Faculty Development Programme on ‘Strategic Planning’ for teaching staff
Internal Quality Assurance Cell, School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya organized a Faculty Development Programme on “Strategic Planning” for both UG and PG teaching staff on 27th & 28th January 2021 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in Maria Paiva hall.
On 27th January 2021, the programme started with a prayer song led by Ms. Jinsa Joseph. Dr. Juliet CJ gave an outline of what the programme would entail. Through a power point presentation, Dr. Jenis Mary helped the participants to rethink about the College Vision and Mission. She highlighted the difference between ‘Strategic Plan’ and ‘Perspective Plan’. Upon a collation of 60 suggestions offered from all Regulatory bodies, Dr Jenis gave details about the features of good governance with focus on 8 thrust areas –
- Revisiting of college vision, mission, motto and values
- Academic Excellence
- Strategies for staff welfare
- Strategies for student welfare
- Extension activities
- Research and publication
- Strategies for resource management
Thereafter, the faculty were put into groups and asked to come up with suggestions and concrete strategies for the same.
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On 28th January 2021, the programme began with a prayer song led by Ms. Shobha. The establishment of Centres to promote participative academic/extension services/administrative procedural management in the institution were spelt out by Dr Jenis. The Centres are - Centre for Professional Excellence (CPE), Centre for Human Transformation (CHT), Women’s Studies and Legal Aid Clinic, Centre for Information & Technology (CIT), Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN), Centre for Research and Publications, Centre for Social Action, Centre for Sustainable Development & Centre for Rural Engagement. Coordinators of various Centres - Dr. Sebastin KV, Ms. Rosa N. Mathew, Dr Meena Monteiro, Ms. Anusuya Shenoy & Mr Obanath P., Ms. Shobha and Dr Kiran Prasad discussed about what the Centres would work at. Thereafter, there was a discussion on the functioning of existing Fora and Cells. Dr. Jenis presented a time stretch from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm on all days related to extracurricular activities, Sports, Skills training programmes like SPSS, soft skills, FDP, Value added courses, IQAC documentation etc.
