ELTAI BILASPUR CHAPTER: ABOUT ELTAI

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ELTAI BILASPUR CHAPTER: ABOUT ELTAI

ABOUT ELTAI

ELT@I 

(English Language Teachers’ Association of India)

The largest Network of Teachers of English in India (An Associate of IATEFL, UK )
The English Language Teachers' Association of India (ELTAI) was founded on August 7,1974 by the late Padmashri S. Natarajan, a noted Educationist.

We bring out "The Journal of English Language Teaching", a bi-monthly, and it is given free to all the members of the Association. Our consultancy services offer Teacher training packages and organize bi-monthly meetings on current ELT themes relevant to the Indian context.

We host annual conferences and regional conferences on specific areas relevant to the ELT scenario today. Delegates from all over the country as well as the world outside participate in them, present papers and conduct workshops.

OUR FOUNDER:      

                                                                                         

The late Padmashri S. Natarajan, (1901-1977), our Founder, started his career as a Science and English teacher and rose to serve successfully as Headmaster of a Training school, as Director of All-india Council for Secondary Education –what is now known as the NCERT—--member of several Education Commissions, President of the South Indian Teachers' Union and Vice-President of the World Confederation of the Teaching Profession.
He was one of the founders of the South Indian Teachers' Union and later became its President. He also served for a term as a member of the Madras Legislative Council. He started a number of organizations for the welfare of teachers and worked ceaselessly for their professional development.
He founded, apart from ELTAI, the /Association of mathematics Teachers, Association os Science Teachers' Association of Geography Teachers and the SITU Council of Educational Research and Society for the Promotion of Education in India

OUR MISSION:   

To provide a forum for teachers of English to meet periodically and discuss problems relating to the teaching of English in India.

To help teachers interact with educational administrators on matters relating to the teaching of English.
To disseminates information in the ELT field among teachers of English.
To undertake innovative projects aimed at the improvement of learners' proficiency in English.
To promote professional solidarity among teachers of English at primary, secondary and university levels.

To strive promote professional excellence among its members in all possible ways.

OUR VISION:     

ELTAI envisions to make India a hub of ELT related activities and to conceptualize the experiences of English language teaching-learning and symbiotically share them with others.
ELTAI shall develop into a movement spreading across the length and breadth of the country empowering teachers to make every learner of English globally competitive. ELTAI shall aim at becoming a recognized leader, a catalyst, a facilitator and trendsetter in spreading English literacy.

JOURNALS:

Print Journal:   Journal of English Language Teaching' ISSN: 0973-5208

E-journals:       Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature ISSN 0975-8828
http://sites.google.com/site/journalofenglishliterature/

                        Journal of Technology for ELT ISSN.2231-4431
https://sites.google.com/site/journaloftechnologyforelt/

MEMBERSHIP:

We have two kinds of memberships, Annual and Short Term (3 yrs)

  

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs):

Members of ELT@I can join any of the 6 SIGs according to their interest by sending an email to the convenors.

1.      Teacher Development SIG                 (Convenor: Dr. Dharmendra Sheth, Surat)

2.      English for Specific Purposes SIG      (Convenor: Dr. Albert Ryan, Chennai)

3.      Literature SIG                                     (Convenor: Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, Bilaspur)

4.      Evaluation SIG                                    (Convenor: Dr. Geetha Durairaj, Hyderabad)

5.      Computer Technology SIG                 (Convenor: Dr. Revathi Vishwanathan, Chennai)

6.      ELT in Rural Areas SIG                     (Convenor: Dr. Amol Padwad)

BENEFITS OF JOINING ELT@I:

The Members will get

1.      A free copy of its bimonthly Journal of English Language Teaching

2.      Subsidized membership of IATEFL, UK.

3.      Reduced rate of admission to all ELTAI programmes

4.      Free subscription to all its Special Interest Groups

Workshop on "FOE: WHY DON'T YOU GO???"

Workshop at Govt. Boys and Girls' Hr. Sec. School,
Masturi, Bilaspur

Date: 10th July 2012

Another workshop on "FOE: Why Don't You Go???" was organised  by ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter on 10th  July 2012 at Govt. Boys and Girls Hr. Sec. School, Masturi, Bilaspur. (C.G.).
The purpose of the workshop was to take out the fear in the minds and hearts of the students towards English Language. Our rural students are second to none in terms of knowledge and caliber. They lack the exposure, atmosphere and motivation. ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter is striving hard to reach the nook and corner of the area to create awareness among the learners towards English. 
The workshop was a mega success and students enjoyed every bit of it. It was conducted with the help of audio-visual aids and power point presentation. 
The workshop was conducted by Dr. Devasree Chakravarti, Treasurer, ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter,  Mr. Rakesh Dighraskar,  Secretary, ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter and Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, National Vice President, ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter.

ELTAI is thankful to Dr. Rajkumar Sachdeva, Professor of Hindi at Govt. College, Masturi who was instrumental in organising the event.

We are highly thankful to Mr. Sanjay Dubey, Vice Principal of Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School for his enthusiastic support and help. We would like to thank Mrs. Singh, Mr. Raj, Mr. Anil Sahu, Mr. Chowdhary for their help in organising the event at Boys Hr. Sec. School, Masturi.  

 Govt. Girls' Hr. Sec. Shool, Masturi

Rakesh Dighraskar conducting the workshop in Govt. Girls' Hr. Sec. School, Masturi 

 Dr. Devasree Chakravarti at Govt. Girls' Hr. Sec. School, Masturi

Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam at Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School, Masturi 

WORKSHOP AT CHAKARBHATA, BILASPUR

9th July 2012

A workshop on "FOE: Why Don't You Go???" was organised  by ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter on 9th  July 2012 at Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Chakarbhata, Bilaspur. (C.G.).
The purpose of the workshop was to take out the fear in the minds and hearts of the students towards English Language. Our rural students are second to none in terms of knowledge and caliber. They lack the exposure, atmosphere and motivation. ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter is striving hard to reach the nook and corner of the area to create awareness among the learners towards English. 
The workshop was a mega success and students enjoyed every bit of it. It was conducted with the help of audio-visual aids and power point presentation. 
The workshop was conducted by Dr. Devasree Chakravarti, Treasurer, ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter,  Mr. Rakesh Dighraskar,  Secretary, ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter and Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, National Vice President, ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter.
ELTAI is thankful to Mr. Manoj Sanadya, Joint Secretary of ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter for taking initiative to organise the event in both the schools of Chakarbhata Camp. We are thankful to Mrs. Raha, Principal of Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School, Chakarbhata for her support.

                     Workshop at Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Chakarbhata, Bilaspur on 9th July 2012

                      Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, National Vice President conducting the workshop.

             Workshop in Govt. Girls' Hr. Sec. School, Chakarbhata, Bilaspur on 9th July 2012

              Rakesh Dighraskar, Secretary ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter conducting the workshop

FELICITATION CEREMONY OF Ph.D. AWARDEES

FELICITATION CEREMONY

ELT@I BILASPUR CHAPTER

26TH FEBRUARY 2012

AT 

BACHPAN PLAY SCHOOL, MANGALA CHOWK, BILASPUR (C.G.)

         Dr. Gulshan Das, Dr. (Brig) A.K. Sharma, Prof. C.B.S. Chowhan, Prof. B.M. Mishra (R-L)

                                                     Guests and Members of ELT@I

                                                                 Guests on the dais

                                    Comperes: Mrs. Usha Iyengar and Mrs. Sumita Goel

Lamp Lighting

Guests

Dr. Devasree, Dr. Arti Singh and Dr. Aradhana

                                         

 

ELT@I Bilaspur Chapter organised "Felicitation Ceremony" on 26th Feb. 2012 in Bachpan Play School, Mangala Chowk, Bilaspur at 4.30 pm to felicitate Dr. Aradhana Trivedi, Dr. Devasree Chakravarti and Dr. Arti Singh Thakur who were conferred with Ph.D. Degree in English Literature by Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). The Chief Guest of the occasion was Dr. (Brig) A.K. Sharma, Chief Operations Officer, Apollo Hospitals, Bilaspur, the Guest of Honour was Dr. Gulshan Das, Retd. Professor of English and the session was chaired by Prof. C.B.S. Chowhan. The Special Guests on the occasion were the three Ph.Dians. ELT@I is honoured to felicitate them on their achievement. 

Mr. Shivaji Kushwaha, President of ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter welcomed the gathering and congratulated the three ladies for their achievements. Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam informed what ELTAI is and asked the gathering to join hands with ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter to make Bilaspur the hub of English activities. 

Dr. Gulshan Das praised ELTAI Bilaspur Chapter for conducting wonderful activities for the benefit of the students in specific and congratulated the three ladies for their hard work and efforts. She appreciated Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, National Vice President of ELTAI for bringing many people together on the platform of ELTAI. 

Dr.(Brig) A.K. Sharma, COO of Apollo Hospitals, Bilaspur congratulated ELTAI for organising an event of this magnitude. He appreciated the activities of ELTAI Bilaspur chapter and announced that he would love to be the member of ELTAI and would be always available for the activities of ELTAI. He said that it is the need of the hour to promote English activities in Bilaspur.

Prof. C.B.S. Chowhan chairing the session spoke about the condition and status of education in Chhattisgarh and urged the teachers to take active part in promoting English among the learners and students. 

Dr. Aradhana Trivedi, Dr. Devasree Chakravarti and Dr. Arti Singh Thakur thanked ELTAI Biaspur Chapter for felicitating them and honouring them. They spoke about their topics and expressed their gratitude to those who helped them in their great achievement.

The felicitation ceremony was attended by Dr. Pravin Kalvit, Mrs. Nirmala Jyothi, Mr. D.D. Sharan, Mr. G.N. Ananthan, Mrs. G.A. Neela, Mr. Ramaswamy, Mr. Milan Seth, Mrs. Shobha Seth, Mrs. Shrutika, Mr. Vikas Tyagi, Mr. Ashley Doughlus, Mr. G.A. Ashwini Kumar, Mrs. Vidhya, Shreya G. Iyengar and others were present on the occasion.

The programme was compered by Mrs. Usha Iyengar, Event Manager and Mrs. Sumita Goel, Joint Secretary of ELTAI, Bilaspur Chapter.