The 5-day programme provides training to the principals’ of UP through a number of new management techniques. This includes case studies and making the DIET participate in various games and other projects. The first such workshop was held in March 2006 and buoyed by the response, IIML conducted the second workshop between the 5th & 9th of June 2007. This was attended by around 16 DIET principals and aimed at teaching the principals new methods of training the teachers. The training was held at IIML campus and was conducted by the faculty of the institute and career counselor Dr Amrita Dass.

This initiative of IIML is a part of its corporate social responsibility endeavours. The institute realizes the need to not only train the future corporate managers but also train the teachers and the senior faculty of the primary schools so that they can impart the same to their students. IIML has inked a pact with State Council For Education Research and Training (SCERT) to train DIET principals about latest management techniques.

The workshop was conducted with the aim of making the principals’ feel proud of their profession, teaching. “The idea is to arm the principals with the knowledge of how to manage better. Since the principals are expected to coach the teachers, we give them tips on the same lines”, say Prof Sushil Kumar, Director of the Programme.

During the five-day workshop the principals learned about teamwork, experience-sharing, discover supervision styles and negotiating skills, ways to develop an effective organizational culture and effective use of IT tools in teaching.

Under the pact signed with SCERT, IIML will conduct series of workshops for principals and teachers of Government schools in the state. The first workshop for the DIET principals, which was conducted in the month of March 2007, received a great response and was a huge success.