Advisory Council


COL-CEMCA Advisory Council

COL-CEMCA’s Advisory Council functions as an advisory body of COL on COL-CEMCA’s affairs and is responsible for broad policy formulation in the programme areas. Besides, the Council provides informed guidance, monitors and evaluates COL-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. The membership is rotated among the members in the region. The present members of the Advisory Council are: 

 1

Prof. Peter Scott

President & CEO
Commonwealth of Learning, Canada

 Chair

 2

Dr. Venkataraman Balaji

Vice President
Commonwealth of Learning, Canada

 Vice Chair 

 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 the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 Member 

 5

Associate Prof. Dr. Azidah Abu Ziden

Director, Academic Excellence Division
Department of Higher Education
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia

 Member 

 6

Mr. N. D. Wathukarawatta                                                                         

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

 Member

 7

Vacant 

 Member 

 8

Mr. Ahmed Mausoom                                                                          

Education Development Professional 
Head of Foreign Relations Section
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

Dean, University School of Education,
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,
Sector-16\C, Dwarka,
New Delhi, India

 Member 

 11

Dr B Shadrach

Director, CEMCA
New Delhi, India

 Member  

 12

Mr. Amit Jain

Head, Admn. & Finance, CEMCA

New Delhi, India

 Secretary