Innovations and Designs

Compiled four digital libraries for science teachers and launched a project named CREST (April 2003), for training teachers to use web-resources effectively and author subject modules and share them with their colleagues around the world.

Developed some new designs for eight analytical chemistry instruments: colorimeter, pH meter, conductometer, thermostat, polarimeter etc. under projects sponsored by various organizations: UNESCO, UGC and DST. These designs have been published as articles in the UGC sponsored journal ‘Chemistry Education’ (1984-86). In this context I acted as a resource petrson for a number of teacher training workshops held at Rajshahi (Bangladesh); Kasetsart University (Malaysia), Bangkok (Thailand), Madras, Jaipur, Delhi and Hyderabad (India) in addition to several others that discussed designs with other innovators, like the one held at Uberlingern (germany). Have also supervised the production of 600 such instruments that were supplied to IGNOU.