Formation of the Staff Development Cell

“People build organisations and organisations build people”.

On these very lines, the Staff Development Cell (SDC) was constituted on 11 Apr 17.  The SDC is committed to facilitating the capacity building of all the staff colleagues, the backbone of our institute’s human resources.

The Staff Development Cell facilitates the personal and professional growth of the non-teaching staff by conducting activities intended to upgrade and update the knowledge, skills, and understanding of the Institute’s human resources.

Staff Development Programmes

      In appreciation of the crucial role of supporting staff in pursuit of excellence, staff members are encouraged to continuously improve their knowledge and skills.

 Initiatives

      Staff Development Cell encourages to take part in the following initiatives:

आरंभ I Aarambh –  Staff Sports Competition

कौशलम I Kaushalam – Support for training and exposure programmes

चाय टाI Chai Time – Connect with colleagues and making new friends

किताब I Kitaab – Books for Self Improvement

Inspiring Quotes

किसी भी प्रकार का भय और अधूरी इच्छा ही हमारे दुखों का कारण है – स्वामी विवेकानंद

With the new day comes new strengths and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Upcoming Events

SDC Session: ‘Leave provisions and application norms for non-teaching employees’ by Shri R.B. Bhagat – Jt. Registrar (E&A)

Date: 17th November 2022 – Thursday
Time: 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Venue: AB6/201

SDC Sessions

  1. SDC Session:  ‘Cyber Security Awareness’ by ISTF Team

    Date : 20th October 2022 (Thursday)
    Time : 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm
    Venue : AB1/201
  2. SDC Session: ‘Making Gmail work for you-Automation techniques’

    Instructors: Ms. Timir Berawala, Ms. Falguni Tailor, and Mr. Saumil Shah

    Date : 16 June 2022 (Thursday)
    Time : 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm
    Venue : Computer Lab AB7/108
  3. SDC Session: ‘Writing effective business emails: Do’s and Don’ts‘ by Ms. Falguni TailorDate: 02 June 2022 (Thursday)
    Time: 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm 
    Mode: AB1/101
  4. SDC Session: ‘Developing Work Life Balance” by Ms. Sunita Menon’Date: 05 May 2022 (Thursday)
    Time: 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm 
    Mode: AB1/102
  5. ‘AAGMAN 2.0’IIT Gandhinagar’s Orientation Program for New Staff MembersDate: 29th and  30th April 2022 – Thursday
    Time: 03:00 PM
    Mode: AB4/112
  6. ‘Improve your Microsoft Word skills’ and it was conducted by Mr. Raju Beerasent – JTS – IIT Gandhinagar.Date: 7th April 2022 – Thursday
    Time: 04:30 PM to 6:00 PM
    Mode: AB7/108
  7. Recharge Your Energy for Peak Performance‘ and it was conducted by Ms. Heidi Hanna – Speaker, published author, and globally recognized stress and resilience expert.Date: 19 June 2021 – Saturday
    Time: 10:00 PM to 11:30 AM
  8. Compete for 10 years from now‘ and it was conducted by Mr. Bhavin Pandya – Managing Director of Atlas Copco s.r.o situated at Prague, Czech Republic.Date: 29 May 2021 – Saturday
    Time: 01:30 PM to 02:30 AM
  9. Understanding and gaining simple skills for career goals with balanced mind” by Dr. Yogesh Fulpagare
    Date: 08th May 2021 – Saturday
  10. SDC Session  ‘Process of Leadership Through Daily Work‘ by Col Vineet Agrawal
    Date: 10th April 2021 – Saturday
  11. SDC Session ‘Building resilience and reaching out to others‘ by Dr. Namrata Saxena and Ms. Shashi Tiwari
    Date: 29th August 2020
  12. SDC Session ‘My Key to the LockdownDate: 08th August 2020 
  13. SDC Session by Major Suman Bazad on ‘Art of Creating First and Lasting Impression’
    Date: 25th July 2020 – Saturday
  14. SDC Session by Dr. Yelamanchi Ramakrishna on ‘Choice is Yours’
    4th July 2020, 10:30 AM to 12 Noon
  15. OBT – 3.0 (An Outbound Training on  December 07, 2019
  16. MS Excel Training Workshops (Basic, Intermediate & Advanced) by Mr. Mehul Shah, a professional and seasoned Excel trainer on November 9-10, 23-24 and December 14-15, 2019
  17. SDC series of sessions on ‘Health and Wellness” by Dr Shikha Saraogi (once a month on the morning of every Second Saturday)
  18. Performing Arts Club by Pt. Dave is a professional musician – variety of aspects of music, including singing, instruments like harmonium and keyboard, tabla etc (Sep 1-Dec 1, 2019) Every Sunday from 10:30 am-12:30 pm
  19. Leadership Workshop on Inspiring and Motivating my Team by Ms Rashmi Datt (16 Sept, 2019)
  20. Living a Purposeful Life by Mr. Asif Ebrahim (12 Sept, 2019)
  21. Demonstration and Practice of Yoga Asanas, Meditation, Breathing and Relaxation exercises/techniques by Dr Shikha Saraogi (August 2019)
  22. Moving towards Transformation by Mr Bhavin Shah (8 Aug, 2019)
  23. Stress Management Workshop by Dr Shikha Saraogi (July 18, 2019)
  24. Familiarization session on NPS and its benefits by NSDL Official  (July 11, 2019)
  25. What we seek is always within – Finding your passion by Mr Saumil Shah (28 June, 2019)
  26. LEAP: Learning for Excellence & Accelerated Potential: Session -II by Ms Rashmi Datt (25 & 26 May, 2019)
  27. Decoding Personality Types by Mr Saumil Shah (23 May, 2019)
  28. SDC session on Exploring MS Word by Mr Tenils Solanki (16 May, 2019)
  29. Poetry (5 May, 2019)
  30. LEAP: Learning for Excellence & Accelerated Potential by Ms Rashmi Datt (23 & 24 March, 2019)
  31. SDC session 5: Writing Workshop (31 January, 2019)
  32. SDC session 4: Writing Workshop (24 January, 2019)
  33. SDC session 3: Writing Workshop (20 December, 2018)
  34. SDC session 2: Writing Workshop (13 December, 2018
  35. Leaps and Bounds – An SDC Outbound Training (OBT 2.0) (08 December, 2018)
  36. SDC session -1: Writing Workshop (15 November, 2018)
  37. SDC Session on Self-Discovery – Creating a Progressive mindset by Mr Suresh Rajagopal(04 October, 2018)
  38. Writing Skills (08 September, 2018)
  39. SDC Open House: Why Should we learn Communication (06 September, 2018)
  40. Let’s Re-write: Session 2 (01 September, 2018)
  41. Let’s Write: Session 1 (18 August, 2018)
  42. Using Automation for Ease of Work (26 June, 2018)
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  44. Orientation Programme for new staff recruits (01 and 08 June, 2018)
  45. LTC: Concessions Available and Compliance Obligations (17 May, 2018)
  46. Programming Self (03 May, 2018)
  47. Strides-2 (14 April, 2018)
  48. JUST Communicate (22 March, 2018)
  49. Personal Financial Management (25 January, 2018)
  50. Simple concepts for complex life (21 December, 2017)
  51. Peer Learning Groups (15 December, 2017)
  52. Outbound Training (02 December, 2017)
  53. Savvy workflows that save time (17 November, 2017)
  54. E-mail writing (26 October, 2017)
  55. Managing Life: Ancient Indian Wisdom (Personal and Professional Takeaways) (29 September, 2017)
  56. Tip Top English: On our Tongue Tips and Finger Tips (24 August, 2017)
  57. Emotional intelligence (6 July, 2017)
  58. Body language (15 June, 2017)
  59. Leave – Rules & Regulations (25 May, 2017)
  60. SDC – Introductory Session (11 May, 2017)