SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, June 24: A five-day future leadership skill development programme for members of technical institutes across the country began here at the Indian School of Mines (ISM) today.
The programme is being organized under the Malviya Mission Teachers Training Programme in which 18 faculty members of various technical and academic institutes are participating.
IIT ISM director Prof Sukumar Mishra was the chief guest of the inaugural ceremony. He said that leadership in academia or any other field is developed through acceptance among the people and it can’t be thrust upon.
“For acceptance, a leader has to get acquainted with psychological and sociological aspects of the organization and its people or the place and then accordingly mould himself as per necessity before initiating any change as it will help to ensure his acceptability among the people,” said Prof Mishra. He appealed to the participants to take maximum advantage of the training programme.
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The participants are being taught the nuances of teaching including developing negotiation skills; influence and persuasion:
Officials said in a five-day program two special sessions one on transformational leadership practices with special reference to academia and another on stress management will be held under the mentorship of Prof Somnath Chattopadhyay and registrar Prabodh Pandey.
Prof Somnath Chattopadhyay, principal investigator, OCEP also addressed the program.
Earlier Prof Mohammed Irfan while delivering the welcome address as course coordinator apprised about the objectives of organizing the training programme as per the direction of the Ministry of Education.
Prof Mrinalini Pandey, Course Co-coordinator proposed a vote of thanks to express gratitude towards the collaborating institutes for the programme including NIT Jamshedpur, NIT Sikkim, NIT Srinagar, NIT Warangal, IIT Jodhpur, NIT Puducherry, BHU and Central University of Kashmir.
