Friday, 11 November 2011

Centennial Celebration - 5 - Mitraniketan, Vellanad, Thiruvanthapuram (26 November, 2011)

Dr. N. P. Pillai Centennial Celebration
26th July, 2011- 5th September, 2012
A TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEER OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN INDIA
National Workshop on
RESEARCH APPROACHES FOR RURAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
26th November, 2011 (Saturday), 10 am - 4pm
Venue:  Mitraniketan Peoples College, Vellanad, Thiruvananthapuram

Organized by
Dr. N. P. Pillai Centennial Celebration Committee
Dr. K. Sivadasan Pillai Foundation (SPFERD)

 in collaboration with

Mitraniketan, Vellanad,
Council for Teacher Education (CTE), Kerala State Centre,
Vijnan International Foundation for Education,
Institute for Peace Research and Studies (IPRS),
International Association of Educators for World Peace(IAEWP), Kerala Chapter





Welcome by Mr. Sabith L. K., Course Guide, Mitraniketan People's College

Inaugural Session -(L-R) Ms. Chandrika Nair, Dr. K. Karunakaran, Padmasree K. Viswanatan, Dr. A. Sukumaran Nair, Sri A. Prabhakaran and Dr. C. P. Aravindakshan

. Presidential Address by Padmasree K. Viswanathan, Director, Mitraniketan

Front row-L to R) Mrs. Indira CPN Nair, Mrs. Dr. K. Sivadasan Pillai, Dr. Aiyappan Nair, Mrs. Aiyappan Nair

(L-R) Dr. A. Muralidharan Thampi, Mrs. Chandrika Nair, Padmasree K. Viswanathan, Dr. A.Sukumaran Nair, Sri A. Prabhakaran and Dr. C.P. Aravindakshan

Inauguration of the Workshop by Dr. A.Sukumaran Nair, Former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University

Mrs. Chandrika Nair lighting the lamp

Padmasree K. Viswanathan lighting the lamp

Mrs. Indira CPN Nair lighting the lamp

Introductory Speech by Sri A. Prabhakaran, Chairman, SPFERD

A section of audience

Dr. V. M. Sasikumar, Principal Co-ordinator, Dr. N.P.Pillai CCC, announcing the scholarships 

A session of audience- Dr. Venugopala Reddy, Mr. Radhakrishnan Nair, Dr. T.V. Thulasidharan, Dr.T.Sundaresan Nair, Dr.K.Y. Benedict, Mrs. Neena Thomas 

A section of audience

Commemoration Speech on Dr. N. P. Pillai by Dr. K. Karunakaran

Mrs. Chandrika Nair, D/o Dr. N.P. Pillai

Release of the book written by Dr. A.Muralidharan Thampi

Audience

Dr. A. Muralidharan Thampi

Distribution of Scholarship by Mrs. Chandrika Nair

Dr. Aiyappan Nair, Emeritus Professor, Pensylvania University, USA

Dr. B. Krishna Prasad, Principal, NVKSD College of Education, Attoor, KK Dist.

Theme Presentation by Dr. C.P. Aravindakshan

Theme Presentation by Dr. Anina Susan Zacharia, Programme Co-ordinator, Mitraniketan KVK

Dr. K.Y. Benedict, Gen Secretary, CTE, Kerala

Dr. M. Omanaseelan, Reader, Govt. IASE, Thrissur

Dr. T. Sundaresan Nair, Director, SRC, Kerala

Dr. Rejani Chandran, Former Faculty, Mitraniketan KVK.

Dr. V. Reghu, Professor, RGNIYD, Sriperumbudur, chairing the theme session

Mr. S. Harish Kumar, Programme Co-ordinator, Dr.N.P.Pillai CCC

Padmasree K. Viswanathan

Dr. K. Rajeswari, Treasurer, CTE, Kerala