IIM-L launches faculty dev centre in Noida
The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (IIM-L) inaugurated the national management faculty development centre (NMFDC) at its Noida campus on Monday evening. The aim of the initiative is to train and equip business school (B-school) teachers in the country.
The inauguration was held in the presence of IIM-L director Prof Ajit Prasad on Monday.
Executive head NMFDC Prof Neerja Pandey said the centre is envisioned as a high-quality capacity building centre for creating and strengthening the knowledge base and pedagogical techniques of faculty of management institutions globally.
Directors and deans of various institutions and organisations attended the event.
Prominent among those present were: Prof Gautam Sinha, director IIM Kashipur; Prof Ravikesh Srivastava, dean academics IMT Ghaziabad; Prof Abhijit Bhattacharya, dean-faculty IIM Lucknow and Amit Agnihotri, CEO MBA Universe. Besides, management faculty from various IIMs and prominent B-schools, and management students also attended the event.
Prasad has envisioned NMFDC as a pan-IIM initiative where various IIMs would collaborate
THE NMFDC HAS BEEN ENVISIONED AS A PANIIM INITIATIVE WHERE VARIOUS IIMS WILL COLLABORATE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT FACULTY IN THE COUNTRY
to enhance the quality of management faculty in the country.
Educationist Ajay S Shriram, while addressing the paucity of adequately equipped faculty in India, suggested that it was desirable that the delivery of programmes at the centre be benchmarked with that of world-class institutions.
“This will enable it to fulfil its mission more ably,” said Shriram.