Faculty Development Cell

Rathinam College of Arts and Science has formed a Faculty Development Cell with an aim and objective to promote faculty vitality as the main ingredient to the growth of the institute, enhance professional education and competence.

Rathinam College of Arts and Science strongly believes that faculty members are the backbone of our Institution.  Faculty development Cell aims at equipping the staff with knowledge that is essential for inculcating core and professional skills which is vital to the development and improvement of the institution. The immediate beneficiary of this kind of program is the student community.

Objectives:

  • To organize Faculty Development Programmes (FDP) Courses on advanced topics for all disciplines.
  • To strengthen the professional competence of the faculty by arranging training programs in various domain areas.
  • To enhance induction programs for new faculty and leadership grooming for experienced faculty.
  • To encourage staff to be members of various professional bodies.
  • Members of the staff are encouraged to refer to reputed national and international journals to carry out their research work.
  • In association with the college research committee, to encourage staff to learn how to write Grant proposals for R & D projects.
  • To motivate & inspire staff members to get funded R & D projects.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Consolidate adequate information from the concerned authorities to conduct FDP / Training Program on the latest trends and technology.
  • Discuss & analyze the information with department HoDs, faculty members about FDP, relevance, objective, applications, future scope, etc.
  • Suggest appropriate domain/topic on which program to be conducted.
  • Plan the program date, schedule, target audience, approximate estimation of expenditure, and resource persons.
  • Forward the proposal for consideration, Suggestion, and approval from Deans, IQAC Coordinator, and Principal.
  • Prepare the final schedule, brochures, list of resource persons, contact details, correspondence to all concerned.
  • Submit the report to higher authorities along with all concerned documents in sequence from the date of start to completion of the program.
  • Prepare the final report.

Constitution of the Faculty Development Cell

  • The Faculty Development cell of Rathinam College of Arts and Science will work under the guidance of the Principal. Senior Faculty appointed by the Principal will be the coordinator of the cell. Two or three senior faculty members will be members of the cell, nominated by the Principal. The Faculty Development Cell shall be responsible for handling all issues related to training of the teaching, non-teaching and technical staff in the area of their core, technical and teaching pedagogy.

Frequency of Meetings:

  • Starting of every academic year first meeting will be conducted to discuss the activities to be conducted in that academic year.
  • At the end of the semester, the meeting will be conducted to review all the activities and action plans for next semester.
  • We may conduct the meetings as and when required.

Activities to be conducted every year and the tentative months

S.No

Name of the Program

Department

No of Program

Remarks
1. Faculty Development Program on Teaching Pedagogy / Methodology IQAC & FDC 2 All faculty must attend.
During Apr/May & November/December the program will be organized.
2. Faculty Development Program on Leadership Skills IQAC & FDC 1 Deans, HoDs, and senior faculty members must attend the program.
During November/December the program will be organized.
3 Faculty development program to Non-Teaching FDC 2 All non-teaching faculty members must attend the program.
4 Faculty development program to Technical Staff FDC 2 All technical staff must attend the program.
5. Faculty development program – Core Specific (Discipline-specific) Commerce & Management 2 All faculty members of the Commerce & Management department must attend
During Apr/May & November/December the program will be organized.
6. Faculty development program – Core Specific Computer Science 2 All faculty members of the Computer Science department must attend
During Apr/May & November/December the program will be organized.
7. Faculty development program – Core Specific Mathematics 2 All faculty members of the Mathematics department must attend
During Apr/May & November/December the program will be organized.
8. Faculty development program – Core Specific Fine Arts (CDF, Viscom, and English) 2 All faculty members of CDF, Viscom, and English department must attend
During Apr/May & November/December the program will be organized.
9. Faculty development program – Core Specific Science (BioScience, Psychology, Physics) 2 All faculty members of BioScience, Psychology, and Physics departments must attend
During Apr/May & November/December the program will be organized.
Total Programs Planned 17

Apart from the above, the training programs related to ERP, Automation tools will be conducted as and when required.

The faculty development cell will organize faculty tours and outbound training programs for the faculty members to enrich their skills and to enhance their talents.

Coordinator:

  • P. Srinivasan, Associate Professor & HoD – BioScience (Microbiology), Rathinam College of Arts and Science.

Members:

  • K P V Sabareesh, Dean, Research & Development, Rathinam College of Arts and Science
  • S. N. Suresh, Dean – Science & IQAC Coordinator, Rathinam College of Arts and Science
  • Dr. Juliana Gnanaselvi, HoD – Computer Science (IT), Rathinam College of Arts and Science
  • K. Sargunathan, HoD – Mathematics, Rathinam College of Arts and Science

2015 - 2016

Rathinam Faculty Development cell in association with various departments had organized various programs to instill knowledge among the teaching fraternity and also the Non-Teaching staff. The goal of the FDP was to transcend knowledge in Automation, ICT teaching methodology, and most importantly Leadership skills and time management strategies that had been provided to enrich the faculties in different aspects of the academic work sector. A total of twelve events consisting of internal and external guests from across institutions participated and shared their knowledge. A total of 754 participants benefited through this year. The number of events and their details are consolidated in the following table

Table: Consolidated summary of list of events organized Rathinam FDC in the year 2015-2016

S.No. Date of the Event Event Title
(Teaching)		 Event Title
(Non-Teaching)		 No. of participants
1 16-11-2015 – 20-11-2015 FDP on Office automation 96
2 18-05-2016 – 23-05-2016 FDP on SPSS 45
3 23-05-2016 – 28-05-2016 Yoga Programme to faculty members 32
4 08-06-2015 to 12.06.2015 Training Program on  “Stress & Time Management” 13
5 22.06.2015 to 26.06.2015 Hands-on Workshop on Using SPSS 97
6 20.07.2015 to 24.07.2015 Faculty Development Programme on Leadership Skills 97
7 14.09.2015 to 18.09.2015 Faculty enhancement training Programme on Recent Trends in Teaching Methodology 115
8 19.10.2015 to 23.10.2015 Training Program on Documents Management in GoogleDrive 18
9 07.12.2015 to 11.12.2015 Staff Development Program on  “Stress & Time Management” 112
10 04.01.2016 to 08.01.2016 Personality Development “Capacity Building and Students Management” 26
11 15.02.2016 to 19.02.2016 FDP on Leadership Skills  and Students Management 92
12 18.04.2016 to 22.04.2016 Training Program on “Modern Office Management” 11

2016 - 2017

Rathinam Faculty Development cell in association with various departments had organized various programs to enhance the knowledge among the teaching and non-teaching staff. During the current year, the FDP has been focused on providing skill development programs to the staff members thereby empowering them to utilize the office modules namely Automation, ICT teaching methodology, Microsoft excel, SPSS, cloud computing and virtual computing. Furthermore, Yoga programs focusing on different aspects of health and consciousness upliftment were provided as a training program to enhance the health and wellness of the faculties involved in the different aspects of the academic sector. A total of fifteen events consisting of internal and external guests from across institutions participated and shared their knowledge. About, 795 participants benefited from the events this year. The Number of events and its details are consolidated in the following table

Table : Consolidated summary of list of events organized Rathinam FDC in the year 2016-2017

 

S.No. Date of the Event Event Title
(Teaching)		 Event Title
(Non-Teaching)		 No. of participants
1 21-11-2016 – 25-11-2016 FDP on Effective Teaching Techniques 102
2 12.12.2016 to 16.12.2016 Training on Document Storage in Cloud  Using Virtual Computing 23
3 23-05-2017 – 27-05-2017 FDP on Cloud and Virtual Computing 29
4 16.01.2017 to 20.01.2017 Training on using the ERP for Office automation – Teaching Staff 24
5 06.02.2017 to 10.02.2017 Training on using the ERP for Office automation – Non-Teaching Staff 13
6 20.02.2017 to 25.02.2017 Faculty Development Program ‘Hands-on Session  on Using Excel & Macros for Administrations’ 112
7 08.05.2017 to 12.05.2017 Hands-on Training Program for Non-teaching on Using Excel & Macros for Administration and Office maintenance 24
8 06.06.2016 to 10.06.2016 FDP on Office automation 96
9 11.07.2016 to 15.07.2016 Training Program for Non-teaching Staff on Office Automation 15
10 08.08.2016 to 12.08.2016 FDP on SPSS 45
11 22.08.2016 to 26.08.2016 Wellness program on Yoga and Healthy Living 13
12 24.10.2016 to 28.10.2016 Wellness program on Yoga and Healthy Living 124
13 06.04.2017 to 10.04.2017 Faculty development Programme on Teaching Methodology 22
14 20.04.2017 to 24.04.2017 FDP on Cloud Storage and Virtual Computing 129
15 22.05.2017 to 26.05.2017 Communication Skill and Student Management 24

2017 - 2018

A total of fifteen events were organized by the Rathinam Faculty Development Cell in association with various departments of the institution. The focus of the FDC during this academic year was to provide the most widely used technological advancements for the purpose of effective knowledge dissemination in the educational sector. The resource persons effectively delivered the practices and gave hands-on training to the staff members with utmost focus on familiarizing the staff members with software such as MS teams, Office 365, SPSS, Excel, and drafting articles in research journals and search proposals. Participants were inducted on a technological module on par with Health and wellness campaign that focused on their physical and mental well-being through conscious activities. A total of fifteen events consisting of internal and external guests from across institutions participated and shared their knowledge. About, 945 participants benefited from the events this year. The number of events and their details are consolidated in the following table.

Table : Consolidated summary of list of events organized Rathinam FDC in the year 2017-2018

 

S.No. Date of the Event Event Title

(Teaching)

 Event Title

(Non-Teaching)

 No. of participants
1 26-03-2018 to 31-03-2018 Technical Session on Cloud Computing & Virtual Computing 45
2 12-08-2017 to 17-08-2017 Hands on Session on the Using Microsoft Office 365 for Automation – Teaching 121
3 26-08-2017 to 31.08.2017 Hands on Session on the Using Microsoft Office 365 for Automation – Non Teaching 15
4 26-01-2018 – 29-01-2018 Technical Session on Developing Innovative Mobile App 35
5 25-05-2018 to 31-05-2018 Faculty enhancement training Programme on Teaching Methodology 97
6 05.06.2017 to 09.06.2017 Training Program on Documents Management in GoogleDrive 14
7 19.06.2017 to 23.06.2017 Yoga for Mindful Conciousness 93
8 24.07.2017 to 28.07.2017 Skill Development Progam
on
MS Team – Key techniques of operation		 28
9 11.09.2017 to 15.09.2017 Faculty Development Program on Curriculum Enrichment 111
10 23.10.2017 to 27.10.2017 Training Program on “Modern Office Management” 15
11 9-11-17 to 14-11-17 FDP on  Creative Thinking 106
12 18.11.2017 to 22.11.2017 Staff Development Program on  “Stress & Time Management” 26
13 22.01.2018 to 26.01.2018 FDP Hands on Session – Learning Hub & Course Management 96
14 14.05.2018 to 18.05.2018 Faculty development Programme on Bridging Teaching and Learning Practices 128
15 14.05.2018 to 18.05.2018 Personality Development Capacity Building Strategies 13

2018 - 2019

A total of Sixteen events were organized by the Rathinam Faculty Development Cell in association with various departments of the institution. The focus of the FDC during this academic year was to identify the lacuna among staff members and to provide an individual staff centric training on various teaching methodologies and software techniques. To name a few, staff members were exclusively trained on CAMU, MS Teams, Office 365, SPSS, and other office related software’s. Further to enrich the curriculum and to frame plausible curriculum framework suiting flexi learning methods, Curriculum enrichment program was conducted. The FDC is also committed in training the staff members for their Health and wellness through yoga, routine exercise training programs and nutrition programs. About, 1210 participants benefited from the events this year. The number of events and their details are consolidated in the following table.

Table : Consolidated summary of list of events organized Rathinam FDC in the year 2018-2019

S.No. Date of the Event Event Title

(Teaching)

 Event Title

(Non-Teaching)

 No. of participants
1 25-06-2018 – 29-06-2018 Curriculum Enrichment program – Current Senario and Future Prospects 112
2 25-07-2018 – 30-07-2018 Orientation session on Successfully navigating Microsoft Outlook 135
3 12-07-2018 – 17-07-2018 Skill development session the on Usage of Microsoft Outlook 23
4 22-09-2018 – 27-09-2018 Orientation Programm to Faculty members on developing E-content 36
5 22-10-2018 – 26-10-2018 Faculty development Programme on Understanding Teaching Methodology 126
6 06-11-18 to 10-11-18 FDP on Choosing Scholarly Journals and Guidelines to Publish Articles Hands on Session – Using OneDrive for Office Automation – Non Teaching staff Members 21 / 15
7 03-12-2018 – 07-12-2018 Training programme on “Soft Skills for professional Effectiveness” 23
8 17-12-2018 – 21-12-2018 FDP on Leadership Management Skills 112
9 07-01-2019 – 11-01-2019 Technical Session – Android Mobile Security – Faculty members 124
10 28-01-2019 – 01-02-2019 Development Program on Effective Team Building Strategies 26
11 04-02-2019 – 08-02-2019 FDP Session on conducting Online Google Virtual Classes 132
12 11-02-2019 – 15-02-2019 Program on “Effective Office Administration & Financial Management” 27
13 18-03-2019 – 22-03-2019 FDP on Outcome based Teaching Techniques 128
14 21-05-2019 – 25-05-2019 FDP on ICT Tools for Faculties 146
15 27-05-2019 – 31-05-2019 Communication Skill and Student Management 24

2019 - 2020

Nineteen events were organized by the Rathinam Faculty Development Cell in association with various departments of the institution. The focus of the FDC during this academic year was to train the staff members in developing flexible assessment methods, OBE, Android development, ER software, Student communication development initiatives, Institutional documentation via open-source software and cloud computing, Data management in department, Research proposal drafting, Patent filing and wellness campaign. About, 1153 participants benefited from the events this year. The number of events and their details are consolidated in the following table.

Table : Consolidated summary of list of events organized Rathinam FDC in the year 2019-2020

 

S.No. Date of the Event Event Title

(Teaching)

 Event Title

(Non-Teaching)

 No. of participants
1 15-06-2019 – 20-06-2019 Curriculum Enrichment program – Flexible Course Framework 145
2 13-07-2019 – 18-07-2019 Skill Development Programme – Usage of Microsoft Teams 156
3 19-07-2019 – 24-07-2019 Skill Development Programme – Usage of Microsoft Teams 34
4 26-07-2019 – 31-07-2019 Hands on Session – Office Automation – Non Teaching Faculty 15
5 26-08-2019 – 30-08-2019 FDP on developing E-content 32
6 09-09-2019 – 14-09-2019 Faculty development Programme on Teaching Methodology 124
7 03-10-2019 – 08-10-2019 Orientation Session on Using OneDrive for Institutional Documents 145
8 19-10-2019 – 23-10-2019 Technical Session – Android Mobile Security 32
9 26-11-2019 – 30-11-2019 FDP on Delivering High Impact Presentations 175
10 04-11-2019 – 09-11-2019 FDP on Leadership Skills and Practices 35
11 12-12-2019 – 17-12-2019 Technical Session – Android App Development Strategies 20
12 05-03-2020 – 09-03-2020 Orientation Session on conducting Virtual Classes 150
13 17-03-2020 – 19-03-2020 Orientation Session on Using OneDrive for Institutional Documents 23
14 06-04-2020 – 10-04-2020 Hands on Session – Learning Hub & Course Management 95
15 20-04-2020 – 25-04-2020 ERP skill set 26
16 12-05-2020 – 16-05-2020 FDP on Stress Management during Pandemic 132
17 25-05-2020 – 29-05-2020 Staff Development Program on Communication Skill and Student Management 24