Faculty Development Programme on Community-Based Participatory Research at University of Goa

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) was conducted from 02–07 February 2026 at the Goa University.

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.