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List of Members as of 30th November 2016

S.No.

Name

1

Dr. Adarsh Kumar

2

Dr. Ashok Kumar

3

Dr. Sanjay Marwah

4

Dr. AnjolieChhabra

5

Mangesh R. Gupte

6

Zile Singh Kundu

7

Dr. S.S. Sangwan

8

Dr. Lata Suresh

9

Dr. PawanindraLal

10

Kartikeya Saran

11

Dr. Pakhee Aggarwal

12

Dr. Mukesh Kalra

13

Durba Datta Ghose

14

Dr. Dhruv Chaudhury

15

Dr. Anupama Bahadur

16

Manu Mahajan

17

Dr. Sarmistha Barthakur

18

Dr. Nayan Ahmed

19

Dr. Sanjay Kataria

20

Dr. Nuzut Kazmi

21

Dr. Vijay Mathur

22

Dr.Neeraj Gugnani

23

Dr. Abdul Matin

24

Ashis Das

25

Dr. Sayed Khurram Nisar

26

Dilip Kumar Jena

27

Gautam Anand

28

Dr. Ajay Mahajan

29

Dr. Tamil Selvan Muthusamy

30

Dr. Kiran Saluja

31

Dr. Vishnu Srivastava

32

Dr. Anuradha Mishra

33

Dr. Parimal Sinha

34

Sushil Kumar Gupta

35

Rupali Aggarwal

36

Vijay Chatterjee

37

Rahul Kala

38

Prof. J.A.K. Tareem

39

Dr. PritiLal

40

Dr. Sudesh Chhikara

41

Sunita Chauhan

42

Solomon Salve

 

 

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Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (ACSF)

Plot No. 3, Sector – 19, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110075

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ACSF Round Table Discussion on 19th January 2016

On the day of the inauguration of ACSF, an interactive round table discussion in the “world café” format was organized among the attending alumnus. Five round tables were set up with a host and a set of five different questions with the common thread of how we can contribute towards a visible, successful and sustainable alumni association and make a difference were distributed for brainstorming amongst the participants. The ideas which emerged are summarized below table wise.

                

Table No.1:  Theme: vision for ACSF five years down the line

1a)  Imagine you are in a meeting to review the achievements five years later. What do you expect to hear?

1b)  Why do you think ACSF would be able to have these achievements?


Summary points which emerged from the discussion:

1.      Knowledge sharing

2.      Visibility of ACSF in various channels, sectors

3.      Application of knowledge/training  gained towards development of India

4.      ACSF in advisory role in selection process, policy making

5.      Recognition of alumni achievements

Table No.2: Theme: Activities that ACSF can initiate

2a) What kind of activities should ACSF engage in?

2b)  Why do you think so?

Summary points which emerged from the discussion:

1.      ACSF as an expert group for education and other broad based government policys

2.      Theme based subgroups

3.      Publications and holding seminars and conferences

4.      Local chapters

5.      Community development

Short term goal: Increase membership, publish newsletter

Long term goal: Local chapters, journals

Table No.3 Theme: Motivating and mobilizing members to ACSF

3a)  How can more Fellows/scholars be Motivated to join ACSF?

3b)  Are there Scholars/ fellows you Know who you think must join ACSF?

3c)   Can you help them join ACSF?  How?


Summary points which emerged from the discussion:

1.      Word of mouth publicity

2.      Letters to various organizations/institutions/agencies seeking information of commonwealth alumni

3.      Media coverage-alumni day

4.      Regular interdisciplinary meetings

Table No.4 Theme: Individual engagement and contribution of members

4a)  How would you like to be engaged in and contributing to ACSF?

4b)   What skills would you like to bring into The ACSF space?



Summary points which emerged from the discussion:

1.      Donate time

2.      Popularizing the association

3.      Reverse fellowship

4.      Public lectures

5.      Fund generation

6.      Towards skill contributions: E-platforms for alumni interaction, editing and writing for websites, newsletter, delivering public lectures

Table No.5 Themes: Taskforces and planning for the future

5a)  Going forward, ACSF has plans of creating specific task forces. What task Forces should be created? Why?

5b)    Which of these task forces would you like to join? Why?


Summary points which emerged from the discussion:

1.      Technology development including popularizing indigenous knowledge

2.      Sustainable community development

3.      Health and wellbeing

4.      Women empowerment

5.      Human rights

6.      Climate change

 

 

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S.NO. NAME OCCUPATION DESIGNATION IN THE SOCIETY
1. Dr. Dhruva Chaudhary Medical Teacher & Professional President
2. Dr. Anuradha Mishra Professor of Chemistry Vice-President
3. Dr. Mukesh Kalra Medical Teacher and Professional Vice-President
4. Mr. Manu Mahajan Urban Design Teacher and Professional Secretary
5. Mr. Ashis Kumar Dash Business Joint Secretary
6. Dr. Nayan Ahmed Principal Scientist Treasurer
7. Dr. Pakhee Aggarwal Doctor Executive Member
8. Dr. Sanjay Kataria Librarian Executive Member
9. Dr. Adarsh Kumar Medical Teacher and Professional Executive Member
10. Dr. Vishnu Srivastava Chief Scientist Executive Member
11. Dr. Tamil Selvan Muthusamy Teacher Executive Member
12. Mrs. Durba Datta Ghosh Development Professional and Social Worker Executive Member
13. Dr. Sharmistha Barthakur Associate Professor/Senior Scientist Executive Member
14. Mrs. Kiran Saluja Research Associate Executive Member
15. Dr. Sayed Khurram Nisar Assistant Professor-Physical Education Executive Member
16. Dr. Ajay Mahajan Doctor Executive Member
17. Mr. Anand Gautam Researcher Executive Member
18. Mr. Dilip Kumar Jena Consultant Executive Member
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To build a strong national level platform of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows in India.

To positively impact issues of education, livelihoods, environment, health and culture through collaborative interventions on-ground and online with multi-stakeholder involvement.

To strengthening relations between India and UK and all other commonwealth countries towards academic interaction, and social, spiritual, scientific and technological collaboration and development.

To provide think-tank, strategic and capacity building support towards strengthening policies and on-ground development initiatives.

Event Schedule

To observe the Commonwealth Day 2019, ACSF India is organizing a Panel Discussion on “A Connected Commonwealth: Achieving an Inclusive Growth: Education, Peace and Sustainability” on 11th March, 2019 in New Delhi.

 Date:             Monday, 11th March 2019  (02:00 PM – 04:00 PM)

Venue:          British Council, 17, KG Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi

 

Eminent Panellists:

  • Dhruva Chaudhary, Senior Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary &   Critical Care Medicine,  Pandit B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak
  • R. Govinda, former Vice-Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi
  • A. P. Dimri, Department of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru    University, New Delhi
  • Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
  • Ravi Kumar, Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi

 RSVP or kindly confirm your presence to Ms. Vishu Sharma at vishu.sharma@in.britishcouncil.org