My Skill Sets, Areas of Competence and Honours

Core Competence

• Distance Education for Manpower Training and Development
• Application of Technology for Learning
• Student Support and Collaborative Learning
• Multimedia and Computer Mediated Communication in Distance Education
• Research Methodology, especially questionnaire based survey
• Instructional Design for Web-based Education and Training
• Information Technology for Library and Information Services
• Use Learning Management Systems, Macromedia Director, and other e-learning and multimedia related software and ability to work in both Mac and PC environments.

Soft Skills

• Ability to work in new and challenging environments
• Willingness to work in groups and ability to lead group activities
• Willingness to learn new concepts, ideas and use new technologies
• Attitude to share information and new knowledge
• Priority to Innovation and Quality
  

Awards and Honours

• Emerging HRD Thinkers Award 2008 (Certificate of Merit) from Indian Society for Training and Development.

• ISTD-Vivekananda National Award for Excellence in Training and Human Resource Development 2006-07 awarded by Indian Society for Training and Development, New Delhi.

• University Silver Medal-2006 for Best Research Paper received on the 17^th Annual Convocation of IGNOU.

• Professor S. Dasgupta Memorial Gold Medal, University of Delhi, 1991 for achieving the first position in merit in Master of Library and Information Science Examination.

• Qualified National Eligibility Test for Junior Research Fellowship conducted by University Grants Commission (India) in 1991. (This Test is necessary to be eligible for Lecturership in University in India)

• Received Best Article Award of International Federation of Library Institutions and Associations in 1992 during its Annual Conference held at New Delhi.

• First Position in Bachelor of Library and Information Science Examination

• Seventh Position in Bachelor of Science Examination