Faculty Development Programme
on
Enhancing Research Capabilities for
Academic Career Progression
Dates of FDP: 17th – 21st March, 2025
Mode: ICT / Online
GOOGLE MEET LINK: meet.google.com/tvj-yzig-ocd
To Be Organized By
Entrepreneurship Development and Industrial Coordination Department
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research,
Chandigarh – 160019
ABOUT NITTTR CHANDIGARH
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, formerly known as Technical Teachers
Training Institute (TTTI), was established by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India
in 1967 to meet the requirements of training Polytechnic teachers for the growth and development of polytechnic
education in the northern region of the country. It had the collaboration of Royal Netherlands Government up to 1974.
The institute ushered into a new era in November 2003, with its changed name and enhanced status as National Institute
of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR). It is one of the four such National Institutes in the Country
with a focus on the Northern Region comprising the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, National Capital Territory of Delhi, and Union Territory of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, and
Ladakh. Presently, the outreach of the programmes and activities of the institute covers the entire gamut of technical
education. Ministry of Education, Government of India has recently accorded the ‘Deemed to be University’ status to
NITTTR Chandigarh under distinct category.
ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COORDINATION DEPARTMENT
Entrepreneurship Development and Industrial Coordination (EDIC) department was established at NITTTR, Chandigarh
in the year 1983 with a view to introduce and promote entrepreneurship development and improve Industry-Institute
Interaction (III) in the technical education system. Presently, the department provides services to the Engineering
Colleges, Polytechnics and Management Institutes of the Country. The department is engaged in training of
entrepreneurs, potential entrepreneurs, entrepreneur-trainer-motivators (ETMs), technical teachers, managers,
administrators & professionals from industries. With a holistic approach to the promotion of entrepreneurship and
industry-institute interaction, the department is also conducting research & development studies; preparing instructional
material (both print and non-print); offering assistance in curriculum design and review; providing extension services to
client institutes and undertaking consultancy work in the broad areas of Entrepreneurship and allied aspects.
RATIONALE FOR THE PROGRAMME
Global economic progress brings higher educational institutions (HEI) to be more competitive in producing research
results. These results may become new knowledge in the knowledge of economy. Faculty members being the
cornerstone of any higher educational institutions have to step up for the challenges being presented by this new and
changing paradigm in the academia by enhancing their research capabilities. This calls for faculty members to undergo
training programmes which will be able to bring enhancement in their respective research domain alongside with the
impact on the associated aspects like teaching and administration. The main objective of this programme is to expose
participants to the nuances of academic research by introducing them to the core concepts of the domain along with the
ways corporates take into the cognizance of the research outputs for the practical purposes. Further, this programme will
bring forth in front of participants the way of writing and submitting a research project along with the number of
statistical data analysis techniques. This programme will also show the participants the process of conducting a
systematic literature review and bibliographic analysis for their respective research areas as well.
Indicative topics to be covered during FDP: Defining Academic Research and Research Process, Research
Instrument’s Validity and Data Analysis, Bibliographic Analysis, Multivariate Data Analysis and Selecting Appropriate
Data Analysis Method, Multiple Regression Using Excel, Research Avenues for Career Progression in-line with New
Education Policy, Research Project Submission: Intricacies and Pathway, Research for Market Opportunities
PROGRAMME COORDINATOR
Dr Harsh Vardhan Samalia
{Ph.D, MBA, BE, PGDPL}
Associate Professor, EDIC DEPARTMENT
NITTTR CHANDIGARH
harsh@nitttrchd.ac.in
Ph: 0172 – 2759673
M: 8794946575
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS TRAINING AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COORDINATION (EDIC) DEPARTMENT, NITTTR, CHANDIGARH
Indicative Time Schedule for One Week Programme on
‘Enhancing Research Capabilities for Academic Career Progression’ (17 – 21 March, 2025)
O. Plan No.: ICT – 117 Mode: Online
Day Morning Session Afternoon Session
& Session I Session II Session III
Date (10:00 AM – 11:30 Noon) (11:45 AM– 01:15 PM) L (2:30 PM – 04:00 PM)
Introduction and Overview of the Defining Academic Research and Research U Copyrights and Referencing in Research
Monday Programme Process (ADS)
17/03/2025 (HVS) (HVS) N
Tuesday Research Instrument’s Validity and Data Research Project Submission: Intricacies and C Multivariate Data Analysis and Selecting Appropriate
Analysis Pathway Data Analysis Method
18/03/2025
(SD) (NB) H (YVRM)
Various Sampling Techniques and Design Tools for Bibliographic Analysis Multiple Regression Using Excel
Wednesday
of Research Instrument (RS) (AM)
19/03/2025 B
(HGS)
R
Thursday Research in Industry: A Practitioner’s Structural Equation Modelling through ‘R’ Research Avenues for Career Progression inline with
Perspective (KB) E New Education Policy
20/03/2025
(HS) (MS)
Identity Matching of Social Network Users: A
Friday Research for Market Opportunities: An Reflection and Valediction
Entrepreneurial Perspective A Textual Content Based Approach
21/03/2025 K (HVS / Participants)
(AK) (DKS)
Resource Persons:
HVS = Dr. Harsh Vardhan Samalia, Course Coordinator, Associate Professor and Head of EDIC Dept. NITTTR Chandigarh
ADS = Er. Amardev Singh, Assistant Professor, EDIC Dept. NITTTR Chandigarh
SD = Dr. Sunil Dutt, Former Prof and Head, Education and Education Management Department, NITTTR Chandigarh
NB = Dr. Niraj Bala, Professor, EDIC Dept. NITTTR, Chandigarh
YVRM = Dr. Y Venkata Ramana Murthy, Associate Professor, Centre for Management Studies, MNLU, Aurangabad
HGS = Dr. Hergovind Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, MANIT, Bhopal
RS = Dr. Rupinder Singh, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department and Dean (Research & Innovation), NITTTR Chandigarh
AM = Dr. Ankit Mahindroo, Assistant Professor, Thapar University, Patiala
HS = Mr. Harshvardhan Sharma, Head - Automotive Retail Practice (India), Automotive Industry Consulting Group, Nomura Research Institute, Japan
KB = Dr Kuldeep Baishya, Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati
MS = Dr. Meenakshi Sood, Associate Professor, Curriculum Development Department, NITTTR Chandigarh
AK = Mr. Aditya Kansal, Director, Matins Pharma, Panchkula, Haryana
DKS = Dr. Deepesh Kumar Srivastava, Assistant Professor, Information Management & Data Science, IMT Dubai
