AICTE in its endeavor to encourage academic excellence in technical education has taken several quality initiatives which also include enhanced impetus on the development of the faculty teaching in colleges across the country.
The AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy is one such initiative that has been conducting various Faculty Development Programs for imparting/upgrading faculty knowledge in emerging thrust areas like IoT, ML, AI, robotics, blockchain, renewable energy, augmented & virtual reality.
Given the unprecedented COVID-19 backdrop, this year 1500 FDP in various emerging areas have been scheduled in online mode and 27 such FDPs are commencing on 09th August 2021. These FDPs are being conducted by various prominent organizations such as IITs, IIMs, IIITs NITs, IISc, ISI, JNU, BARC, DRDO, central universities engaging distinguished experts from academia, industry, research organizations from within the country and abroad.