Congrats Asha Ma'am. Best Regards Balqis Thaahaveettil On 2/15/12, Sarita Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Great news...well deserved. Congrats Asha Ma'am. > > Regards > > Sarita Kumar > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Neeti Misra <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Prof. Kanwar, >> Congratulations. >> Regards, >> Neeti Misra >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Harbans singh >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Prof Asha ji >>> Congratulation for new responsibility. I wish this would be conducive >>> for exploiting valuable human resources of young India for >>> meaningful purpose. >>> regards >>> harbans >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Cecilia Mercado >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Congratualations Prof. Asha >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Anil Prasad <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> CONGRATULATIONS DEAR ASHAJI! >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: Commonwealth of Learning <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:45 AM >>>>> Subject: Asha Kanwar appointed President of the Commonwealth of >>>>> Learning >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: COL Logo banner] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Learning for Development** >>>>> >>>>> 13 >>>>> February 2012 >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> * * >>>>> >>>>> *Asha Kanwar appointed President of the Commonwealth of Learning* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> VANCOUVER - Professor Asha Kanwar, one of the world's leading advocates >>>>> for learning for development, and current Vice President of the >>>>> Commonwealth of Learning (COL), has been appointed President and Chief >>>>> Executive Officer of the international organisation. She succeeds Sir >>>>> John >>>>> Daniel, whose term as COL's President ends on 31 May. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dr. Kanwar has over 30 years of experience in teaching, research and >>>>> administration. In addition to the several books, research papers and >>>>> articles to her credit, she has made significant contributions to >>>>> gender >>>>> studies, especially the impact of distance education on the lives of >>>>> Asian >>>>> women. These studies have established that better educational >>>>> opportunities >>>>> and access to new technologies have made substantial differences to the >>>>> attitudes, values and concerns of Asian women. She is also a recipient >>>>> of >>>>> several awards and fellowships, including the International Council for >>>>> Distance Education (ICDE) Prize of Excellence. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In making the announcement, the Honourable Burchell Whiteman, O.J., >>>>> Chair of COL's Board of Governors and former Jamaican Minister of >>>>> Education >>>>> and Culture, noted that "I am delighted by the Board's appointment of >>>>> Professor Kanwar as President of our organisation. With her profound >>>>> knowledge and rich experience of open and distance learning and her >>>>> vision >>>>> for the Commonwealth of Learning in the medium term I expect that she >>>>> will >>>>> take COL to a new level through a process of significant and >>>>> sustainable >>>>> evolutionary change. Her personal attributes and her international >>>>> profile >>>>> should prove to be valuable assets." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Professor Kanwar joined COL in 2003 as Education Specialist, Higher >>>>> Education, and became Vice President in 2006. Her current role includes >>>>> specific responsibility for stakeholder engagement and programme >>>>> direction. >>>>> Earlier, she was Director of the School of Humanities at the Indira >>>>> Gandhi >>>>> National Open University (India) and was Pro-Vice Chancellor of the >>>>> University from 1999 to 2000. Prior to joining COL, she worked in >>>>> Africa as >>>>> a consultant in open and distance learning at UNESCO's Regional Office >>>>> for >>>>> Education in Africa (BREDA) in Dakar, Senegal. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "I am very pleased that Asha will succeed me," said Sir John Daniel. >>>>> "In her years at COL, as Specialist for Higher Education and, since >>>>> 2006, >>>>> as Vice President, she has made an immense contribution, bringing >>>>> greater >>>>> focus to our programme and inspiring many more governments to support >>>>> COL >>>>> financially. I am delighted that COL will have a woman as president for >>>>> the >>>>> first time." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Commonwealth of Learning, which is based in Vancouver, Canada and >>>>> New Delhi, India, was created by Commonwealth Heads of Government at >>>>> their >>>>> meeting in Vancouver in 1987 to encourage the development and sharing >>>>> of >>>>> open learning and distance education knowledge, resources and >>>>> technologies. >>>>> The Commonwealth comprises 54 countries - most of which are developing >>>>> nations - and one-quarter of the world's population. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "COL is a unique organisation which has the ability to respond to the >>>>> needs of a wide range of stakeholders," said Professor Kanwar, "from >>>>> the >>>>> Batwa community in the forests of Uganda, the rural women in Malawi, >>>>> goat >>>>> herders in India, construction workers in Nauru, out of school youth in >>>>> Jamaica to ministries and tertiary institutions across the >>>>> 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