User:Ukanjilal

About Me

I am Uma Kanjilal, Professor of Library and Information Science at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. I am currently also Director of School of Social Sciences at IGNOU. I joined IGNOU as lecturer in 1989 and all these years had a great experience in the ODL system.I have always been fascinated with ICT applications in education and tried to adapt myself with latest technologies. I had the privilege to work on multimedia courseware development during my Fulbright Fellowship in the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign in 1999- 2000. This was the turning point in my career which oriented me towards e-learning and multimedia courseware development.

My Current Projects

I am involved in the following projects as Coordinator:


 * eGyanKosh: A Digital Repository containing all IGNOU course material. The repository is powered by an open source application DSpace.


 * Sakshat: A One Stop Education Portal of Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.


 * LIVE (Library and Information Virtual Education): A virtual platform for online Master's in Library and Information Science.

My WikiEducator Experience

Worked on two modules of Commonwealth Computer Navigator's Certificate (CCNC) Project:
 * 1) Module 1 (Concepts of IT)
 * 2) Module 2 (Using the computer and managing files)


 * 1) Contributions to Commonwealth Youth Programme Regional Centre for Africa  project

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