Five-day long 7th professional development training conducted by the IIM, Raipur concluded on Saturday. 

More than 30 participants comprising professors, associate professors, assistant professors from engineering colleges across the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Bihar took part in the seminar held from March 26-30 at Hotel VW canyon.

Professor Archana Parashar and professor Rashmi Shukla were the programme directors for this training program and the technical coordinator was professor Sanjeev Prashar.

On the last day of the training programme the first two sessions were conducted by professor PRS Sarma on ‘Procurement Management’ and ‘Workplace Management (Stress Management).’

The session on ‘Procurement Management’ was designed with an objective to make the participants to understand the importance of “effective management of procurement process” and  various activities involved in the process by attempting to draw the advantages from the implementation of world’s best practices in their respective institutions.

The session on ‘Workplace Management (Stress Management)’ focused on the psychological effects of stress on human body. Participants were engaged in different brain storming exercises and discussed personal and professional stress. Further, multiple stress management techniques were discussed with the participants.

Third session was taken by professor Mohit Goswami on ‘Relationship Management (National/International Universities/ R&D Organizations)’. The session discussed on the purpose of             academic collaboration and invited discussions around how do  individuals and organisation can initiate the    international collaboration.

The last session was on ‘Project Presentations’ where the participants presented their project to the programme directors.

The groups with 5-6 participants presented and shared their learning on different project titled such as ‘Feedback System for Technical Institutions’, ‘ICT Implementation – Current & Future Plans’ and others.

More such programs shall be organised for faculty members, heads of institutions and administrative officials of the engineering colleges at IIM Raipur, the organiser said in a press release.