Three day National level Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Teaching learning in Architectural Education “ is being organised by Department of Architecture & Landscape Design from 12th-14th July’ 2017 inaugurated on 12th July,2017 at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. The resource person for the FDP is Prof.(Dr.) Rajeev Garg, who has a vast experience of teaching, practice and research in Architecture particularly research in Architectural teaching, methods and pedagogy. In this development program around 20 participants from host University; new school of Architecture, MAM college, Jammu; renowned practicing Architects and few other faculty members from colleges of other states of India are also participating.
The FDP started with the introductory address by the coordinator of FDP Ar. Anoop Sharma followed by floral welcome by the first HOD of the department, Prof. C.L.Razdan. Prof.(Dr.) Rajeev Garg started with his own introduction and briefed the participants about the objectives and outcomes of the FDP.
It is pertinent to mention that this is the first faculty development program in Architecture being organised ever in the state of J&K and shall pave way for effective deliberations in teaching learning process in Architecture.