AICTE Advisor Prof Dileep
Malkhede launched ART of Living programme at RIST

USTM, Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya, 4 November 2017: Teachers
are the only medium to reach the heart and mind of the
students and “Art of Living” has the potential to
contribute in this direction by helping teachers learn
how to release stress and improve the energy level for
educational excellence. This was stated today by Prof
Dileep Malkhede, Advisor, All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE),New Delhi while launching a
14-day-long national level Faculty Development Programme
(FDP) on Art of Living at the Conference hall of the
University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM),
Techno City campus at 9th Mile, Ri Bhoi. The programme
is being organized by the Department of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, Regional Institute of Science
and Technology (RIST) and is sponsored by the All India
Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
In the inaugural session of the Programme, Prof Malkhede,
who was the Chief Guest, said that though introducing a
training programme on a subject like Art of Living in a
technical institution is not that common, there is a
need for conducting such workshops in view of the
tremendous amount of stress that students as well as
teachers have to undergo now-a-days. He expressed his
happiness and highly praised RIST for applying such a
unique project to AICTE that can help the faculties and
students alike. In his address, he announced several
upcoming schemes by the Central Government such as
scholarship for girl students, schemes for physically
challenged students that will be launched soon by the
Government of India.
Prof. Amarjyoti Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, USTM also
graced the occasion and said that controlling our
vibrations or breath is very important while learning
the art of living. He expressed his hope that the
teacher will be benefitted by the programme by learning
to release stress in life.
Expert faculties from AICTE approved NGO “the Art of
Living” will conduct the programme. Speaking on the
occasion, Dr. Shanti Medhi, Gynaecologist and Senior
Faculty, Art of Living said that the main aim of Art of
Living is stress release. Mr. Deba Kumar Baruah, State
Teachers Coordinator, Assam and Faculty, Art of Living
also address the participants and spoke on yoga, life
skill and how to increase energy level for performance
in life.
Participation certificates will be issued to the
candidates who attend the programme in full. Some of the
sessions included in the programme are: yoga,
meditation, stress management, effective communication,
handling complaints and problems in college environment,
dynamism and crossing boundaries, ethics in team work,
engineering as a profession, holistic rejuvenation of
body and mind system, experiential teaching, being
inspired and inspiring others, etc.
The welcome address was made by Prof U K Sarma,
Executive Director and Convener, FDP, RIST. The vote of
thanks was delivered by Dr. P.C. Mahanta, Director, RIST.
AICTE was set up in November 1945 as a national level
Apex Advisory Body to conduct a survey on the facilities
available for rechnical education and to promote
development in the country in a coordinated and
integrated manner. RIST , an engineering college of par
excellence, provides B Tech courses approved by AICTE,
New Delhi, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
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