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NEW DELHI, APRIL 10. The 12-member Governing Council (GC) of the Delhi Chapter of International Society for Technology in Education, India, was formed on April 7 with representatives from different organisations like the NCERT, besides various non-governmental organisations. At the ceremony held at India Habitat Centre, the deputy chief executive officer of ISTE, U.S., Leslie Conery, presented the newly constituted Governing Council members with lapel pins to mark their election. Earlier, over 75 academics had assembled at Hotel Samrat under the chairmanship of Dr Conery to establish the framework for the Presidential Awards for transforming education. The symposium was inaugurated by the Secretary in the Department of Science and Technology, V.S. Ramamurthy, who had a detailed discussion with Dr Conery on the plausible ways through which millions of students could be reached through his Department. Prof. Ramamurthy also invited the participants to join the Science Congress for students and teachers. During the meet, the Governing Council had an interaction with educators and suggested several ``transformation initiatives''. Dr Conery also had detailed interactions with educators on the present status of education, the future development, scaling and sustenance issues and the impact on the learning community. And during the symposium, the NGOs, research organisations like the Department of Science and Technology and NCERT representatives were given a different set of exercise wherein they explained their policies and programmes and supported the initiatives. The educators also aired the demand for ISTE India to reach out to the rural areas around Delhi and the gathering was informed that ISTE India is looking forward to launch four more Chapters in the ensuing months in order to extend the Presidential Awards concept to more schools. Attending the symposium, the Chief Secretary of Delhi, S. Regunathan, said there was a "need to find ways to have other non-formal education categories included in the awards process''. The Director (Technology Interface) from the President's Secretariat, V. Ponraj, represented Rasthrapati Bhavan at the symposium and lauded the initiatives. It was also informed that the founder of ISTE India, Annamalai Muthiah, would meet officials in the Presidents' Office to take the move forward. Meanwhile, Delhi Government has also been approached to co-host the Presidential Awards, a release said, adding that this model could be replicated in other States in the country.
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