India/Featured user

=Featured WikiEducators from India=

This is a place to meet WikiEducators from India who have attained remarkable achievements in using and teaching WikiEducator as well as content contribution.


 * Each featured article will be displayed for two weeks to one month on the India page and then will be shifted to the Featured user page, that is, this page.


 * Once total number of Featured WEs attains ten, another featured series of publishing interviews of the already featured WEs will commence from the first WE featured.

Now featuring Dr. Dilip P. Barad

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE: Dr. Uma Kanjilal She was one of the very active contributors of Commonwealth Computer Navigators Course (CCNC), starting from February 2007. CCNC is an officially announced ODL development project on WikiEducator. Now she is very actively engaged in contributing to Commonwealth Youth Programme Regional Centre for Africa CYP RCA space on WikiEducator.
 * [[Image:Uk.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Uma Kanjilal is a Professor of Library and Information Science at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi and also the Director of School of Social Sciences at IGNOU. She is a person who should have been featured much earlier in this series while considering her contributions from the earlier days of WikiEducator.
 * [[Image:Uk.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Uma Kanjilal is a Professor of Library and Information Science at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi and also the Director of School of Social Sciences at IGNOU. She is a person who should have been featured much earlier in this series while considering her contributions from the earlier days of WikiEducator.

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE: Dr. Sarita kumar
 * [[Image:Sarita 2.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Sarita Kumar is an Associate Professor in Zoology in Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi. She is in teaching profession since 1990. She is also very actively involved in curriculum development, review and editing work at NCERT, Training of PGT teachers at SCERT, writing books at the school levels (primary and secondary) and developing e-learning content materials at college levels.
 * [[Image:Sarita 2.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Sarita Kumar is an Associate Professor in Zoology in Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi. She is in teaching profession since 1990. She is also very actively involved in curriculum development, review and editing work at NCERT, Training of PGT teachers at SCERT, writing books at the school levels (primary and secondary) and developing e-learning content materials at college levels.

Dr. Sarita became a WikiEducator family member through the face to face L4C workshop conducted at Acharya Narendra Dev College during October, 2008. Now she is one of the most active WikiEducator Ambassadors. She has facilitated six face to face workshops in New Delhi, India. Apart from the facilitation of face to face workshops, she is also supporting various OER as well as project management initiatives that are being taken up by WikiEducator community. She is also very keen to provide online support to the new members of our WikiEducator community.

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE: Dr. Dilip Barad
 * [[Image:Dilipbarad.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Dilip P. Barad holds Ph.D. degree from Saurashtra University and M.A. from Bhavnagar University where he teaches in the Department of English as a senior lecturer.He has recently (in Dec 2008) cleared GSET (Gujarat State Eligibility Test) for the eligibility for lecturership. He has vast experience of teaching communication skills to the students of Business Management and Commerce. He taught Business Correspondence and Communication Skills at NRV Institute of Business Management and JJCET Commerce College (Saurashtra University), Junagadh (Gujarat) for 10 years. He has presented research papers in several international and national seminars/conferences and has also published research papers in journals and magazines. He has done his Ph.D. research on Thomas Hardy and his areas of interest are CALL, Literary Criticism, use of ICT in TELL, Business Correspondence, Communication Skills, English Language and Literature. He has successfully completed C.I.C.(Certificate in Computing) from IGNOU, so he has first hand experience of distance education and have good exposure to SLM and OERs. He has applied for counselling for English course under Ambedkar Open University. and IGNOU courses for B.A., M.A. and other English Language Courses. Being co-ordinator of fully computerized, LAN based language lab (which runs under Ambedkar Open University.), he has good experience of working for Open universities and he is associated with text book & material production for the same courses.
 * [[Image:Dilipbarad.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Dilip P. Barad holds Ph.D. degree from Saurashtra University and M.A. from Bhavnagar University where he teaches in the Department of English as a senior lecturer.He has recently (in Dec 2008) cleared GSET (Gujarat State Eligibility Test) for the eligibility for lecturership. He has vast experience of teaching communication skills to the students of Business Management and Commerce. He taught Business Correspondence and Communication Skills at NRV Institute of Business Management and JJCET Commerce College (Saurashtra University), Junagadh (Gujarat) for 10 years. He has presented research papers in several international and national seminars/conferences and has also published research papers in journals and magazines. He has done his Ph.D. research on Thomas Hardy and his areas of interest are CALL, Literary Criticism, use of ICT in TELL, Business Correspondence, Communication Skills, English Language and Literature. He has successfully completed C.I.C.(Certificate in Computing) from IGNOU, so he has first hand experience of distance education and have good exposure to SLM and OERs. He has applied for counselling for English course under Ambedkar Open University. and IGNOU courses for B.A., M.A. and other English Language Courses. Being co-ordinator of fully computerized, LAN based language lab (which runs under Ambedkar Open University.), he has good experience of working for Open universities and he is associated with text book & material production for the same courses.

Having a wealth of experience and exemplary credentials Dilip P. Barad, Ph.D has steadily increased his participation in WikiEducator since July 2008. Dr. Barad is also an excellent ambassador for WikiEducator as he frequently speaks of the benefits of accessing and in contributing to WikiEducator. Dr. Barad has an excellent user page that showcases how text, photos and rich media can be used to portray information and ideas. The Userpage of Dr. Dilip P. Barad was selected as the UPE award winner for March 2009.

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE: Dr. Anubha Das
 * [[Image:Yanubha.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Anubha Das is a trained Zoologist graduated from Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi. She specializes in the field of entomology and has worked on lepidopteran larvae and insect behavior during her research days. She holds a Ph.D. degree and is working as an Assistant Professor of Zoology in Zakir Husain College. She is an active worker of her college and is integral part of various committees. She is a true nature lover and participates in various campaigns of WWF to save the planet and the species inhabiting it.
 * [[Image:Yanubha.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Anubha Das is a trained Zoologist graduated from Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi. She specializes in the field of entomology and has worked on lepidopteran larvae and insect behavior during her research days. She holds a Ph.D. degree and is working as an Assistant Professor of Zoology in Zakir Husain College. She is an active worker of her college and is integral part of various committees. She is a true nature lover and participates in various campaigns of WWF to save the planet and the species inhabiting it.

Dr. Anubha became a part of WikiEducator family as a Wikineighbour in March 2009 after discovering the country page for India on WikiEducator. She then participated in EL4C21 online workshop and became one of the most active WikiAmbassadors. In just four months in the month of July, 2009, her user page was selected for UPE award. She is working on several OER and other projects including that on transgenic mouse, Alzheimer disease and especially on endangered animals, e.g. Olive Ridley Turtles etc. Dr. Anubha, a continuous learner, believes that life is a learning process and thus, she participates in various workshops and conferences to keep her knowledge update.

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE: Dr. Neeti Misra She is also an active worker of her college and is integral part of various committees. She is a true nature lover and participates in various campaigns of WWF to save the planet and the species inhabiting it.
 * [[Image:neetimisra1.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Neeti Misra is working as Associate Professor in Chemistry in Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi. She specializes in the field of physical chemistry and has worked on copolymer-copolymer interaction with Professor S.K. Chatterjee, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi. Besides teaching in the college she is actively involved in creating course content for Institute of Life Long Learning(ILLL). She has also been involved with NCERT as subject expert and as a resource person with Vidya Bhawan Education Resource Centre, Udaipur. For the last two years she has attended the Upper Primary Science and Mathematics Workshops as a resource person.
 * [[Image:neetimisra1.jpg|200px|left]] Dr. Neeti Misra is working as Associate Professor in Chemistry in Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi. She specializes in the field of physical chemistry and has worked on copolymer-copolymer interaction with Professor S.K. Chatterjee, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi. Besides teaching in the college she is actively involved in creating course content for Institute of Life Long Learning(ILLL). She has also been involved with NCERT as subject expert and as a resource person with Vidya Bhawan Education Resource Centre, Udaipur. For the last two years she has attended the Upper Primary Science and Mathematics Workshops as a resource person.

Dr. Neeti became a part of WikiEducator family in October 2008. After that she became one of the most active WikiAmbassadors. She is working on several OER and other projects and has facilitated several OER workshops She sincerely believes in open education and has prepared e-contents for students and teaching community.

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandagale
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Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandagale is an Assistant Professor in Education in NCERT. He is presently posted at Regional Institute of Education (RIE) Bhopal which is a constituent unit of National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi. Since last 7 years he is working at RIE, Bhopal in different capacities like, State Coordinator of Maharashtra and Goa, In-charge of Computer Resource Center, Co-incharge of Educational Technology Cell, Coordinator of Working With Community programme, House Adviser and Technical Person for EDUSAT programme.

He visited Kunming, China in 2007 to attend workshop on ICT sponsored by UNESCO Bangkok. In 2008, he attended II workshop on ICT at Brunei Darussalem.

Mr. Pandagale has graduated in Electronics and hold Masters' degree in English. Thereafter he has devoted his life to Education and is pursuing Ph.D. in this field. His areas of special interest are Educational Statistics, Educational Technology, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Woman Studies and Educational Management. He also has co-facilitated two workshops on WikiEducator and is actively involved in several OER and other projects.

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE:Dr.Indira Koneru
 * [[Image:Dr.Indira.JPG |110px | left]] Dr. Indira Koneru is an eLearning Mangaer at IBS India. She administers Moodle and trains faculty on Moodle. Earleir she worked as a Senior Instructional Designer at Genpact, Hyderabad. She worked as Faculty Member in the Department of Library Science at ICFAI Academic Wing, Hyderabad and designed and developed Courseware for B.L.I.Sc. and M.L.I.Sc. programs offered through Distance Mode. She also developed Self-Learning Materials for Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University. A Certified Moodler co-facilitates Integrating Technology - Moodle for Teachers Workshops.
 * [[Image:Dr.Indira.JPG |110px | left]] Dr. Indira Koneru is an eLearning Mangaer at IBS India. She administers Moodle and trains faculty on Moodle. Earleir she worked as a Senior Instructional Designer at Genpact, Hyderabad. She worked as Faculty Member in the Department of Library Science at ICFAI Academic Wing, Hyderabad and designed and developed Courseware for B.L.I.Sc. and M.L.I.Sc. programs offered through Distance Mode. She also developed Self-Learning Materials for Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University. A Certified Moodler co-facilitates Integrating Technology - Moodle for Teachers Workshops.

She holds a Doctoral Degree in Open Distance Education; M.Phil. in Library and Information Science; two Postgraduate Degrees, one in Library and Information Science and the other in Sociology. She is a Life-long Learner and participates in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Training Programs and Professional Development Courses to update her knowledge and upgrade her skills. Her participation in Certificate Course in Moodle for Teachers, Certificate Course in Instructional Design, Certificate Course in E-learning Policies, Learning 4 Content online workshops equipped her with the skills required to contribute to open education movement and co-facilitate Moodle for Teachers Professional Development Workshops.

She is the seventh Indian to attain WikiArtisan Status. Information Literacy and Dewey Decimal Classification are her major contribution to WikiEducator. Technology-enabled learning and information services are her research interests.

{|class="MainPageBG" style="width:30%;border:8px solid #FBE8C2;-moz-border-radius: 8px;background-color:#FFF4DD;vertical-align:top"| {| width="100%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;background-color:#FFF4DD" !  Featured WE: Dr. Ramesh Sharma
 * [[Image:Rcs2014.jpg|left|90 px]] Ramesh Sharma is a leading scholar in open, distance and online Learning in Asia. Dr. Sharma is serving IGNOU, India since 1996 as Regional Director. He steered the distance education activities of the University of Guyana, Guyana, South America from July 2009 to June 2011 as Director of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE). He had been a member of Advisory Group on Human Resources Development for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). While at IDCE he also collaborated with UNDP for its Enhanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion (EPTSI) project, Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) and United Nations Volunteer (UNV) to develop suitable educational opportunities for communities and youth. Dr. Sharma has been involved in the planning, design and development of teaching and learning materials for IGNOU; M P Bhoj Open University, Bhopal; Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota and Maharshi Dayanand University, India. He has been associated with several peer reviewed journals as Reviewer, Editor and Editorial Advisory Board member in the field of Open and Distance Learning. An author/editor of several books and research papers on educational technology, educational multimedia and eLearning, Dr. Sharma is a leading scholar and practitioner promoting Open Educational Resources (OER).
 * [[Image:Rcs2014.jpg|left|90 px]] Ramesh Sharma is a leading scholar in open, distance and online Learning in Asia. Dr. Sharma is serving IGNOU, India since 1996 as Regional Director. He steered the distance education activities of the University of Guyana, Guyana, South America from July 2009 to June 2011 as Director of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE). He had been a member of Advisory Group on Human Resources Development for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). While at IDCE he also collaborated with UNDP for its Enhanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion (EPTSI) project, Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) and United Nations Volunteer (UNV) to develop suitable educational opportunities for communities and youth. Dr. Sharma has been involved in the planning, design and development of teaching and learning materials for IGNOU; M P Bhoj Open University, Bhopal; Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota and Maharshi Dayanand University, India. He has been associated with several peer reviewed journals as Reviewer, Editor and Editorial Advisory Board member in the field of Open and Distance Learning. An author/editor of several books and research papers on educational technology, educational multimedia and eLearning, Dr. Sharma is a leading scholar and practitioner promoting Open Educational Resources (OER).