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First Session Inaugral Address Resource Person Prof. R. P. Bajpai Topic Importance of original thought “In today’s era where knowledge is power, utmost importance must be given to inculcation of original thoughts in the education system”, said the Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University Prof. R. P. Bajpai in the inaugural address to the 52nd Orientation Course organized by the UGC- Academic Staff College, K.U.K. Prof. Bajpai in his address stressed the need to change the methodology of teaching from simple lecture method to a Problem Identification and Solution process. He also highlighted some of the methods being followed in the I.I.T.s. In a world where knowledge generates wealth the teacher-student synergy can produce a super-energy, it can rule the world through knowledge, and this is probably one of the ways how we can make “saare jahan se accha Hindustan hamara”, said the Vice-Chancellor in his motivating and inspiring address. Prof. K. L. Tuteja, Director Academic Staff College, K.U.K, in his welcome note emphasized the interactive ways of teaching and learning. He welcomed the 33 participants from various parts of the country specializing in varied disciplines to the 52nd Orientation Course. Dr. Sucheta, Deputy Director, A.S.C., gave the broader outlines of the 28-days course, which ends on the 13th of March 2008. The inaugural session ended with a vote-of-thanks by Dr. R. P. Grover, also Deputy Director, A.S.C. Thereafter in the first academic session Prof. R. P. Bhatnagar from Moradabad discussed various methods of ‘Effective Teaching’ with the participants. He noted the dismal situation of higher education in India and recognized teacher as a big force to change this situation. Dated 15.02.2008 Day-1 Resource Person: Dr. R.P. Bhatnagar Retd. Prof. of Education, Near Satsang Asaram, Muradabad (U.P) Chairperson: Dr. Meena Kumari Lecturer in Education Ch. Devi Lal University, Sirsa Topic: Effective Teaching The resource person Dr. R.P. Bhatnagar presented a lecture on effective teaching. First of all he discussed the status of higher education in India. After it he defined teaching. He told that teaching is a process and it produces change in the behaviour of the student. He told that teacher is the back-bone of any educational system and teaching is the fundamental duty of a teacher. Dr. Bhatnagar suggested some skills and Psychological principles for effective teaching. These are as under:- • Communication skill • Principle of Mental Set • Lecturing Skill • Explaining Skill • Stimulus Variation • Use of Teaching Aids • Use of Motivation • Use of Reinforcement • Teaching Techniques In the end he summarized the lecturer. The lecture delivered by Dr. Bhatnagar was very interesting and based on Psychological principles of teaching. Dated 16.02.2008 Day-2 Resource Person: Salil Mishra School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi-110068 P.J. Phillp NIT, KUK Chairperson: Miss Shweta Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology K.U. Kurukshetra The second day of the 52nd Orientation course was as lively as the first day. There were two eminent resource persons from two very different fields.management & history. Prof. P.J. Philip, a Prof. in Management at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra took the first session on the issue of ‘Intellectual Property Rights:- Concepts a Relevance and the next two sessions were by Prof Salil Mishra, a Prof. in History at the IGNOU, on ‘Indian Culture: Plurality Syncretism’ and the second on ‘Secularism’. Prof. Philip in his lucid style gave a brief introduction not just to IPRs but also to the Orientation Course. Thereafter he told in a little detail about the seven types of IPRs- Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Individual Designs, Geographical Indications, Trade Secret, Layout Designs of integrated Circuits. With interesting examples, he made a technical topic look very easy. Thereafter he gave a brief history of patent laws in India and why is it of importance to us. Prof. Mishra in his attempt to out time the plurality & syncretism of Indian Culture, by on by discussing what is culture, what is the difference between culture & civilization and what have been the three types of societies found-namely, civilizational symental and settlement societies. The dynamic, plural & inclusive Indian cultural life is plural with about 1852 languages and mother tongue , 4600 castes & sub castes, four major linguistic groups & varied geography found habits etc. In his second session on secularism he beautifully explained the genies of the idea of secularism in the idea of separation of church & state in medieval & went to the three important features of Indian secularism i.e. religious freedom, equal distance from all religions and opposition to communalism. As Prof. Philip agued in the morning session an orientation course should equip us with necessary knowledge, necessary skills to deliver that knowledge & shape our attitude to hacking. I can say without any doubt that this day was a success in all three ways. Dated 18.02.2008 Day-4 Resource Person: Prof. Y.L Grover A-2/163, Janakpuri, New Delhi Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Reader, Dept. of chemistry, K.U. Kurukshetra Chairperson: Miss Rashmi Chaudhary Lecturer, Dept. of Commerce K.U. Kurukshetra Topic: “Personality” On 18th February, 2008 the course started at its usual time of 9:30 am and ended at 3:45 pm followed by tea refreshment. The day was divided into 3 sessions. The first session was started at 9:30 am in which the Resource person was Prof. Y.L Grover, Director General Management Research Institute, New Delhi. The discussion topic was “Personality” Respectable sir gave a very beautiful description of personality. He said Personality is a blend of covert and overt behaviour. One should always be willing to change himself if it is for the sake of good for you as well as for others. As a part of the society the person is given the liberty to shape his/her personality but for the sake of social acceptance (as man is a social animal) one should make essential changes in his/her personality. He also emphasized that one should look about the positive side of life. Respectable sir also discussed the desirable inner and outer traits of a developed personality. The basic idea lies that “If we wish we can change ourselves” The second session started at 11:30 a.m. In the second session also Prof. Y.L. Grover was with us as a Resource Person and in this session he discussed on the topic of ‘Interpersonal Effectiveness’. He clarified the meaning of Interpersonal Effectiveness and its purpose as it is interaction with people in such a manner so that we can have change in our personality and can develop our personality. He also discussed one of the technique of measuring “Interpersonal Effectiveness” called “Transactional Analysis”. In this he discussed about the concept of Transactional Analysis in 3 parts:- 1. Parent Ego State (more judgmental, evaluative, moralizing) 2. Adult Ego State (Reasoning, thinking, logical qualities) 3. Child Ego State ( life as it is felt by us) He emphasized that one should not make his personality judgmental, evaluative, moralizing all the time. Keep it in your personality at a minimal level. The Adult Ego state (state of reasoning, facts and logic) must go up in our personality means that it should make up large part of our personality. But one must have fairly large child ego state (life as it is felt by us) in his/her personality. He also discussed the life positions and types of Transactions which takes place during the life positions. So many lighter moments came in the session, which made the whole discussion very much interesting. He said child in ourself must remain and we should never let him die. Be positive in life. Adopt the positive attitude. Make your personality interactive. One must try to learn, live and work with each other people, so try to be social and outgoing. The session ended with vote of thanks to the Resource Person and the Course coordinator. The third session started at 02:00 P.m. The topic was on ‘HIV the Invincible Target’ In the 3rd session the Resource Person was Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, Reader, Dept. of chemistry, KUK. He discussed on the topic of “ HIV THE INVINCIBLE TARGET”. The basic idea to take up the topic for discussion was to sensitise the teaching community about the gravity of HIV. He gave a very beautiful and informative power point presentation full of facts, figures, statistical data and examples to make us understand the most technical topic of HIV very nicely. He explained:- • What is HIV? • Impact of AIDS epidemic-in which he presented the latest statistical data available all over the globe. • How it damages the immune system? • How the immune system fights the disease. • Where and how a chemist can come to the rescue of an AIDS Patient. • Activities that allow HIV Transmission. He explained such a scientific and technical topic in such an easy language with the help of diagrams and examples that it helped those participants also who were from non-science background is to understand the topic easily. His main idea or theme was that “ HIV is a Difficult Disease to Get”. until and unless one invites it. But he said that prevention is the ultimate cure. The session was ended with vote of thanks to the Resource Person for Sharing his knowledge with the Participants and sparing few moments of his precious time for us. Dated 19.02.2008 Day-5 Resource Person: Dr. S.C. Sharma Former Director, ASC P.U. Chandigarh Chairperson: Mr. Vineet Kumar Lecture in Tourism University College, Kurukshetra The day started with beautiful description by Dr.