A total of 32 faculty members from
various colleges and universities of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembled in
the apparently secluded and visibly deserted fag end of the Naseembagh campus
over the past three weeks of ongoing frigid, snowy winter when every inch of
the surface was covered by a thick blanket of snow and it was intermittently
down pouring from above. However they were here with a specific purpose and the
purpose was to convert this part of celestial Naseembagh into an epicentre of
intense academic brainstorming and intellectual discourse on various issues
concerning human behavior. The purpose of staying together for twenty one days
was to invigorate themselves and update their knowledge, skills and
competencies vis-à-vis influence of various aspects of human behavior on the
teaching-learning process, higher education system, research output,
educational pedagogy, higher education administration and management besides
other socio-economic and political concerns.
This very goal was achieved by inviting
eminent resource persons in the field of education, psychology, commerce and management,
science and technology, political and social sciences, medicine, law,
literature, media and religious studies to interact with the participants on
various relevant issues. Invited resource persons were experienced academicians
of repute whose illustrious careers spanned over several decades. They
deliberated upon several topics of interest like personality development and
organizational citizenship behavior, law and human behavior, importance of
mental health, psychiatric and personality disorders, role of teachers in containing
substance abuse among young adults, health issues of the elderly, natural
environment, climate change and human behavior, use of media for mind control
and behavioural psychology, transactional analysis, teaching-learning process
and student behavior, research methodology issues in behavioural sciences,
youth in Kashmir and South Asia through the behavioural prism, creativity as a
tool of behavior management, problems of adolescents and role of teachers in
restricting misbehavior, total quality management and human resource
development in higher education, stress management, applications of spiritual
psychology, psycho-spiritual dimensions of jihad, spiritual counseling,
contribution of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani towards Taswuf, basic question of human
existence, spiritual evolution of man from finite to infinite, language and
behaviourism, behaviouralism through sociological imagination, cell sensing and
communication and an introduction to data mining.
Resource Persons who deliberated on
these topics included Prof. Akbar Hussain, Dept. of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim
University, Prof. Mushtaq Marghoob, Dr Arshad Hussain, Dept. of Psychiatry,
Govt. Medical College, Srinagar, Prof. Hamidullah Marazi, Dean, Social
Sciences, Central University of Kashmir, Prof. Khurshid Ali, Former-Dean
Academic Affairs, University of Kashmir, Prof. Shafi Shouq, Former Dean,
Faculty of Arts, University of Kashmir, Prof. Mahmood Ahmad Khan, Dean, Faculty
of Education and Behavioural Sciences, University of Kashmir, Prof. Mohammad
Hussain, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Kashmir, Prof. Gull Mohammad Wani,
Dept. of Political Sciences, University of Kashmir, Prof. Abdul Gani, School of
Business Studies, University of Kashmir, Prof. S. Mufeed Ahmad, Director,
Business School, University of Kashmir, Prof. Zafar Ahmad Reshi, Dept. of
Botany, Dr. Sheikh Showkat Hussain, Head, School of Law, Central University of
Kashmir, Dr. Showkat Ahmad Shah, Head, Dept. of Psychology, University of
Kashmir, Mr. Faruq Masoodi, Head, MERC, University of Kashmir, Prof. Raies
Ahmad Qadri, Head, Dept. of Biotechnology, UOK, Prof. Manzoor Ahmad Bhat,
Islamic Studies, UOK, Dr Mohammad Muzaffar Khan, Director, Drug De-addiction
Centre, J&K Police, Prof. Pirzada Mohammad Amin, Dept. of Sociology, Dr. Khursheed
Ahmad Qureshi, Dr. Sanaullah Kuchay, GMC, Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Shah,
School of Business Studies, Central University of Kashmir, University of
Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Darzi, Business School, University of Kashmir, Prof.
Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, Islamic Studies, Dr Syeda Afshana, MERC, Dr. Majid Zaman
Baba, IT&SS, Dr Mohammad Ishaq Geer, Dept. of Pharm. Sciences and Dr Mufti Mudasir, Dept. of English, University
of Kashmir.
Dr. Showkat Ahmad Shah, Head, Dept. of
Psychology served as Coordinator of the Refresher Course whereas Prof.
Mohiuddin Sangmi, Director, HRDC offered him full support, cooperation and
guidance in successful conduct of the course. Feedback about each resource
person as well as about the whole course was obtained from all the participants
which revealed that the participants were fully satisfied with the design,
organization, conduct and content of the course. They were of the firm opinion
that the course will positively impact upon their outlook as well as behavior towards
their students, colleagues, administrators and will help them better manage
their day-to-day chores in pursuit of their duties and goals. Kudos to Course
Coordinator and Director, HRDC for their efforts in making this programme a
success. Few suggestions for improvement were also received from the
participants which shall be duly considered in the design and conduct of future
courses. We wish all the participants best of luck in all their future
endeavours.
Dr.
Geer Mohammad Ishaq
C O O R D I N A T O R
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