AICTE in its endeavor to encourage academic excellence in technical education has taken several quality initiatives which also include enhanced impetus on the development of the faculty teaching in colleges across the country. The AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy is one such initiative that has been conducting various Faculty Development Programs for imparting/upgrading faculty knowledge in emerging thrust areas like IoT, ML, AI, robotics, blockchain, renewable energy, augmented & virtual reality.
Given the unprecedented COVID-19 backdrop, this year 1500 FDP in various emerging areas have been scheduled in online mode and 40 such FDPs are commencing on 13th Dec 2021. These FDPs are being conducted by various prominent organizations such as IITs, IIMs, IIITs NITs, IISc, ISI, JNU, BARC, DRDO, central universities engaging distinguished experts from academia, industry, research organizations from within the country and abroad.
I express my heartfelt gratitude to Prof. Pramod M. Padole, Director VNIT Nagpur who graciously consented to be the Chief Guest for the ‘Inaugural Ceremony’ of ATAL FDPs on 13th Dec 2021 from 11:00 – 11:30 am(IST). We look forward to your gracious presence at the Event and Mr. Arun T Ramchandani, Executive VP, L&T Defence business is our Special Guest for the Common Inaugural Ceremony.
Prof.M.P.Poonia will grace the inaugural as Guest of Honor. We look forward to your gracious presence.
Being an academic leader Prof. Pramod M. Padole, has been requested to share his views on evolving trends, disruptive technologies, changing job scenarios, academia-industry linkage, and translating research into impactful applications, continuous, rigorous faculty training in a dynamic, disruptive technological teaching-learning ecosystem, evolving trends, and translating academic research into impactful applications.
