Mangaluru: A five-day training programme on “Outcome Based Education and NBA Accreditation” had 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 from December 30 to January 3.
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, Programme Coordinator of the training programme and Head, Dept. of Civil Eng. were present during the inaugural ceremony.
Dr G L Easwara Prasad- Principal, MITE, presided over the function and delivered presidential remarks emphasized the importance of NBA accreditation and then highlighted the participation of faculty in the NBA process.
Faculty from VTU affiliated engineering institutions have participated and will be an opportunity for the faculty of technical institutions to understand ‘Outcome-Based Education (OBE), model. This model has already been adopted at a faster pace in engineering colleges of the country.
This is said to be considered as a huge leap forward in terms of improving technical education in the country and help the engineers of India compete with their global counterparts.
