Rama Krishna Sangem
Prof V Venkata Ramana, Professor, School of Management Studies at University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been appointed as Director(i/c) of the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC) at the University of Hyderabad. He has assumed charge at the director this week.
The Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MMTTP) works to enhance the capacity and training of teachers/faculty. The mission aims to transform higher education by integrating Indian values and ethos into teaching, research, publications, patents, and institutional development.
The functions of MMTTC encompass planning, organizing, implementing Faculty Induction Programmes (FIP) for newly appointed college/university faculty members. Additionally, MMTTC will organize Short Term Programme/ Faculty Development Programme (STP/FDP), Refresher Courses (RC), etc. for serving teachers, researchers, senior administrators, heads of departments, principals, officers, non-teaching staff etc., and orient them on NEP 2020 themes through NEP Orientation and Sensitization programmes.
Talking to Excel India, Prof Venkata Ramana expressed happiness over the new responsibility entrusted to him and said that he would do the best to serve the new office of MMTTC as its director.
Prof Venkata Ramana served as Dean, School of Management Studies after which he was appointed as Vice Chairman, TGCHE (A Statutory body) of Govt. of Telangana for seven years and also as Vice Chancellor (i/c) of RGUKT, Basar for more than 2 years and recently joined back the UoH after completion of his tenure. He is now a member of the Planning Board of Indira Gandhi National Open University for a period of 3 years.
He has also earlier been on the Boards of SBH, IIFCL and served on various Committees of UGC/AICTE and also as Expert member of the Committee setup by the Ministry of Defence, Govt of India.
