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HARNESSING ICT FOR LEARNER CENTRED TRAININGThe major principle and also paradigmshift in human resources developmentand training is the use by more andmore people, institutions andprogrammes of learner-centerededucation and training strategies andmethods, primarily by using ICT.These technologies can also expandaccess of hitherto deprivedpopulation groups to opportunities foreducation and training. The onus of

learning is on the individual. As the amount of informationavailable expands at an unprecedented pace, the onus ofselecting, using and transforming information for knowledgecreation is increasingly put on the individual. He or she isexpected to organize his/her own learning. Rather than being apassive recipient of information, the individual must actively,and interactively, participate in the learning process. Teachersand trainers are no longer expected to instruct and pass oninformation. Instead, they are becoming facilitators, mentorsand coaches that remove the roadblocks to the learner’sacquisition of knowledge. Hence, learning-to learn andknowledge creation become the central skills taught at schooland harnessed at the workplace. Being accessible to rapidlygrowing numbers of people, information and communicationtechnologies (ICT) are more and more used for such learner-centered strategies. Indeed, across countries and professionaldisciplines, a considerable number of skilled workers, so farmostly in the ICT related professions, teach them, or combinesome formal training with self-learning.

ICT has expanded opportunities for learning in theworkplace Enterprises have pioneered the use of computersand ICT, first in production, management and communications,and then in providing opportunities of staff learning andtraining. In fact, e-learning in the workplace is the fastestexpanding area of learning, education and training today. Alarge company makes available an array of education andtraining programmes on the desktop computers of thousands oftheir employees, often dispersed across the globe, via their

Intranet or through the Internet. Employees have instantaccess to learning resources, in the workplace and more andmore at home, and can choose and pace their learningaccording to their needs, work schedules and familyresponsibilities.

Learning at a distance learning programmes that exploitICT are expanding at a rapid pace. As the costs of newtechnologies plummet, traditional distance learning tools (e.g.correspondence, radio, television) are being supplemented oreven replaced by ICT-based technologies. Distance learningwill increase access of disadvantaged groups to learningopportunities. Physically disabled people who cannot attendtraining programmes in an institution for lack of mobility andtransport can, with the help of a computer, access Internet-based learning programmes at home. People in remotelocations are another group that can benefit from the use ofICT in education and training. The programme uses powerfulsatellite to cover vast territory and deliver interactive, dynamicand action-oriented learning content that can be watched liveon television, or recorded on video. Teachers follow a basicteaching schedule, but can adapt the television programmes totheir particular teaching style and learners’ needs.

The potential of harnessing ICT in education and training istherefore huge. So are the challenges. A shift from instructionand passing on information to learning and knowledge creationwill demand a huge effort of teacher and trainer re-training.Ingrained professional and cultural habits and attitudes willhave to be overcome; resources need to be invested in newlearner-based techniques of education and training; and theICT infrastructure, including in schools and training institutions,will need strengthening. These are challenges even in therichest countries. They are much more formidable in largeparts of the developing world, where communicationinfrastructure is weak, incomes are low, education systemsare resource poor, and teachers lack materials and equipmentthat could support a shift to learner- and ICT-based educationand training.

Prof. Pratapsinh K. DesaiPesident, ISTE

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TOPIC FOR DISCUSSIONImpact of Science and Technology in

Today's WorldAll the Chapters/Student Chapters may conductSeminars/Workshops on the above topic and send therecommendations to the Headquarters for the needful.

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Sometimes things do not go the way you want it, but itdoes not mean it is not good. Sometimes it is for thebetter.

A person can not achieve his real success andhappiness until he learns the art of having tolerance,sacrifice, care and respect for others.

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A mistake which makes you humble is much betterthan an achievement that makes you arrogant.

Beautiful things happen in your life when you distanceyourself from all the negative things.

We can save many relations if we understand a simplefact that people are not wrong. They are just differentfrom our expectation.... Remember that always wrongpersons teach us the right lessons of life.

Never leave a true relation for few faults. Nobody isperfect, nobody is correct at the end. Affection is alwaysgreater than perfection.

Silence is the strong fence around wisdom, if your footslips you can re-gain your balance but if your tongeslips, you can never re-build your image again.

Gaps are created not by "What is said" but by "How itis said". What is said reaches the mind. How it is saidreaches the heart and you can not win the mind withoutwinning the heart.

A person can not achieve his real success andhappiness until he learns the art of living, tolerance,sacrifice, care and respect for others.

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NEWS FROM ISTE FACULTY CHAPTERSKARNATAKA Bheemanna Khandre Institute of Technology, Bhalki

(formerly Rural Engineering College) organised oneweek ISTE sponsored Faculty DevelopmentProgramme on Practical Approaches in ComputerAided Design and Finite Element Analysis on 30thMarch to 3rd April, 2016. The Chief Guest of theprogramme was Dr. N. Sivaprasad, Director, GITAMUniversity, Hyderabad and delivered the keynoteaddress on Challenges and Pit Falls in DiscretizationIssues in Practical FEA. Dr. B.B. Lal, Principal presidedover the function. Er. Jayant Singh, Technical Director,JD-CAD Technologies, Kolkatta addressed theparticipants about the role of Simulation based designmethods in innovative product department. Prof. SajeevDoijode was the Convener, and Organising Secretarieswere Prof. Rajashekar Matpathi and Prof. Anandkumar.

Keynote address by the Chief Guest Dr. N. Sivaprasad, Director, GITAMUniversity, Hyderabad.

MAHARASHTRA & GOA Dhananjay Mahadik Group of Institutions, Kolhapur

organised International Conference on RecentInnovations in Engineering and Management (ICRIEM-16) on 23rd March, 2016. The Chief Guest for thefunction was Dr. D.K. Kharat, Scientist and DirectorArmaments - Defence Research & DevelopmentOrganiation (DRDO) alongwith Prof. Pratapsinh K.Desai, President, ISTE and inaugurated the function.Dr. D.R. More, BCUD Director SUK was the Guest ofHonour for the function.

President, ISTE Prof. Pratapsinh K. Desai addressing the participants duringthe inauguration of the International Conference

Dignitaries during the inauguration of the International Conference.

MES's College of Engineering, Pune organised guestlecture on Introduction to Docker by Mr. SangramJadhav, Associate Architect, Harbinger, Pune on23-3-2016. The Chapter also organised technicalevents like play with opamp, Ckt Mania and Techzeeand also nontechnical events like knowledge is power,GOT quiz, FIFA etc. on 22-23 March, 2016.

RAJASTHAN Asians Institute of Technology, Tonk organised two

days National Conference on Energy, Environment andPollution on 5-6 March, 2016. Prof. D.N. Naresh,Director, AIT, Tonk was the Chairman and Dr. ManishSharma was the Co-chairman of the conference. TheConveners of the Conference was Mr. DharmendraKumar and Ms. Urooj Sultana, AIT, Tonk. Theconference was inaugurated by Dr. Sandeep Sancheti,President of Manipal University, Jaipur.

Dignitaries during the release of Conference Proceedings.

Dignitaries on the dias during the inauguration of the Conference.

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NEWS FROM ISTE FACULTY CHAPTERS

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Online Chapter Level SRMC Examation at a glance.

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering,Sriperumbudur organised one day workshop onDesign of Experiments on 13-3-2016. Dr. K. Pitchandi,Vice Principal presided over the function. Mr. S.Gopinath, Associate Professor and Dr. S. Illaiyavel,Associate Professor were organised the workshop. Theresource persons were Dr. S. Ramesh Babu,Professor, Mech.Engg. Dept.; Shri K.V. Ramanan,General Manager, Quality Assurance, WesternThomson Group of Companies, Channai and Shri V.Sridharan, Assistant Professor, Mech.Engg. Dept.

Dignitaries on the dais during the inauguration of Workshop.

Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology,Coimbatore conducted online ISTE-SRMC Examinationon 27-3-2016. Candidates from various institutions inand around Coimbatore have appeared for thisexamination at this center. The examination wascoordinated by Dr. S. Prakash, Head, IT Dept.

TAMIL NADU & PONDICHERRY Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore

organised a technical seminar on IndustrialExpectations in VLSI and Embedded Systesm on12-3-2016. The resource person was Mr. Sudhakaran,Functional Project Manager, Intel MobileCommunications, Bangalore. The Chapter alsoorganised two days technical workshop on RaspberryPi (from Scratch to Apps) on 3-4 March, 2016 incollaboration with SREC-PRICOL TechnologiesInnovation Centre.

NEPAL Nepal Engineering College, Kathmandu, Nepal

conducted two days Faculty Development Programmeon Teaching Learning Pedagogy in TechnicalEducation on 10-11 March, 2016. Prof. B.R. Sarmah,Vice President ISTE was the Chief Guest and mentor forthe workshop. Prof. Durgaprasad Bhandari was theCoordinator of the workshop. Prof. Suresh Khare,Educational Consultant, Maharashtra; Prof. HariShrestha, NEC and Prof. Tek Raj Gyawali, Vice Principal,NEC delivered the lectures and were also the mentorduring the workshop. Prof. Shobha K. Dev, Principaldelivered the keynote address on the theme TeachingLearning Methodology. Shri Lambodar Neupane,Chairman, NEC delivered the special address on theefffectiveness and regularity of the workshop. More than50 faculty members from various institutions wereparticipated in the workshop.

Eminent Digninatires, Faculty Members and Students during the FacultyDevelopment Programme at Nepal Engineering College, Nepal.

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NEWS FROM ISTE STUDENT CHAPTERSTAMIL NADU & PONDICHERRY Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering,

Sriperumbudur organised two days workshop onEmployability Skill Development. Prof. S.Muraleedharan, Chief Placement Officer, SVCEinaugurated the workshop. Dr. K.S. Badrinathan,Professor, Mech.Engg. & Dean EducationalDevelopment, SVCE delivered the valedictory address.

Prof. S. Muraleedharan, Chief Placement Officer delivering the inauguraladdress. Priyadarshini Engineering College, Vaniyambadi

conducted one day workshop on Mobile ApplicationDevelopment on 7-3-2016.

Participation certificate distribution by the dignitaries during the workshop.

Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatoreorganised one day National Workshop on VLSISystem Design and Verification using System Verilogin association with Caliber Embedded TechnologiesIndia Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore on 28-3-2016. The workshopwas inaugurated by the Chief Guest S. Mathan Prasadand V. Moorthy, Design Engineers, Caliber EmbeddedTechnologies. Dr. N.R. Alamelu, Principal delivered thepresidential address and Dr. M. jagadeeswari,Head ofthe Dept. welcomed the gathering. The programmewas coordinated by Prof. C.S. Manikandababu,Assistant Professor, Section Grade of the Dept. TheChapter also organised one day National Conferenceon Emerging Trends in Instrumentation Systems(NCETIS'16) and Project Expo on 29th March, 2016. Theprogramme was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr.Anbalagan Thangavel, Software Architect RobertBOSCH Engineering and Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.and delivered a special keynote address on AntilockBraking System in Vehicles. Dr. K. Srinivasan Gave thewelcome Address and mentioned about the objectiveand importance of the conference and project Expo.

Dignitaries releasing the conference proceedings.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS : ISTE NATIONAL SEMINARSA Book authored by Dr. S. V. Vaishnav, Honorary Fellow ISTE.

Dr. S.V. Vaishnav is a former member of the ISTE National Executive Council (2003-05, 2006-08), Chairmanof ISTE Gujarat Section (1999-2000, 2001-02) and the principal of A. D. Patel Institute of Technology (ADIT),New Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) (Retd. 2002).

The book contains foreword by Dr. P. K. Desai, President of ISTE, preface and the highlights of total ofeleven proceedings of national seminars held during ISTE National Annual Conventions of 2014, 2013, 2012,2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 and 1999.

The comprehensive compendium in the form of a book is a collection of what transpired during the pilgrimagefor excellence of technical education. The book is a documentary recapitulation of the excerpts, observationsand presentations elucidated at the mega events of ISTE. It provides an apt information needed for individualsconnected with technical education and for institutional libraries.

The book is available at a price of Rs.100/- to the below mentioned address:Dr. S. V. Vaishnav,‘Ishavasyam’, B/H Raghuvir Chambers,Off University Road, Vallabh Vidyanagar - 388 120(Dist. Anand) (Gujarat); Contact : 02692 237 467, Mb. 09979001944

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INAUGURATION OF ISTE CHAPTERS & STUDENT CHAPTERS

TAMILNADU & PONDICHERRY R.V.S. College of Engineering & Technology, Dindigul

ISTE Students Chapter was inaugurated on 9-3-2016. Dr. C.Swarnalatha, Dean, Anna University Regional Office, Maduraiwas the Chief Guest of the function and delivered anorientation address on Quality of Education. Sri C.V.R.Krishnaswamy, Chief Executive Officer, R.V.S. EducationalTrust presided over the function. Dr. D. Senthil Kumaran,Principal delivered the feliciation address.

Chief Guest Dr. C. Swarnalatha delivering the address on the occasion ofinaugural ceremony of ISTE Students Chapter.

GUJARAT School of Engineering, R.K. University, Rajkot ISTE

Faculty Chapter was inaugurated on 12-3-2016. The functionwas inaugurated by Dr. Ajitkumar Shukla, Director, School ofEngineering, R.K. University, Rajkot.

Inauguration of ISTE Faculty Chapter on 12-3-2016.

KERALA M. Dasan Institute of Technology, Ulliyeri, Kozhikode

ISTE Faculty Chapter was inaugurated on 8-3-2016 by Dr. K.Vijayakumar, DTE, Government of Kerala and Chairman, ISTEKerala Section.

Dr. K. Vijayakumar, Chairman, ISTE Kerala Section inaugurating the ISTEFaculty Chapter alongwith other dignitaries.

Dr. P.T. Rajan Nambiar, Executive Council Member addressing theparticipants during the inauguration of ISTE Faculty Chapter.

MAHARASHTRA & GOA P.R. Pote (Patil) Education & Welfare Trusts Group of

Institutions College of Engineering & Management,Amravati ISTE Faculty and Students Chapter wereinaugurated on 22-3-2016 by Prof. H.Y. Mohod, I/c Chairman,ISTE Maharashtra & Goa Section.

Prof. H.Y. Mohod, Chairman I/c ISTE Maharashtra & Goa Section deliveringthe inaugural address.

Smt. Rajshree Mulak College of Engineering forWomen, Nagpur ISTE Faculty Chapter and Students Chapterwere inaugurated on 16-3-2016 by the Chief Guest Dr. P.B.Patil, National Executive Council Member and Dr. R.V.Kshirsagar, Section Managing Commiittee Member. Dr. R.H.Parikh, Ex. Chairman, ISTE M&G Section and Dr. C.C. Handa,Ex. Treasuer, ISTE New Delhi were the guests of honour forthe inaugural ceremonly.

Inauguration of ISTE Faculty and Students Chapter on 16-3-2016.