Faculty Development Programme on Community-Based Participatory Research at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

As part of the UGC–SEG Curriculum Reforms and Educational Institutions’ Social Responsibility initiative (Unnat Bharat Abhiyan), a six-day residential Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is being conducted from 23- 28 February 2026. Hosted by the Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (PRSU), the programme has brought together 39 faculty members from Higher Education Institutions across 8 states for a practice-oriented learning experience.

Aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the programme aimed to strengthen faculty capacities to teach a two-credit course on Community Engagement, apply CBPR principles, use field-based participatory methods, and design faculty orientations and student internships grounded in community knowledge and practice.