FACULTY AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Faculty and staff development are an important component of institutional development. The university is committed to conduct, through its competent constituent bodies, programmes for the development of faculty and staff for continuous improvement of performance. Further, the faculty members are encouraged to participate in Seminars/Conferences/Workshops/Training Programs/Short Term courses etc. within or outside the University.
At MRIIRS, the Faculty and Staff development initiatives are taken:· To enhance the domain specific knowledge and skill set of the faculty members for a more effective course delivery.
- To provide a forum for the faculty/staff members to network and exchange their professional views and experiences by organizing faculty/staff development
programmes and nominating them to attend such faculty/staff development programmes within or outside the University. - To get them familiarize with innovative and rapidly changing teaching-learning pedagogies and improve their core competencies to ultimately achieve the organizational goals.
- To encourage the faculty members to embark on various research activities.To develop their attitudes, professional Skills and Abilities for full performance within the position and for career advancement within the university.
The University organizes comprehensive programmes of development for faculty and staff to improve productivity and efficiency. Reputed resource persons are invited for faculty and staff training from time to time so that the knowledge and competence remain fully updated.
1. Professional Development Programmes for faculty members
At MRIIRS, professional development programmes for faculty members including Short Term Training Programs (STTPs), Short Term Courses (STCs), Workshops, FDPs etc. are organized to enhance the teaching-learning effectiveness and overall upgradation of the faculty members.
a) Professional development programmes are organized depending upon the areas. The Deans of various Faculties/Head of departments decide specific topics/areas of professional development programmes relevant to their academic units. Domain-centric professional development programmes are organized by the concerned departments and quality related programmes (pedagogy, soft and professional skills, research orientation and educational technology) are organized by the IQAC/Office of the Dean Research at central level.
b) It is mandatory for each faculty member below the rank of a University Professor to attend at least 2 FDPs in an academic year depending upon academic and interest area. Senior faculty members are also apprised to join FDPs as per their interest or requirement.
c) Ordinarily, FDPs are organized on working Saturdays of a month. Longer duration FDPs are organized during May-July and November-December. Concerned HoDs
make arrangements for substitute classes when FDPs are held on week days.
d) FDPs are conducted by well- known outside experts from academia and industry along with senior members of the University. The concerned conducting units obtain
the consent of external and internal experts before including their names in the
proposals.
e) An FDP proposal as developed by a conducting unit include the following: Specific title of the FDP with broad outline of contents;
ii. Expected outcome and pedagogy to be used;
iii. Names of the resource persons (both external and internal) along with their brief CVs/introduction;
iv. Target batch size;
v. Program duration and the suggested date(s) of the program;
f) Faculty coordinator(s) from each department are nominated for execution of the respective FDPs.
g) Keeping in mind the approved Strategic Perspective Plans of the department and in line with the University’s Academic calendar, department’s activity calendar including planned FDPs is prepared by the respective coordinator of the department.
h) The calendar through concerned Dean is forwarded for approval of the Dean Academics of the University.
i) The post event report of the organized FDP is prepared by the respective coordinator and submitted to the IQAC for record.
j) Faculty development is also targeted through research seminar series, peer group learning platforms, experience sharing sessions and sharing of research and ideas.
2. Professional Development Programmes for Staff Members
Administrative staff in any organization is an important component of the University system. They are supposed to have complete understanding of rules and regulations, administrative practices and procedures. The University lays great emphasis, among other things, on Staff Development Programs on a regular basis.
With this end in view, development sessions for all the secretarial and other staff working in various units of the University are held at a regular interregnum to train and upgrade them in administrative procedures, systems, practices, communications skills, documentation methods, use of IT tools like MS Office, MS Excel etc. and to sensitize them to follow them religiously for better productivity and doing full justice with the jobs entrusted to them. This helps to meet the organizational goals in full measures.
The Staff Development Programs are organized in the vast areas including:
a) Uniform and effective filing system
b) Maintenance of records including system of tracking of files, papers and follow ups
c) Brief, easy and clear-cut noting and drafting
d) Simple and effective official writing
e) Receipt and dispatch of incoming and outgoing mails so that the movement of files /papers / correspondence / letters can be easy and without any loss of time
f) Upkeep of files and office records in a systematic and simple manner, so as to
retrieve the required file / papers within no time,
g) Proper upkeep and utilization of university equipment under the charge.
h) Acquaintance and insight into the working of the various branches / university
including the admissions,
i) Acquaintance with the rules and regulations of the university that govern the system.
j) Role and guidelines of the respective Regulatory Bodies,
k) Initiating advance action on any given matter to avoid last minute action/ approval,
l) Addressing grievances/queries of students, ex-students, their parents and visitors in a proper and efficient manner and within the frame work of rules and regulations.
The satisfaction of the users should be supreme,
m) Extending due courtesy and proper behavior to all those who come to your contact in your day-to-day area of operation.
More areas are also considered as per need by the reporting officers. The reporting officers maintain a track of development of employees working under them and ensure that the development programs reflect in their day-to-day working.
3. Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Workshops/Training Programs /Short
Term courses etc.
MRIIRS believes in investment in the people to have an enriched pool of teachers. To fulfil this:
a) The university permits the employees to attend Faculty Development Programs,
Workshops, Conferences, Short Term Courses, Short Term Training Programs etc.
b) The university also provides the financial support to its faculty members to participate in Faculty Development Programs, Workshops, Conferences, Short Term Courses, Short Term Training Programs etc.
Apart from this the entitled financial support is also be provided towards the membership fee of Professional Bodies.
c) Each faculty member submits the request application on the prescribed Proforma
well in advance as per the devised standard operating procedures.
d) The faculty members are also supported to attend the FDPs/Workshops/Conferences/Training programs as organized by MRIIRS by waiving off the registration fee of the programme or by providing concession for the entitled registration fee.
e) The post event report is submitted by the respective faculty member to the
reporting head.
