Faculty Development Programs (Course Based)

All HOS / COS are requested to plan for Faculty Development Programs (Course Based) for
the forthcoming non teaching period i.e. June 1, 2015 to July 15, 2015.
1.

Objective: Faculty Development Programs shall be aimed at enhancing the quality of

teaching. Specifically, enabling the faculty to master state of the art developments in course
content and pedagogy.
2.

Criteria: FDP shall be based on one or more courses appearing in the curriculum of

the forthcoming academic term i.e. Autumn 2015-16, in which some sort of faculty
development is definitely required. FDP will be based on the syllabus of a particular course
and will cover the course holistically. FDPs will be planned for one or more of the following
types of courses:
I
II
III
IV
V

Courses critical for student placement

Courses which require a special pedagogy
Courses having atypical/unconventional syllabus
Courses in which student result is very poor
Any other course specific requirement

Courses critical for student placement: This category includes courses which are

the foundation of the program that the student is pursuing. Profound knowledge of these
courses is essential for performing well in the selection process stages viz. written test, group
discussion, personal interview. The Faculty Development Program will aim at how to teach
these courses with placement focus. E.g. C++ for Engineering programs, PEP courses etc.
II
Courses which require a special pedagogy : FDP will be required if a course
requires a special pedagogy e.g case based teaching of law courses , case based teaching of
Management courses, use of demonstration, animation, audiovisual and props for relating
concepts with their application in real life scenarios. During the FDP, the course will be
taught using the recommended pedagogy, rather than a discourse about the pedagogy
and its merits.
III
Courses having atypical/unconventional syllabus : FDP is required if the syllabus
of a course is such that its content is not easily available in the prescribed books, it has to be
searched from various sources or the content is novel, new developments in technology and
requires refreshment of knowledge.
IV
Courses in which student result is very poor: FDP is required in those courses in
which student result has been observed to be generally poor. The result data can be analyzed
across the sections and over a period of time. If it is felt that an alteration in teaching style
can lead to better result, then FDP will be aimed at modifying teaching style to attune with
students learning requirements.

3.

Duration of FDP: Minimum duration of FDP shall be 18 hrs. Session duration can

be either 1.5 hr per session or 2 hrs per session. Hence, a particular FDP will be completed in
a minimum of 12 sessions of 1.5 hrs each OR 9 sessions of 2 hrs each. Pl. DO NOT plan a
combination of 1.5 hr and 2 hr sessions.
4.
Appointment of Resource Persons : The Resource Persons for training programs
shall be topic experts from within the University or other Universities or professional fields.
Wherever internal expertise is available as Resource Person, the same shall be given
preference over external experts to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and internal
growth. The external resource persons should be experts from reputed university
departments/autonomous establishments/industry designated at key positions. In the process
of searching for trainers, the government bodies offering similar training programs shall be
given the topmost priority ensuring that the topic of training is of relevance. External
resource person(s) can be invited for a particular FDP for a minimum of 1 day (6 hrs)
and a maximum of 3 days (18 hrs). However, if there is a requirement for longer
duration, it can be done with special approval of competent authority through Academic
Staff College. Wherever external resource persons are appointed, they will be entitled to
receive honorarium as per norms mentioned below.
5.
Norms for Honorarium, Travelling Allowance and Hospitality for External
Resource Persons
Honorarium: Resource persons shall be eligible to receive honorarium according to
their institutional affiliation as per categories A++, A+, A as detailed below:
A++

A+

Academia: Premier Institutes Academia: It covers

Academia: All the rest

like IITs, IIMs, IIFT, IIITs,

Institutions like IMT, FMS,

University Departments or

NIPER.

MDI, XLRI.

Autonomous
Establishments only.

Industry:CEOs,CFOs,MDs. Industry: VPs, General

Manager, Senior Dept.

Industry: Regional
Manager, Managers etc.

Heads.
Honorarium: Rs.10, 000/-

Honorarium: Rs.7500/- perHonorarium: Rs.5000/- per

per day subject to maximumday subject to maximum ofday subject to maximum of 3

of 3 days

3 days

days

Note : As per the above tabulated norms external resource person is required to deliver
four sessions of 1.5 hours each or three sessions of 2 hours each per day.

6.

Norms for Travel and Stay arrangements External Resource Persons:

Facilities
Travelling

All External Resource Persons

As per University policy

Allowance
Stay
Food

UniHotel Premium Room

Breakfast & Dinner in UniHotel; Lunch shall be provided in the
concerned School by any authorized vendor within the University. One
senior faculty member of the concerned School shall accompany, in
case of 5 or more guests at a time, two faculty / staff members of

Memento

equivalent designation can accompany.

Guest of Honour - 10 inch trophy

Note 1: Advance money shall be issued to the concerned School / Division as per the
above norms. Once the program is approved by the competent authority, no separate
approval for issue of advance shall be required.
Note 2: The above norms are inclusive of instances where the resource person arrives a
day in advance of the session or departs the day after the session.
7.

The Process :

Stage I: HOS / COS will propose the FDP schedule at the following link:
UMS Navigation---->Academic Staff College---->Training Management System---->
Faculty Development Program---->FDP Schedule
Step 1: Add New Topic
Select Broad Area from the dropdown menu according to the course category in which FDP
is required (Refer point no. 2). The option Any other is also available to include course
categories which are not mentioned in the drop down list. Select the beneficiary course code
i.e. the course code on which FDP will be based.
Step 2: Add Resource requirements
a. Specify the number of sessions, planned venue, expected number of participants,
domain of participants.
b. Add Resource Person details viz. internal or external. In case of internal, add name
and all other details will appear automatically. In case of external resource person fill
name, designation, organization, contact number, e-mail id. Click the link provided to
view Honorarium norms. Accordingly, specify the proposed honorarium per day.
The option any other can be used in case proposed honorarium is less than the
specified FDP norms or the FDP is sponsored by an external agency.
c. Click on the submit resources button.

Step 3: Add Schedule

Select venue, resource person from respective dropdown lists. Select session dates, session
commencement timings, end time will appear automatically according to session duration
specified. Time slot can be edited as per requirement, before final submission of the schedule.
Step 4: Final Submission
Check the completion status for all the above steps for all topics entered. Ensure that status
is appearing as completed for all topics. Click for Final Submission of FDP Schedule.
Imp. Note: Before Final submission any specification can be amended, even if its status
is marked as completed.
Stage II: Academic Staff College will fetch school wise reports and put up to competent
authorities for approval.
Stage III: Communication of FDP Schedule by Academic Staff College
Stage IV: Conduct of FDPs