Kerala IT administrator Anvar Sadath gets global recognition
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1: K. Anvar Sadath, vice chairman and executive director of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology For Education (KITE), has become the first Indian to receive The International Contributions Award.
Sadath heads the implementation of Kerala Hi-tech School project which has almost converted 45,000 class rooms of Classes 8 to 12 to hi-tech ones, besides empowering all teachers to handle the pedagogy-based class room transactions that connect 15,000 schools.
"This honor is in recognition of Sadath's outstanding and continuous contributions to the field of educational communications and technology in the international setting," said Hsin-Te (Chuck) Yeh, Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He is also the award co-ordinator of International Division of AECT.
The award is constituted by The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) headquartered at Bloomington, US.
The AECT is the premier professional association for instructional design and educational technology.
The organisation works to provide international leadership by promoting scholarship and best practices in the creation, use and management of technologies for effective teaching and learning.
"The award will be given in the US in October and I am delighted that I have been chosen," Sadath said.
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Tumkur: 24-year-old rider killed in car-bike head-on collision in Tiptur
Tiptur: A 24-year-old rider was killed on the spot in a head-on collision between his motorbike and a car near Bidiregudi of Kasaba hobli in the taluk.
The deceased rider, Vijay Kumar, was a resident of BL Koppalu Basaveshwara Nagara in Kasaba hobli, Arsikere taluk.
He was reportedly returning home after work at a welding factory near TM Manjunath Nagar Gate, Tiptur, when a car coming from the opposite direction collided with his bike near Bidiregudi. Vijay Kumar is said to have died at the spot due to the impact of the collision.
Locals have blamed the lack of signboards and other precautionary measures amid the construction of a four-lane national highway in the area, mainly between Bidiregudi and Konehalli. They have said that the carelessness of the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) has led to frequent accidents in the region.
“A meeting of officers from various government departments, including the police, was held recently under the chairmanship of the local legislator, but several NHAI officials were reportedly absent. Despite the meeting, officials appear careless in implementing safety measures, leading to a rise in accidents,” the locals said, demanding immediate action from the concerned authorities.
