Khagol Bulletin # 132 (Apr 2024) - ENG

A screenshot of a section of the participants from the 2024 March programme | 19 | KHAG L | No. 132 - APRIL 2024 he spoke on the importance of building inclusive societies drawing lessons from the history of astronomy. There was a night sky watching session led by Jameer Manur, and a bird watching session early in the morning led by Dhruba J Saikia. The participants enthusiastically took part in all the events. The workshop which had about fifty participants including resource persons and organisers was organised by Apurva Barve and Ajay Padvi from MSFDA andTeamACE, IUCAA. National Education Policy (NEP) Orientation and Sensitization Programmes Two NEP Orientation and Sensitization Programmes under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme were held online from 1st to 15th February 2024, and 14th to 29th March 2024. For the February programme, the resource persons were G. Nagarjuna, IISER Pune, on holistic and multidisciplinary education; Mayank N Vahia, TIFR Mumbai, on Indian knowledge systems; Narayan C Talukdar, Assam down town University and K J George, IIT Jodhpur, on higher education and society; Dhruba J Saikia, IUCAA and Soumendra M Patnaik, University of Delhi, on academic leadership, governance and management; Sameer S Sahasrabudhe and Rohan Dasgupta, I I T Gandh i naga r, on i n f o rma t i on and communication technology; Nilika Mehrotra, JNU, New Delhi and Deepa Chari, HBCSE, TIFR Mumbai, on student diversity and inclusive education; Farhat Naz, IIT Jodhpur and Sourav Pal, Ashoka University, Sonepat, on research and development; and N V Varghese, NIEPA, New Delhi and Mekin Maheshwari, Founder, Udhyam Learning Foundation, Bengaluru, on skill development. The resource persons for the programme held in March 2024 were Hiten Choudhury, Cotton University and Prakash Arumugasamy, IUCAA, on information and communication technology; Sushruti Santhanam, Musician and Music Historian, and Vijay Singh, CEBS, Mumbai, on Indian knowledge systems; Ayush Gupta, HBCSE, TIFR Mumbai, on student diversity and inclusive education; Dhruba J Saikia, IUCAA and K J George, IIT Jodhpur, on higher education and society; Somak Raychaudhury, Ashoka A screenshot of a section of the participants from the 2024 February programme