CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME ON EXPERTS IN TEAM

Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty

(February 2-13, 2019)

 CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME (CBP) ON “EXPERTS IN TEAM”

SPONSORED BY

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India

ORGANIZED BY

School of Management, Centurion University of Technology & Management, Odisha

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Centurion University of Technology & Management (CUTM), a private state University in Odisha, established through an act of State Legislative Assembly. The University is accredited by NAAC “A” grade, and accorded UGC 12 B status. The core objective of CUTM is shaping lives, empowering communities and creating wealth and livelihood opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid. Its offerings include education, training, consulting and action research projects, particularly in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts of south Odisha and north coastal Andhra Pradesh. It has campuses at Paralakhemundi, Bhubaneswar, Bolangir and Rayagada in Odisha.
The University is organized in the form of Schools: M. S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture; School of Applied Sciences, School of Design; School of Engineering & Technology; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; School of Management; School of Media and Communication; School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, School of Paramedics and Allied Health Sciences; School of Vocational Education & Training; and the Institute of Knowledge Societies. It has about 10000 students in graduate and postgraduate programs, and 25000 students in vocational programs. Its well-equipped laboratories, workshops, library, sports and health facilities are housed in about 115 acres of land and 1 million sqft of built-up area. It has residential facility for 80% students and 50% faculty and staff.
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
Universities are facing an environemnt that is charactersised by social and economic sector
organisations with low productivity, wiping out of numerous traditional jobs, increasing urbanization, closer linkage with global market, growing environmental degradation and social friction from disparity and unsustainability, and large number of young and unemployed with difficult-to-meet aspirations. Unfortunately,mainstream in higher education institutions have failed in required entrepreneurship and employable skill development in the country.
In todays’ era, learning has to be interdisciplinary and cross cultural. Learning from listening and
seeing has to be by doing and discovery. The learning must be beneficial to the immediate society. Context specific, problem solving and experiential learning require different approach and different skill set from the faculty point of view. Therefore, the question is, how many faculty members have the knowledge and skill to impart such learning and do they have the methodology to teach their students? Towards this end, the capacity building programme on the theme of “Experts in Team” has been designed as a participative, interdisciplinary and realistic tool for teaching and learning.
Centurion University of Technology and Management has collaborated with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to have student and faculty exchanges around a newly designed programme of sustainable entrepreneurship, funded by UTFORSK. A host of research will also be conducted around the design and delivery of this programme. A key component which is alreadyimplemented at NTNU is the ‘Experts in Team program’, to teach interdisciplinary student team by interdisciplinary teachers on a project of socio-economic significance. An attempt is being made to implement the same at CUTM. Keeping this in view, the School of Management, Centurion University of Technology and Management is planning to organise a twelve days Capacity Building Programme (CBP) on the theme, “Experts in Team”
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The broad aim of this programme is to give an exposure to young faculty in all disciplines to the latest pedagogical tool such as Experts in Team to enhance their general methodological and delivery skills.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME
The Capacity Building program strives to highlight some emerging methodological issues. The key learning areas are:
· Interdisciplinary cooperative skills
· Team building and team work skills
· Relevant and context specific learning
· Experience based learning
· Creativity
· Problem solving
· Stakeholder analysis
· Culture and inter-cultural issues
· Conflict management
· Leadership skills
· Observation
· Empathy
· Analytical skills
· Project development and management skills
· Professional Report Writing etc.
PARTICIPANTS
The number of seats for the Capacity Building Programme (CBP) is restricted to thirty (30) candidates from Social Science disciplines, out of which ten (10) from Bhubaneshwar/Khorda, ten (10) from Odisha, and rest of the ten (10) participants are to be selected from outside the state as per the ICSSR guidelines. Faculty members of Economics/ Commerce/ Management/Psychology/Sociology/Political Science and/or any allied subjects of Social Science are eligible for this programme.
LEARNING OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAMME
After the completion of the capacity building programme the participants are expected to appreciate the utility and power of a learning tool such as experts in team. They would be better equipped to guide their students towards more meaningful learning. The participants should feel more confident and empowered as individuals and course facilitators after undergoing this programme.
ACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL ALLOWANCE
Accommodation will be provided only to outstation participants in University Guest House/Hotels on sharing basis from 1st February, 2019 (evening) to February 14, 2019 (morning). Travel allowance by shortest distance (bus or train fare, sleeper or AC 3-tier only) will be reimbursed to the outstation participants after submitting original tickets.
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
The participants will be provided certificates on successful completion of the programme. It is
mandatory for all participants to attend all the classes/sessions.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested faculty members can apply to Programme Director along with duly filled up nomination form on or before January 10, 2019. The candidates are required to send the soft copy of the complete Nomination Form cum Certificate of Recommendation duly forwarded by Head of the Department/Principal/Director to cbp@cutm.ac.in. Nomination form can also be downloaded from the university website www.cutm.ac.in. NO REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE CHARGED FROM THE PARTICIPANTS.
IMPORTANT DATES
Last date of receipt of complete application form: 10/01/2019, Notification of acceptance: 17/01/2019, Confirmation of participation by the applicants: 21/01/2019,
Note: All the correspondents/queries should be made through cbp@cutm.ac.in.
Course Director
Dr. Rashmi Ranjan Parida
Head- School of Management, CUTM,
Paralakhemundi
E-mail: rashmiparida@cutm.ac.in
Contact no. +91- 9338663855

Co- Course Director
Ms Payal Nayak
School of Management, CUTM, Bhubaneshwar
E-mail: payal.nayak@cutm.ac.in
Contact no. +91 8249120072

Programme Director
Dr. Rashmi Ranjan Parida
Head- School of Management CUTM, Paralakhemundi
E-mail: rashmiparida@cutm.ac.in
Contact no. +91- 9338663855

Programme Chairman
Dr. Smita Mishra Panda
Professor and Director Research,
CUTM - Odisha
E-mail: smita.mishra@cutm.ac.in
Contact no. +91- 7008442061
Venue:
Centurion University Bhubaneswar Campus
At – Ramchandrapur P.O. - Jatni, Bhubaneswar Dist: Khurda – 752050 Odisha, India