Affiliations and Achievements:
Post-Graduate diploma in guidance and counselling
Trained to develop instructional modules based on a scenario-based learning approach.
Trained in Excel, online teaching, and online moderating.
Achievements
1. Completed fifteen research projects financed by international (UNESCO), national (NCERT, ICSSR), and state-level bodies.
2. Led as advisors for Ten PhD scholars and thirteen M.Phil. scholars under my guidance.
3. Published three books by a renowned international publisher, one book by a national publisher, and twenty-two research articles in renowned journals.
4. Successfully organized national-level capacity-building programs for research scholars and for college principals.
5. Operated as team member for national and level bodies.
6. Presented research papers in international and national conferences, seminars, and workshops.
7. Delivered as a subject expert of a Resource person in several national, state-level, and university-level programs.
8. Awarded Erasmus Mundus Scholarship - (2012) Visiting Scholar to the ‘Department of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in February-March 2012
9. Awarded Gold Medal - Best Paper Award (2011) for the paper entitled “How and Why of Online Education: Perceptions of First Generation Learner in India”. at Symbiosis International Conference on Open and Distance Learning, 21-23 Feb 2011
10. Nominated for Dr. Ravindra Dave Award (2010) Maharashtra State Secondary School Teacher Education Association. January 2010
11. Awarded Best Research Paper Award (2010) for the paper entitled “Online Education mode to promote Learner Autonomy. State Level Seminar on Quality issues in education, held at Pattan, Maharashtra, India. 23-24 January 2010
12. Awarded Fulbright Fellowship (2008-09) for Senior Research Scholar, By CIES, Fulbright Commission, U.S, August 2008 – April 2009. Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University. Florida.
13. Awarded National Scholarship (1993 - 98) - UGC Fellow for Ph.D. and National Eligibility test for Lecturer by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. 1993