A Framework and Opportunities for Open Distributed Technology Enabled Learning over a National Education Grid in India

presented by

Indian Institutes of Technology Society in New England (IITSINE)
& TIE Social Entrepreneurship Group

Thursday Nov 12, 2009
Room 5-134, MIT
Free

6.:00 - 7:00 dinner (by rsvp only, contact ranjani@ mit.edu)
7:00 - 8:00 talk by Prof Srivathsan
8:00 - 8:30 Q & A

About PROF. K.R. SRIVATHSAN
Prof. K.R. Srivathsan is currently a pro Vice Chancellor of IGNOU. He is architecting, guiding and building a next generation framework of e-Learning for IGNOU. Prior to joining IGNOU Prof. Srivathsan served as the Director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala (IIITM-K) in Trivandrum. There he inspired and guided the development of the Education Grid, KISSAN-Kerala, e-krishi, Virtual University for Agricultural Trade, the Krishideepam TV Serial in Agriculture, the Computational Chemistry Portal, the Trivandrum City Police Portal for Community Interactions, Open GIS developments and promoted the adoption of FOSS based solutions. Most of his early career was at IIT Kanpur where he was a faculty member and Head of the Electrical Engineering Department. He holds a Ph.D. from Queen's University - Canada, M.Tech from IIT Kanpur and a B.E. From REC (now NIT) Durgapur.

For Further Information, contact any of the following members:
Vijay Kumar vkumar@mit.edu
Anil Saigal 617-470-6202 anil@lokvani.com
Ranjani Saigal ranjani@mit.edu
Ravi Rastogi 978-692-5634 rsrastogi@gmail.com

Co-Sponsored by Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, MIT, and William & Flora Hewlett Foundation