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17.3. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Scientist C (CS)

Mr. Abhishek Kumar was special invitee to all the Meeting of subcommittee and well as Standing
Committee of e-PG Pathshala held at University of Grants Commission, New Delhi during the year under
report. He was a special invitee to all the Meetings of the Implementation Core Committee of the
National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) held at National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi. He

represented INFLIBNET Centre at FSSAI and made a presentation on Project bid for FSKAN at FSSAI,
New Delhi on 12 August, 2016. He represented INFLIBNET Centre during the meetings on SWAYAM
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PRABHA held in Chennai, Delhi and Gandhinagar during the year under report.

He was invited to demonstrate repurposing of e-content for MOOC on SWAYAM at the UGC, New Delhi
on 24 October, 2016. He represented INFLIBNET Centre in the Meeting of Task Force Committee for e-
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Content, UGC, New Delhi on 25 October, 2016. He delivered an invited talk on “e-Learning & MOOC” on
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28 May, 2016 at HRD College, Hyderabad. He was invited to deliver a talk on “e-Learning & MOOC” on
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27 August, 2016 at HRD College, Hyderabad. He was invited to make a presentation of his paper entitled
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“India Rankings 2016: Ranking Model for Indian Higher Educational Institutions on 18 November, 2016
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during International Conference on ICT in Business, Industry and Government (ICTBIG) 2016. He was

invited to deliver a talk on MOOC at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi on 19 November, 2016.
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He was also invited to deliver a talk on MOOC at Academic Staff College, Devi Ahilya University, Indore
from 12 to 13 January, 2017. He made an invited presentation of his paper entitled “MOOCs: A Study on
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MOOCs Platforms & Its Parameters” during 2 International Research Conference organised by
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International Association of Research & Development Organization at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Delhi on 26 February, 2017. He was also invited to deliver a video conferencing lecture on ‘Swyam
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Prabha to MHRD, New Delhi at BISAG, Gandhinagar on 22 February, 2017.
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17.4. Mr. Kanan P., Scientist C (LS)

Mr Kannan P was invited by Future of Research Communication and e-Scholarship (FORCE11), a non-
profit organization to attend an International Annual Conference called FORCE11 2016 during 16 to 19
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April, 2016 at Portland, USA. Apart from the conference, He visited the New York Public Library, New
York and Princeton University Library, New Jersey during his visit to USA.

He was invited to deliver a guest lecture on “Academic Identity: An Overview” organized by Nirma

University for faculty members of Institute of Pharmacy on 15 September, 2016 at Institute of
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Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. He was also invited to deliver a guest lecture on “Academic
Identity: An ORCID” organized by Nirma University for faculty members of Institute on 18 February,
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2017 at PG Seminar Hall, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

17.5. Mr. Swapnil Patel, Scientist B (CS)

Mr. Swapnil Patel was invited to give suggestions on the Library module of the In-house ERP software on
21 November 2016 at INDUS University, Ahmedabad. He was also invited to deliver a lecture on
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