Towards Promoting Excellence in Engineering Education by offering world class Training Programmes, Post Graduate Programmes, and Doctoral Programmes, Developing Learning Resources, Carrying out Research Studies and Providing Extension Services for Technical Educational Institutions, Industry and Community in the Country and the World. |
Short Vision Statement |
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"Excellence in Engineering Education for better future" |
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Offering quality, flexible, relevant and cost-effective training programmes |
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Fostering innovation in Engineering Education through research, development and extension activities. |
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Establish and foster collaboration with all stakeholders of Engineering Education in the country and the world |
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Nurturing effective and accountable Educators, students, workforce and the community. |
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Quality Education and Training |
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Teamwork |
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Faculty Development |
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Openness and Transparency |
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Social Responsibility |
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Accreditation |
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Basic & Advanced Pedagogy |
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Career Development in Technical Education |
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Communication Skills |
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Creativity and Innovation in Classroom Teaching |
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Emotional Intelligence |
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English Language Skills & Laboratory |
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Entrepreneurship Development Programme |
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Gender Issues in Technical and Vocational Education |
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Guidance & Counselling |
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Induction Training Programme |
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Instructional Design and Delivery System |
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IPR for teachers |
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Leadership & Team Work For Performance Excellence |
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Neuro Linguistic Programming |
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Outcome Based Education |
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Outcome Based Assessment |
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Personality Development and NLP |
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Professional Ethics and Values |
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Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation |
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Science of Well Being and Happiness |
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Soft Skills |
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Student Evaluation |
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Student Psychology |
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Success Tool Kit for Teachers |
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Yoga for Mental Health and Success |
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The Department has coordinated the following programmes:
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M.Tech in Human Resource Development
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M.Tech (Ed)
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B.Tech in Education
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Dip.T.T Programmes
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The institute is conducting Ph.D. programme in the inter-disciplinary area of
Engineering Education. This programme is affiliated to the University of Madras. The
Department has been guiding research scholars for Ph.D (Engineering Education). Dr.
S. Renukadevi, Professor & Head is a recognized guide of University of Madras. Under
her guidance four Research Scholars awarded and one research scholar is pursuing
and one research scholar has submitted the thesis.
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Women Leadership Development in TVET
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Women Empowerment through Technical and Vocational Education
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Master Teacher Training Programme for Tamil Plantation School Teachers of Srilanka
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Human Resource Development
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Special training programme on Communication Skills for Bhutan and Afghan Nationals
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Pedagogy and Communication Skills for Bangladesh Teachers & Administrators
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The Department periodically engaged in revising the content of the training programmes
as per the requirement of the clientele system. The Department has revised the
Curriculum for M.Tech in Human Resource Development.
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The Department has developed Curriculum for M.Tech in Technology Management
(Final Draft) consisting of 23 courses.
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Communication Skills
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Gender Issues in Technical and Vocational Education
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Induction Training Programme
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Instructional Design and Delivery System
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Personality Development and NLP
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Professional Ethics and Values
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Student Psychology
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Yoga for Mental Health and Success
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Professional Ethics and Values
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Soft Skills
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Guidance & Counselling
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Student Evaluation
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The language laboratory was established in the Department of Engineering Education in
the year 2017. The language lab software has a facility to work with LAN network as
well as a Standalone PC. The Language lab has two console namely teacher Console
and learner Console. The teacher and learner console has lot of future which enable the
learner effectively practice Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (Typing) skills.
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The laboratory is used to train teachers on various pedagogical tools, Personality
development tools and psychological tests through FDPs.
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Master Teacher Training Programme for Srilankan Tamil Teachers ( 3 Batches)
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Sponsored by Indian High Commission at Kandy, Srilanka
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20 Teachers trained in 2007, 2008 & 2009
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Revenue Generated
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To be Continued
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Women Empowerment Through Technical and Vocational Education (2 Batches)
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11 Participants from Eight countries in First Batch
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9 Participants from 7 countries in the Second Batch
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8 Weeks ( Jan - Feb every year)
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To be continued this year
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Advanced Certificate Course on Curriculum and Instructional material Development
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Advanced Certificate Course on Human Resource Management
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Certificate Course on Modern Library Practices
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2 workshops conducted as part of the MHRD TAT Project
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January 9-11, 2007March 22-25, 2007
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International Symposium on "Women Empowerment and Technical Education" on March 6th, 2009, 200 Participants(included 22 overseas participants), Proceedings released.
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National Symposium on 'Empowering the Differently abled for achieving competencies in Technical and Vocational Education' , on October 14-16 2005,
Resource persons from all over India presented the papers, 80 Participants, Symposium proceedings released.
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MHRD TAT Project titled "Development of interactive courseware for faculty training"
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April 2003 to March 2005
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Development of Infrastructure ( Hardware, Software, Learning Materials)
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Need Analysis for identification of Areas
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Interactive package covering 6 Areas of faculty training
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MHRD TAT Project titled "Development of awareness and Learning Resources for Skill Development of PWDs"
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April 2005 to March 2007
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Need Analysis done (Paper Published)
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Equipment/Resources procured
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2 workshops conducted
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Curriculum for 5 non formal courses developed
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PWD Project Annual Reports
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Symposium Proceedings
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Journal of Technical and Vocational Education
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20 papers published by Faculty
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Instructional Planning
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Instructional Objectives
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Student Evaluation
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Instructional Methods
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Curriculum Development
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Classroom Communication
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Principles of Learning
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Student Motivation
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Learner Characteristics
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Instructional Media
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Student Guidance & Counselling
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Teaching Skills
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Soft Skills
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Career Guidance
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Communication Skills
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Women Empowerment
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Video on Classroom Communication
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Dragon Naturally Speaking Software
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Talking Typing Teacher
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Maltron Mouth Stick Keyboard
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Jaws for Windows
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Foot Pedal Keyboard
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Denpa Digital Voice Recorder
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Handsfree Speech Recognition Software
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Talking Weighing Scale
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Talking Spelling Practice Software
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Talking Inside/outside Thermometer
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Talking Measuring tape
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Talking Colour Recogniser
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Development of Laboratories
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Continuing the existing programmes
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Centre for Women Development
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Training of Trainers of PWD
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Conducting Research Projects
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Guiding Research work
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| Degree | Institution/University | Specialization |
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| Ph.D | University of Madras | Computer Applications – Engineering Education |
| M.Phil | Bharathiar University | Computer Science |
| MCA | Bharathiar University | Computer Applications |
| PGDGC | Annamalai University | Guidance and Counselling |
Engineering Pedagogy and Psychology |
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Training Technology |
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Instruction Design and Delivery System (IDDS) |
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Knowledge Management |
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Educational Psychology |
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Soft Skills |
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Gender Studies |
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Guidance and Counselling |
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Transactional Analysis |
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Emotional Intelligence |
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Certified NLP Trainer) |
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Yoga |
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Healing techniques |
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Offering a course on Student Psychology on MHRD SWAYAM Platform (5535 Learners). |
30 years of Teaching and Research, out of which 25 years at NITTTR,Chennai. |
Completed 4 doctoral Dissertations in Engineering Education |
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Currently guiding 2 Scholars |
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Experience in guiding Research projects at Master’s Level |
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Guided several Projects undertaken by Overseas Trainees |
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Doctoral committee Member at IIT, Madras and University of Madras |
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Conducted Ph.D.Viva Voce |
Basic And Advanced Pedagogy |
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Student Psychology |
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Online Learner Engagement And Motivation |
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Knowledge Management |
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Personal Effectiveness Tools |
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Neuro Liguistic Programming |
Guided 5 doctoral Dissertation in the areas of Knowledge Management, Faculty Motivation,
Software Engineering, Employability skills for Textile technology, Language Skills for
Engineering Students. |
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Coordinated around 20 overseas programmes and 150 FDPs. |
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Completed a Swayam course on “Student Psychology”, conducted it twice with 989 and
5535 learners respectively. |
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Trained more than 130 overseas teachers on Women Empowerment through Technical and
Vocational Education and 100 overseas teachers on Master Teacher Training (Basic and
Advanced Pedagogy). |
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Trained on “Information technology and Distance Education through Satellite” at University
of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK. |
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Visited 4 countries for paper presentation in Conferences. |
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Conducted an International Conference of ISPA (USA) in India at VIT University, Vellore. |
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Best paper awards in 2 Occasions, Best Teacher Award by Pondicherry Psychology
Association and Psychometric Educational Services Award. |
| S.No | Publications | Number of Publications |
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| 1. | International Journals | 5 |
| 2. | National Journals | 10 |
| 3. | International Conferences | 7 |
| 4. | National Conferences | 7 |
| 5. | Learning Materials/Handouts | 25 |
| 6. | Book Chapters | 3 |
| 7. | Ph.D.Thesis | 5 |
(This part, I will be updating in a week as I am in the process of collating all my publications). |
Organized an International Conference of ISPA, US In India. |
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Co-ordinated an International Symposium on “Women Empowerment”. |
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Co-ordinated 3 workshops. |
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Co-ordinated a Seminar On “Human Resource Development in Technical Education”. |
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Coordinated an International Conference on “Women in Science and Technology”. |
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Coordinated an International Seminar on Curriculum Development Practices. |
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Coordinated an International Seminar on ‘E-Society”. |
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Coordinator, National Education Day Celebrations. |
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Coordinator, NITTTRc Golden Jubilee Celebrations. |
Trained in Information technology and Distance education Through Satellite at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK in 1999 for 8 weeks.
Developed the Project proposal for “Virtual TTTI”. |
Germany(Georgia Augusta University, Goettingen) |
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UK (University of Newcastle at Norhumbria) |
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Ireland (Dublin university, Dublin) |
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Malta (University of Malta) |
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Scotland (Edinburgh) |
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Switzerland |
International School Psychology Association (ISPA) |
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Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (Life Member) (Formerly Newsletter Editor and Joint Secretary, Presently Regional President) |
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ISTE (Life Member) |
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Indian School Psychology Association (InSPA) (Life Member) (State President) |
Best paper awards in 2 Occasions |
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Best Teacher Award 2012 by Pondicherry Psychology Association |
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Psychometric Educational Services Award 2005. |
Formerly Asst. Academic Editor of the Journal of Technical and Vocational Education (International Journal published bi-annually from NITTTR, Chennai). |
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Formerly Newsletter Editor of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP). |
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Formerly Member, Editorial Board of Social Engineer. |
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Formerly Asst. Editor, JIAAP. |
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Member, Staff Selection Committees of Govt. Institutions. |
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044 – 2254 5481
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994 012 1966
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ksgiridharan@nitttrc.ac.in |
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ks.giridharan@gmail.com |
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| Degree | Institution/University | Specialization | Year |
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| B.E. | College of Engineering Guindy | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 1999 |
| Masters in HRD | University of Madras | Human Resource Development | 2002 |
| Ph.D. | University of Madras | Engineering Education | 2011 |
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – WIPO certified |
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Rural Development |
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Entrepreneurship Development |
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Pedagogy, Academic Audit |
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Question Paper Authoring and evaluation |
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HRIS |
Research Papers - National Conference – 2 - Journals (both national and International) – 5 |
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Instructional Materials - For Vocational Education and Training – 21 |
ISTD (Life member) |
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Institution of Engineers (Life Member) |
MIS Project for CDTP Scheme - National level |
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Vocational Education and Training – World Bank funded |
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Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board – RAY –Pilot study |
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Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan (UBA) - Ongoing |
Induction Programme – 80 nos (approx) Engineering colleges |
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Overseas Training programme – 4 |
Workshops – 12 |
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Seminars – 7 |
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International Conference – 1 |
