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PATRON
 Dr
S Rajagopalan,Former Professor and Dean, Faculty of Education,
Annamalai University, has been a member of a number of Academic
bodies in several Indian universities - has undergone training,
as a British Council scholar, in the teaching of English as
a foreign language at the London University Institute of Education -
has considerable teaching and research experience to his credit
- has published research papers - has guided M.Phil and Ph.D
scholars in ELT as well as other areas of education- Areas of
interest in ELT: Teacher Education and Development and CALL.
PRESIDENT
 Amol
Padwad holds a master degrees in English and Russian. He has
other degrees to his credit like M.Phil (English), LL.B and
PGDTE (CIEFL). He also did M.Ed. (TESOL) from University of
Leeds, UK on the Hornby Trust scholarship. Currently the head
of the Postgraduate Department of English at J. M. Patel
College, Bhandara (Maharashtra), he also moderates ELTeCS-
India (the regional electronic network of ELT professionals,
promoted by the British Council). He has completed one
and is working on three ELT projects, funded by the British
Council and the Hornby Trust. He is associated with
numerous professional and social bodies, and has published
several articles and translations. His areas of interest
are teacher development, ESL/EFL, corpus linguistic,
translation studies, bird-watching and science popularization.
VICE - PRESIDENTS
 Dr
D Raja Ganesan, Former Professor and Head, Department of Education,
University of Madras - Member(nominated by the Government
of India), Central institute of English and other Foreign
Languages, Hyderabad, Indian Council of Philosophical Research,
Programme Advisory Committee of the National Council for Teacher
Education and Curriculum Development Committee for Education
of the University Grants Commission and Secretary. S.I.T.U.
Council of Educational Research-Editor, "Experiments
in Education".
 Dr. Sheth Dharmendra, Surat
An engineer turned teacher, Dr Sheth has worked with many educational institutions of repute which
include the department of English, VNSG University, Surat and Wadia Women’s College, Surat. Since
earning his PhD from VNSG University in 2006, he has worked as a teacher trainer at a number of
seminars and workshops across India. He has attended and presented papers at various national and
international conferences which include TESOL, Seattle, USA. He works as a freelance corporate trainer
and content developer. His areas of interest include Phonetics and Spoken English, Listening,
Networking and Professional Development.
 Dr
V Saraswathi, Retd. Professor of English, university of
Madras - Currently the Editor of "The Journal of English
Language Teaching" published by the ELTAI. Areas of special
interest are Teacher Development, Materials Production and
Testing - Author of nearly 50 coursebooks at various levels
- has guided a number of research scholars in their Ph.D.
work - was a member of Projects APT and BCD - served as an
expert at the Teleconference for Teachers in English organised
by the British Council, Chennai - worked as a resource person
at the Hornby Summer School 2002 at Lonavla - has attended
and presented papers at the RELC Annual Conference at Singapore.
SECRETARY
 Dr
K Elango, Professor of English, Anna University, Chennai - has served as a Faculty member at the Assumption
University, Bangkok, for three years - actively engaged in
ELT research - presented papers at national and international
conferences - conducted teacher education programmes for secondary
school and college teachers - current areas of interest are:
reading and approaches to second language teaching and learning.
JOINT
SECRETARIES
 Dr
K M Prabhu, Reader in English, Government Arts College,
Chennai - 35-Teachers Development Expert and Materials Producer
- has written over 25 coursebooks for primary, secondary and
tertiary levels - presented papers at national and international
seminars on "Learner - centred/Interactive Pedagogy -
has served as a resource person at several in-service programmes
for teachers - guiding research at the Ph.D level.
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Dr.S. Dawood Shah He is the Principal of the Crescent School, an International Residential School at Vandalur, Chennai. A post graduate in English and a Doctorate in Education, he is the recipient of many awards including the Best Teacher Award from the Govt. of Tamilnadu and the International School Award from the British Council. Undergone training in RIE, Bangalore, attended several courses and workshops organised by the British Council and organised many workshops and conferences. Also widely travelled abroad.
TREASURER
 P
R Kesavulu, Retired Principal of Jaya Matriculation higher
Secondary School, Chennai - has undergone training at both
the Central Institute of English and other Foreign Languages,
Hyderabad and the Regional Institute of English, Bangalore
- taught English at the higher secondary level for several
years - currently engaged in conducting teacher education
programmes for Matriculation school teachers in Tamilnadu.
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