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IIRS
organized EDUSAT workshop on June 1, 2007 with an
objective to review experiences of the first course,
address the issues on course structure, duration etc.
and plan for future programs. Total 100 delegates
participated in the workshop from 40 universities spread
all over India. Dr. V.Jayaram, Director, NRMS has
inaugurated the workshop through SPACENET from ISRO
Headquarters. Dr. George Joseph, Director, CSSTEAP as a
Chief Guest of the program, delivered keynote address.
Invited
speakers from SCPO, ISRO and DECU, Ahmedabad delivered
special talks on
1. EDUSAT configuration network and utilization and
2. Distance education - use of EDUSAT network for
education and training in India respectively.
In addition presentations have been made on coordination
and implementation by IIRS module coordinators.
Selective university coordinators expressed their views
and gave feedback for betterment of future courses.
Final panel discussions chaired by Dr. V.K. Dadhwal,
Dean, IIRS was held in the afternoon session. The
panelists include: Dr.George Joseph, Director, CSSTEAP,
Mr. Vikram Desai, Dy. Project Director, Implementation
EDUSAT DECU, Ahmedabad, Dr. P.K. Jain, SCPO, ISRO HQs.,
Dr. Sanjeevi, Anna University, Dr. Vrishali Devasthali,
Pune University, Dr. Ranjit, IGNOU, Dehradun.
Major
highlights of the workshop are plan and conduct the next
training program in September - December 2007 with the
participation of more universities with improved
transmission and better interaction between teaching end
(i.e. IIRS) and classrooms (i.e. universities).
IIRS is
planning for Second EDUSAT course in
September/October 2007. Interested Universities who
wants to participate in this course can contact Mr.
P.L.N.Raju, EDUSAT Manager (edusat@iirs.gov.in)
for further details. |
