WORKSHOPS
The workshop is the vehicle by which a student learns the "know how" of
performing and applying a theory. It is a class in which the student acquires performance experience
with guidance from the teacher in a non-formal atmosphere. In Uttam Group of
Institutions workshops are organized at regular intervals. These workshops combine training,
development, team-building, communications, motivation and planning.
Participation and involvement of staff increases the sense of ownership and
empowerment. In UGI, workshops are effective in managing change and achieving
improvement, and particularly the creation of initiatives, plans, process and
actions to achieve. Workshops are also great for breaking down barriers,
improving communications inside and outside of departments, and integrating
staff. At Uttam we believe that the best and most constructive motivational team-building
format is a workshop.
SEMINARS
Seminars are forums in which issues are raised and explored, but not necessarily
resolved. They require a student to think, to practice the skills of analysis
and synthesis, and by doing so, possibly leave with more and better ideas than
the ones with which a student had attended the seminar. Thus UGI arranges
seminars on different issues related to the courses. Seminars are integral to
our academic program. They are the pistons which drive the intellectual heart of
the college.
Seminars are not intended as a mechanism for transmitting information; they
serve as a means for groups of students to obtain a set of common experiences,
usually based on a text, piece of art, film, etc. Ideally these seminars go
beyond the sharing of facts and probe the depths of the subject matter at hand.
In last three years seminars on divergent issues have been arranged.
We understand that seminar is generally, a form of academic instruction. It has
the function of focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone
present is supposed to participate. This is often accomplished through an ongoing
dialogue with a seminar leader or instructor, or through a more formal
presentation of research.
An index of some workshops and seminars held in the campus for students to learn with the
practical exposure of Institution-Industry-Interface: