Center of Excellence

Center of Excellence

Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning

The Center of excellence in Teaching and Learning at PSGIM is committed to supporting and promoting effective teaching and learning across the different streams of management. The center aims to create an environment that values all perspectives, experiences, and contributions, where instructors and learners can engage and learn through open, and interactive pedagogies. The center promotes the use of evidence-based best practices, recognizes the assets that all learners bring to the classroom, and enables the learners to imbibe a culture of continuous learning. 

Goals of CETL 

  1. Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning aims to promote the professional and intellectual development of faculty 
  2. The center supports the design and implementation of innovative teaching learning methods and emerging pedagogies
  3. The center encourages research in the theory and practice of teaching and learning.
  4. The center aims to support faculty members and research scholars with the needed resources that will enable delivering the best student experience as possible.   
  5. To support the curation of teaching content like business case studies, classroom games and simulations 
  6. To create a culture of continuous learning and Knowledge dissemination 

Initiatives 

  1. Workshop series in Pedagogy 

To equip faculty members with the recent advancements in pedagogy and other tech enabled learning initiatives workshops are arranged. Subject matter experts and specialised faculty are invited to deliver the workshop

     2. Best Practices Round table 

Faculty of PSGIM, constantly strive to bring to classroom a unique teaching and learning experience, such best practices adopted by faculty are shared and disseminated to peer, thereby enriching the entire team to think and evolve best practices. 

     3. Research and Collaboration in Teaching and Learning 

Scholarly work in Teaching and Learning space is what will ensure the learning community at large benefits, faculty not only share their research work in conferences, but also publish their research in the area of teaching and learning. They are also open to collaborate on such research avenues.

Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship and Family Business

The Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship & Family Business aims to promote entrepreneurship and family business practices through the development of academic, research, and outreach initiatives that inspire thinking and cultivate leadership in society. PSGIM has been at the forefront in introducing innovative courses and programs (Creativity and Lateral Thinking, Cross Functional Electives to name a few) in tune with the changing needs of industry and the economy. The center seeks to provide an interface for academicians, researchers, and practitioners to learn from each other, embrace best practices and engage expertise. 

Mission:

To empower,nurture and develop ,“entrepreneurship and “intrapreneurship” at PSGIM.

Our Values:

  • Adherence  to ethics in letter and spirit.
  • Emphasis  on sustainability and societal welfare.
  • Spirit of inclusivity of ideas, views and our stakeholders.
  • Attempt to create entrepreneurial values in line with UNSDG.

ACTIVITIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CELL

  • Panel discussions
  • Entrepreneurship talks
  • Workshops on Innovation and Business Plan
  • Studentpreneur Fest
  • Intercollege events

Center for Sustainable Development

About Us

The Center for Sustainability (CS) at PSGIM aims to prepare individuals and organizations with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to incorporate social and environmental sustainability into core business strategy. In doing so, businesses reduce risk; create competitive advantage; develop innovative services, products, and processes; while improving financial performance and creating value for society. CS implements its mission through activities in education, research, and engagement with society. 

Our Goals

  • To promote understanding of the importance of a healthy environment for a sustainable business.
  • To promote wide acceptance of business policies and practices that will reduce environmental degradation and enhance economic and social well-being.
  • To establish a collaborative environment that encourages innovative ideas and business models related to sustainable development.
  • To facilitate rapid commercialization of technologies, techniques, and ideas that support sustainability and are derived from research at PSG and elsewhere.

Center Focus Areas

  1. Food security in a warming world
  2. Energy and water efficiency
  3. Industrial ecology and circular economy
  4. Waste reduction and recycling
  5. Climate change adaptation and mitigation
  6. Natural capital accounting and valuation of ecosystem services

Center Activities

  1. Research and Insights
  2. Advisory and Consulting
  3. Training, Outreach, and Knowledge Dissemination.

Activities 2022-2023

ADVISORS

Dr. Paritosh Deshpande

Associate Professor

Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Trondheim, Norway

Dr. Rajesh Seth

Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

University of Windsor

Ontario, Canada

Dr. K V Jayakumar

Professor Emeritus, 

Department of Civil Engineering

NIT Warangal, Telangana

Dr. Gangadharan

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

NIT Suratkal, Karnataka.

Dr. Vishnu Prahalad

Lecturer 

Department of Physical Geography, Planning & Spatial Sciences

University of Tasmania

Tasmania, Australia

Dr. Subhankar Karmakar

Professor & Head 

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra, India

Dr. Vivek N

Professor 

PSG Institute of Management

PSG College of Technology

Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

Mr. Baskaran K

Chairman

Industrial waste management Association

Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Dr Anju Singh

Professor

Sustainability Management

NITIE, Powai, Mumbai

Mr. KP Murthy

Strategic Consultant

Member Governing council Bamboo society of India

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Mr. Uday Shankar. P

Visiting Professor

PSG Institute of Management, PSG College of Technology

Coimbatore, India

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