Prestige Institute of Management and Research, inaugurated a seven-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) in the Law Department.

Gulshan Paruthi - Delhi

A seven-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) was inaugurated today from 18.07.2025 in the Law Department of Prestige Institute of Management and Research.

The main objective of this Faculty Development Program (FDP) is to emphasize on curriculum development, practical training with artificial intelligence tools and case study based teaching so that students can be prepared for artificial intelligence driven legal career.

Principal of the Institute Prof. Dr. Rakhi Singh Chauhan said that in today's time, it is very important to encourage faculty members to identify and pursue research opportunities in artificial intelligence and law so that the students can develop all-round and as a constantly evolving subject, it is constantly facing emerging social, technological and global challenges, hence it becomes imperative for law teachers to constantly upgrade their knowledge and pedagogical approach.

On the first day of this 7 day Faculty Development Programme, Prof. Dr. Deepak Kumar Chauhan, Dean School of Legal Studies and Programme, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda explained that Artificial Intelligence and Legal Education have a complex but important interrelationship and highlighted the potential of Artificial Intelligence in enhancing legal training and practice.

In the next phase of this 7 day Faculty Development Programme, Prof. Dr. M.K. Bhandari, Chief Editor, Global, Academy of Law Tech Education and Research (GLTER), Dr. Bhavana Sharma, Associate Professor, Virla Global University, Bhubaneswar, Prof. Dr. Manish Yadav, College of Law and Legal Studies, Tirthankar Mahavir University, Moradabad and Dr. Amit Mehrotra, Professor, National, Judicial Academy, Bhopal, M.P. They will discuss their respective topics on 21, 22, 23 and 24 July 2025 respectively.

More than 150 registrations have been received in this Faculty Development Program, which will include faculty, research scholars, PhD scholars, advocates and students from all over India.

Associate Professor Abil Hussain, the faculty coordinator of this Faculty Development Program, conducted today's inaugural session and later thanked everyone. On this occasion, Associate Professor Dr. Hariom Awasthi, Associate Professor Dr. Akshay Bhargava, Associate Professor Ashish Yadav, Associate Professor Mansi Gupta, Associate Professor Mansi Soni, Associate Professor Jigyasa Bohra and Associate Professor Diksha Bhadauria of the Law Department were present.