Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 21: Prof Mohd Aslam has been appointed as new Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for the period of five years.
The appointment was made by the President of India in his capacity as the visitor of IGNOU. The other major contender for the post of Vice-Chancellor was Prof Sanjay G Dhande, former Director IIT Kanpur.
Earlier Prof Aslam was Director, SOCE, at IGNOU since January, 2009. He is Professor of Rural Development, School of Continuing Education (SOCE), IGNOU since May, 1992 and served as Director, National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education, IGNOU from Dec, 2006 –Feb 2009 and also as Director, SOCE, IGNOU from May 1998-May 2001. He served as Director (Trg) at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific based in Dhaka for 8 years.
Prof M Aslam has rich and varied experience both at national and international levels in University Administration; Distance and Continuing Education; ICT, Communication and Extension; Multi-Media in Distance Education; Training Methodology; Rural Development; Training skills; Monitoring and Evaluation; Panchayati Raj and Social Change from his 35 years career in the field, out of which he spent about 21 years as a Professor at IGNOU.
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