Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 26: Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir, organized a one-day online workshop (Webinar) in collaboration with Elsevier for faculty and research scholars of various higher education institutions and universities.
The main objective of this workshop was to improve the quality of education and student outcomes amid these difficult times of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemics.
The workshop was inaugurated by Prof Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir, who delivered online speech and said, “updating the teachers and research scholars skills in 21st century from a distance via technology is the best way to boost their productivity and make judicious use of this time.”
Prof Talat also stressed upon the need to revise priorities by all stakeholders, including Government, national agencies, schools, universities and teachers’ organizations, in these difficult times and said that all should work together to create a national strategy for education and professional learning that reflects the principles of ‘research-informed clinical practice. “We need to pool and share our resources, using latest technologies for the collective growth of all”, he added.
Around 500 participants, including Heads of Departments, faculty members and research scholars from various institutions from Kashmir and other parts of the country, including: University of Kashmir, Central University of Kashmir, SKUAST(K), IUST, Aligarh Muslim University, Cluster University Srinagar, SKIMS, GMC Srinagar, BGSBU, NIT, and ICSSR, New Delhi, attended the online workshop.
Dr Manzoor Ahmad Mir, Coordinator, Department of Bioresources KU and organizing secretary of the workshop, in his welcome speech, informed that Department of Bioresources KU has started online webinar series and today’s workshop was first in that direction.
The workshop helped the 500 participants know how to practice and use Scopus and Mendeley for referencing, reviewing literature, getting funding sources, collaborations for their researches etc. The whole exercise guided the faculty and researchers how to improve their competence and sharpen their research standards which will surely enhance their outcomes and better rankings of their institutions. The workshop ended with vote of thanks by Dr Manzoor Ahmad Mir.
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