Alumni Association of Education, B.H.U.
Vol. 10 No.1
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From the President’s Desk
Message From the Dean
I am glad that the Alumni Association of
Education, B.H.U. is publishing its annual News
Letter. I welcome the New President of the
Association, Prof. Geeta Rai. I am confident
that under her loving guidance the Association
will soar higher.
I have been part of the Association since
its inception and take pride in its endeavours. I
have served it in various capacities and seen it
grow steadily. It has been instrumental in
bringing together the alumni of this Faculty, and
has succeeded in maintaining contact with them
through the organization of academic events on
an annual basis. It marks the confluence of
young and old Alumni and creates wonderful
opportunities for dialogue and sharing of
experiences.
This e-News letter, through its
worldwide circulation will further cement the
bond between the Alumni of this Faculty.
I extend my best wishes to the
Association and to this News Letter.
(Prof. H.C.S. Rathore)
November 2013
It is a matter of immense pride for me to
hold the honour of the President of an
organization such as the Alumni Association of
Education, B.H.U. This responsibility adds a
new dimension to my commitment to the
Association. I am sure that the I shall get the
same support and affection from my alumni and
together we shall march ahead.
I welcome our former President Prof.
H.C.S. Rathore and look forward to his guidance
and support as our new Dean. I am sure that
under his guardianship and encouragement the
Alumni Association will grow like never before
and scale distant frontiers.
I am sure that the association will
continue its activities with the same spirit and
enthusiasm, cementing the bond between the
institution and its alumni. I wish that the
association scales new heights by each passing
day.
I extend my best wishes to the
Association and to this News Letter.
(Prof. Geeta Rai)
Reminiscence
The Alumni Association of Education, BHU, honors its illustrious alumni who have
worked hard to give the Faculty of Education, BHU the shape it is in today.
This section ‘Reminiscence’ newly introduced in the News letter, where Alumni share
their memories with the coming generations, brings the memoirs by Dr. Purnima Kumari
Varshneya, who is working at the Department of Education, from Arya Mahila.
Reminiscence
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This was a wonderful experience of ‘learning by
doing’. Memories are endless and reminiscence
bring both smiles and sadness. Today I feel
proud that I was blessed with teachers who not
only made me a good teacher but also a patriot
and a real human being.
Purnima Kumari Varshneya
Rajeshwar Upadhyaya Memorial
Lecture
I have very fond memories of my student
life, particularly the time that was spent at the
Faculty of Education, BHU. During those days
the Classes of M.Ed. used to run in the small
one storied building behind the central office.
Saroj, (Dr. Saroj Bageshwar, VCW) Deepa
(Prof. Deepa Saxena, WC, BHU) and I used go
by Rickshaw from Lanka through the green
lanes of the BHU campus. During the summers
the exquisite beauty of the paths bordered by
the Gulmohars in full bloom and the petals
strewn over the roads, is still vivid in my
memory. There was a beautiful lawn in front of
the building. Many a winter afternoon was
spent in those lawns in girlish giggles between
endless studies. The days of B.Ed. were of
mirth, glittering joy and hard work.
Vijay Bahadur Pathak Sir was our PT
instructor. He constantly tried to make us stand
in queues as 1-2, 1-2. Mischievously, Shami
and Saroj never got it right. The class used to
be over before Sir could proceed any further.
Dr. S.N. Chatterjee taught us during our B.Ed
and before our final teaching he used to correct
each of our lesson plans and make us practice it
repeatedly. There was lack of many
technological amenities but the sincerity of our
teachers overcame the hurdles and gave us the
impetus to move forward.
Clay modeling was taught to us by Ram
Pyare Singh Sir. During B.Ed. we made many
small birds, bears and elephants of clay. The
classes were taken in the shade were we today
run the classes of environmental education.
The Association takes pride in organising the II
‘Rajeshwar Upadhyaya Memorial lecture’ in
memory of late Professor Upadhyaya annually.
The second memorial lecture will be delivered
by Professor Dr. M. D. Thomas, Director,
National Commision for Communal Harmony,
New Delhi. during the first plenary session in
the International conference on Education for
Achieving Millennium Development Goals on
16th November 2013. The first memorial lecture
was organized on 15th November 2012. It was
delivered by Prof. Ram Janam Singh, (Ex-Vice
Chancellor, MGKVP Varanasi) This lecture
has been organised at the behest of the family of
Professor Upadhyaya and has been sponsored
by his sons. They have contributed a sum of Rs.
54.000/- for the organisation of the memorial
lecture. The Alumni thankfully acknowledges
the contribution to mark the memory of one as
great as him.
A Glimpse of the Previous Session
The Alumni Association of Education, BHU has
been active in the organization of several events
over the past year. Following is a brief appraisal
of the scenario of events:
I. A two days National Seminar cum Workshop
entitled “National Seminar of the Alumni
Association of Education, B.H.U. on the,
Theme: Secondary Education In India and
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan” was
organized by the Alumni Association of
Education, BHU on 14-15 November 2012 at
the Faculty of Education (K) B.H.U. Nearly 200
delegates participated in this event from
different parts of the country. The Organising
secretaries of the event were Dr. Ajeet kumar
Rai and Dr. R.N. Sharma. Dr. P.V.Sai Ranga
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Rao, Regional Deirector KVS was the Chief
Guest and Prof. R.J. Singh was the Guest of
Honour.
II. 10th General Body Meeting of the
Association was held on 15th November 2012
at 9.00 A.M. in the Seminar Hall, Faculty of
Education, (K) B.H.U.
68 members were present in the meeting. The
General Body resolutions were finally
approved by the Executive Body of the
association in its meeting held on 25.11.2012.
The enclosed agenda were discussed in the
meeting and the following resolutions were
made against them.
Resolution 1. The House approved the minutes
of the 10th General Body and all previous
meetings of the Executive council up to 6th
November 2012.
Resolution 2. The progress report of the
Association presented on 25.11.2012 was
approved.
Resolution 3. The Audit Report of the
Association presented on 25.11.2012 was
approved.
The Election of the Executive Council of AAE,
BHU (to be effective from 27.04.2013 to
26.04.2016) was conducted. The President
AAE, BHU announced that as the Existing
Executive council was about to complete three
years of its tenure in April 2012, it was time to
elect a new council. He proposed names for all
portfolios one by one and the house approved
the names unanimously. The following
members were elected and the constitution of
the New Executive body was as follows
President
Vice President
(Academic)
Vice President
(Administrative)
General
Secretary
Treasurer
Joint Secretary
Joint Secretary
Member
Member
Prof. Geeta Rai
Dr. Seema Singh
Dr. Poornima Varshneya
Dr. Meenakshi Singh
Dr. Alok Gardia
Dr. Raghavendra Sharma
Dr.Ajeet Kumar Rai
Dr. Shashi Kanti Tripathi
Dr. Anuradha Rai
Member
Member
Student
Secretary
Student
Secretary
Ex-Officio
Member
Mr. Neeraj
Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh
Mr. Amit Kumar Verma
Ms. Bhuvaneshwari
Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh
The felicitation program of the distinguished
Alumnus and of the Best research paper awards
was also held during the meet. Smt. Sudha
Mehrotra, senior alumnus of this Faculty was
felicitated by the Jai Govind Rai Distinguished
Alumni Award and Dr. Gita Singh was
felicitated by Dr. Rajeshwar Upadhyaya
distinguished Alumni Award. The citations of
both the Alumni were read by Dr. Alok Gardia.
Smt. Sudha Mehrotra shared her feelings and
experiences with the audience. She was
Nostalgic and remembered the day of her
Admission to the Faculty which was 16th of July
1968, when the Faculty was known as the
‘Teachers Training College’ or TTC in short.
She remembered her friends Dr. Uma
Varshneya, Dr. Mridula Tondon and recalled
how gullible they were. She expressed her
gratefulness to her teachers who supported her
and guided her. She made a special mention of
Dr. S.N.Chatterjee who reassured her and
encouraged her when she was on the verge of
gibing up her B.Ed. studies. She remembered
Prof. R.K. Yadav stating what a great teacher he
was. She also remembered Dr. Sarojini
Varshneya, Dr. S.N.Singh, Dr. R.C. Gupta. She
said that the best thing about the Faculty was
the accommodating nature of its teachers.
Dr. Gita Singh also expressed her gratefulness
towards Malviya ji and sense of pride at
receiving this award from her own people. She
thanked all members and said that whatever she
was and all that she had achieved was expressed
due to the Faculty.
The Dr. Daya Ram Vishwakarma Best Research
Paper Award for the year 2012 was awarded to
Mr. J.P. Singh for his paper entitled “Impact of
Yogasana on Short Term Memory of
Children with Intellectual Impairment”
published in “Disabilities and Impairments”
vol26 No.1 2012, ISSN 0970356X..
The “Prof. Sudha Prakash Best Research Paper
Award” 2012 has been awarded to the paper
entitled “An Analysis of Supervisors’
Written
Comments
during
Practice
Teaching Programme (PTP) of B.Ed.
Students” authored by Mr. Waseem Ahmad (II
author), Mr. Dheeraj Kumar Pandey (III
author) and Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh (IV
author)
These Awards were given personally by Dr.
Daya Ram Vishwakarma and Prof. Sudha
Prakash to the awardees. Both awardees gave
brief introductions of their papers.
During the meet Alumni from far and near
shared their experiences and expressed their
good wishes for the Association.
Mr. Waseem Ahmad suggested that the Alumni
should be issued cards which will mark their
membership and help in identifying them even
after very long.
Mr. Amit Kumar Verma (Research Scholar,
Faculty of Education, BHU) put forward the
request of a separate tab on the website the
Association, www.aaebhu.com, that would list
the special achievements of its Alumni.
Several Alumni were of the view that the
Alumni Meet is overshadowed by the event
(seminar, conference etc.) along with which it
is schedules and that the Meet should be
organised separately at a different time.
Another suggestion that was appreciated by all
was that there should be occasions for the
current students of the Faculty to interact with
the senior Alumni of Faculty through the
Association.
A senior Alumnus expressed concern over the
inability of the Faculty to cater to the
Secondary Education as much as should be.
The members were of the view that the
Association should organise at least one
workshop each year for neighbouring school
teachers. Such workshops should reorient the
teachers towards the innovations in Secondary
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Education and revamp their passion for their
profession.
It was suggested that the papers awarded by the
Best research paper awards should be uploaded
on the website so that all could see it and be
inspired.
The members were invited to send their
nominations for various alumni awards for the
session 2011-12, to the General Secretary of the
association with full bio data and related details
latest by 15th July 2013.
The discussion was followed by the presidential
address of Prof. H.C. S. Rathore who was to
take charge as Dean, Faculty of Education,
soon. He assured the members that as next Dean
he would shoulder the responsibility to energise
and revitalize the Faculty. He said that
excellence is a steady attempted thing and the
Alumni Association of BHU, is steadily headed
towards it. He emphasized the association’s role
in organising seminars and bringing together the
alumni, making them think about the ways to
uplift the society. He then mentioned the
following agendas that the members of the
association needed to address:
1. Organising Seminars
2. Uplifting the academic standards of the
New- Letter.
3. Developing an Interactive web- page.
4. Upgradation of the faculty website.
5. Free online access to books and journals
in the library for alumnus.
He shared the fact that, since most of the
students from the faculty are turning into
teachers not teacher educators, they are sidelined from the association’s reach. There is a
need to include them and make the experience
fruitful for them too. Every year at least one
workshop should be organised to identify and
train them about the innovations and creativity
that these alumni members can apply in schools.
He promised that during the session two such
programmes will be organised. He quoted his
teacher by saying “Shikshak ko apne
vidyarthiyon ko apna anndat samajhna chahiye.
He promised to fulfil his duty as a teacher and
said that he will be instrumental in the growth
of the institution.
The meeting ended with a formal vote of
thanks by Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh.
Membership Status
The, total numbers of life members till 16th
November 2013 is 782. (Continued from News
Letter, Volume-09, October 2012).
The List of members is as follows
Reg.No.
AAE747
AAE748
AAE749
AAE750
AAE751
AAE752
AAE753
AAE754
AAE755
AAE756
AAE757
AAE758
AAE759
AAE760
AAE761
AAE762
AAE763
AAE764
AAE765
AAE766
AAE767
AAE768
AAE769
AAE770
AAE771
AAE772
AAE773
AAE774
AAE775
AAE776
AAE777
AAE778
AAE779
AAE780
AAE781
AAE782
Name
Contact No.
Arvind Kumar Verma 9554878570
Ravi Kiran Rai
8726874781,
9451943311
Deepita Bhattacharya 9450842599
Amrita Kumari
9794848274,
9651031311
Pratibha Kanaujiya
8795119896
Naziya Hasan
07379830836,
08826441019
Tribhuvan Mishra
9918548184
Rajan Rai
Basu Dev Kafle
00977
9851099498
Manohar Kumar Das 09835941561
Shweta Singh
09410906026
Abhishek Kanhai
09451119696
Sangeeta Yaduvanshi Abha Shree
9532985395
Tushar Gupta
9415263168
Rupali
9415606470
Shail
9335427955
Mahejabin
8574631330
Maheshwari Prasad
Pandey
9307584137
Ramshiromani Maurya 9125962168
Prajapati Singh
9450808643
Sufia Nazneen
09935654675
Vibha Singh Patel
Anamika Sharma
9415203215
Neera Gautam
8544371037
Priyanka Singh
9415948904
Ruchi Shivam
Preeti Kumari Mandal 9026982119
Durga Prasad Singh
9415272345
Manoj Kumar Yadav 8960198155
Zafar Iqbal Zaidi
09931792045
Subhagwatee
0023014254618
Sadhana Singh
9532296122
Dr. Seema Srivastava 9335238625
Dr. Sheo Parasan
Singh
9525398335
Pankaj Kumar Singh
Our Achievements:
Alumni Placement:
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Mr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh was appointed
as DIOS, Auraiya. U.P.
Mr. Santosh Singh was appointed DIOS Kushi
Nagar, U.P.
Mr. Amit Kumar Verma was appointed the
UGC Education officer in Regional Office at
Gauhati, Assam
Dr. Rajani Ranjan Singh was appointed
Assistant Professor in the Department of
Education, at Kota University, Kota.
Dr. Devendra Singh was appointed Head of
Department, Department of Education, SC
College Ballia, U.P.
Dr. Arun Kumar Singh was appointed Vice
Principal at K.V. Mughal Sarai, U.P.
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Other Achievements
Organization of Academic Programs
The second “Educators Orientation program
EOP-II” was organized from 1-3 June 2012 at
Central Hindu Boy’s school, Kamachha
Varanasi. Teachers of CHBS, CHGS and Shri
Ranveer Sanskrit Vidyalaya participated in the
program. We are grateful to the School Board,
BHU for giving us this opportunity.
An “In-service Teacher’s Training program”
for teachers of Rural schools was organized at
Raghopur, Rasra, (Ballia) under the aegis of
Diocese of Varanasi. Our Alumni facilitated this
program.
Both events were organized by the efforts of Dr.
Sunil Kumar Singh and his team on behalf of
the Alumni Association of Education, BHU.
Events in
Education:

the
Area
of
Special
The RCI team visited the Faculty for
extension of the various courses of Special
Education on 18th March 2013. The B.Ed.
Special H.I. course was recognized and
extended for three years.

Dr. Raghavendra Sharma visited Rewa,
M.P. for D.Ed. Special Education HI
inspection on 24th June 1023.
U.G.C. NET/ JRF:
Junior Research Fellows
(December 2012)
1. Tanvi Verma
2. Mahima Yadav
3. Richa Ojha
4. Priyanka Rowniyar
5. Pawan Yadav
6. Arjun Sonkar
7. Ajay Kumar Yadav
8. Bipin Kumar
9. Divya Kumar Rao
(June 2013)
10. Tribhuvan Mishra
11. Krishna Kumar Bharti
12. Bhuvaneshwari
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Tanvi Verma and group of M.Ed. 2012-13, got
the third prize in Western Group Song during
Spandan 2012 at Banaras Hindu University.
Forthcoming Events
.
All alumni members are invited to attend 11th
General
Body
Meeting
of
the
Alumni
Association of Education, BHU scheduled on
17th November 2013 (9:00 A.M.) at Faculty of
Education, (K), Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi.
The Teachers Training program for school
teachers of School Board, Banaras Hindu
University,
has
been
scheduled
on
30th
November-1 December, 7th -8th December and
14th-15th December 2013 at Central Hindu Boys
Ph.D. in Education:
Following Alumni have been awarded Ph.D.
in Education.
 Dr. Sweta Dwivedi
 Dr. Kumud Gaur
 Dr. Nrapendra Vir Singh
 Dr. Kanak Sharma
 Dr. Baua Lal Sah
 Dr. Adya Shakti Rai
 Dr. J.P.Singh
 Dr. Roopendra Singh Chauhan.
Moments of Pride
school Kamachha
National Event for 2014
The Alumni Association of Education proposes
to hold a 2 Days “National Congress of
Stakeholders for a dialogue on Teacher
Education Curriculum” on 7-8 November,
2014 at the Faculty of Education, Kamachha,
BHU, Varanasi -10.
The 12th General Body Meet of the Alumni
Association, will be held during the same dates.
All
members
of
the
Association
and
We take pride in the achievements of the
coming generation.
professional interested in Teacher Education are
Mahima Yadav, a student of M.Ed. session
contributions to reform the Teacher Education
2012-13 stood first in University level Inter
curriculum. Stakeholders and members of the
Faculty Elocution in Hindi, during Spandan
Teaching Fraternity are invited to the Congress.
2012 at Banaras Hindu University.
Organizing Secretaries:
invited to participate in the dialogue and make
Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education (K)
BHU, Varanasi
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Dr. Rajani Ranjan Singh (Kota Open
Mobile –
University, Kota, Rajasthan)
Email: sunil.kr.edu@gmail.com
Dr. Pravin Kumar Tewari (Uttaranchal
Dr. Deepa Mehta
Open University, Uttarakhand)
Assistant Professor
Mr. Neeraj (Nagrik Post Graduate College,
Faculty of Education (K)
Janghai, U.P.) 9415300994
BHU, Varanasi
Mr. Bhanu Prakash Preetam (Maulana Azad
Mobile – 9453884285
Urdu University, Hyderabad, A.P.)
Email: deepa.bhuvns@gmail.com
Mr. Sumin Prakash (Arunachal Pradesh)
Joint Secretaries
Details of the Event, Registration Fee and
Dr.
Mahesh
Narayan
Dixit
Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, Gujarat)
(Gujrat
Deadlines will be posted on the website
www.aaebhu.com shortly.
For any other query members are free to contact the General Secretary of the Alumni
Association of Education, BHU Dr. Meenakshi Singh at aaebhu@gmail.com or visit our
website www.aaebhu.com