5th Faculty Development Program

Topic of FDP - Empowering Academia through AI, Research Excellence, and Grant Writing: A Seven-Day Multidisciplinary Faculty Development Programme Topic of FDP-Research, Innovation, and AI Integration in Higher Education: A Multidisciplinary Faculty Development Program Day Theme Topics Covered Day 1 Transforming Higher Education in the AI Era • NEP 2020 and future of higher education• AI in teaching, learning, and research• Responsible and ethical use of AI• Emerging technologies in education Day 2 AI Tools for Teaching, Learning, and Academic Productivity • Generative AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot)• AI for lesson planning and curriculum design• AI-powered presentations, quizzes, and assessments• AI for literature review, referencing, and plagiarism awareness Day 3 Research Methodology and Research Grant Proposal Writing • Identifying research problems• Designing interdisciplinary research projects• Components of successful grant proposals• Budget preparation and project management• Funding opportunities (DST, DBT, ICAR, ICMR, CSIR, UGC, SERB/ANRF, international agencies) Day 4 Scientific Writing and High-Impact Research Publication • Structure of quality research papers• Choosing appropriate journals• Writing abstracts, introductions, methodology, results, and discussion• Publication ethics, plagiarism, authorship, and predatory journals Day 5 Research Analytics and AI-Assisted Academic Writing • AI-assisted manuscript preparation• Citation management (Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote)• Bibliometric analysis (VOSviewer, Biblioshiny)• Research visibility (ORCID, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science)• Responding to reviewers and manuscript revision Day 6 Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Research Commercialization • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)• Patents, copyrights, trademarks, and technology transfer• Entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem• Industry-academia collaboration• Case studies of funded and commercialized research Day 7 Hands-on Workshop and Expert Interaction • Writing a mini grant proposal• Developing an AI-integrated lesson plan• Preparing a publication roadmap• Group presentations and expert feedback• Valedictory session and future research networking Suggested Hands-on Sessions 1.AI tools for academic writing and editing 2.Prompt engineering for educators and researchers 3.Systematic literature review using AI 4.Grant proposal drafting workshop 5.Research paper writing clinic 6.Reference management using Mendeley/Zotero 7.Journal selection using indexing databases 8.Creating AI-powered teaching materials 9.Research profile creation (ORCID, Google Scholar, Scopus) 10.Bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer