REFRESHER COURSE REPORT

R. M. K. College of Engineering and Technology has organized a two days

Refresher Course on 17th and 18

th December 2013 for the benefit of the faculty

members working in the institution on how to effectively render their service and

manage various responsibilities assigned to them. This initiative brought together

all the faculty members from various departments to network and share their

expertise with the fresh faculty members. Starting from the Principal of the

institution, the Vice-principal, all the Heads of the departments and professors

made wonderful presenations on how effectively a faculty can manage and

contribute to the college and upgrade themselves.

Dr. E.B. Perumal Pillai, Prof. and Principal, RMKCET, during the inauguration.

On 17th December morning 9.00 a.m Dr. E.B. Perumal Pillai, Principal,

RMKCET inaugurated the two days course, greeted everyone and provided the

overview of the two days Refresher Course. He welcomed all the faculty members

and insisted on the importance of attending the course. He motivated the faculty to

take up responsibilities with whole hearted involvement.

Dr.S.Bhagavathi Perumal, Prof. and Vice-Principal, RMKCET, delivering on

General Discipline.

The first session was on General Discipline, the speaker was

Dr.S.Bhagavathi Perumal, Vice-Principal, RMKCET stressed on the importance

of discipline and how it can take one to great heights. He addressed all the issues

that faculties face every day and how to keep discipline and effectively manage the

students in the college.

Prof. Dr.K.Balasubadra, Head / IT, RMDEC, delivering on NBA Accreditation.

The second session was on Preparedness for NBA Accreditation,

delivered by Dr.K.Balasubadra, Professor & Head IT, RMDEC. She shared

her experience on the importance of getting accreditation for the quality assurance

and improvement of educational programmes in an institution prescribed by the

appropriate designated authorities. She laid stress on improving the skill sets in the

teaching and learning process and the standards that are expected in NBA

accreditation.

Prof. Dr.N.Sankar Ram, Head / CSE, on Effective Classroom Management.

The next session was on Effective Classroom Management delivered by

Dr.N.Sankar Ram, Professor & Head, CSE. He insisted on developing a

personal philosophy of effective class room management and to treat students as

individuals. He called upon all the faculty members to create a conducive

classroom environment where learning happens with interest.

The Fourth session was on Stress Management delivered by

Dr.K.A.Selvakumaran, Professor S & H. His lecture threw lights on causes of

stress in the modern world while striving for excellence, the symptoms of stress

and how to overcome stress by positive stress strategies.

The next session was on Professional Ethics delivered by

Dr.T.Gnanasekaran, Professor & Head, IT. His lecture focused on developing

leadership skills and following ethical practices in the work place which will in

turn inspire the student community to follow the teachers as role models.

The next session was on Effective Counseling delivered by

Dr.N.Gangatharan, Professor & Head, ECE. The lecture threw light on guiding

and counseling the students for their betterment. He discussed the fundamentals

that are to be mastered by the counselors and the role they play in bringing about

the best in every student. He insisted on problems faced by the students and the

courses of action to be taken to solve the problems faced by the students. He laid

stress on the power of listening.

The last session on the first day of the refresher course was on Writing

Research Proposals and Good Research Articles delivered Prof. Dr.C.Arun,

ECE. He explained how to start research and discussed about the key parameters

in writing the research proposals. He elaborated on how to choose a title and the

time schedule for every stage of proposal. All the government sponsoring agencies

available were also listed for the faculty members.

Mr. S. Subramanian, Administrative Officer on the Purchase Procedures

The second day of the refresher course started with Mr. S. Subramanian,

Administrative officer, presenting a session on PURCHASE PROCEDURE. He

elaborated on the budget for an academic year, about the purchase of consumables

and non consumables. He discussed the practices that are to be followed by the

faculty on availing leave.

The second session was on Effective Examination System delivered by

Mr.T.S. Franklin Rajesh, Coordinator, Exam Cell. He elaborated on the

procedures that are followed in the exam cell for the internal and university

examinations. He insisted that the faculty members should be punctual in their

work. He classified the duties and responsibilities of the invigilators and subject

teachers.

The third session was on “Towards Academic Excellence…” rendered by

Dr.R.Patturaj, Professor & Head, S & H. His lecture emphasized on excellence

as a continuous process. He shared some memories on how his teacher inspired

him and stressed on the responsibilities of a teacher in shaping the future

generation.

The next session was on University Regulations (Old &New) delivered by

Dr.N.Kalaiarasi, Professor & Head, EEE. In the lecture she explained in detail

about the university norms, credit calculations, evaluation and revaluation of the

papers and the rules and regulations that are followed by the Anna university in

awarding an engineering degree to a candidate.

Prof. Dr.M.Balasubramanian, Head /Mechanical Engg. delivering lecture on

Effective Evaluation Systems

The next session was handled by, Dr.M.Balasubramanian, Professor &

Head, Mech. on Effective Evaluation Systems. The session provided guidelines

for setting a good question paper that makes the student to think rather than

answering the stereo types involving direct questions. He elaborated on the

methodologies that can be adopted for evaluating the answer scripts.

Mr.S.Muthukumar, Placement Officer, delivering lecture on Effective Placement Strategies

The next session was on Effective Placement Strategies delivered by

Mr.S.Muthukumar, Placement Officer. His lecture threw light on preparing the

students for placements, the crucial role played by faculty members in bringing out

the talents of the students. He elaborated on the job market scenario that demands

students with multiple skill sets. He also discussed the placement records for the

past three years.

Prof. Dr.T.V.Padmavathy , ECE, delivering on Patents.

Prof. Dr.P.K.Devan, Professor / Mechanical, interacting with the faculty members.

The next session was on Patent Filing jointly deliverd by

Dr.T.V.Padmavathy, Professor / ECE and Dr.P.K.Devan, Professor /

Mechanical . The speakers being experts and having patents already, elaborated

in-depth about the intellectual property rights, the basic requirement of the patents

and how to apply for the patent.

Mr. S.Senthil Kumar, Associate Professor, delivering a lecture on Motivation

The last session was on Motivation a lecture rendered by

Mr.S.Senthikumar, Asso. Prof., Mech. His lecture threw lights on how to

motivate the student community by adopting some student friendly methods. He

shared some success stories and how could such things be achieved in a given

situation.

Audience

During the valedictory, The Principal distributes the certificates,

Prof. Dr. N.Gangatharan, HoD / ECE, receives the certificate

After the sessions, feedback forms were issued to all the participants and

were collected. At last, the Principal distributed the certificates to the Resource

Persons and Participants.