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14Prof. Parvin SinclairDirector-National Council of Education,Research and TrainingPresently the Directorof the apex bodyof India for schooleducation, the NationalCouncil of EducationalResearch and Training(NCERT), Prof Sinclairstarted her careeras a researcher inalgebra at the Tata Institute of FundamentalResearch(TIFR), Mumbai. In 1987 she moved tothe apex body for open and distance learning(ODL) in India, the Indira Gandhi NationalOpen University (IGNOU). It was here thatshe developed her abilities to communicatemathematics through different modes and fordifferent levels, ranging from young childrento doctoral fellows. It was also here that shestarted undertaking research in how childrencan learn mathematics, the way teachingin schools needs to change and in variouscurricular issues. For the last two decades Ihave been focusing on these areas, and tryingto make a difference in the field. Part of thiseffort was to re-design the math syllabi inschools so as to make space for practisingconstructivist approaches to learning. Thiswas in tandem with creating a one-of-its-kindIGNOU programme on how to help childrenlearn mathematics, Certificate Programme inTeaching Primary School Mathematics, aimedat primary school teachers and interestedparents, older siblings, etc.Annette Smith,CEO, Association of Science EducationAnnette Smith took up thepost of Chief Executiveat ASE in March 2009.Previously, she served asDirector of Regions withthe British Associationfor the Advancement ofScience with responsibilityfor, amongst other things,the Young People's Programme, NationalScience and Engineering week, the CRESTawards and the regional team. Her firstdegree was in Physics from the Universityof Liverpool and she subsequently gained aPGCE and a Masters in Science Education.Annette has wide experience of the world ofscience education, with teaching experiencein adult and further education as well as insecondary school science. She has been alecturer in primary science education, an LEAlaboratory technician and worked in industryin environmental health physics and safety.Recently, she held the role of President of theEuropean Science Events Association (EUSCEA)and she is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.As the Director, NCERT, she is pursuing severalinitiatives undertaken by the faculty and others,for bringing quality education to the last child.This is a major responsibility as based on ourresearch and experience, they provide feed-into policy making of the country. For instance,the curricula designed and defined here formthe academic underpinning of the laws relatedto school education in India.
15Prof Dinesh Singh,Vice Chancellor, Delhi UniversityProf. Dinesh Singh is theVice Chancellor of theUniversity of Delhi sinceOctober 2010. Prior tohis assuming charge asthe Vice Chancellor, heserved as the Directorof the University ofDelhi South Campus.He has also been theHead of the Department of Mathematics ofthe University of Delhi. Apart from his presentdistinguished engagement, Prof. Singh isAdjunct Professor of Mathematics, Universityof Houston, USA since 1999 and is also theDirector of Mathematical Sciences Foundation,Delhi. He serves as a member of severalimportant committees of the Government ofIndia such as the Scientific Advisory Committeeto the Cabinet, on the senate of the Academyof Scientific & Innovative Research, theSteering Committees on Science & Technologyand Higher & Technical Education, PlanningCommission, Government of India as wellas a member of the Board of Governorsof IIT Mumbai and as Chairman, ExecutiveCommittee of National Science Centre, Delhi.He is President Elect (Mathematical Sciences)of the Indian Science Congress Associationin its centenary year and is also a memberof the Governing Council of All India Instituteof Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He is on theBoards, Executive Councils and Committeesof many universities, professional bodies andinstitutions such as the UGC, Indian ScienceCongress Association, Centre for MathematicalModeling & Computer Simulation, Bangalore,Committee of Central Advisory Board ofEducation (CABE) on University Reforms,National Board of Higher Mathematics etc.Sir Keith O’NionsPresident & Rector, Imperial College LondonSir Keith O’Nions, hasled Imperial CollegeLondon since 1 January2010, after joining theCollege in July 2008to set up and directa new Institute forSecurity Science andTechnology.Sir Keith holds an undergraduate degree ingeology from the University of Nottingham anda PhD in earth sciences from the Universityof Alberta, Canada. After completing hisPhD he took up a Postdoctoral Fellowship atthe University of Oslo before moving to theUniversity of Oxford in 1971 as a Demonstratorand then Lecturer in geochemistry. Hesubsequently became Professor of Geologyat Columbia University in 1975, Royal SocietyResearch Professor at Cambridge in 1979 andHead of Earth Sciences at Oxford in 1995.Sir Keith held the position of Chief ScientificAdvisor to the Ministry of Defence betweenJanuary 2000 and July 2004. He then movedto the Department of Trade and Industry,later known as the Department for Innovation,Universities and Skills, to become DirectorGeneral, Science and Innovation, and ChiefScientific Advisor.SPEAKER PROFILESPOLICY DIALOGUE 9 - 10 January 2013
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