M.tech Environmental Engineering students and faculty of SCMS School of Engineering and Technology were given a one-day training by British agency PRAXIS at their office in Panayur, Ottapalam on 23rd August 2017.  Students need to be kept abreast of the latest technological advancements happening in the world and this training addressed that. The training imparted was on the state-of-art research methodology adopted by agencies like the World Bank, ADB, CIDA etc., for studies and implementation of environment-related projects. PRAXIS is the official training partner for Government of India, Government of Kerala and several international funding agencies. The students get familiarized with the latest tools and methods that are mandatory for collection and analysis of data, when projects of local self-governments are taken up. The resource person for training was Dr M J Joseph, Chief Executive of PRAXIS for South India. While the training imparted was current, the training center where it was held was also unique. While such international agencies establish their offices in prominent towns, PRAXIS has developed their Kerala office in a 250-year-old traditional building which is in a village called Panayur and once owned by a local royal family (“Kunnathur Tharavadu”). It is meticulously renovated and made into a full-fledged training center.

Students at Praxis Training Center learning Participatory Research Methodology through interactions with resource person