Moodabidri: Five Days Training program on “Outcome Based Education and NBA Accreditation” has been organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Mangalore Institute of Technology & Engineering (MITE), Moodabidri, Mangalore & sponsored by TEQIP 1.3 Cell in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University”, Aryabhata Knowledge University, Patna Bihar and Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha during 30th December 2019 to 3rd January 2020.
The Training program was inaugurated by Chief guest Dr. Shanmuganeethi V, – NITTR, Chennai and he focused on the importance of outcome based education and NBA Accreditation in Technical Institutions.
Guest of Honour Dr.H R Shivakumar-Special Officer, VTU Extension Centre, Mangaluru, Dr. Ganesh Mogaveera, Program Coordinator of the training Program & Head, Dept. of Civil Eng. were present during the inaugural Ceremony.
Dr. G L Easwara Prasad- Principal, MITE, has presided over the function and delivered a presidential remarks emphasized the importance of NBA accreditation and then highlighted the participation of faculty in NBA process.NBA
In this training program, faculty from VTU affiliated Engineering institutions are participating. This Training program will be a great opportunity for Technical Institution faculty fraternity to understand the “Outcome based Education” (OBE) model, since it is being adopted at faster pace in Engineering Colleges in India. It is considered as huge jump forward to improve technical Education in India and help Indian Engineers to compete with their global counterparts.