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Education Minister Nishank inaugurates 46 online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes: Quick Highlights

Education Minister Nishank inaugurates 46 online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes Quick Highlights
Education Minister Nishank inaugurates 46 online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes: Quick Highlights 

Education Minister Nishank inaugurates 46 online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes: Quick Highlights 

46 online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes: Union Education Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' inaugurated 46 online AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) to train teachers of higher education institutions associated with All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) in thrust and emerging areas in technology. The FDPs will be conducted in 22 Indian states.

Quick Highlights - 46 online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes

The ATAL Academy is conducting FDPs in online mode, including the process of registration till certificate disbursal mechanism. In the year 2020-21, new thrust areas in the field of Engineering, Management, Life Skills, Design & Media have been incorporated. The online FDPs will be conducted according to the new National Education Policy (2020).

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Out of 1000, 499 FDPs have already been completed with more than 70,000 faculty members already trained. In 2019-20, 185 five-day face-to-face FDPs in nine thrust areas - Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Block-chain, Robotics, Quantum Computing, Data Sciences, Cyber Security, 3D Printing & Design, and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality - benefited around 10,000 participants.

Objective - ATAL Faculty Development Programmes

"The main objective of ATAL Academy is to provide quality technical education in the country and to promote research and entrepreneurship through training in various emerging fields. IITs, IIITs, NITs CU and research labs are organizing these ATAL FDPs,"

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