These words of the world-famous writer have become a source of inspiration for our beloved chairman and vice-chairman who are keen to succeed in the field of education, because determination has been found over the time the chief ingredient of success in the Vishnu family.

The establishment of VEDIC (Vishnu Educational Development and Innovation Centre) as a centre for teacher training has brought in tremendous fruitful changes in the quality of education at Vishnu dental college (VDC). Our goal is to change the education methods in par with the global standards. It may sound idealistic, but this is precisely our mission. The vision of the college is to be recognized for excellence in dental education with ethics and morality. We are driven by the belief that every dental graduate deserves a high-quality education. As we are witnessing an intersection of great challenge and great opportunity, VEDIC has turned out to be a definite game changer in the academics at VDC.

The institution is imbibed with this opportunity, but with opportunity comes responsibility. With a tradition of leadership and innovation erstwhile, we accept the responsibility and seize this moment to change the way of education as it was..

We take this pride to submit the first annual (2016) review report of VEDIC to begin the next chapter in the field of education and will continue to be, like no other.

1. Vedic programs to teaching faculty:

1. Scientific Educational Practices (SEP)
2. Cultivating Research Mindset (CRM)
3. Intellectual Dental & Pharmacy Educational Practices (IDPEP)
4. Think, Technology & Transform (TTT)
5. Hands on training for Interactive Video Material Creation
6. Heartfulness Relaxation
7.  VEDIC freshman conclave

2. Vedic programs to non-teaching faculty:

1. Work space ethics and diversity
2. Ethical cultural diversity

3. Vedic programs to both UG & PG students

1. Intellectual learning of dentistry practices (ILDP)

4. Vedic programs to teaching faculty in administrative level:

1. Learning and Leading (L&L)
2. Leadership in Teaching & Learning (for HOD’s)

Resource persons from VDC

1. Teaching faculty from VDC had undergone training at VEDIC in “Train the trainer’s programme” on November 21 st -26 th , 2016
2. 2 teaching faculty were selected as resource persons from Vishnu Dental
   College
3. Following are the details of resource persons:
   • Dr.T.Sreenivasa Bharath – Reader – Dept. of Oral Pathology
   • Dr.N.Rajesh – Assistant Professor – Dept of Oral Medicine & Radiology

WORKSHOP ON

SCIENTIFIC EDUCATIONAL PRACTISES (SEP)

Towards achieving excellence in Dental professional higher education

Vision

To empower and nurture scientific teaching-learning practices in faculty members and for achieving excellence in higher education teaching & learning.

Purpose

Teachers of dentistry education have not been aware and updated on the latest scientific theoretical advancements and practices in educational discourse. Hence it became the need of the hour to empower all our teachers with hands-on training in scientific learning practices for professional higher educational
discourse

Objectives

At the end of the workshop participants would be able to:

1. Identify how brain learns
2. Use learning theories for delivery
3. Design courses using learning models
4. Facilitate learning with learning styles
5. Assess and evaluate learning
6. Motivate learners using psychology
7. Generate positive outlook to learning

Methodology

This hands-on workshop uses problem based & experimental modes of learning. Participants would experience and introspect their understanding on learning.

Highlights

1. Provides a holistic picture of education & research by deriving theory, concepts and practices from mathematics, arts, psychology, philosophy, sociology, in addition to technology and leadership.
2. This workshop gives in-depth analysis of teacher attitudes and behavior to assist them to be fit for their profession.
3. Develops insights into pedagogy and its components.
4. Assesses thinking styles, intelligence, personality and learning styles.
5. Challenges the cultural myths.
6. Prevailing in teaching- learning, department-development and derives scientific evidence towards awareness for improvement.
7. Conceptualize and practice discipline using case studies.

In the year 2016, total 26 faculty members attended the workshop and were empowered with globally acclaimed teaching and learning practices. Post workshop we constructed a questionnaire to assess the importance of this workshop in creating the new teaching and learning methodology among the faulty.

WORKSHOP ON

INTELLECTUAL LEARNING IN DENTISTRY PRACTICES

Towards empowering and achieving academic excellence in Dental professional students

Vision

For student intervention on nurturing their self-confidence to speak effectively, to motivate and encourage them to improve their learning capabilities, to self-discipline themselves and focus towards their career.

Problem Findings

First year subject’s faculty had identified students with lack of self-confidence and motivation to learn, communicate confidently and effectively. Thereby, this workshop was programmed for student intervention on nurturing their self-confidence to speak effectively, to motivate and encourage them to improve their learning capabilities, to self-discipline themselves and focus towards their career.

Planning

A workshop on Intellectual Learning in Dentistry Practices for the first year BDS students had been designed and arranged at VEDIC from December, 2016 onwards to nurture their learning capabilities, to build self confidence to communicate effectively and to develop focus towards their career.

Objective

At the end of this workshop, learners would be able to:

• Identify their thinking style, intelligences, personality & learning style
• Cultivate self-responsibility and self-discipline
• Use behavioural theories for self identifying & positioning
• Identify learning needs, qualities & strengths
• Practice disciplinary thinking with demonstrations
• Use cognitive theories for learning courses
• Promote learning methods and tools
• Identify work interest and positioning
• Self-assess leisure and work interest
• Identify purpose of existence and life values
• Interrelate skill, knowledge, competency
• Grow from knowledge to wisdom
• Generate positive outlook and nurture positive thoughts/mind-set
• Overcome fear and prejudice
• Interrelate skill, knowledge, competency
• Relate learning & work culture to growth potential
• Relate practice to skill construction to job success
• Grooming, negotiation skills, body language, communication credentials
• Identify how brain analyses and synthesizes the information
• Practice learning verification and validation
• Inculcate responsibility and accountability
• Cultivate self-responsibility and self-discipline
• Practice dentistry thinking with demonstrations

Resolution

Learners had been trained and nurtured through active, experiential, problem-based, solution-based and inquiry-based learning and SWOT analysis. Learners also experienced positive edge reinforcement through presentations, team building activities, role plays. Their inter-personal skills had been developed through smart thinking, team performance and assessments. Their conversation building ability and Six-Hats thinking had been discussed and practiced through various activities. Learners also enhanced their communication credentials through continuous evaluation and feedback in these four days. How to create focus towards their career plans had been discussed and goals were set to help them to be more focused. Think, Read, Write & Discuss model had been discussed and practiced to help them enhance their learning capabilities. Grooming, body language, how to face an interview, how to be polite, how to address a crowd, how to do a presentation had been discussed. Mock Interview had also been practiced.

Outcome

Learners were receptive, highly motivated, determined and self-driven to position themselves in their chosen career. Setting goals for their future had given them a clear picture towards their future plans. They could collaborate and work with anyone without any inhibition in a team which helped them to believe in the team building activity. They learnt the art of learning through Think, Read,Write & Discuss model. They developed self confidence and liking towards the course. They came to know the purpose of learning and wished to create success stories for themselves in their chosen career.

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LEADING AND LEARNING (L&L)

Vision
In order to empower the leadership team of Vishnu Dental College (VDC)
Planning A Workshop on Learning & Leading had been planned for the leadership team. Principal, Deans, Directors, HoD’s and IQAC members of VDC had took part in this program.

Objective

1. Five Years Plans for self, Department & Faculty
2. Organization structure, Roles & Responsibilities
3. Vision, Mission, Goals & Objectives
4. Foundation in Education
5. Teaching & Learning
6. Leadership Traits, Personality & Mindset
7. Curricula analyzing and planning
8. Creating Learning evaluation
9. Cone of Learning
10. Instructional System Design

Resolution

1. Provides a holistic picture of education & research by deriving theory, concepts and practices from Mathematics, Arts, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, in addition to Technology and Leadership
2. This workshop gives in-depth analysis of teacher attitudes and behavior to assist them to be fit for their profession
3. Develops insights into Pedagogy & its components
4. Assesses thinking styles, intelligences, and personality and learning styles
5. Challenges the cultural myths prevailing in teaching-learning, department-development and derives scientific evidence towards awareness for improvement
6. Conceptualize and practice discipline using case studies

Outcome

At the end of this workshop, participants were able to:

1. Identify how brain learns competency
2. Use educational theories for positionality
3. Build skills, competency & performance
4. Learn theories to mentor, coach, guide
5. Inculcate responsibility and accountability

WORKSHOP ON

CULTIVATING RESEARCH MINDSET (CRM)

Towards constructing a Mindset that’s needed for Scientific Research Practices

Vision

To cultivate and nurture a positive psychological mindset for conducting purposeful and innovative research to achieve research excellence.

Purpose

Faculty members seldom are interested, aware and updated on the scientific psychological basis upon which our thoughts and actions are governed. This unawareness about one’s own potential creates a negative mindset towards learning and research. Many are unaware of the advancements and practices in the field of learning and its mindset. Hence they find it difficult to take decisions on their teaching and research careers.

Also, many faculty members think that learning research methodologies is sufficient. It’s a proven fact that any research methodology will work, only when we have the right mindset. All these reasons create disinterest among faculty members in their learning, teaching and research profession. Hence it becomes the need of the hour to empower our faculty members, who are involved in updating themselves towards a research based teaching career, with hands-on training in cultivating a positive mindset needed for effective learning and research. This workshop handhold those in a systemic disciplined process with basic elements of thinking to make them inquisitive minded.

Objectives
At the end of this workshop, participants would be able to:

1. Identify how brain thinks & learns
2. Apply inquisitive mind for solutions
3. Develop, evaluate research questions
4. Hypothesize a research outcome
5. Identify role of passion or profession
6. Practice inquisitive mindedness

Methodology

This workshop uses problem based & experiential modes of learning. Participants would also experience high introspection of their understanding on the psychological traits that govern their research thinking and activities.

Highlights

1. Provides holistic picture of education & research by deriving theory, concepts and practices from Arts, Mathematics, Sciences; Psychology Philosophy in addition to Technology, Engg. and Management.
2. Develops insights into learning, mindset and its possible implications.
3. Challenges cultural myths prevailing in conducting research by introducing scientifically proven techniques to acquire research acumen.
4. Help build career using learning research roadmap
5. Identify strong interest areas for research.
6. Learning Feedback of each module at the end of each day to ensure progress.

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ETHICAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Towards achieving effective and quality among non-teaching staff

Inorder to nurture the supporting staff to become effective performers in the academic settings.

Planning

A Workshop on Ethical & Cultural Diversity had been planned for the supporting staff of Vishnu
Dental College.

Objective

• Elements involved in the learning process and how teachers build quality
• Identify how knowledge gets constructed and converts into intelligence
• Identify our Thoughts, Learning Styles, Intelligences and Personality
• Pedagogy & its Components
• Theories in Learning Theories in Learning
• Demonstrate teaching incorporating pedagogical aspects
• Analyze elements in the work environment
• Learning Demonstrations
• Reflective Thinking for Teaching
• Pillars to Succeed
• Personal Achievement Strategies
• Visualize from experts the secret to achieve personal success

Resolution

• Work & Dignity, Profit & Purpose, Thinking style Assessment and Personality assessment
• Work Place etiquette
• Workplace diversity
• Recognize the learning retention techniques and instructional design
• Skill development
• Bringing innovations in their respective domain

Outcome

At the end of this workshop, participants would be able to:

1. Identify workplace diversity
2. Personality and egocentricity
3. Identify ethical behavior in workplace
4. Distinguish discipline and personality traits
5. Identify counseling and behavioral issues