Advisory Council


CEMCA’s Advisory Council functions as an advisory body of COL on CEMCA’s affairs and is responsible for broad policy formulation in the programme areas. Besides, the Council provides informed guidance, monitors and evaluates CEMCA’s progress, and suggests ways and means for improving its performance. The Advisory Council meets once a year keeping in view the exigencies of the business. Membership is rotated among the members in the region. Council has members from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

The present members of the Advisory Council are:

 

 1

 Prof. Asha S. Kanwar

 President & CEO
 Commonwealth of Learning, Canada

 Chairperson 

 2

 Dr. Venkataraman Balaji

 Vice President
 Commonwealth of Learning, Canada

 Dy. Chairperson 

 3

 Mr. Mrutyunjay Behera 

 Economic Adviser
 Department of Higher Education
 Ministry of Education
 Government of India
 Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
 India

 Member 

 4

 Mst. Rokhsana Begum

 Deputy Secretary, 
 Scholarship & Engineering
 University Section, Ministry of Education
 Govt. of People Republic of Bangladesh
 Bangladesh Secretariate, Ramna, Dhaka

 Member 

 5

YBhg Datin Noorazah Binti Omar

Under Secretary of International Relations Division
 Ministry of Higher Education
 Malaysia

 Member 

 6

 Ms Hasini Talagala                                                                         

 Director of Education  
 (Foreign Agencies & External Affairs)
 Ministry of Education Isurupaya,
Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

 Member

 7

 Prof. Syed Humayun Akhter                                                                           

 Vice-Chancellor
 Bangladesh Open University
 Boardbazar, Gazipur
 Bangladesh

 Member 

 8

 Mr. Ahmed Mausoom                                                                          

 Education Officer
 Ministry of Education
 Male-20096
 Republic of Maldives

 Member 

 9

Prof K Seetharama Rao

 Vice Chancellor
 Dr B R Ambedkar Open University
 Road No 46, Jubilee Hills
 Hyderabad
 Telangana 500033, India

 Member 

 10

Prof. Saroj Sharma

 Chairperson
 National Institute of Open Schooling
 A-24/25
 Institutional Area
 Sector - 62
 NOIDA
 Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh - 201 309, India

 Member 

 11

 Dr B Shadrach

 Director, CEMCA
 New Delhi, India

 Member  

 12

 Mr. Amit Jain

 Head, Admn. & Finance, CEMCA 
 New Delhi, India

 Secretary