshop “Beautiful Mind”

 

Apart from the above CTD also conceptualizes, designs and organizes a comprehensive ‘Faculty Induction & Orientation Program’ for new faculty recruits. This program is typically conducted in the beginning of the odd semester to acclimatize the new joinees with the organizational culture and academic pedagogy. This programs covers the following areas:

• Faculty roles & responsibilities and performance management system

• Academic instruction & scheduling

• Research and funding

• Contemporization & accreditation

• Principles of learning; learning styles

• Student evaluation; designing question papers; rubrics

• Media tools for e-content generation

• Effective classroom communication

• Mastering classroom communication

• Leadership in teaching