TIRUCHI: National Institute of Technology - Tiruchi (NIT-T) has invited applications from young Social Science faculty for a Capacity Building Programme to be conducted by the Department of Management Studies from August 19 to 30.
The two-week programme sanctioned by by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, an apex institution under MHRD, is open to young faculty members of social science disciplines working in Indian Universities, Colleges, Institute of National Importance, Leading B-Schools and ICSSR Research Institutes.
Preference will be given to young faculty members working in Management, Economics and Commerce discipline, followed by other social science disciplines, a press release said.
There is no registration fee for the participants. Accommodation will be provided to all outstation participants at the NIT-T, and travel allowances will be reimbursed to the outstation participants, the release said.
The number of seats for the Capacity Building Programme is restricted to 30 candidates (10 from Tiruchi, 10 from rest of Tamil Nadu and 10 from outside the state). The selection of candidates will be done as per the ICSSR guidelines.
Eminent resource persons from NIT-T, IIM -Tiruchi, and State and Central Universities will engage the participants, Courses Director G. Muruganantham, Associate Professor of Management Studies, said.
Indian higher education system being the third largest in the world, next only to the United States and China, such programmes will be useful to faculty members to keep themselves abreast of the latest research trends and developments, and to enhance their capacity for research publications and effective teaching, Prof. Muruganantham said.
The programme will train the young faculty on 'science and art of doing research to create new knowledge', the release said.
Interested faculty members can download the application form from https://www.nitt.edu/home/ICSSR-NIT-Trichy-CBP.pdf
The filled-in forms must reach the Course Director on before July 30. Selected candidates will be informed during the first week of August 2019.
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