Workshops Conducted, Organized ...

  1. Conducted workshop on Distance Education in Adis Ababa and Monrovia as consultant to UNESCO's International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa.
  2. Conducted Multi-modal Training Programme on Development of Self-Learning Material at Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education, IGNOU using Distance, Face-to-face and distance Mentoring approaches.
  3. Organized the Indian Distance Education Association annual conference (IDEA 2000 at IGNOU.
  4. Conducted e-Learning Workshop for the internal faculty member of Indira Gandhi National Open University in July 2001.
  5. Conducted workshop on Multimedia courseware production at Open University of Sri Lanka, Colombo in August 2001.
  6. Conducted workshop on "Scriptwriting for Multimedia" at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad for the lesson writers of the Acquaculture multimedia project.
  7. Conducted workshop on E-learning for the UN-ESCAP at New Delhi from 19- 22, February 2002
  8. Acted as one of the Resource Persons in the 1st International Workshop on Enhancing Training Quality through Customer Service organized by the World Bank and University of Surabaya at Bali, Indonesia from 5-11 June 2002
  9. Conducted workshop on Multimedia courseware production at Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur, Dhaka in June 2002.
  10. Conducted workshop on Multimedia courseware production at CEMCA, New Delhi in July 2002 for the COLLIT Project staff.
  11. Served as the Online Coordinator, Coach, Resource Person and presenter at the 4th International Workshop on Improving Training Quality organized by World Bank, University Science Malaysia, and Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok from 4-20 March 2002 at Penang, Malaysia (Phase-2) and 29 September to 5th October 2002 at Bangkok, Thailand (Phase-4).
  12. Served as a Resource Person at the workshop on "Interactive Multimedia with Macromedia Director" organised at STRIDE, IGNOU from 19-23 August 2002.
  13. Served as a Resource Person at RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration, Bhopal on "Distance Learning and Technologies" from 24-25 September 2002.
  14. Conducted workshop on "Scriptwriting for Multimedia" at International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad on 6th November 2002.
  15. Conducted workshop on Multimedia courseware production at B R Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad in December 2002.
  16. Conducted workshop on E-learning for CEMCA at Calicut from 16-22 January 2003.
  17. Conducted workshop on E-learning for CEMCA at Open University of Sri Lanka, Colombo from 27 January 2003 to 1 February 2003.
  18. Participated in the Workshop on Knowledge Management in South Asia organized by SAP, Nepal at Kathmandu from 17-19 July 2003
  19. Participated in the Workshop on Media for Promotion of Education for All on September 18-19, 2003 at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.
  20. Participated as a Rapporteur in the UGC-COL Dialogue on Enhancing Higher Education through E-Learning at India International Centre, New Delhi from 17-19, November 2003.
  21. Participated as a technical expert in the Consultation meeting on the development of a Multimedia CD-ROM on Gender and Food Security, organized by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia in Collaboration with Food and Agricultural Organization, Bangkok Office, at New Delhi from 31st may to 3rd June 2004.
  22. Served as a Resource Person on the Curriculum Development Workshop of the Central Hindi Institute, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, from 28-30 July 2004.
  23. Conducted academic counselling workshop for PGDDE and MADE students of IGNOU at Monrovia, Liberia from 1-4, August 2005 through the UNESCOs International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA).
  24. Served as Resource Person in the workshop on E-Learning: Demystified and Deconstructed organized by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia in New Delhi from 30 Jan.- 03 Feb. 2006.
  25. Participated in the Workshop on Material Development in Quality Assurance in Higher Education organized by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and Commonwealth of Learning at Bangalore from 12-14 February 2006. (Developed the basic discussion material on Quality Assurance in Higher Education).
  26. Conducted academic counselling workshop for PGDDE students at Open University of Sri Lanka, Colombo from October 3-6, 2006.
  27. Conducted Open and Distance Learning Material Development Workshop at Rupantar, Khulna, Bangladesh from 12-23 October 2008 on behalf of the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada. 

Workshop Conducted at IGNOU and/or on behalf of IGNOU

  1. Conducted National Online Training on Self-Learning Material Development from 4 August - 26 September 2008. This is a landmark-training event in IGNOU and India, as being first of its kind in the University sector.
  2. Served as a Resource Person in the Orientation Workshop for the Research and Training Associates and newly recruited Teachers at IGNOU held from 21-30 May 2008, and from 9-19 June 2008. Conducted sessions on “Activities in distance learning materials” and “Online learning”.
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  3. Served as Resource Person in the Online Research Training workshop from 20-22 February 2008.
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  4. Served as Coordinator and Resource Person in the Refresher programme in Distance Education, 7-28 January 2008. (with Prof. C.R.K. Murthy)
  5. Served as a Resource Person in the 3-day training programme on Development of Self-Learning Materials at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Orissa from 12-14 December 2007.
  6. Organized and served as a resource person in the National Workshop on Development of Self-Learning Materials for Distance and Online Learning from September 28- October 3, 2007 at New Delhi. (with Prof. C.R.K.Murthy).
  7. Served as a Resource Person in the Course Writers Meeting of Chemistry Faculty of IGNOU and conducted a session on Writing Self-Learning Materials: Conceptual clarity and the design on August 29, 2007.
  8.  Served as a Resource Person for the Workshop on Information Technology and Office Management for Sr. Assistants and Assistants of IGNOU held at New Delhi from 27 August  1 Sept., 2007; and delivered an interactive lecture on History and Philosophy Distance Education, and its relationships with Technology and Management.
  9. Conducted a Workshop on Self-Learning Material Development at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) at Sadashiv Parisar, Puri from 16-18, August 2007. (with Prof. C.R.K. Murthy)
  10. Conducted a Workshop on Self-Learning Material Development at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) at New Delhi from 6-8, August 2007. (with Prof. C.R.K. Murthy)
  11.  Served as a Resource Person, Facilitator and Discussant in the 3-day workshop on Programme Evaluation in Open and Distance Learning from 1-3, August 2007 at IGNOU, New Delhi; and gave a presentation on Preparing Tools for Evaluating Courses/Programmes.
  12. Served as a Resource Person, Facilitator and Discussant in the 3-day workshop on Programme Evaluation in Open and Distance Learning from 9-11, July 2007 at IGNOU, New Delhi; and gave a presentation on Programme Evaluation: Understanding the design.
  13. Organised and served as a Discussant in the 2-day National Workshop-cum-Roundtable on Quality Assurance in Distance Education on 16-17 April 2007. (with Prof. P.R.Ramanujam as Coordinator).
  14. Served as a Resource Person for the Workshop on Development of Computer Skills for the JATs of IGNOU from March 26-31, 2007; April 2-7, 2007; and April 9-13, 2007.
  15. Served as a Resource Person on the National Interactive Radio Counselling Session on February 11, 2007, and delivered a talk on Study Skills for Open and Distance Learners.
  16. Workshop on Development of Self-Learning Materials at the Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh from 7-9 February 2007 (with Dr. P.K. Biswas).
  17. Workshop on Development of Self-Learning Materials at the Hari Singh Gour Viswavidyalaya, Saugor from 13-15 January 2007 (with Dr. Anurag Saxena).
  18. Workshop on Principles of Distance Education at the F.M. University, Balasore, Orissa from 7-9 January 2007 (with Prof. Santosh Panda).
  19. Workshop on Student Support Services in Distance and Online Education, with Dr. C. R. K. Murthy at Centre for Distance Education, University of Kashmir, Sri Nagar from September 18-20, 2006.
  20. National Workshop on Development of Self-Learning Materials for Distance and Online Learning, at EMPC, New Delhi from August 28- September 2, 2006. (with Dr. C. R. K. Murthy as Coordinator)
  21. Workshop on Development of Self-learning Materials for Institute of Rail Transport, New Delhi (Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India) from 4-6 August 2006.
  22. Orientation to Counsellors of Diploma in Value Aided Products from Fruits and Vegetables at School of Agriculture, IGNOU on 26-27 July 2006.
  23. Pedagogy of Teleconference, a workshop for the Power training Institutes on 30th May 2006 at EMPC, IGNOU.
  24. Workshop on Self-Learning Material Development with Prof. A.S. Narang at Kolhapur University, Kolhapur from 18-19 March 2006.
  25. Workshop on Role of Multimedia and Open Distance Learning at Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from 23-27, February 2006.
  26. Conducted a one-day workshop on Information Technology for the foreign media staff of Kuwait on 15 Feb.2006.
  27. Training of Trainers Workshop on Development of Distance education Trainign Packages at the HCM Rajasthan Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur from 13-14 July 2005.
  28. Workshop on Self-Learning Material Development with Dr. Madhu Parhar at the Department of Correspondence Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh from 28-31 March 2005.
  29. Workshop on Self-Learning Material Development with Dr. C.R.K. Murthy at the Centre for Distance Education, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong from 14-17 March 2005.
  30. Workshop on Self-Learning Material Development with Dr. Manjulika Srivastava at the Department of Correspondence Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh from 22-25 January 2005.
  31. Attachment Training for the Staff of RETRIDAL, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on 17 June 2004.
  32. Course-writers Workshop for the B.Sc. in Nautical Sciences at SOET on 28 April 2004: Lecture on Role of Assignments and Evaluation Procedures (Coordinator: Dr. Gaytri Kansal)
  33. Workshop on Transformation of Self-Learning Materials with Dr. Basanti Pradhan at the University of Allahabad from 12-13 March 2004
  34. Workshop on WebCT and e-Learning with Prof. Santosh Panda, Rachel Forsyth, and Madhu Bala from 18-19 October 2003.
  35. Workshop on Developing Gender Training Multimedia Resource Kit on 8 August 2003. (Coordinator: Dr. Annu Thomas)
  36. National Workshop on Self-Learning Materials Development in August 2003 (Sessions on Characteristics and Processes of SLM Development; Media and Technology for DE) (Coordinator: Dr. C. R. K. Murthy)
  37. Workshop on Interactive Multimedia with Director from 19-23 August 2002: Session on Instructional Design for Multimedia (Coordinator: Prof. Santosh Panda)
  38. Workshop on E-Learning from 25-27 July 2001 (Coordinator: Self)
  39. Workshop on Designing Research proposals in Distance Education from 27-29 March 2001: Session Information Resources for Research in Open and Distance Education (Coordinator: Dr. Madhu Parhar)
  40. Multi-modal Training Programme on Self-Learning Material Development from 22-26 May 2000 (Coordinator: Self)
  41. Workshop on ODL Methodology and Media from 21-31 March 2000 for Senior administrative officers of the sate and Union Govt.: Session on Scriptwriting for media (Coordinator: Prof. Santosh Panda)
  42. Workshop on Self-Learning Materials Development with Dr. C. R. K. Murthy at the Punjab University from 23-25 March 2000.
  43. Workshop on Self-Learning Materials Development with Dr. C. R. K. Murthy at Kota Open University from 5-7 August 1999.
  44. Training on Distance Education for the Staff of National Institute of Bhutan from 28 March to 4 April 1999
  45. Workshop on Self-Learning Materials Development with Prof. S. P. Mullick from 22-24 March 1999.
  46. Open University of Sri Lanka Staff Attachment Programme from 1sy July to 25th September 1998 for 13 Days.
  47. Training on Distance Education for the Staff of National Institute of Bhutan from 15-25 January 1997
  48. Training of Trainers Workshop on SIM Development from 21-25 July 1997: Session on Management of Training
  49. Two-days Training of Counsellors at the Regional Centre Patna for the Programme on Creative Writing in Hindi and English
  50. One day Training of Counsellors at the 0501 Study Centre, Regional Centre Patna.