Faculty asked to adopt new teaching methods
The Hindu
Faculty Development Programme held for RGUKT IIIT teachers
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT-N) IIIT Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Hemachandra Reddy urged teachers to inculcate a passion for learning better teaching methods in order to be able to teach students better. Speaking at the Faculty Development Programme (FDP) organised for the newly recruited faculty of the IIIT here on Monday, the Vice-Chancellor asked teachers to learn the pedagogy of RGUKT and update their knowledge from time to time. IIIT Director G.V.R. Srinivas said the objective of FDP is to introduce academic practices and teaching methods of RGUKT.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.