2009-10 (16.6 MB) - The National Institute of Open Schooling

National Institute of Open Schooling
Appendix - F
Academic, Professional and
Participatory Contributions of the Faculty
Dr. S.S. Jena, Chairman, NIOS
• Visit to Male, Maldives, 1-2 December 2009 to
attend the meeting of CEMCA Advisory Council
of COL and Inauguration of 1 Radio at Male,
Maldives.
• Visit to New Zealand on 28 th and 29 th January,
2010 and Australia from 31 st January to 5 th
February, 2010 to study Vocational Education
and Training System in these two coutries to
further strengthen VET exchange programmes.
Dr. R.K. Arya, Joint Director, Media, NIOS
• Jury member of 15 th All India Children
Educational Audio Video Festival, 2010 organized
by CIET, NCERT.
• Committee member for developing the policy on
ICT in Education under the Chairmanship of J.S
(SE), Government of India, New Delhi
Dr. Anita Priyadarshini, Joint Director
(Academic)
• Abstract for PCF 6 to be held in November,
2010 accepted - Title of the paper – Using
Technology for Strengthening Open Schooling
: A study of the Ni On Project of NIOS.
Mrs. Gopa Biswas, Deputy Director (Academic)
• NIOS: An Introduction – Presentation made at
India International Centre in the training
programme for Assam State Open School
organised by CEMCA on 15 th June, 2009.
• Participated as a panel list for a National
Teleconference on ‘Teaching of English Grammar
and Evaluation in English at the Primary level” on
14 th October, 2009organised by DEP-SSA,
IGNOU.
• Contributed a chapter on Development of
Printed Self Learning Material : A Case Study
of NIOS, India for the Quality Assurance Toolkit,
Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. T.N. Giri, Regional Director, Patna
• Participated in a Regional workshop on
“Equivalency Programme for Achieving EFA
Goals and promoting Lifelong Learning” organized
by UNESCO at Semarang, Indonesia between
13 th to 17 th July, 2009. Presented country report
in that workshop on behalf of NIOS, India.
Sh. Manoj Kumar Jain, Regional Director,
Dehradun
• Participated in the Annual Meeting of the
Principals of KVS organised by Asstt. Comm.
Of KV, Regional Office, Dehradun in July 2009.
Mrs. Koushalya Barik, Assistant Director,
Vocational Education Department
• Participated in an international workshop
organised by COL to Evolve a Strategy Plan on
Copyright Issues for Development of Open
Educational Resources (OER) from 23 rd to 27 th
November, 2009 at New Delhi.
• Abstract for PCF 6 to be held in November,
2010 accepted - Title of the paper – Vocational
Education Through Open Schooling: Lessons
From NIOS.
Dr. B.K. Rai, Academic Officer, Hindi
• Attended a Rajbhasha workshop organized by
MHRD from 5 th to 8 th November, 2009 in
Pondicherry.
• Abstract for PCF 6 to be held in November,
2010 accepted : title of the paper – Role of Open
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