Friday, 7 May 2021

NETRUZ Research mentor training course: Special Guest Speaker


We invited a Guest Speaker Mr. Vinayadhar Raju to the NETRUZ Research Mentor training course to deliver a workshop on Exploratory Action Research on May 1, 2021.

Mr. Vinayadhar Raju is working as an English Language Teacher in Telangana state government secondary school, ZPHS Jangapally in Karimnagar district. He is also acting as a State Resource person and training module writer for in-service teacher training organised by Telangana state government and SCERT.

Mr. Vinayadhar has 24 years of experience in teaching English and Handling in-service teacher training by integrating technologies in teacher training sessions as well as in classroom teaching. He also provided an exceptional contribution to the teaching of English by maintaining a subject Forum, ELTA-English Language Teachers Association- Telangana for the Continuous professional development of English Language Teachers in the state.

Mr. Vinayadhar received M.A in English literature from Kakatiya University,Warangal and completed his Bachelor of Education from the same University. He completed E-moderator course sponsored by British council and TESOL methods from Oregon university sponsored by RELO India. Participated in E-Teacher Alumni programme and organised workshops for teachers working in government school on “Alternative assessment strategies.” He participated in Britisch council's project “Teachers and students as co-researchers in Indian government schools” sponsored by Warwick University, U.K. He also led the Arms and Connecting Classrooms Projects funded by British Council and Usief. Currently, he is mentoring 12 Mentors and 50 Teacher Researchers as a part of the Hornby Project.

Mr. Vinayadhar worked on collaborative project with the teacher in Honor-roll school,Texas, USA. During this project, he connected his classroom with US class-room using asynchronous technology. Students from US and ZPHS Jangapally worked collaboratively on projects like “ Backpacks” and “Film reviews” using padlet as a collaborative wall.

Mr. Vinayadhar is a Fulbright scholar in 2017 visited and worked in US School during his visit.

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