International Conference on Educational and Social Inclusion 2011

An International Conference on "Educational and Social Inclusion” was held at the School of Creative Learning, Patna from 25th to 26th November, 2011, organised by the Association for Promotion of Creative Learning (APCL), Patna in partnership with the Kanka Gajendra Foundation (KGF), UK and India and in collaboration with the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Bihar. The seminar made valuable contributions to the ongoing discussion in the country on inclusion.

The Context

In a world of rapid technological, social, political and economic change, education and social inclusion of children with diverse background and ability remains one of the major challenges and of immense significance. Inclusive education is not just about disabled children and young people. It is being gradually realised that such inclusion is a primary condition for bringing equity and social justice in society. In April 2000, the World Education Forum at Dakar, Senegal had resolved that by 2015 all children in difficult circumstances, particularly girls and those belonging to ethnic minorities should have access to complete free and compulsory primary education of good quality. However, inequality and discrimination in education continues to be a major concern. It is against this background that the issues related to inclusive education need to be addressed.

Need and Focus

The conference provided a platform for academician, researchers, teachers, planners, administrators, policy makers and interested members of the society to discuss the issues related to social and educational challenges. It mainly focused on the issues related to training and development for education and social inclusion especially for children and young people.

Themes

Training of and Development for Children and Young People Facing Educational Challenges

Theme 1: Education and Learning Difficulty

  • Learning Difficulty – Conceptual Issues
  • Identifying and Understanding Children and Young People with Complex Learning Difficulties
  • Influence of Media and Societal Attitudes to Learning Difficulty
  • Helping, Supporting and Training Teachers to Meet the Needs of Such Students

Theme 2: Health Education, Equality and Diversity

  • Sexual Health and HIV / AIDS
  • Gender Issues and Health Education
  • Sexual Abuse and Harassment
  • Public Awareness of Mental Health in Young People

Theme 3: Curriculum, Teacher Education, Home-School Partnership

  • Designing Educational Programmes for Inclusive Education
  • Classroom Management and Teaching
  • Connecting Family Through Learning Partnership
  • Assessment, Practice and Evaluating Student Progress

Activities

Mr. Uday Narayan Chaudhary, speaker of Bihar Assembly inaugurated the conference.

Dr Mridula Prakash started the conference by conducting a small session with Sahaj Dhyan (meditaion at ease). She dedicated the session to the last man for whose benefit the conference has been organized.

The Chairperson of the conference Mr Vijoy Prakash welcomed the guests and outlined the basic objectives of the conference. He also highlighted the importance of inclusion in the modern world and called for working towards a really inclusive society.

Prof Gajendra Verma also welcomed the guests and gave details of the sessions.

In his inaugural address Mr. Uday Narayan Chaudhary, speaker of Bihar Assembly said that the ultimate goal of government should be to work for upliftment of the poorest of the society. He called for equal education to all children of the country, ireespective of the fact that he may be from the family of President or a sweeper. 

Dr Mridula Prakash proposed vote of thanks. Dr Ajay Kumar conducted the session.

Technical Sessions

Two key note addresses were made in the first technical session.

Professor Gajendra Verma Professor Emeritus of University of Manchester made a key note presentation on “Education and Social Integration: Setting in Context - Insights and Evaluations’. Dr. Shamsad Hussain, Ex. Vice Chancellor, Magadh University and Nalanda Open University was in the chair.

Mr Vijoy Prakash, Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Goverment of Bihar made a presentation on   ‘Broadstreaming through Creative Learning - An Approach towards Educational Inclusion’. Dr. Eugenia A. Panitsidou of the University of Macedonia was in chair.

Then two parallel sessions were organized.

The first session was on Education and Learning Difficulty which was organized in the Ritu Sinha Knowledge Centre for Creative Learning. It was chaired by Prof Janak Pandey, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Bihar.

Dr Basabi Mahapatram, Dr Daisy Banerjee & Dr Nagma Siddiqui of Patna University read a paper on ‘Education, Learning Difficulty and Exclusion.’

Stella Giossi read a paper coauthored with Panagiotis Giavrimis and Dr Adamantios Papastamatis of the University of Macedonia on ‘Teachers' Professional Development and Students with Disabilities’.

Another session was organized on - Health Education, Equality and Diversity in which Professor Emeritus Christopher Bagley, University of Southampton, United Kingdom was in chair. It was organized in the Kalidas Hall.

A paper on ‘Challenges for Inclusion: Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Girls and Women in Canada, Britain, India, Nepal and The Philippines’ authored jointly by Professor Emeritus Christopher Bagley, and Dr Padam Simkhada of University of Southampton, United Kingdom was presented.

Dr Addy Lazz-Onyenobi, University of Manchester made a presentation on Raising Public Awareness of  Mental Health in Relation to Young People and Social Inclusion.

After lunch a key note session was organized in which Royston Flude, CMDC-SPOC, Switzerland made a presentation on  Inclusive Learning - The Challenge of Special Needs. Dr. D.M. Diwakar was in chair.

Two parallel sessions were organized – one on in the Conference Hall of Ritu Sinha Knowledge Centre for Creative Learning and another in the Kalidas Hall.

In the Conference Hall of Ritu Sinha Knowledge Centre for Creative Learning, the session was on Education and Learning Difficulty. Dr. Manoj Kumar, Ex Chief Diasbility Commissioner, India was in chair.

Professor Dr Prabhat Ranjan, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, India made a presentation on Using Brain-Computer Interface in Inclusive Education.

Dr Manju Kumari and Dr Mona Tabassum, Department of Psychology, RN College, Hajipur, Bihar, India made a presentation on Dyslexia - A Learning Disability - The Indian Context.

In Kalidas Hall a session was organized on Health Education, Equality and Diversity. Prof. MC Reddeppa Reddy was in Chair and Dr. Addy Lazz-Onyenobi was in co-chair.

Mr Abhijeet Nirmal and Ms Aparajita Mishra of Save the Children made a presentation on Corporal Punishment: A Worst Form of Violence Against Children.

Dr Padam Simkhada, in co-authorship of Prof Dr Edwin Van Teijlingen, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom made a presentation on the paper Health Aspects of International Migration: Case Studies of Nepalese Workers in India and the Gulf Countries.

In the evening a cultural programme was organized by the students of School of Creative Learning. 

Mr. P. K. Shahi, Minister, Human Resources Development, Government of Bihar released the Souvenir containing the abstracts of the papers of the conference. He outlined how government has been able to tackle the issue of access to education. Now the issue of retention has to be addressed.

On 26.11.12 the conference started with Pakshi Yog conducted by Dr Mridula Prakash.

There were three keynote sessions in the forenoon. Dr. Ajay Kumar was in chair.

Prof. Carl A. Grant, Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, made a presentation on Engaging Educators in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and School-Home Partnerships

Dr. Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, University of Haifa, Israel made a presentation on ‘Furthering Social Inclusion through Citizenship Education: Cultivating Civic Action in Early Childhood Education’

Mrs. Joy Hall, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom, Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) made a presentation on ‘The Silent Health and Social Care "Emergency"

Then we had two parallel sessions.

The third parallel session was on Education and Learning Difficulty - Curriculum, Teacher   Education and Home-School Partnership. Dr. Nevel Vessel was in chair and  Eleni Griva was Co-Chair.

Dr Suman Sinha, RN College, Hajipur, Bihar, India made a presentation on Learning Difficulty in Language - Remedy through Communicative Skills.

Dr Nevel A Vassel, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom  made a presentation of Challenges for Teachers Delivering Education to Learning Disabled Student Populations Challenges for Teachers Delivering Education to Learning Disabled Student Populations

Dr K Gireesan, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai, India Reaching the Unreached: Traverse of Alternative and Innovative Schools

Eleni Griva and Dora Chostelidou, University of Western Macedonia, Greece made a presentation on Inclusion of Bilingual Immigrant Students in the Language Classroom: Identification of Writing Difficulties and Strategies

Rupashree Jamuar, RN College, Hajipur, Bihar, India made a presentation on Role of Teacher in Classroom Learning, Control and Management

Another parallel session was on Health Education, Equality and Diversity + Quality, Equality and Inclusive Education. Prof. Shailendra Kumar Shrivastava was in Chair.

Dr S Bedi, Department of Botany, BMD College, BRA Bihar University, Bihar and Dr Tanuja Singh, Department of Botany, Patna Women's College, Patna made a presentation on Gender Discrimination: Health and Social Perspective

Mr Amit Chowdhury, Save the Children made a presentation on Understanding Inclusive Education through the Lens of Local Framework

Dr HN Diwaker, Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan Hospital made a presentation on An Attempt Towards Social And Educational Inclusion Of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Professor Sachindra Narayan, SK Dey Chair Professor, made apresentation on Quality Enhancement in Education

Ms Ioanna Papavassilliou  made a presentation on a paper   Guidance Services for Undergraduate Students - Facilitating Transitions into Education and Employment  coauthored with Alexiou Thaleia Tsourka University of Macedonia, Greece.                

In the afternoon the session started with Key note sessions.

Professor Dr Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui, Jamia Millia Islamia Central University,
India,  made a keynote address on Challenges for Education and Inclusiveness in India

Dr Eugenia Panitsidou, University of Macedonia, Greece delivered a keynote address on Policies for Lifelong Learning: A "Portal" for Social Inclusion?

Dr. Saloni Prasad made a presentation on ‘Student Motivation And Classroom Management’.

Dr Ravi Kumar Sinha, Department of English, RN College, Hajipur, Bihar, India, Teaching English as L2 to First-Generation Learners: Need to Contextualize Classroom Management: A Case Study

Mr Vijoy Prakash, Principal Secretary, Planning and Development, Government of Bihar, made a presentation on Educational Inclusion through Folk Paintings: A Case Study of Madhubani Paintings coauthored with Dr Mridula Prakash, Association for Promotion of Creative Learning.

Professor Dr Deepak Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University made a presentation on Technical Knowledge and a Knowledge Society

Dr Ranjeeta Kumari made a presentation on ‘Innovative Applications of Natural Resources in Child Education: A Case Study of School of Creative Learning, Nargada, Danapur, Patna’ jointly authored with Dr Kumkum Kumari, JD Women's College, Patna, India

Dr Nirupa Laxmi and Dr Rupa Laxmi read a paper on Dyslexia: Insights on Learning Disabilities coauthored with  Dr Swarupa Laxmi, Galgotias Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida, UP, India

Dr P Jagadeesan, Advocate, Chennai, India made a presentation on Human Rights Of The Child And Woman - The Effect Of Socio-Economic Status On Social Inclusion

Professor MC Reddeppa Reddy, Department of Adult and Continuing Education, SVU College of Arts,SV University made a presentation on Designing Educational Programmes for Inclusive Education.

Dr Rupa Lakshmi, RN collge, Hajipur and Dr Ran Bijay Narayan Sinha, Department of Psychology, RN College,Hajipur, Bihar, India made a presentation on In Search of a Culture-Sensitive Method For Exploring Social Reality

Mrs C Vijayalaxmi  made a presentation of her paper on A Study On Creating Awareness And Developing Self-Confidence In The Parents Of Mentally Retarded Children coauthored with Dr VP Matheswaran University of Madras                             

Dr Ranjay Kumar  made a presentation on the paper Designing Activities For Development Of Imagination And Creativity Through Informal  Learning Among School-Going Children authored by  Dr Arvind Kumar Sharma, Dr Ranjay Kumar and Dr Ranjeeta Kumari, Department of Human Resource Development, Government of Bihar, India

In the end there was a plenary session chaired by Ian Stuart. Dr. Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Dr. Carl A. Grant, Dr. Royston Flude and Mr.Vijoy Prakash were the panelists.

After the panel discussion, a Patna Declaration in the Spirit of Nalanda was declared.

On 27th November, 11 of the delegetes went for a field visit to the historical Nalanda University and Bodhgaya.

Vijoy Prakash, Chairperson

Vijoy Prakash is a senior bureaucrat with the Government of India, and has built a reputation for bringing enormous social and economic metamorphosis among people from excluded communities, through breakthrough work across prestigious positions in various public functions such as human resource development, agriculture, planning, rural development and social welfare.

Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. Especially, this has been effectively used to empower underprivileged by developing their creativity. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

Earlier, as administrator of the tribal regions in Bihar, he was deeply involved in tribal welfare, employing innovative rehabilitation and livelihood generation measures, that were quite effective in the hills of Sahibganj. He also initiated poverty alleviation programmes through the formation of cooperatives such as DAMUL (Daudnagar Milk Union Ltd) and JAMUL (Jahanabad Milk Union Ltd), which was the first all-women union of dairy co-operatives in India. He has also worked for rehabilitation of beggars and street children, with the aim of recognising and developing their skills.

He firmly believes in 'Count Abilities, Not Disabilities'.

Prof Gajendra Verma, Co-Chairperson

Emeritus Professor Gajendra Verma of the University of Manchester. U.K. worked in The Faculty of Education at Manchester for many years. He also held the Sarah Fielden Chair of Education, the senior and most prestigious chair in the Faculty. He was the first Professor of Education from an Asian ethnic minority background to be appointed to such a post in Britain. He was Dean of Research and Director of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Education from 1991 to 1998. On his retirement in 2003, in recognition of his contribution to international research, and for service within the University, he was honoured with the title Emeritus Professor. In 2010 he became one of the few scholars at Manchester University to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honour for his many contributions to the University, to the country through his service on a Royal Commission, and for his contribution to educational thinking over a period of 30 years.

Professor Verma played an important role in establishing the University’s reputation as a research centre of excellence in the field of equality and social justice. He was a member of the influential Royal Commission in ethnic equality in education, The Swann Committee, which produced the influential report Education for All in 1985. He has been extremely active in research and publication in his field, both nationally and internationally. Over the years he has been the author, co-author  or editor of more than 30 books, and more than 200 papers in scholarly journals. He has been a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences. Besides serving on several public committees, he has held Visiting Professorships at ten Universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. During his career he has directed more than twenty national and international research projects, funded by various research bodies including the European Union. His comparative research has focussed on the educational experience and opportunities of disadvantaged children and youth, and he has been tireless in efforts to confront the prejudice and discrimination which hinder the progress of young people within educational institutions, and in society at large. The themes which have consistently informed Gajendra Verma’s work have been those of equality and social justice.

More recently, driven by the philosophy of ‘giving back’, Professor Verma has established the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation in memory of his wife, Dr. Kanka Mallick, his fellow researcher on many of projects. One of the key purposes of the KG Foundation has been the establishment of an endowment fund which supports, in perpetuity, several medical and educational  enterprises. These include research on the understanding and treatment of lymphoma, as well as various educational and sustainable development initiatives in India.

Patna Declaration in the Spirit of Nalanda - December 2011

  • Patna Declaration in the Spirit of Nalanda The Patna Declaration is the assertion towards an inclusive world by the attending delegates of International Conference on Educational and Social Inclusion 2011 held at School of Creative Learning, Patna, Bihar, India. The conference was organised by the Association for Promotion of Creative Learning (India) and the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation (UK). For the enlarged PDF version, visit http://issuu.com/himadri.mayank/docs/patna_declaration

ICESI 2011

ICESI 2011 - Inauguration

ICESI 2011 - Speakers

  • Dr Vishwendra Sinha, APCL, giving the vote of thanks in th concluding session to the delegates and speakers.

  • (L to R) Dr Royston Flude (Switzerland), Devorah Kalekin-Fishman (Israel), Dr Carl A Grant (USA), Vijoy Prakash (India), Dr Vishwendra Kr Sinha (India)

  • Himadri Mayank AVP - Research, Jones Lang LaSalle India

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Professor Emeritus Dr Gajendra Verma Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK Emeritus Professor Dr Gajendra Verma of the University of Manchester, UK, worked in The Faculty of Education at Manchester for many years. He also held the Sarah Fielden Chair of Education, the senior and most prestigious chair in the Faculty. He was Dean of Research and Director of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Education, University of Manchester, from 1991 to 1998. In 2010, he became one of the few scholars at Manchester University to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honour. Over the years he has been the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 books, and more than 200 papers in scholarly journals. Besides serving on several public committees, he has held Visiting Professorships at ten Universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More recently, driven by the philosophy of ‘giving back’, Professor Verma has established the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation in memory of his wife, Dr Kanka Mallick, his fellow researcher on many of projects. One of the key purposes of the KG Foundation has been the establishment of an endowment fund which supports, in perpetuity, several medical and educational enterprises in India, primarily in the state of Bihar.

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Mr Ian Stewart Founder, Education Matters Worldwide, UK Mr Ian Stewart, a Scot, is an expert adviser on politics and education in the UK. For 20 years, he was a full-time Trade Union official with special interests in politics and lifelong learning. Between 1997 and 2010, Ian was an elected UK Member of Parliament, working first as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills and latterly as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in Gordon Brown’s Treasury Team. His constituency was abolished by the UK Boundary Commission in 2010. He is the founder of and currently works through ‘Education Matters Worldwide Co Ltd’.

  • Mr Ian Stewart Founder, Education Matters Worldwide, UK Mr Ian Stewart, a Scot, is an expert adviser on politics and education in the UK. For 20 years, he was a full-time Trade Union official with special interests in politics and lifelong learning. Between 1997 and 2010, Ian was an elected UK Member of Parliament, working first as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills and latterly as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in Gordon Brown’s Treasury Team. His constituency was abolished by the UK Boundary Commission in 2010. He is the founder of and currently works through ‘Education Matters Worldwide Co Ltd’.

  • Dr Eugenia Panitsidou PhD, Lifelong Education, University of Macedonia, Greece Dr Eugenia Panitsidou holds a Master's Degree and a PhD in the field of Lifelong Education from the University of Macedonia, Greece. Her research interests include European Union education policy, private and social impact of participation in lifelong education and quality provision and assessment of adult education programmes.

  • Dr Eugenia Panitsidou PhD, Lifelong Education, University of Macedonia, Greece Dr Eugenia Panitsidou holds a Master's Degree and a PhD in the field of Lifelong Education from the University of Macedonia, Greece. Her research interests include European Union education policy, private and social impact of participation in lifelong education and quality provision and assessment of adult education programmes.

  • Mrs Joy Hall Head of Department Public Health Birmingham City University, UK Mrs Joy Hall is an Accredited Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapist, and has worked in adult and sexual health nursing since 1982, after gaining RN at Addenbrookes Hospital. She has held a number of management roles within Birmingham City University and is currently the Head of Department Public Health, a team of experienced health care academics from a wide range of clinical & non clinical backgrounds. Formerly, she was a member of the RCN Sexual Health Forum Committee and committee member for various groups within the College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists (COSRT). During her career, Mrs Joy Hall has been responsible for the instigation & development of a psychosexual therapy service in the Black country, together with the further development of another service in the East Midlands. She has authored several publications on topics ranging from sexual abuse, psychosexual nursing and HIV therapy.

  • Mrs Joy Hall Head of Department Public Health Birmingham City University, UK Mrs Joy Hall is an Accredited Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapist, and has worked in adult and sexual health nursing since 1982, after gaining RN at Addenbrookes Hospital. She has held a number of management roles within Birmingham City University and is currently the Head of Department Public Health, a team of experienced health care academics from a wide range of clinical & non clinical backgrounds. Formerly, she was a member of the RCN Sexual Health Forum Committee and committee member for various groups within the College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists (COSRT). During her career, Mrs Joy Hall has been responsible for the instigation & development of a psychosexual therapy service in the Black country, together with the further development of another service in the East Midlands. She has authored several publications on topics ranging from sexual abuse, psychosexual nursing and HIV therapy.

  • Mr Ian Stewart Founder, Education Matters Worldwide, UK Mr Ian Stewart, a Scot, is an expert adviser on politics and education in the UK. For 20 years, he was a full-time Trade Union official with special interests in politics and lifelong learning. Between 1997 and 2010, Ian was an elected UK Member of Parliament, working first as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills and latterly as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in Gordon Brown’s Treasury Team. His constituency was abolished by the UK Boundary Commission in 2010. He is the founder of and currently works through ‘Education Matters Worldwide Co Ltd’.

  • Professor MC Reddeppa Reddy, Director and Head, Department of Adult and Continuing Education, SVU College of Arts, SV University, Tirupati, India

  • Deepak Kumar

  • Dr Surekha Kishore

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Mrs C Vijayalakshmi

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Professor Dr Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui Senior Professor of Education, Faculty of Education Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi, India Dr Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui is a senior professor of education at the Faculty of Education in Jamia Millia Islamia Central University,New Delhi. He has a teaching experience of over 30 years and of research for about 20 years. Until recently, he has been the Chairperson of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), a statutory body of the Govt of India. Under his stewardship, NCTE has brought out the new National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education. Formerly he was the Dean, Faculty of Education, Director, UGC-Academic Staff College and Head, IASE at the Jamia. He had undertaken several national and international reseach projects and published around 60 papers, articles and books in his professional career.

  • Professor Dr Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui Senior Professor of Education, Faculty of Education Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi, India Dr Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui is a senior professor of education at the Faculty of Education in Jamia Millia Islamia Central University,New Delhi. He has a teaching experience of over 30 years and of research for about 20 years. Until recently, he has been the Chairperson of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), a statutory body of the Govt of India. Under his stewardship, NCTE has brought out the new National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education. Formerly he was the Dean, Faculty of Education, Director, UGC-Academic Staff College and Head, IASE at the Jamia. He had undertaken several national and international reseach projects and published around 60 papers, articles and books in his professional career.

  • Ioanna Papavassiliou-Alexiou, University of Macedonia, Greece

  • Ioanna Papavassiliou-Alexiou, University of Macedonia, Greece

  • Dr Adamantios Papastamatis, University of Macedonia, Greece

  • Dr Adamantios Papastamatis, University of Macedonia, Greece

  • Sachindra Narayan, presenting his paper

  • Dr K Gireesan, Faculty Head, Panchayati Raj Institutions and Youth Affairs (PRIYA) Division, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development

  • Amit Chowdhury, Save the Children

  • Amit Chowdhury, Save the Children

  • Dora Chostelidou and Eleni Griva, University of Macedonia, Greece; Nevel A Vassel, Birmingham City University, UK

  • Dora Chostelidou and Eleni Griva, University of Macedonia, Greece

  • Mr Ian Stewart Founder, Education Matters Worldwide, UK Mr Ian Stewart, a Scot, is an expert adviser on politics and education in the UK. For 20 years, he was a full-time Trade Union official with special interests in politics and lifelong learning. Between 1997 and 2010, Ian was an elected UK Member of Parliament, working first as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills and latterly as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in Gordon Brown’s Treasury Team. His constituency was abolished by the UK Boundary Commission in 2010. He is the founder of and currently works through ‘Education Matters Worldwide Co Ltd’.

  • Professor Emeritus Dr Gajendra Verma Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK Emeritus Professor Dr Gajendra Verma of the University of Manchester, UK, worked in The Faculty of Education at Manchester for many years. He also held the Sarah Fielden Chair of Education, the senior and most prestigious chair in the Faculty. He was Dean of Research and Director of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Education, University of Manchester, from 1991 to 1998. In 2010, he became one of the few scholars at Manchester University to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honour. Over the years he has been the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 books, and more than 200 papers in scholarly journals. Besides serving on several public committees, he has held Visiting Professorships at ten Universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More recently, driven by the philosophy of ‘giving back’, Professor Verma has established the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation in memory of his wife, Dr Kanka Mallick, his fellow researcher on many of projects. One of the key purposes of the KG Foundation has been the establishment of an endowment fund which supports, in perpetuity, several medical and educational enterprises in India, primarily in the state of Bihar.

  • Dr Eleni Griva Assistant Professor University of Western Macedonia, Greece Dr Eleni Griva is an Assistant Professor at the University of Western Macedonia –Greece, in the School of Educational Studies. Her research interests include learning and teaching modern languages, bilingualism/multilingualism/multiculturalism, language learning strategies, language policy, and language teacher development. She has published two books, as well as 75 papers in journals, collected editions and in conference proceedings. She has participated in 82 Conferences.

  • Dr Eleni Griva Assistant Professor University of Western Macedonia, Greece Dr Eleni Griva is an Assistant Professor at the University of Western Macedonia –Greece, in the School of Educational Studies. Her research interests include learning and teaching modern languages, bilingualism/multilingualism/multiculturalism, language learning strategies, language policy, and language teacher development. She has published two books, as well as 75 papers in journals, collected editions and in conference proceedings. She has participated in 82 Conferences.

  • Dr Nevel A Vassel Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University, UK Dr Nevel Vassel is senior lecturer at Birmingham City University, United Kingdom and specialises in Education Management, Staff Training & Development, Leadership & Mentoring, Multicultural & Diversity Health and Social Care Issues. He has over 25 years of lecturing experience in Further and Higher Education institutions on a variety of courses such as Educational Management, Classroom Management, Evidence Based Research, Diversity Health Education, Project Management for Nurses, and Mentoring and Leadership. He has presented academic papers in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, USA, Norway (Oslo), Greece, India (Chennai, New Delhi and Kerala), Romania and in other countries. His latest publication is Cultural Diversity in Health and Social Care.

  • Mr AK Jethi Chairman, The Kanka-Gajendra Foundation Trust, India Former Chief General Manager, Coal India Limited, India Mr AK Jethi is currently the chairman of The KGF trust India. He retired as Chief General Manager from Coal India Ltd, a Govt. of India Public Enterprise after 38 years of service in various capacities and roles involving monitoring and servicing of coal supplies in the entire Northern Region encompassing seven states. After retirement from Coal India, he worked for about 10 years as President in a leading Private Sector company having interests in coal, steel, cement and transport infrastructure projects. Mr Jethi is a mining graduate from AISM (Mining) a prestigious Indian School of Mines at Dhanbad and did Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management.

  • Professor Emeritus Dr Shamshad Hussain Professor Emeritus, Department of Pyschology Patna University Professor Emeritus Dr Shamshad Hussain is the Chairman of the Chancellor’s advisory board on vocational courses of the universities of Bihar. In his professional career, he has held several top positions in academia including Chairman, Universities Service Commission; Vice-Chancellor, Magadh University; Vice-Chancellor, Nalanda Open University and Head of Department of Psychology at Patna University. He has authored over 150 research and common articles and produced over 20 PhD candidates. Dr Hussain has written several books, the prominent ones being Understanding Human Behaviour, Creativity, Human Adjustment and Ehsas (in Hindi).

  • Mr AK Karan, Aditya Birla Group

  • Mrs Joy Hall Head of Department Public Health Birmingham City University, UK Mrs Joy Hall is an Accredited Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapist, and has worked in adult and sexual health nursing since 1982, after gaining RN at Addenbrookes Hospital. She has held a number of management roles within Birmingham City University and is currently the Head of Department Public Health, a team of experienced health care academics from a wide range of clinical & non clinical backgrounds. Formerly, she was a member of the RCN Sexual Health Forum Committee and committee member for various groups within the College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists (COSRT). During her career, Mrs Joy Hall has been responsible for the instigation & development of a psychosexual therapy service in the Black country, together with the further development of another service in the East Midlands. She has authored several publications on topics ranging from sexual abuse, psychosexual nursing and HIV therapy.

  • Professor Emeritus Dr Gajendra Verma Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK Emeritus Professor Dr Gajendra Verma of the University of Manchester, UK, worked in The Faculty of Education at Manchester for many years. He also held the Sarah Fielden Chair of Education, the senior and most prestigious chair in the Faculty. He was Dean of Research and Director of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Education, University of Manchester, from 1991 to 1998. In 2010, he became one of the few scholars at Manchester University to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honour. Over the years he has been the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 books, and more than 200 papers in scholarly journals. Besides serving on several public committees, he has held Visiting Professorships at ten Universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More recently, driven by the philosophy of ‘giving back’, Professor Verma has established the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation in memory of his wife, Dr Kanka Mallick, his fellow researcher on many of projects. One of the key purposes of the KG Foundation has been the establishment of an endowment fund which supports, in perpetuity, several medical and educational enterprises in India, primarily in the state of Bihar.

  • Dr Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Senior Research Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel Dr Devorah Kalekin-Fishman is a senior Research Fellow at the University of Haifa. Her current interests include citizenship and citizenship education, alienation, the sociology of the senses in everyday life, and theorizing transdisciplinarity. Her latest publications are Radicals in Spite of Themselves with Karlheinz Schneider, and the edited books - The ISA Handbook of Contemporary Sociology with Ann Denis; and Everyday Life in Asia: Social Perspectives on the Senses with Kelvin Low.

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Professor Emeritus Dr Gajendra Verma Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK Emeritus Professor Dr Gajendra Verma of the University of Manchester, UK, worked in The Faculty of Education at Manchester for many years. He also held the Sarah Fielden Chair of Education, the senior and most prestigious chair in the Faculty. He was Dean of Research and Director of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Education, University of Manchester, from 1991 to 1998. In 2010, he became one of the few scholars at Manchester University to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honour. Over the years he has been the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 books, and more than 200 papers in scholarly journals. Besides serving on several public committees, he has held Visiting Professorships at ten Universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More recently, driven by the philosophy of ‘giving back’, Professor Verma has established the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation in memory of his wife, Dr Kanka Mallick, his fellow researcher on many of projects. One of the key purposes of the KG Foundation has been the establishment of an endowment fund which supports, in perpetuity, several medical and educational enterprises in India, primarily in the state of Bihar.

  • Professor Dr Carl A Grant Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education, Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Dr Carl A Grant is the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include curriculum and pedagogical development in multicultural democratic education for teacher candidates, classroom teachers and college/university professors. Professor Grant’s most recent publications include: Teach! Change! Empower! (2009); a six-volume set on the History of Multicultural Education(2008) (edited with Thandeka K. Chapman); and Doing Multicultural Education for Achievement and Equity (2008) (with Christine E. Sleeter).

  • Dr Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Senior Research Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel Dr Devorah Kalekin-Fishman is a senior Research Fellow at the University of Haifa. Her current interests include citizenship and citizenship education, alienation, the sociology of the senses in everyday life, and theorizing transdisciplinarity. Her latest publications are Radicals in Spite of Themselves with Karlheinz Schneider, and the edited books - The ISA Handbook of Contemporary Sociology with Ann Denis; and Everyday Life in Asia: Social Perspectives on the Senses with Kelvin Low.

  • Dr Ajay Kumar, President, APCL

  • Mrs Joy Hall Head of Department Public Health Birmingham City University, UK Mrs Joy Hall is an Accredited Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapist, and has worked in adult and sexual health nursing since 1982, after gaining RN at Addenbrookes Hospital. She has held a number of management roles within Birmingham City University and is currently the Head of Department Public Health, a team of experienced health care academics from a wide range of clinical & non clinical backgrounds. Formerly, she was a member of the RCN Sexual Health Forum Committee and committee member for various groups within the College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists (COSRT). During her career, Mrs Joy Hall has been responsible for the instigation & development of a psychosexual therapy service in the Black country, together with the further development of another service in the East Midlands. She has authored several publications on topics ranging from sexual abuse, psychosexual nursing and HIV therapy.

  • Dr Nevel A Vassel Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University, UK Dr Nevel Vassel is senior lecturer at Birmingham City University, United Kingdom and specialises in Education Management, Staff Training & Development, Leadership & Mentoring, Multicultural & Diversity Health and Social Care Issues. He has over 25 years of lecturing experience in Further and Higher Education institutions on a variety of courses such as Educational Management, Classroom Management, Evidence Based Research, Diversity Health Education, Project Management for Nurses, and Mentoring and Leadership. He has presented academic papers in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, USA, Norway (Oslo), Greece, India (Chennai, New Delhi and Kerala), Romania and in other countries. His latest publication is Cultural Diversity in Health and Social Care.

  • Professor Dr Carl A Grant Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education, Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Dr Carl A Grant is the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include curriculum and pedagogical development in multicultural democratic education for teacher candidates, classroom teachers and college/university professors. Professor Grant’s most recent publications include: Teach! Change! Empower! (2009); a six-volume set on the History of Multicultural Education(2008) (edited with Thandeka K. Chapman); and Doing Multicultural Education for Achievement and Equity (2008) (with Christine E. Sleeter).

  • Dr Mrs Mridula Prakash Executive President, Association for Promotion of Creative Learning Principal, School of Creative Learning, Patna, India Dr Mridula Prakash is currently the Executive President of Association for Promotion of Creative Learning (APCL), a not-for-profit organisation based out of Patna (India), which promotes creativity and creative learning in society. Working as an educationist at the grassroots for over 20 years, she has established three schools across Bihar - DAV Public School at Aurangabad and Patna, and currently officiates as the Principal of School of Creative Learning at Patna. With a keen interest in Education for Underprivileged, Education for Democracy, Functional Schools and Creative Learning, Dr Mridula has led several projects in collaboration with leading global organisations such as UNICEF, Action Aid, and Commonwealth Education Fund among others. With an avid interest and expertise as an artist of Mithila Painting, a form of folk and traditional painting of Northern Bihar, she completed her PhD in Mithila Painting from LN Mithila University, Darbhanga in 1993.

  • Dr Mrs Mridula Prakash Executive President, Association for Promotion of Creative Learning Principal, School of Creative Learning, Patna, India Dr Mridula Prakash is currently the Executive President of Association for Promotion of Creative Learning (APCL), a not-for-profit organisation based out of Patna (India), which promotes creativity and creative learning in society. Working as an educationist at the grassroots for over 20 years, she has established three schools across Bihar - DAV Public School at Aurangabad and Patna, and currently officiates as the Principal of School of Creative Learning at Patna. With a keen interest in Education for Underprivileged, Education for Democracy, Functional Schools and Creative Learning, Dr Mridula has led several projects in collaboration with leading global organisations such as UNICEF, Action Aid, and Commonwealth Education Fund among others. With an avid interest and expertise as an artist of Mithila Painting, a form of folk and traditional painting of Northern Bihar, she completed her PhD in Mithila Painting from Darbhanga University in 1993.

  • (L to R) Prof Prabhat Ranjan,DAIICT Gandhinagar Nevel A Vassel, Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University, UK Joy Hall, Head of Department Public Health, Birmingham City University, UK

  • Mr PK Shahi, Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of Bihar

  • Mr PK Shahi, Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of Bihar

  • Aprajita Mishra, Save the Children

  • Aprajita Mishra, Save the Children

  • Professor Prabhat Ranjan, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, India

  • Dr Royston Flude President CMDC-SPOC, Switzerland Dr Royston Flude is an international specialist in Change Management, which he applies to the development of Self-sustaining People Organisations and Communities. He is an expert on complex systems and has applied this knowledge to discover that Health, Education and Enterprise are critical determinants of self-sustainability. His career includes Senior Management positions in global corporate, education Academia and he is an advisor to the United Nations on Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility. He has spoken at many international conferences with a view to facilitate change and help establish a more harmonious world. As a Dyslexic polymath, he has both a personal and professional understanding of the challenge of Special Needs and has opted to be an Ambassador for Change. He has worked with colleagues to bring together the best approaches to Special Needs education including the use of Assistive Technologies. He just published a book on Primary Education at the request of the UK National Audit Office, that draws upon input from more than 500 leading academics, policy-makers and practitioners to define a new conceptual framework for education that is capable of enabling teachers to be nine times more effective using the Learning Tetrahedron and the development of Consciousness Nets to change societies. Dr Flude has a first degree in Physics and a PhD in Psychology & Counselling from the University of Manchester. He is an acknowledge expert in Inclusive Education and lives in Switzerland. He is the president of CMDC-SPOC, which is a not-for-profit United Nations accredited NGO based in Geneva.

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Professor Emeritus Dr Christopher Bagley Emeritus Professor of Social Science, University of Southampton, UK Dr Christopher Bagley is Emeritus Professor of Social Science, University of Southampton, UK. He previously held Chairs of Child Welfare, and Applied Social Studies in Canada, and in Hong Kong. He has published widely in the fields of cross-cultural psychology, and trans-national studies of child and adolescent education and welfare. Together with Professor Gajendra Verma, he is the co-editor of two recent books on education, disability and social inclusion in Europe, North America and Asia.

  • Addy Lazz-Onyenobi, University of Manchester, UK

  • Professor Prabhat Ranjan, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

  • Prof Janak Pandey, VC, Central Univ of Bihar.

  • Emeritus Professor Christopher Bagley, University of Southampton, UK. Dr Christopher Bagley is Emeritus Professor of Social Science, University of Southampton, UK. He previously held Chairs of Child Welfare, and Applied Social Studies in Canada, and in Hong Kong. He has published widely in the fields of cross-cultural psychology, and trans-national studies of child and adolescent education and welfare. Together with Professor Gajendra Verma, he is the co-editor of two recent books on education, disability and social inclusion in Europe, North America and Asia. Chairing the session is Dr Shaileshwar Sati Prasad, Department of English, Patna University

  • Emeritus Professor Christopher Bagley, University of Southampton, UK. Dr Christopher Bagley is Emeritus Professor of Social Science, University of Southampton, UK. He previously held Chairs of Child Welfare, and Applied Social Studies in Canada, and in Hong Kong. He has published widely in the fields of cross-cultural psychology, and trans-national studies of child and adolescent education and welfare. Together with Professor Gajendra Verma, he is the co-editor of two recent books on education, disability and social inclusion in Europe, North America and Asia.

  • Chairing the session are Emeritus Professor Dr Christopher Bagley and Dr Shaileshwar Sati Prasad, Department of English, Patna University.

  • Stella Giossi, University of Macedonia, Greece

  • Dr Nevel A Vassel Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University, UK Dr Nevel Vassel is senior lecturer at Birmingham City University, United Kingdom and specialises in Education Management, Staff Training & Development, Leadership & Mentoring, Multicultural & Diversity Health and Social Care Issues. He has over 25 years of lecturing experience in Further and Higher Education institutions on a variety of courses such as Educational Management, Classroom Management, Evidence Based Research, Diversity Health Education, Project Management for Nurses, and Mentoring and Leadership. He has presented academic papers in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, USA, Norway (Oslo), Greece, India (Chennai, New Delhi and Kerala), Romania and in other countries. His latest publication is Cultural Diversity in Health and Social Care.

  • Addy Lazz-Onyenobi, University of Manchester, UK presenting her paper. Session chaired by Emeritus Professor Christopher Bagley, University of Southampton, UK and Professor Shaileswar Sati Prasad, English Department, Patna University

  • Addy Lazz-Onyenobi, University of Manchester, UK

  • Prof Janak Pandey, VC, Central Univ of Bihar chairing a session.

  • Dr Eugenia Panitsidou PhD, Lifelong Education, University of Macedonia, Greece Dr Eugenia Panitsidou holds a Master's Degree and a PhD in the field of Lifelong Education from the University of Macedonia, Greece. Her research interests include European Union education policy, private and social impact of participation in lifelong education and quality provision and assessment of adult education programmes. On Eugenia's left is Professor Emeritus Dr Shamshad Hussain Professor Emeritus, Department of Pyschology Patna University, India Professor Emeritus Dr Shamshad Hussain is the Chairman of the Chancellor’s advisory board on vocational courses of the universities of Bihar. In his professional career, he has held several top positions in academia including Chairman, Universities Service Commission; Vice-Chancellor, Magadh University; Vice-Chancellor, Nalanda Open University and Head of Department of Psychology at Patna University. He has authored over 150 research and common articles and produced over 20 PhD candidates. Dr Hussain has written several books, the prominent ones being Understanding Human Behaviour, Creativity, Human Adjustment and Ehsas (in Hindi).

  • Mr Vijoy Prakash Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development Government of Bihar, India Mr Vijoy Prakash is a senior IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar. Widely acclaimed for his researches in the field of creativity and innovation, he is credited to have developed an innovative system of education known as ‘Creative Learning’. He has applied this theory for holistic development of human beings, through the not-for-profit organisation founded by a group of like minded individuals – Association for Promotion of Creative Learning. He has also developed a large number of books and teaching learning materials for the development of concentration, memory, thinking, imagination, visualisation, power of observation and emotional management. He advocates broadstreaming and not mainstreaming as a process of inclusion of underprivileged.

  • Emeritus Professor Gajendra Verma, University of Manchester, UK Emeritus Professor Dr Gajendra Verma of the University of Manchester, UK, worked in The Faculty of Education at Manchester for many years. He also held the Sarah Fielden Chair of Education, the senior and most prestigious chair in the Faculty. He was Dean of Research and Director of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Education, University of Manchester, from 1991 to 1998. In 2010, he became one of the few scholars at Manchester University to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honour. Over the years he has been the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 books, and more than 200 papers in scholarly journals. Besides serving on several public committees, he has held Visiting Professorships at ten Universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More recently, driven by the philosophy of ‘giving back’, Professor Verma has established the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation in memory of his wife, Dr Kanka Mallick, his fellow researcher on many of projects. One of the key purposes of the KG Foundation has been the establishment of an endowment fund which supports, in perpetuity, several medical and educational enterprises in India, primarily in the state of Bihar.

  • Emeritus Professor Gajendra Verma, University of Manchester, UK Emeritus Professor Dr Gajendra Verma of the University of Manchester, UK, worked in The Faculty of Education at Manchester for many years. He also held the Sarah Fielden Chair of Education, the senior and most prestigious chair in the Faculty. He was Dean of Research and Director of the Graduate School in the Faculty of Education, University of Manchester, from 1991 to 1998. In 2010, he became one of the few scholars at Manchester University to be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honour. Over the years he has been the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 books, and more than 200 papers in scholarly journals. Besides serving on several public committees, he has held Visiting Professorships at ten Universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More recently, driven by the philosophy of ‘giving back’, Professor Verma has established the Kanka-Gajendra Foundation in memory of his wife, Dr Kanka Mallick, his fellow researcher on many of projects. One of the key purposes of the KG Foundation has been the establishment of an endowment fund which supports, in perpetuity, several medical and educational enterprises in India, primarily in the state of Bihar.

  • Dr Vishwendra Sinha, APCL, giving the vote of thanks in th concluding session to the delegates and speakers.

ICESI 2011 - Thanking the Speakers

Media 2011 - Intl Conf on Educational and Social Inclusion