A training programme on “Aiming World Class University Administration” was organized by the Administrative Training Centre, IIT Bombay (ATC-IITB) during March 01 to 04, 2025. The participants in this programme were officers and staff from IIT Indore, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Bhilai, IIT Mandi, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Goa, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, BITS Pilani, National Sports University Imphal and National Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar. ATC-IITB has been set up to offer world-class training programmes for officers and staff of HEIs.
The topics covered in this program were:
(i) Understanding institutions as a system
(ii) Strategies for improving efficiency in administration using IT
(iii) Leadership in 21st century
(iv) Effective governance and management in HEIs
(v) Infrastructure administration
(vi) Managing student affairs
(vii) Teamwork and roadmapping
(viii) Collective excellence and individual excellence
(ix) Effective management for finance, infrastructure and administration in HEIs
(x) Innovation for excellence
(xi) Managing stress at work
(xii) Administrative practices that make difference
(xii) Self-Leadership: The foundation of personal and professional effectiveness
(xiii) IIT Bombay’s research innovation and translational ecosystem
(xiv) POSH law and legal awareness
(xv) RTIs in HEIs
The speakers for the program from IIT Bombay included Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Director; Padma Shri Prof. D. B. Phatak, Former Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Indore; Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Former Director; Prof. P. Seshu, Former Director of IIT Dharwad; Prof. Ravi Kant, Former Chairman of IIIT Allahabad and IIM Rohtak and Former Vice-Chairman on TATA Motors; Prof. K.V.K. Rao, Deputy Director (Finance, Infrastructure and Administration); Prof. Milind Atrey, Deputy Director (Academics, Research and Translation); Prof. Nand Kishore, Dean (Administrative Affairs); Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla, Dean (Students Affairs); Prof. P. Vedagiri, Dean (Infrastructure Planning and Support); Prof. Ashish Pandey, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management and Mr. Ganesh Bhorkade, Registrar. The external expert speakers included Dr. Jahnavi Kedare, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, T. N. Medical College, B. Y. L. Nair Ch. Hospital Mumbai; Ms. Shilpa Bhatia, Advocate, Bombay High Court and Lt. Cdr Nisha Singh (Retd), Chief Administrative Officer, IIM Mumbai.
ATC-IITB will soon be announcing a 3-day training program on “Sophisticated Laboratory Management” and a 5-day training program on “Aiming World Class University administration” in HEIs.