A One Day State Level Workshop for “Orientation-cum-Training for Non-Teaching Staff of IDE and Study Centres” was organized at IDE, Rajiv Gandhi University by the Institute of Distance Education on 25 March 2013. The training program targeted to give an introduction and orientation to all Non- Teaching Staff working in the ODL mode in thwe headquarter as well as the 9 study centres.

Participants varied from faculty members in Colleges and Reserch Scholars alongwith the Non-Teaching Staffs. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Ashan Riddi, Director, IDE.In his inaugural address he enumerated on the role of the NT Staff in distance education especially in context of Arunachal Pradesh.

Moji Riba, HoD (i/c), Dep’t Of Mass Com, RGU M. Maltesh, Chief Librarian, RGU, Satish Das, Assistant Professor, CSE, RGU and Moyir Riba, Assistant Professor, IDE, RGU were the Resource persons for the day long training.'

The inaugural session was followed by technical sessions, over the two days, as below:

Technical Session I:“Adminstration and Management in ODL”, (Moyir Riba, Assistant Professor, IDE, RGU)

Technical Session II: “Library Management”, (M. Maltesh, Chief Librarian, RGU)

Technical Session III:“Use of Microsoft Excel for Record and Register”, (Satish Das, Assistant Professor, CSE, RGU)

Technical Session IV: “Communication for Student Support”, (Moji Riba, HoD, Dep’t Of Mass Com, RGU)

In the valedictory session, along with the guests, the participants expressed their problems related to their experiences in ODL. The participants were given participation certificates as well.