07 & 08 January, 2021
Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Hon'ble Minister
Ministry of Education
Govt. of India
EDUCON 2020
Inaugural address
Focal Theme
Envisioning Education for Transforming Youth to Restore Global Peace
Virtual International Akhand Conference
of
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda In collaboration with
Global Educational Research Association
Prof. (Mrs.) S Passi (Indore) Prof. R Wusirika (Bathinda)
Prof. J S Dhillon (Amritsar) Prof. V K Garg (Bathinda)
Prof. A K Awasthi ( Indore) Prof. Anjana Munshi (Bathinda)
Mr. K P Singh Mundra (Bathinda) Prof. Tarun Arora (Bathinda)
Chief Patron
Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari
Vice-Chancellor
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Patron
Padma Shri (Dr.) Mahendra Sodha
Global Educational Research Association (GERA)
President
Prof. S.P. Malhotra
Former National Fellow, NIEPA
Convenor
President (HQ) GERA (Regd)
School of Education,
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Invited Speakers
Prof. J S Rajput
Former Director NCERT , New Delhi
Prof. Eugene, University of Calgary,
Canada
Dr. Mukul Kanitkar National Organising Secretary Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal
Dr. Saamdu Chetri, Bhutan
Prof Vasudha Kamat Former Vice-Chancellor SNDT Women University, Mumbai
Prof. J K Dhillon, University of
Worcester, UK.
Prof. Rajnish Jain Secretary, UGC
Dr. Lukas Ritzel, Switzerland
Prof. Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui, Former Chairman, NCTE
Prof. Jariya, KMUTT, Bangkok
Prof. CB Sharma Former Chairman, NIOS, New Delhi
Dr. Radhika Iyengar
Teachers’ college, Columbia University New York
Advisory Committee
About the Theme
Sub Themes
1. NEP 2020 from the perspective of global scenario
2. Likely Scenario of higher education and school education by 2050
3. Relevance of Ancient Education System in 21st century
4. Visualising Future classrooms with ICT tools
5. Equitable Quality Education as agenda of NEP-2020
6. Issues, challenges and opportunities for the education of future generation
7. Developing Technologies for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics)
Education
8. Preparing teachers and learners for emerging learning spaces
9. Future teacher-student ratio for different stages of education
10. Training youth for Strategic future jobs in Universities
11. Skill training programme for future Graduates
About the University
The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
(CUPB) was established in 2009 by an Act of
Parliament (No 25, of 2009). The University is
accredited with 'A' grade from NAAC. The
Central University of Punjab is the youngest
university that has secured 87thRank in the
University category & 1st amongst New Central
Universities in NIRF Ranking 2020.
The School of Education (SOE): Recognizing the
need of providing quality education to the students
of the backward region, the Centre for Education
was established in 2013 with a mission to enable
young aspirants to meet the needs and demands of
present technological and scientific era. The
school of Education endeavours to achieve
excellence by facilitating quality-based education
and research for students.
Global Educational Research Association (GERA)
Global Educational Research Association is a Society having its own constitution. This society was
founded on 12th Nov. 2010 under the leadership of Late Prof. B. K. Passi. The present president
Prof. S. P. Malhotra is providing leadership to achieve the objectives of GERA to develop and
promote educational research, to provide an international forum for discussion of problems related
to educational research, to conduct workshops, seminars, conference etc, to disseminate findings of
research, to publish journals, monographs and other types of literature on educational research, to
co-operate with organisations engaged in educational research, to carry out all such other activities
as may be conducive to the attainment of the objectives. To read more, kindly visit the website:
www.thegera.com
Registration fees
Participants Registration Fees
GERA Members, Faculty Members & Students of CUPB
Research Scholars
Rs. 300
Non-GERA Members Rs. 500
International Participants (other than SAARC) $ 50
* Spot registration is not available
* Participants are required to register individually if they are presenting paper jointly. The certificate will be issued to those delegates only who will remain present in the conference. The link will be sent to registered participants. Call for Papers Participants are requested to submit their abstract (100 words) and papers (1000 to 1500 words) on or before 1st January, 2021 at
[email protected] Or educon202020 @gmail.com
Mode of Paper presentation: e dialogue and e poster Online Registration available on www.cup.edu.in
Paper Format: Only MS word file will be accepted. Paper Size: A4 Line Spacing: 1.5 Margin: 1" Top and Bottom, 1.5" Left and Right justified Font: Times New Roman Size: 14 for Title, 12 for Text
Important Dates
Conference Date: 07 & 08 January, 2021
Online Registration up to: 1st January, 2021
Full Paper Submission: 1st January, 2021
Register online on www.thegera.com
