A staff development program for all the lab/workshop staff was conducted at the School of engineering & technology and completed on 3-11-18. The sessions were in the form of a series of expert talks by internal experts as under:

Sr. No.	Date	Day	Expert	Topic
1.	8/10/18	Monday	Dr. P. G. Ramesh	Value Addition
2.	9/11/18	Tuesday	Prof. Tarun Kumar	Maintaining Discipline and owning the organization
3.	10/10/18	Wednesday	Maj Gen (Retd.) Sukesh Rakshit	Professional Ethics
4.	2/11/18	Monday	Prof. Agnimitra Biswas	Quality Management
5.	3/11/18	Tuesday	Mr. Bishnu Gogoi	Communication and its importance

Primarily the purpose of the program was to acquaint the staff with understanding the concepts, which are already being followed in organizations all across, and implementing the same in their work area. On concluding day, it was reiterated to all the attendees that they must be an integral part of the teaching and learning process and help the faculty and students with their area of expertise.

The attendees in future will be provided with workshops on common areas for all such as Microsoft Office, Communication skills, Project based training, Innovative thinking and innovation etc.