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Organising committee members
Anand Mahanand
Anand Mahanand has been on the faculty of the English and Foreign Languages
University, Hyderabad for more than fifteen years. Apart from his teaching and research
at the university, he develops materials and designs syllabus for learners and teachers of
English. He has authored more than fifteen books and developed materials for EFLU,
IGNOU and BROU. His major publications include English through Folktales, Real English,
English for Academic and Professional Skills, and Study Skills: Learning to Learn. He has
translated four collections of stories and published four collections of poems. At present
he is the All India Coordinator of District Centre Scheme, an outreach project of EFL
University, Hyderabad.
Dr RV Anuradha
Dr RV Anuradha teaches in the Department of Education at the EFL University,
Hyderabad. She teaches on the B.Ed and M.Ed programmes and offers research
guidance to PhD students. Her area of specialization is Teacher Development and ELT.
She has authored books and has written several papers for conferences and journals.
She is member, Board of Studies, Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University, Tamil Nadu
and Anurag Group of Institutions (Autonomous), Hyderabad; member of the Editorial
Board and Referee for ‘THE SOCIAL ION’ an International refereed journal with ISSN no:
2319-3581; life member and Secretary for the AP State Chapter of Indian Education
Congress; life member of Comparative Education Society of India, and Visiting Team
member of NCTE, Bangalore. She is presently doing a research project titled ‘A Study on
Proficiency Levels of Teachers and Children in English Language at Elementary Level’ for
the Education Department (SSA), Government of Telengana.
Sheba Victor
Sheba Victor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Training and Development at
the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. She has taught English at
school and conducted training modules for adults in communication and leadership
skills in India, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines and the Maldives. Besides teaching she
is actively involved in designing and conducting Teacher Training programmes and
English Language Proficiency courses for professionals. She is also part of an Evaluation
team that develops test materials.
Dr Lina Mukhopadhyay
Dr Lina Mukhopadhyay teaches in the Department of Materials Development and
Evaluation at EFL University, Hyderabad. Her areas of academic interests are second
language acquisition, language assessment, literacy, bi/multilingual education, and
academic writing.
Dr Meera Srinivas
Dr Meera Srinivas teaches in the Department of Materials Development at the English
and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. Her areas of academic and
research interest include Curriculum and Syllabus Design, Materials Development, ESP
Course Design, Language through Literature and ESL Writing and Assessment. She is
actively involved in designing and teaching teacher training courses and has conducted
several training workshops in the country. She was the All India Coordinator of the
District Centre Scheme at EFL university from 2009-11. She has authored several schoollevel
English teaching books, including coursebooks, workbooks, literature readers,
teachers’ books and reading cards, for national agencies. She is a member of the core
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