Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 2: Prof Rajni Kant from Dept of Physics, Prof Kamal K Kapoor from Department of Chemistry and Prof Hardeep Chahal from the Dept of Commerce in Jammu University have been selected in the three weeks’ flagship “Leadership of Academicians Program (LEAP)” envisaged by the MHRD, Government of India.
Prof Rajni Kant, presently having additional charge of Direc-torate of Di-stance Educ-ation as its Director, Un-iversity of Jammu, is attending the programme at IIT Khar-agpur and University of Cambridge, U.K whereas Prof Kamal K Kapoor and Prof Hardeep Chahal are attending this programme at Aligarh Muslim University and at Monash University, Australia respectively.
This is a unique leadership program custom designed for Indian academicians who have marked their presence in research at the international level. LEAP is fully sponsored programme by MHRD and selection has been made on the basis of a critical review of applications. A total number of twenty eight academicians from various institutes of national importance of the country have been selected for this prestigious academic leadership programme.
Prof Manoj Dhar, Vice-Chancellor JU, hoped that the University of Jammu will be benefited with the kind of experience the faculty members gain through this participation in the LEAP programme. He further said that it a matter of great pride that three out of 28 Professors from all over India belong to University of Jammu.
LEAP includes two-week domestic and one-week foreign training for academic heads, who are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future. It is pertinent to mention here that University of Jammu has already been awarded Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) by Ministry of Human Resource Department, New Delhi. ARPIT will cater to all the in-service teachers, irrespective of their subject, management and seniority every year. It is noteworthy to mention here that during the last one year, six professors of University of Jammu have been selected for LEAP.
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