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Aayog, AIM and CDAC. Other panelists included: Dr.Chintan Vaishnav, NITI Aayog and Shri Ch A S Murty,
C-DAC Hyderanbad.

Prof. Amarendra P. Behera joined as a panelist in the online workshop on “ Recommendations of NEP 2020:
Use & Integration of Technology in Education” on 9 August 2021 @ 4:00-5:00 pm in the online workshop
on ‘Use and Integration of Technology’, organized from 9-13 August 2021. Other panelists were: Shri
Rajnish Kumar, DoSE&L, GoI; Prof. Shahid Rasool, EMMRC, Jammu & Kashmir; Prof. Ranjana Arora, NCERT.
The live session can be seen on NCERT Official YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UCT0s92hGjqLX6p7qY9BBrSA). It was also telecast on PMeVIDYA channels #6-12.
Dr. Abhay Kumar joined as a moderator in the online workshop on “ Resilience and Coherence in Use
of Technology: Reaching the Unreached” on 12 August 2021 @ 4:00-5:00 pm in the online workshop on
‘Use and Integration of Technology’, organized from 9-13 August 2021. The panelists were: Dr. R. Sreedhar,
CEMCA; Prof. Mangala Sunder Krishnan, IIT Chennai and Mr. Dipender Manocha, Saksham Trust & Daisy
Forum. The live session can be seen on NCERT Official YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/
channel/UCT0s92hGjqLX6p7qY9BBrSA). It was also telecast on PMeVIDYA channels #6-12.
Prof. Shashi Prabha acted as a resource person for 242 teachers in an online session on “Developing Scientific
Temper at PGT Level” on 21 September, 2021 organised in a five-day webinar from 20-24 September, 2021
by Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), Shankar Vihar, New Delhi.
Dr. Nidhi Singh participated in a three-day online workshop on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS
in the Earth Observation and Geoscience Studies” from 2-4 September, 2021 organized by Department
of General & Applied Geography, School of Applied Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar,
Madhya Pradesh.

Other activities:
A webinar Series: Listening to Learn (National Students’ Outreach Programme) 10 & 17 September, 2021
was organized in collaboration with DESM-NCERT and Pravasi Bhartiya Academic and Science Sampark
(PRABHASS) which was telecast on PMeVIDYA DTH TV channels #10, #11 & #12, and “NCERT official”
YouTube Channel.

A workshop for Development of National Curriculum Frameworks (NCFs) as part of follow-up action for
implementation of NEP-2020 vision was organised by NCERT on 15 September, 2021.

Hindi Diwas was celebrated in CIET on 14 September, 2021. On this date Hindi was declared as the official
language of India in the year 1949.

The 61 Foundation Day of NCERT was celebrated on 1 September, 2021. Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble
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Union Education Minister, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India congratulated NCERT and appreciated
various initiatives taken up by NCERT. Dignitaries including, Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Hon’ble Minister of State
for Education, Ministry of Education; Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Education,
Ministry of Education; Smt. L.S. Changsan, Joint Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy,
Ministry of Education; Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director, NCERT; and Major Harsh Kumar, Secretary, NCERT
graced the occasion. https://www.facebook.com/ncertofficial/videos/521766049187053 & https://www.
facebook.com/ncertofficial/videos/272933451039439.

A Virtual Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NCERT under Ministry of Education,
India and Graduate Institute of Science Education (GISE), National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU),
Taiwan was carried on 26 August, 2021. This MoU will help to promote institutional collaboration in the
field of science education.

The 75 Independence Day of our country was celebrated in the NCERT Head Quarters on 15 August, 2021
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with unfurling of the Indian Tricolour by Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director, NCERT. Alongwith the Secretary,

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