Second IDEA Virtual Meeting - Education at Crossroads with special reference to ODL

ABOUT IDEA 

Indian Distance Education Association (IDEA) is the leading national professional body of academicians, policymakers, administrators and all other stakeholders of distance and open learning institutions. Members are drawn from National & State Open Universities and Conventional Dual Mode Universities offering courses in ODL, Agriculture Universities, Extended Educational Institutions and other Academic Institutions. IDEA’s annual conferences provide a platform for academia, professionals, policymakers, distance educators, activists and others interested in Open and Distance Learning to meet, exchange views, and share research findings related to all aspects of ODL. IDEA is also working for the growth, development and research of ODL over the years. IDEA has attracted international attention and participation. IDEA has organised ten Vice-Chancellors and Directors Round Table Conferences and has been able to bring out Newsletters entitled OPEN IDEAS to act as a communicative instrument between the members, DE functionaries and institutions. Till date, IDEA in association with different Institutions organized 24 National / International Conferences throughout the country. IDEA has also initiated monthly online Virtual Meetings.

Objectives of the Monthly Virtual Meeting

• To remain engaged with the current/latest developments in the field of ODL and its development.
• To appraise the policy makers/stakeholders about the potential of ODL in reaching the unreached and increasing the GER.
• To get the benefits of expert lectures from the practitioners in the field of ODL.
• To understand the perspectives of ODL from different angles.

Second IDEA Virtual Meeting - Education at Crossroads with special reference to ODL

Date: 23.02.2023

Timing: 11.00 am

Guest Speaker

Prof. M. Aslam, former Vice Chancellor, IGNOU

Prof. M. Aslam is the former Vice-Chancellor, of IGNOU, New Delhi. He is a Member of the Collegium of Eminent Social Scientists constituted by the ICSSR; Fellow EDI of the World Bank;  Distinguished Fellow, AGRASRI, Tirupati, A.P and; Patron, Hope Foundation, Vadodara, Gujarat. He was conferred 7 national and International awards. Authored 8 books and visited 35 countries.

Discussant 1: Prof. S. Jeelani, Director, CDVL, UoH, Hyderabad

Discussant 2: Prof. K. Parameshwar Rao, Andhra Uni, Visakhapatnam

Presiding

Prof. D. Harichandan 

former Director, 

IDOL, Mumbai University

Vote of thanks: Dr. J. S. Dorothy, Regional Director, RC, Cochin, IGNOU

          

Coordinators (Virtual Meeting)

Prof. Mushtaq Ahmed I. Patel Prof. S. Srinivasa Rao

DDE, MANUU               Registrar & Director, SDLCE

Hyderabad         Kakatiya University, Warangal

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Some Glimpses of Meeting

Second Monthly Virtual Online Meeting

Minute to minute programme of monthly IDEA meeting
Time			Activity	Action by
10.50	-	11.00	Admitting participants online	Link Host - Prof. Patel, MANUU
11.00	-	11.06	Welcome, About the monthly meeting and Introduction of Resource Person	Prof. Mushtaq Ahmed I. Patel, Coordinator (Virtual Meeting), IDEA
11.06	-	11.10	Preliminary Remark	Prof. Murali Manohar, President, IDEA
11.10	-	12.00	Presentation - “Education at Crossroads with special reference to ODL”	Prof. M. Aslam, former VC, IGNOU
12.00	-	12.04	Discussant 1	Prof. S. Jeelani, Director, CDVL, UoH, Hyderabad
12.04	-	12.08	Discussant 2	Prof. K. Parameshwar Rao, Andhra Uni, Visakhapatnam
12.08	-	12.18	Question and Answer / Discussion	All the participants
12.18	-	12.26	Presidential Address & Closure	Prof. Daneshwar Harichandan, former Director, IDOL, Mumbai University
12.26	-	12.30	Vote of thanks	Dr. J. S. Dorothy, Regional Director, RC, Cochin, IGNOU