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NKC consultation on Open and Distance Education
The following are the Members of the Working Group:
- Prof. Ram Takwale(Chairman)
Former Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU, Delhi, YCMOU, Nasik and University of Pune
- Prof Badrinath. Koul
Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU
- Prof. Salil Mishra
Reader of History, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU
- Prof. Parvin Sinclair
Director, School of Sciences, IGNOU
- Prof. V.C. Kulandaiswamy
Chairman, Tamil Virtual University, Former Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU
- Dr. Shakti Rais Ahmed
Former Professor, IGNOU
- Dr. Vijay Kumar
Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Computing, MIT
- Prof. V.S. Prasad
Director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore,
Former Vice-Chancellor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
- Dr. B.S. Bhatia
Former Director, Development and Education Computing Unit (DECU)
Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad
- Mr. Rajendra Pawar
Chairman, NIIT
- Dr. Surabhi Banerjee
Vice Chancellor, Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU), Kolkata
Terms of Reference:
- Redefine the objectives of the country’s open and distance higher education.
- Identify constraints, problems and challenges relating to the open and distance higher education sector
- Recommend changes and reforms to address the problems and challenges relating to the open and distance higher education sector, to ensure a holistic human resource development which is necessary for a knowledge society
- Take necessary steps to mobilise and upgrade the existing infrastructure, delivery mechanism and pedagogy, taking advantage of the latest advances in Information and Communication Technology.
- Explore possibilities for innovation and initiate new programmes relevant to our national needs. Suggest methods to bridge the gap between the needs of the employers and employable human resources developed by the open and distance education system, and to continuously upgrade skill sets.
- Suggest means of raising standards and promoting excellence in open and distance higher education, including training of professionals in the same
- Suggest mechanisms to preserve and give access to indigenous knowledge.
- Develop mechanisms to monitor activities and evaluate the outcomes of open and distance education programs and to make it a sustainable developmental activity.
- Examine any other issues that may be relevant in this context.
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