‘Work on developing conflict resolution, leadership skills’

  • | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

Trichy: New age leaders should work on developing their leadership skills and conflict resolution capability, said R Subrahmanyam, higher education secretary, ministry of human resource development.He was speaking after inaugurating the leadership for academician programme (LEAP) at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy on Monday which is an initiative conceived by the MHRD to hone and equip senior faculty members of higher educational institutions with leadership skills and roles.Speaking at the leadership for academician program (LEAP) at National Institute of Technology (NIT-T) on Monday, he said, “As global competition gets stronger, the role of higher education is a key factor in India’s growth strategy.”The programme has an activity based outbound experiential learning module. NIT-T is the only institution from the country chosen for conducting the programme, said NIT-T director Mini Shaji Thomas, while encouraging participants to equip themselves with qualities of a true leader.IIIT-Sri City director Ganesan Kannabiran explained the details of the programme which will cover areas such as finance, budgeting, project management, attitudinal skills like team building, leadership, conflict management, handling diversity etc.Through a participative learning mode, the programme will equip 23 participants from 16 different universities across the country to take up leadership roles. The programme will create an opportunity to consolidate best practices created at the national level, benchmark them with international practices and eventually provide a structured approach for institutional transformation.The initiative is expected to provide the required insights on emerging international and national contexts of higher education and necessary learnings for taking up leadership roles in institutions such as IITs, NITs, IIITs, Central/State Universities.The event will go on till 23 Feburary with the participants visiting the Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, in the last week.

Trichy: New age leaders should work on developing their leadership skills and conflict resolution capability, said R Subrahmanyam, higher education secretary, ministry of human resource development.He was speaking after inaugurating the leadership for academician programme (LEAP) at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy on Monday which is an initiative conceived by the MHRD to hone and equip senior faculty members of higher educational institutions with leadership skills and roles.Speaking at the leadership for academician program (LEAP) at National Institute of Technology (NIT-T) on Monday, he said, “As global competition gets stronger, the role of higher education is a key factor in India’s growth strategy.”The programme has an activity based outbound experiential learning module. NIT-T is the only institution from the country chosen for conducting the programme, said NIT-T director Mini Shaji Thomas, while encouraging participants to equip themselves with qualities of a true leader.IIIT-Sri City director Ganesan Kannabiran explained the details of the programme which will cover areas such as finance, budgeting, project management, attitudinal skills like team building, leadership, conflict management, handling diversity etc.Through a participative learning mode, the programme will equip 23 participants from 16 different universities across the country to take up leadership roles. The programme will create an opportunity to consolidate best practices created at the national level, benchmark them with international practices and eventually provide a structured approach for institutional transformation.The initiative is expected to provide the required insights on emerging international and national contexts of higher education and necessary learnings for taking up leadership roles in institutions such as IITs, NITs, IIITs, Central/State Universities.The event will go on till 23 Feburary with the participants visiting the Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, in the last week.

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