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Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Mohan Khedkar, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati

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Baba Amravati University, Amravati (M.S.) – 444602 India.I) INTRODUCTION : The exponential growth in technical education has not translated into anysignificant growth in the number of quality graduates due to restricted availability ofqualified faculty. The quality of education and training being imparted in theengineering education institutions varies from excellent to poor, with someinstitutions comparing favourably with the best in the world and others suffering fromdifferent degrees of handicaps. As such, there is currently a wide gap betweenquantity and quality in technical education. Universities can be looked upon as potential sources to address this problem.The University is

Conference Session

Track 3 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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R. Murugesan, Anna University of Technology Madurai

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GC 2012-5633: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN FACULTY DE-VELOPMENT FOR LIFE LONG LEARNINGDr. R. Murugesan, Anna University of Technology Madurai Dr. R.Murugesan is presently heading Anna University of Technology Madurai as Vice-Chancellor. He is the first Vice-Chancellor of this state owned University which is established by the Act of Government of Tamilnadu in June 2010. His vision is to make this University a premier institution that offers world class technical education thereby generating a quality work force that will drive our country towards a glorious future. Dr. R. Murugesan was born in Porto-Novo, Chidambaram Taluk, Tamilnadu. After obtaining Diploma in Civil Engineering at Muthiah Polytechnic

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Prasad Edamana, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M), India; Ajit Kumar Kolar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Pramod S. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Sujatha Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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significance of such programs which generated interest in fostering further facultydevelopment activities to make them sustainable. During the processes of organizing the FDPs atIIT-M, some of the core team members were invited to other government and privateengineering colleges to demonstrate teaching and learning methods to their teaching faculty. Thisexercise provided an opportunity for core team members to develop their ability to conduct suchprograms. The core team members also availed themselves of opportunities to attend nationalmeetings on education related topics where teaching pedagogy was the focus. In these meetings,the experiences of new teaching methods for enhanced learning implemented at IIT-M werepresented as a model for emulation at