Professional Profile
Experience Abroad
- Taught in the University of Western Ontario, London Ontario as a teaching post-doc and later as a visiting professor on sabbatical leave from I.I.T., Kanpur.
- Visited the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy four times and was a member of their Associateship scheme; have a visiting scientist to major research centers in Europe (England, Germany, Sweden).
- Delivered talks and seminars at a number of international conferences.
- Visited UK Open University Milton-Keynes and have extensively interacted with UKOU in setting up the IGNOU computer division.
- Was part of a delegation led by Secretary, Department of Electronics, Govt. of India to Canada and USA to explore collaborative possibilities in I.T. enabled distance education.
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Educational Innovation
- Was first to introduce Keller Plan of teaching Physics in India. A full report of this experiment is published in Indian Journal of Physics Education.
- Pioneered the development of Computer Supported Learning Systems, and implemented it as the Virtual Campus initiative of IGNOU.
- Introduced computer education programmed in Hindi medium to make available CIC and DCO programs of IGNOU in Hindi. This venture was supported by the Dept. of Electronics, Govt. of India.
Membership
- Fellow, Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers.
- Life Member, All India Association of Educational Technology.
- Life Member, Indian Association of Physics Teachers.
- Life Member, Indian Academy of Social Sciences.
- Life Member, National Academy of Sciences.
- Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration.
- Life Member, Computer Society of India.
Professional Profile
As Founding Director of IGNOU’s computer division, was involved with setting up of the computer facility to support the IGNOU functions. The salient features of this efforts are:
New role and IT Strategy for IGNOU
- Beginning with application of computers to automate manual operations, IGNOU is now moving towards open learning with IT as the main agent. Thus use of interactive learning networks implemented as LAN and WAN, use video-teleconferencing and digital multi-media are part of the new IT strategy, which is being implemented now.
- Because of these efforts, IGNOU is today perceived as a leader in the use of Internet and related emerging technologies in the field of education.