The Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, JUIT successfully organized a week-long Faculty Development Program on “Teaching and Research Practices” from 05-10 June 2023. The program commenced with a prestigious Inaugural session, graced by the esteemed presence of Padma Shri (Dr.) Omesh Kumar Bharti was a Chief Guest and the keynote speaker. Many other prestigious speakers like Dr. Meenakshi Sood (Associate Professor, NITTTR, Chandigarh), Prof. (Dr) R. K. Sharma (Honorable Vice Chancellor, JUIT), and Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Kumar (HOD, BT&BI), Prof. (Dr.) O.P. Sharma, Mr. Amit Kumar (National Best Teacher Awardee 2022), Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh. K. Sani (Professor, South Dakota School of Mines, USA), Dr. Amit Srivastava (HOD, HSS, JUIT), Prof. Vijay Kumar Thakur (SRUC, UK), Dr. Naren Aggarwal (Editorial Director, Springer Nature), Ms. Alpana Sagwal (Springer Nature), Mrs. Reema Sahni Mediratta (Senior Project Manager, FITT, IIT Delhi), Prof. (Dr.) Ashish Kumar (HOD, CE, JUIT) and Dr. Hemant Sood (Associate Professor, BT&BI, JUIT) shared their insights with their expert lectures during the week.
A remarkable total of 93 participants from diverse places of the country such as Kolkata, Bengaluru, Pune, Jaipur, Delhi, Shimla, Solan, Chandigarh and Jammu, etc., enthusiastically joined this significant event via hybrid mode. We have 12 participants exclusively from RKMV, Shimla with the support of Principal Dr. Ruchi Ramesh and IQAC coordinator Dr. Anil Thakur and 8 from Sri Satya Sai Institute of High Learning, Bengaluru, and faculties from different Departments of JUIT, Waknagaht. Dr. Hemant Sood and Dr. Saurabh Bansal are the coordinators who have planned and designed this FDP for the faculties of pure, applied, and social sciences for the knowledge enrichment in teaching, research, and holistic development along with the support of co-organizer Dr. Rahul Shrivastava and Prof. Sudhir Kumar (HOD) from the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.
On the Valedictory day, certificates and mementos were distributed to all participants, supporting staff, and team. The online and offline participants highly appreciated the team for wonderful organization and the topic covered during the FDP while giving their feedback. On the request of several participants, the organizing team arranged an extended session on 10th June 2023 on topic IPR and Knowledge Economy.
The extraordinary efforts of the team for the well-structured FDP were appreciated by Vice Chancellor, Prof. R. K. Sharma, Dean (A&R), Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta; and Registrar and Dean of Students, (Retd.) Maj. Gen. Rakesh Bassi. Prof. Sudhir Kumar congratulated the team for the successful accomplishment of FDP at JUIT.
Dr. Hemant Sood and Dr. Saurabh Bansal expressed sincere gratitude to the JUIT administration, faculty, staff, and the student team of BT and BI for their exceptional contributions in conceptualizing this Faculty Developmental Program and for its successful execution and the smooth running of this week-long program.