G. Balasubramaniam, Former Director Academic Of Central Board Of Secondary Education Joins Giis Academic Advisory Board

October 10, 2007

G. Balasubramaniam, Former Director Academic Of Central Board Of Secondary Education Joins GIIS Academic Advisory Board

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</div><p align="justify"><strong>G. BALASUBRAMANIAN, FORMER DIRECTOR ACADEMIC OF CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION JOINS GIIS ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD</strong></p>
      <p align="justify">Mr. Balasubramanian is Chief Mentor (Academics) for Global Indian International Schools in Asia. Mr. G Balasubramanian is well known as the Director Academics (1997-2006) for the India’ Central Board of Secondary Education. G Balasubramanian joined the Central Board of Secondary Education as a Joint Secretary in 1984 and has worked in several capacities in Academics, Examination, Confidential and Administration branches of CBSE. Elevated to the Post of Director (Academic) in 1997, he held the additional charge of the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Board. He retired from the services of the Board on 28th Feb, 2007. </p>
      <p align="justify">Known for his innovation in curriculum development and interactive pedagogy, he has been instrumental to the introduction of several innovations in curriculum in CBSE which include Frontline curriculum, Communicative Approach to Language Teaching, Information Technology, Bio-technology, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Studies, Disaster Management, Life Skill Education, Alternatives to Homework among others. He is a strong advocate of Stress-free education and has initiated several steps in this direction. He has fashioned himself as a premier Teacher trainer and in ushering change management in schools. </p>
      <p align="justify">His interests include philosophy, psychology, poetry and Literature. He has widely traveled in many countries which include England, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and in Gulf. He has participated in several national and international conferences and presented papers on a wide variety of academic interests.</p>
      <p align="justify">G. Balasubramanian graduated in Chemistry from Presidency college, Chennai. He obtained his Post-graduation in Analytical &amp; Inorganic Chemistry from Madras University, Post-graduation in Hindi from Sri Venkateswara University and Post-graduation in Education from Annamalai University. He obtained a diploma in German from University of Madras, a Certificate in Project Technology from Trent College of Education, Nottingham U.K and a certificate in Computer Education from Leeds University, U.K. </p>
      <p align="justify">He has authored several books for teachers, academicians and educational administrators such as MINDSCAPING EDUCATION, CASE STUDIES IN CLASSROOMS, QUALITY SPECTRUM – A SCHOOL’S BANDWIDTH.  He also won awards in Vocational Excellence Award from Rotary Club of Chennai, Seva Rathna Award for contribution to Education from The Centenarian Trust, Chennai (instituted in the name of Kanchi Sankaracharya Sri chandrasekara Saraswathi), Life Time Achievement Award from VIMHANS - Delhi</p>
     <p> He has presented several papers on </p>
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            <li> Nurturing creativity in classrooms</li>
            <li> Changing Trends in Teacher-learner relationships</li>
            <li> Impact of Technology in pedagogy</li>
            <li> Constructivist approach to curriculum</li>
            <li> Value conflict Management in schools</li>
            <li> Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation – The need and the context</li>
            <li> Discovering India through School education</li>
            <li>Curriculum design for 2010</li>
            <li> Emerging Role of Teachers</li>
            <li> Effective Parenting</li>
            <li> Leading to Learn</li>
            <li> The relevance of Delors Report to Indian Educational Philosophy</li>
            <li> Leadership in Education</li>
            <li> School Mindscape</li>
            <li> Learning Schools</li>
            <li> Thought Leadership</li>
            <li> Neuro-Linguistic Programming in Education </li>
            <li> NLP and Emotional Intelligence</li>
            <li> Restructuring curriculum transaction</li>
            <li> Virtual Schools – Myth or Reality?</li>
            <li> Impact of globalization on Indian school education</li>
            <li> Flowcharting classroom transaction</li>
            <li> Computer Aided Learning –Prospects and Threats</li>
            <li> Celebrating diversities</li>
            <li> Quality in Schools – emerging concerns</li>
            <li> TQM in schools – contextualizing quality issues</li>
            <li> What ails Science Education?</li>
            <li> Impact of GATS on Indian School Education</li>
            <li> FDI in school education</li>
            <li> Management of culture of change in schools</li>
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            <li>Why Teaching as a Profession?</li>
            <li> Teacher as a change agent</li>
            <li> Principal as a Change Manager</li>
            <li> Resource Mobilization and Management for classrooms</li>
            <li> Maladies in School Evaluation</li>
            <li> Consumerism in Education</li>
            <li> Teacher as a Co-learner</li>
            <li> Role of Private sector in school Education</li>
            <li> Universalization of Secondary Education</li>
            <li> Conflict Management in child development</li>
            <li> Enterprise in Education</li>
            <li> Knowledge Management – developing future citizens</li>
            <li> Preparing schools for knowledge society</li>
            <li> Winds of change in school libraries</li>
            <li> Management of the behavioural patterns of a techno-savvy child</li>
            <li> Technology as a culture catalyst</li>
            <li> Innovation in education</li>
            <li> Kahlil Gibran – The pursuit of Truth</li>
            <li> The concept of Beauty – as Gibran sees it</li>
            <li> The Nature – in Gibran’s eyes</li>
            <li> Towards Igniting the Mind</li>
            <li> Emerging issues in curriculum design ,management and transaction</li>
            <li> Improvement of quality in school education</li>
            <li> Schools for knowledge management – An emerging need</li>
            <li> Teaching Nursery Rhymes</li>
            <li> Story telling – its long term impacts on children</li>
            <li> Managing children in the first few days in schools</li>
            <li> Teaching Primary children</li>
            <li> Emerging challenges in the Teaching of science &amp; Mathematics</li>
            <li> School Safety – A perspective</li>
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Mr. Balasubramanian

G. BALASUBRAMANIAN, FORMER DIRECTOR ACADEMIC OF CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION JOINS GIIS ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD

Mr. Balasubramanian is Chief Mentor (Academics) for Global Indian International Schools in Asia. Mr. G Balasubramanian is well known as the Director Academics (1997-2006) for the India’ Central Board of Secondary Education. G Balasubramanian joined the Central Board of Secondary Education as a Joint Secretary in 1984 and has worked in several capacities in Academics, Examination, Confidential and Administration branches of CBSE. Elevated to the Post of Director (Academic) in 1997, he held the additional charge of the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Board. He retired from the services of the Board on 28th Feb, 2007.

Known for his innovation in curriculum development and interactive pedagogy, he has been instrumental to the introduction of several innovations in curriculum in CBSE which include Frontline curriculum, Communicative Approach to Language Teaching, Information Technology, Bio-technology, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Studies, Disaster Management, Life Skill Education, Alternatives to Homework among others. He is a strong advocate of Stress-free education and has initiated several steps in this direction. He has fashioned himself as a premier Teacher trainer and in ushering change management in schools.

His interests include philosophy, psychology, poetry and Literature. He has widely traveled in many countries which include England, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and in Gulf. He has participated in several national and international conferences and presented papers on a wide variety of academic interests.

G. Balasubramanian graduated in Chemistry from Presidency college, Chennai. He obtained his Post-graduation in Analytical & Inorganic Chemistry from Madras University, Post-graduation in Hindi from Sri Venkateswara University and Post-graduation in Education from Annamalai University. He obtained a diploma in German from University of Madras, a Certificate in Project Technology from Trent College of Education, Nottingham U.K and a certificate in Computer Education from Leeds University, U.K.

He has authored several books for teachers, academicians and educational administrators such as MINDSCAPING EDUCATION, CASE STUDIES IN CLASSROOMS, QUALITY SPECTRUM – A SCHOOL’S BANDWIDTH. He also won awards in Vocational Excellence Award from Rotary Club of Chennai, Seva Rathna Award for contribution to Education from The Centenarian Trust, Chennai (instituted in the name of Kanchi Sankaracharya Sri chandrasekara Saraswathi), Life Time Achievement Award from VIMHANS - Delhi

He has presented several papers on