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SCOPE OF WORK |
Teaching, Research, Consultancy and Administration: Richness of
experience in institution-building, launching innovative programs in varying
sectors and levels of education ranging from school to university systems;
from private to government bodies, from national to international
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LANGUAGES Indian English Russian |
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WRITE Excellent Excellent - |
SPEAK Excellent Excellent Good |
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MEMBERSHIPS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
Senior Expert in Thinking Skills SOIE-KMUTT, Bangkok 2000-2 UNESCO-ACEID-PROAP Consultant Bangkok 2001+ President All India
Association for Educational Research 1998+ Founder Chairholder: IGNOU-UNESCO Chair
Distance Education 1997-2000 Founder Vice‑Chairperson National Council for Teacher Education
1994 -1997 Acting Vice‑Chancellor DA University in 1991, 1992 Rector (Pro Vice-Chancellor) DA University 1991‑1992 Founder Director Institute of Education 1991‑1993 Founder Director Audio Visual Research Center UGC 1990-94 Dean Faculty of Education DAVV1976‑1986 Head Journalism and Mass Communication 1985‑1986 Founder Head Visiting Faculty Panel for Education UGC Member 1992 Research Advisor National Talk-back Experiment UGC Delhi 1991 Member GB International Institute of Professional Studies 1992 Vice‑President Children Science Congress Teaching Faculty at M.S.University Baroda
1972-76 Research Scholar/Faculty at |
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COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE |
India, Thailand, Canada, Mexico, USA, Russia,
United Kingdom, Afghanistan, France, Japan, Spain, Vietnam, Sweden |
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RECOGNITION & AWARDS
World Award of Education-- citations -- "Illustrious Scientific
Career and Valuable Work in Benefit of Mankind --": World Cultural Council
Monterrey Mexico 1990; Recognition for "JOSE VASCONCELOS": Awarded
Diploma, 1991
Best Social Scientist
Awarded and Honored with MP State Council Award of Best Social
Scientist of 1990 for the original contributions in the areas of Creativity,
Microteaching, Models of Teaching, & Research Surveys in Education, 1990
Senior Fullbright Fellow of USEFI
National Lecturer in Education UGC
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY
Three decades of educational research, training, and consultancy in UN
bodies, Universities, Corporate Sectors, and Government Institutions in
developed and developing countries of Europe, North America, Canada, Russia,
UK, Asia, e.g.
Thailand KMUTT- Institute of Technology Senior Expert 2000+
Moscow Member Expert group for IITE UNESCO Moscow 2000
Thailand KMIIT- Institute of Technology Consultant 1996
Visiting Faculty at Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
and Khabarosk
Training Faculty for Creative Development at
UNESCO UNDP Consultant2 Educational Technology
IIEP UNESCO Paris offered two year Consultancy by IIEPA Paris for
Curriculum Development in
EMPLOYMENT RECORDS
2001 – PRESENT: Prasena (global consulting company specialized in
the integration and optimization of corporate resources within a fast-changing
economic environment)
ThinkTank member on
Creativity/ Innovation and eLearning/ Distance learning
Based in
Prasena's Think Tank members, all reputed
international experts in various fields, advise Prasena on strategic matters
and provide invaluable help in research, development, consulting projects,
communication and education.
JOURNALISTIC
EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
Dr.
Passi has been developing concept papers on different aspects of distance
education. Articles have been developed about problems and issues of research,
material production, students support services, enhancing interactivity,
integrating learning resources, and collaborative networking. Apart from that,
Dr. Passi has developed policy documents and articles in the areas of process
norms.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE:
GLOBAL/ VIRTUAL 2002
Speaker at Global
Learn Day IV 2002, October 14. 24 hours global Internet event
SOUTH EAST ASIA 2002
Global
contact for Creativity and Innovation day for South-East Asia
THAILAND 2002
Unesco
THAILAND 2001+
KMUTT
Moscow Member Expert group: IITE-UNESCO Moscow
THAILAND 2000
SOIE KMITT Senior Expert for Research and Thinking Skills
Research Guide-Master Degree Program in Education
KMITT Consultancy for Faculty Improvement
Senior Delegate MHRD: World Conference on Special Needs Education: Quality
& Access
Visiting Faculty at Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
and Khabarosk
Training Faculty for Creative Development at
UNDFA UNESCO Consultant at NIES
Faculty Member for Summer Courses for
Creative Future Problem Solving Future Corporation
Futures of Education LEADS Conference
Instituted
Senior Fullbright Visiting Scholar
Creativity 4Ps Creative Studies
Incubation Model and Teacher Education Workshop
Discussion on Problem Finding and Problem Solving
UNESCO First Consultant in Teacher Education UNDP/Project at
Second Consultancy in Educational Technology for UNESCO
Lectures on Microteaching:
USSSR 1984
UGC Visiting Fellow for
Microteaching in
Education in
OECD 1978
International Transfer of Self Instructional Microteaching Materials: ASIMEQ
Technical Director, Project with
"International Transfer of Self Instructional Material Between
Various Countries" Seminar in
Equality of Educational
Visiting Fellow of UGC and British Council at
First British Conference on Computer in Higher
Seminar on "Educational Research in
"Cluster Analysis" Seminar, University Reading
UK1974
Equality of Educational
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:
School Education
= Creative Thinking
Teacher Education = Models of Teaching
Microteaching, Personalized Education
Higher Education
= Distance Education, Educational Research, Futures Studies, and Information
Technology
Creativity:
Researching in Creativity from 1966; Standardized, Published verbal and
nonverbal "Passi Tests of Creativity"; Highly
reliable and valid (found low relationship between creativity and intelligence;
and Creativity and achievement); the manual is comprehensive and user friendly;
it is an original contribution in Creativity Testing; the tests have found
international acceptance.
Originator
of Microteaching in
Models of
Teaching: Initiated reforms in teacher education and school teaching; Directed
research projects in Information processing, Social
interaction, and Personal development models; disseminated Models of Teaching
and Educational Technology in
Personalizing
Teacher Education Curriculum- designed innovative project of teacher education
at school and college levels. It is
popularly known as Zero-Lecture Program.
Surveys of
Research in Education: Operationalzed the prestigious
projects of Surveys Of Research In Education; First Survey of Research in
Education Associate Editor; Second Survey of Research in Education Joint
Editor; Third Survey of Research in Education Member Editorial Board; Fourth
Survey of Research in Education Member Editorial Board Fifth Survey Trend
Report Author.
Futures Studies:
Conceptualized and introduced in
Norms
for Teacher Education Guided and formulated Norms for teacher education for
nursery, elementary, and secondary levels and also in the area of physical
education.
Distance and Open
Education: Completed about forty projects in the area of open distance teacher
education.