Share your story and shine at JK Monitor!š Welcome to JK Monitor, where every story matters and every achievement is celebrated! We invite you to share the remarkable journey of your life and showcase your accomplishments to the world. Join our exclusive interviews that honor exceptional individuals just like you. SRINAGAR: The Inaugural session of the two-day faculty workshop on establishing e-Yantra labs in colleges of Kashmir division was held today at Islamia College of Science & Commerce, Kashmir.
The workshop is being organized by the Higher Education department under the e-Yantra initiative of the Higher Education Council, UT of Jammu & Kashmir in collaboration with IIT Mumbai to build faculty capacity and enable the setting up of hands-on robotics and embedded-systems laboratories across colleges in the region.
The inaugural session was presided over by the Prof (Dr) Sheikh Aijaz Bashir, Director Colleges, Higher Education Department, UT of J&K. In his remarks the Director Colleges emphasized the importance of experiential and regional capacity building to prepare faculty and students for emerging technology fields. He also expressed the Higher Education departmentās commitment to support and monitor the progress of e-Yantra programs for achieving the desired outcomes.
Prof. Tehmina Yousuf, Principal of College, highlighted the collegeās role in hosting the workshop and lauded the collaboration between the Higher Education department and the eāYantra initiative. Prof. Yousuf called upon participating faculty to leverage the workshopās practical sessions to promote project-based learning and to catalyze student interest in robotics and embedded systems.
Bhavik Jain, an expert from IIT Mumbai presented an overview of e yantra Initiative and introduced the concept and importance of e-Yantra laboratories in todayās technological world. Faculty participants from fifteen colleges across the Kashmir division will undergo hands-on training, demonstrations, and planning sessions over the next two days.
Resource persons and trainers from IIT Mumbai shall conduct the technical sessions and guide participants through lab setup requirements, integration, project supervision, and student mentoring strategies to ensure sustainable eāYantra labs in their home institutions.
