The faculty development activities are conducted under the umbrella of Faculty Retreat Programs with focus upon skills development and enhancement. They aim to support the teaching fraternity to overcome particular problems in teaching as identified by student ratings of their course or by themselves. Generally, the problems identified involve observable teaching activities (e.g., preparation, organization and feedback to students) or skills (e.g., presentations, discussions and facilitation). The most common formats for skill’s focused faculty development is a short topical workshop or individual consultations with teaching staff members.

BVIMR, Paschim Vihar, Delhi organized first 6-days faculty retreat program from 18-23 May’2016. The best part of the faculty retreat program was: its collaboration among teaching and non-teaching staff. In this faulty retreat program, both teaching and non-teaching staff shared the tables with each other and provided valuable suggestions for betterment of internal coordination and overall development of the Institute. The program started under the guidance of Honorable Director; Dr. Vikas Nath. The four conveners of the program were Dr. L.K. Tyagi, Dr. Geetu Tuteja, Dr. Ritu Bali and Dr. Neetu Jain.