Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Nov 23: The maiden meeting of Faculty Development Centre (FDC) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, was held under the chairmanship of Prof Sanjeev Jain, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU at the University Campus.
Pertinent to mention that Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India, has recently approved the up-gradation of existing Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), SMVDU to Faculty Development Centre (FDC), SMVDU under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) Scheme, the only approved Centre in J&K State.
The meeting was attended by Prof D Mukhopadhyay, Coordinator, FDC; Dr Balbir Singh, Dr Uday Pratap Singh and Dr Ratna Chandra- Co-Coordinators, FDC; Dr Rakesh Kumar Jha, Associate Dean, R&D; Romesh Singh, Finance Officer; Anoop Kumar Sharma, Dr Pabitra Kr Jena, Dr M M Chaturvedi, Vinod Sharma, Admn Officer; Kamal Sharma, University Engineer; Samir Vohra, Technical Officer, FDC & Kanchan Gupta, Section Officer, FDC.
The Vice-Chancellor informed on the up-gradation of HRDC to FDC at SMVDU and approval for the activities to be taken up by the Faculty Development Centre (FDC) during the academic session 2018-19. The Vice-Chancellor also emphasized on delivering the maximum throughput to the intellectual fraternity including of neighbouring States, especially with a focus on benefitting the teachers of border/remote areas of J&K. The deliberations of the meeting were presented by Samir Vohra, Technical Officer, FDC and concluded with a formal vote of thanks by Prof D Mukhopadhyay, Coordinator, FDC, SMVDU.
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