Speakers

Dr. Bachan Lal Bhardwaj M.D. is a renowned senior Physician working as Vice- Chancellor in MMU, Sadopur, Ambala. Formerly Principal of Govt. Medicine College, Patiala. He did his MBBS & MD Medicine from GMC, Patiala and has worked in various medical colleges at Chandigarh, Faridkot, Patiala and Adesh Medical College, Shahabad. He has guided thesis work of about 50 post graduates and has been examiner/ expert member for several Govt. and Pvt. Universities and state & Union Public Service commissions in India. He was a Senate Member and Member of Board of Medical specialties (BFU Faridkot), Court Member of PBDS Uni. Rohtak and Member of Faculty of Life sciences Punjabi University, Patiala. Dr. Bhardwaj has published 4 books & Written several book chapters, presented papers, chaired/ Evaluated sessions in National & international conferences and organized two National conferences at Patiala. He is National Vice President of Indian Association of Clinical Medicine and a fellow/ governing body member of several National and International Associations of medical teachers. Professor Bhardwaj is a reputed guide/ mentor and a Medical teacher par excellence.

Prof. H.L. Verma has taken over as President (Vice-Chancellor) of Jagan Nath University, Jaipur on December 30, 2020. At present, he is also holding additional charge as Vice Chancellor Jagan Nath University, Bahadurgarh, Haryana. Prior to it he had an opportunity to serve in various higher education institutions in teaching profession in different capacities since the start of his career in 1976, which include Vice-Chancellor at Jagan Nath University, Haryana (for two terms), Pro Vice-Chancellor at Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar (one term), Professor of Management (17 years), Professor at Apeejy Satya University, Gurgaon, Reader and Lecturer at M.D. University, Rohtak and Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra respectively. He is a student of Management and contributed significantly in teaching, research and extension areas through publication of books, research papers and articles in journals of repute, sponsored research projects, Ph.D projects supervision, expert lectures at Seminars, Conferences and Faculty Development Programs including Refresher and Orientation Courses and above all classroom interactions. Prof. Verma believes that India could realize its objective becoming super power in the world only through education sector and human resource development focusing on youth.

Shalini Jaiswal is currently the COO & Director, of Maple Bear South Asia. The Maple Bear program is developed in Canada and is offered in forty countries. She is also responsible for developing and implementing the ECE teacher training programme in collaboration with the University of Winnipeg for Maple Bear. She works closely with the head office in Canada to develop new programmes based on the latest research and philosophy for Maple Bear schools. Ms. Jaiswal began her career by teaching at Delhi Public School. As a teacher, she went on to hold various positions in the school. From being the Primary teacher section in charge in Chinmaya Vidyalaya she moved on to be in the core team for developing and implementing experiential learning modules in the classes. Besides, she has worked as a consultant with Xseed where she developed the curriculum modules for various grades and conducted teacher training workshops in several schools. She has worked as a consultant for Inspire Education and developed various educational programmes for kindergarten schools. She is a post-graduate gold medalist in textile chemistry from Mumbai University. After her post-graduation in Textile Chemistry, she did her bachelor’s in education from CCS University, Meerut.

Prof. (Dr.) Tankeshwar Kumar is the Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana. Earlier, he has been Vice-Chancellor of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar for about five years and nine months. Prior to joining as Vice-Chancellor, he has been serving as UGC Professor of Physics and Director of Abdul Kalam Computer Centre at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has been Vice-Chancellor (Additional Charge) of Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal and Choudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani. Prof. Tankeshwar has 35 years of experience which includes teaching, research and educational administration. He has contributed more than 165 research papers in journals of International and National repute, with more than 1400 international citations. His h-index is 22 and i-10 index is 40. His research area is Theoretical and Computational condensed matter physics and Nano technology. He is the first UGC Professor in India in FRP. He has guided 13 students for their Ph.D. degree. He is fellow of International Academy of Physical Sciences, and member of National Academic of Sciences, Allahabad. He is Editorial Board Member of International Journal: World Cond. Matter Physics. Dr. Tankeshwar has been awarded with Golden AIM Most Dedicated Vice-Chancellor Award (2020), Vidyasagar Award (2017); Life Time achievement Award, (2016); Appreciation Award by Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturer (2016); Education Leadership award (2016) and Ibush Award by Amity University (2015). He has been associated with various social organizations like Bharat Vikas Parishad; Shikshan Mandal; Vighyan Bharti; Sewa Bharti; Swaedeshi Jagran Manch and many more.

Prof. (Dr.) Arun Garg did his Post graduation in Pharmacology from Delhi University in 1986 under the guidance of Prof (Dr.) S. S. Agrawal and Doctorate from The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai in 2006 under the guidance of Dr. B Suresh, President, PCI & Vice Chancellor, JSS University, Mysore. He started his career in 1986 as a lecturer in the Hindu College of IPharmacy, Sonepat, Haryana, and later served All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi as an Asst. Director for three years. He also served Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, as Course Co-ordinator from the year 2000 to 2004. Prof. Garg has been associated with Quality Pharmacy Education as an academician for the past 27 yrs. He served as Professor & Dean, at the School of Medical & Allied Sciences, K R Mangalam University, Gurgaon. His research areas of interest are Drug Utilization Studies, Quality of Life studies, Rational Use of drugs, Hepatotoxicity, Liver Regeneration, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Cosmetics. His research on Hepatotoxicity & Liver Regeneration was recognized by the Indian Pharmacological Society and was awarded Dr. B. Mukherjee Award- for the best paper in the Indian Journal of Pharmacology.

Dr Biswajit Saha Director, Training & Skill Education, CBSE, is involved with the design of curriculum, development of student resource books, and training manuals. He also monitors the execution of various teachers training programmes by 16 CBSE- Centres of Excellence. Prior to joining CBSE, he was a faculty member of Government Engineering College, Agartala and served as OSD (Technical Education), Government of Tripura. He was also associated with Tripura Central University and National Informatics Centre, Govt. of India in various capacities. Dr Saha handled the execution of various development projects of the World Bank, MHRD and Ministry of Information Technology, as well as Research Projects of AICTE & UGC. Dr Saha has actively participated in the drafting of NVEQF – rechristened as National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) – notified by Govt. of India in 2012 and 2013 respectively. He has contributed towards drafting of Credit Framework for Skills and Education by AICTE, MHRD. Dr Saha has visited various schools, universities, and other educational institutions and industries around the world to gain an understanding of the best practices which can be implemented in the Indian context.