21- ­­days 125th Orientation Course inaugurated at PU

Korel, Chandigarh, December 26, 2019:

Professor (Dr.) Kuldip Chand Agnihotri, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala (H.P.) inaugurated the 21- ­­days 125^th Orientation Course on 26^th December, 2019.  The course is being conducted by the UGC – Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh for newly inducted faculty and is being attended by 35 Assistant Professors belonging to institutions in Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh.

Speaking to the participants, Professor Agnihotri said that new teachers should do well if they adopt teaching as a profession and not as a part time hobby.  As teachers, one should be completely immersed in the experience of teaching.   He expressed his surprise that very few of our teachers go into writing their own books, after doing research in the indigenous traditions, processes and phenomenon.  The teachers should today reclaim their role of being an agenda-setter rather than a blind follows.

Professor S.K. Tomar, Director, UGC – Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh welcomed the participants and placed before them the significance of faculty development programmes.