Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 10: The inaugural session of the management skill development program for the administrative heads of Polytechnics and ITIs was inaugurated by Sudershan Kumar, Director Skill Development, J&K in the presence of Prof Jabir Ali, Dean Academics and Dr Pankaj Agarwal, Chairperson, Executive Education at Canal Road Campus of IIM Jammu, here today.
The management skill development program is a three-day program which will culminate on October 12.
This training program is designed to help administrative heads of Polytechnics and ITIs with a motto to develop management skills with a variety of objectives, ranging from providing visionary leadership and strategic thrust to polytechnic and industrial training institutes leading to academic excellence.
The program will enable and lead the academic as well as administrative teams, and diverse workforce, through positive work culture and teamwork throughout the institution, to facilitate higher education leaders to competently deal with the leadership challenges which arise in academic institutions.
Dr Bijoy Rakshit and Dr V. Raj Kumar are the program directors.
The chief guest delivered an interesting talk and enlightened the participants by highlighting the challenges faced by local industries in Jammu and discussed the solutions forward.
Prof Jabir Ali provided an insight into the various programs offered by the Institute and provided an overview of the collaboration of IIM Jammu with IIT Jammu.
Dr Pankaj Agarwal provided detailed insights about executive education at IIM Jammu and wished good luck to all the participants.
The administrative coordination of the program is being done by Nadeem Younus Zargar, Administrative Officer (AO), Executive Education & Consultancy, IIM Jammu.