The Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Development Research was inaugurated at KIIT School of Rural Management (KSRM) on 16th December, 2019. This Program will continue up to 24th December, 2019. Prof. S. Nanda, Professor Emeritus & Research Chair was the Chief Guest and Prof. S. N. Mishra, Dean, KSOM was the Guest of Honour of the event.
At the outset, Prof. Nishith Parida, Director of KSRM welcomed and introduced KIIT, KISS and KSRM to the faculty participants. The Coordinator of the FDP, Prof. Damodar Jena presented the Program and finally the vote of thanks was given by Prof. V. Venkatakrishnan.
The Program is sponsored by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Hyderabad. The uniqueness of this FDP is that after the course, each participant will be provided with a minor research grant to practice the lessons learnt from the Program.