IUCEE organizes second consecutive faculty training program
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IUCEE organizes second consecutive faculty training program
Bangalore: The Indo-U.S. Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) has organized the national-level faulty training program termed as Faculty Leadership Institute (FLI) for the second consecutive year in Mysore. Over 600 selected Indian engineering faculty members participated in about more than 23 workshops held during the program. The primary goal of FLI is to improve the quality and global relevance of engineering education in the country and in the U.S. The faculty from U.S. provided the training at Global Education Center in Infosys, Mysore. The training hopes to reach over 60,000 engineering faculty by the year 2013. The workshops include subjects like computer architecture and advanced graphical system design with Labview. Selected faculty members are mentored and certified by IUCEE to develop training kits and offer training through IUCEE regional centers of excellence for tier two & three colleges, in more than 10 states in India. The IUCEE was born out of the Pan IIT 2006 Conference held in Mumbai. The first Indo-U.S. Faculty Leadership Institute was conducted in summer 2008, wherein 585 engineering faculty participated in 23 workshops. Participants trained at these workshops have then conducted more than 60 regional workshops for the engineering faculty at IUCEE Regional Centers. This has resulted in an additional 2000 faculty being trained in the teaching methods, who in turn have impacted the learning of over 20,000 students so far. Vijay Thadani, Chief Executive Officer, NIIT and Dr. Hans Hoyer, Director, Global Strategies for American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Secretary General of International Federation of Engineering Societies (IFEES) have extended their support to the workshops. Executive Directors of IUCEE, Prof Krishna Vedula, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Dr M.P. Ravindra, Advisor, & Former Senior Vice President of Education and Research, Infosys, spearhead this initiative. Ashank Desai, President of Pan IIT and Chairman of Mastek, said,"The Faculty Leadership Institute will help in creating a better education system and India as a nation will be recognized for its intellectual capability and competitiveness. It will enable students to be trained and be more industry-ready. This will empower the youth to face the challenges posed by the ever-changing global economy."

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