Kolkata | April 9-10 2026 | 10 am – 6 pm

🗓 Duration: 2 Days
📍 Venue: DP 5/1 Salt Lake Sector V, Kolkata 700091 (STPI Campus)
📘 Format / Mode: Interactive | Case-Based | Workshop Format

📘 Event Category: Faculty Development Programme (FDP) / Continuing Education Program (CEP)

Transforming Faculty into Innovation Leaders

Redesign Teaching. Reimagine Research. Reinvent Impact.

Ideal Participants

• Faculty Members (UG/PG)
• MBA & Management Faculty
• Engineering & Technology Faculty
• Research Supervisors
• IQAC & Academic Leaders
• Innovation / Incubation Coordinators

CONTEXT, NEED & VALUE

The Changing Landscape of Higher Education

Higher education today demands more than content delivery. Faculty members are expected to:

• Integrate Outcome-Based Learning (OBL)
• Promote experiential learning
• Mentor innovation & entrepreneurship
• Align research with societal needs
• Strengthen institutional accreditation frameworks

Design Thinking offers a structured methodology to meet these expectations and Globally adopted by leading innovation institutions. This approach enables faculty to create impact-driven academic ecosystems.

Why This FDP?

This programme empowers faculty to:

✔ Redesign courses using experiential models
✔ Improve student engagement & outcomes
✔ Enhance project mentoring quality
✔ Convert research into real-world solutions
✔ Build innovation-driven departments

Unique Value Proposition

• Academic-focused Design Thinking model
• Ready-to-use classroom & research templates
• OBL integration framework
• Innovation mentoring toolkit
• Institutional action plan development
• Premium certification

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE & LEARNING OUTCOMES

DAY 1 – Pedagogy & Curriculum Innovation

Module 1: Innovation in Higher Education (Emerging academic paradigms & faculty leadership role)

Module 2: Design Thinking Framework (Empathize – Define – Ideate – Prototype – Test)

Module 3: Empathy in Education (Student personas & learning gap analysis)

Module 4: Course Redesign Lab (Transforming syllabus into experiential modules)

DAY 2 – Research, Mentoring & Institutional Strategy

Module 5: Research to Impact (Problem-driven research & consultancy alignment)

Module 6: Mentoring Student Innovation (Capstone guidance & incubation pathways)

Module 7: Prototype-Based Teaching (Assessment redesign & rapid feedback tools)

Module 8: Institutional Innovation Roadmap (Department-level action planning)

Investment

Individual Registration: ₹6,500 (Regular) | ₹5,500 (Early Bird)

Institutional Nomination (3+ Faculty): ₹4,800 per participant

Closed Campus FDP: ₹1.75 Lakhs (Up to 40 Faculty)

Fee Includes:

• FDP Kit & Templates
• Soft Copy Toolkit
• Certificate
• Tea & Working Lunch

Bank Details For Online Payment: Account Name: GLF Business School | A/c No. 33820301433 State Bank of India, Salt Lake Sector I, Kolkata Branch MICR Code: 700002145 / IFSC: SBIN0001612 (Please share transaction details after payment)

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