5-Day STEM Teacher Training Program for PM Shri JNVs
04 - 08 December 2024, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
organized by IIT Jodhpur and Navodaya Leadership Institute, Udaipur
04 - 08 December 2024, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
organized by IIT Jodhpur and Navodaya Leadership Institute, Udaipur
Dr. Pankaj Chavan received his PhD in Education Technology from IIT Bombay in 2023. His research lies at the intersection of education, technology, and design, with a focus on the following broad areas: Learning Analytics (LA) for Teachers, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Teacher Professional Development (TPD), and Engineering Education. He takes a pragmatic worldview and primarily uses mixed methods, user-centered and co-design methods, and statistical methods. Dr. Chavan received the Naik and Rastogi Award for Excellence in Ph.D. Research at IIT Bombay in 2024. He has conducted faculty development programs (FDPs) on varied topics such as Active Learning, Use of ICT in Education, Assessment, Flipped Classroom, and Online teaching. He also conducted workshops for faculties and professionals at conferences.
Dr. Rajlaxmi Chouhan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Jodhpur. She received her PhD from IIT Kharagpur in 2015, and in addition to her research in image processing applications, her current areas of interest include education technology, blended learning, and game-based learning. For her teaching contributions, she was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award in 2019 and the Dr. Vandana Sharma Memorial Award for Teaching Innovation 2021 at IIT Jodhpur. Dr. Chouhan is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and is currently a Member of the International IEEE Signal Processing Society Women in Signal Processing (WISP) Subcommittee on Empowerment, Awareness and Visibility.
With an interdisciplinary background in English Literature, Sociology and Education, Dr. Philip's work explores the links between the social, the political and the historical manifested in educational trajectories of individuals and institutions. Her research falls in the areas of Science and Society Studies, Sociology of Childhood, Political Sociology and Education Policy. She received the Young Researcher Award (Humanities, Social Sciences and Management) in 2024 at IIT Jodhpur.
Dr. Deepak Kumar Saxena holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). Before moving to IIT Jodhpur, he worked with Trinity College Dublin (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Dublin Institute of Technology (Lecturer), and Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (Assistant Professor). Prior to his PhD, he worked with the Indian Space Research Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and Defence Research and Development Organisation in different capacities.
His current areas of interest include Enterprise Systems (on-premise and cloud-based), Digital Transformation, and AI Ethics. He has published his works in ABS, ABDC, SCI, and Scopus-listed journals. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor for two Scopus-indexed journals and serving on the review panel of more than 20 internationally reputed Information Systems journals. He is currently serving as a Head at the School of Management & Entrepreneurship. He is also the Program Director for the MBA Technology Executive.
Dr. Durgamadhab Mishra is an Assistant Professor at IIT Jodhpur. He completed his M.Tech. in Solid State Materials at IIT Delhi in 2008. He completed his PhD. in Experimental Condense Matter Physics at Ruhr University Bochum in 2012. He is affiliated with the CETE and explores innovative pedagogies in Physics education.
Dr. Sumit Kalra completed his B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, Panjab University in 2010 and his M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2018. He completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His research areas such as Software Architecture, Data Analytics, IoT and Smart Healthcare. Dr. Kalra received his PhD in Dr. Kalra received the Teaching Excellence Award at IIT Jodhpur in 2024 for his teaching contributions.
Ms. Suhasini Seelin is an actor/performer - studied and worked in Melbourne, Australia, for 15 years across disciplines like film, ads, theatre, roving performances & video. In 2019, she trained in modern-mime in Poland and since then has conducted mime and voice workshops for children and young people in India, Ethiopia and Australia. She believes 'the world is a stage' and an actor's training methods contain life skills for everyone. She now visits different organizations such as the IITs, facilitating theatre and mime workshops for students of all age groups to gain confidence through self expression.
Dr. Sumana Som completed her PhD from IIT Hyderabad and Swinburne University of Technology, Australia in 2022. She receivd Master of Fine Arts from the SN School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad in 2013 and the Batchelor of Visual Arts from the University of Burdwan in 2011. She has worked as a lecturer at Mahindra University, Hyderabad (2015-16) and guest lecturer at the National Institute of Design (NID) Andhra Pradesh in 2022 December. Currently, she is a residing art practitioner in one of the eminent art galleries in Hyderabad called Dhi Artspace. Dr. Som received the Inlaks Fine Arts Award from Inlaks India Foundation, Mumbai in 2013, the 55th National Academy Award from Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 2014, and the Elizabeth Greenshields Award, Canada, USA, 2017, and the Swinburne University Post Graduate Research Award (SUPRA) in 2018.
Dr. Hari Narayanan V. is a Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur. He completed his PhD. in Philosophy from IIT Kanpur 2009. His areas of research include Philosophy: Cognitive Studies, Evolutionary Theory, Analytic Philosophy and Mindfulness.
Dr. Ankita Sharma is a Professor of Psychology in School of Liberal Arts at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IIT Jodhpur). She is a Wisdom researcher and Positive Psychologist with active engagement and contribution in teaching, research, soft skill training, and well-being coaching. A passionate thinker on education, virtues for the life of self and others, and mental health/well-being of all, she has a rebellious quest to go beyond conventions that reflects in all of her academic and personal pursuits. She currently serves as the Dean of Student Affairs at IIT Jodhpur.
Dr. Neha Jain completed her PhD.in Molecular Biophysics from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali in 2013. She has worked on the development of strategies to combat amyloid-dependent biofilm formation, role of microbial amyloids in non-microbial diseases and cross-talk between amyloids of different origin and its consequences. Dr. Jain is an INSA Young Associate since 2024.
Dr. B. M. Krishna is an experimental physicist in the area of optics, lasers, and terahertz. He received his Masters in Science from Andhra University in 2005, and PhD in Physics from University of Hyderbad in 2013.
Dr. Koushambi Mitra received her PhD in Bioorganic Chemistry from IISc Bangalore, and then worked as Postdoctoral Researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Chicago, US. Her research interests include Anticancer Agents, Photodynamic Therapy, Drug Delivery, Fluorescence Imaging Agents, Biosensors.
Dr. Priti Hingorani has completed her PhD in Management from Banasthali University. She has more than 15 years’ experience in teaching, research and administration in the academic institutes like Banasthali University, Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur. She has published a book under UGC XII Plan Publication Grant, published papers in national and international journals. She has developed e-content modules for E-PG Pathshala, UGC – An MHRD Project under National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT). She was invited as the contributing expert in the National Workshop on Bharatiya Management organized by Centre for Educational and Social Studies in collaboration with IIM Bangalore and IIM Tiruchirappalli. She was awarded with ‘Teacher of Developing Era Award’ at 8th International Conference on Human Values and Culture, organized by Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer.