DR RAJA DAVID BHASKER
Plot No. 2, Sashikant layout, Laxmi Nagar,
Godhni Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Phone No.: 0091-712-3953110
Email: davidbhasker@gmail.com
Overview
▪ PhD (Applied Linguistics), MA (Linguistics), MA (English Literature) ▪ Five years of Industrial experience with multinationals ▪ Thirteen years of Teaching and Research experience ▪ International Teaching Exposure ▪ Research Fields: Curriculum Development and Pedagogy, PSMT(Personalized System of Instruction and Micro Teaching) ▪ Research Publications ▪ Poems ▪ Freelancer ▪
Present Designation and Experience Designation : PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Organization : MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, ASMARA, ERITREA
Date of Joining : 07 NOVEMBER 2003
Eritrea Institute of Technology is a deemed technology University in Eritrea, North East Africa. It is a huge residential student campus presently housing over 10000 students who are later selectively branched out to other institutes offering other educational streams of study. The EIT offers a four year course for Business and Arts stream and Five year course for Engineering stream. At EIT the English Language Teaching is based on Student Centered Interactive Pedagogy which is offered for the first year students. The course for the first year is ELT (English Language Teaching) and for the final year students is based on ESP (English for Special Purpose). Along with the regular teaching responsibilities I was also responsible for the curriculum development for Business and Arts Group and ESP curriculum for the Engineering Group.
I had the opportunity to alter my research project PSMT ( Personalised System of Instruction and Micro Teaching)to close the gap between the learners. As the classroom environ had students who came direct from the field ie Young Army Recruits (after a study gap of 08 years) and students from the secondary schools. The emergent situation needed a teaching pedagogy flexible enough to minimize the expanding learning curve . Hence a need based curriculum was developed with PSMT.
During my stint at EIT I could manage to write research papers on “Achieving Global Competitive Advantage: The Language as a Source” and “Ethical Concerns and Global Competitive Advantage: Mapping the Geography of the Interfaces”. These papers were presented in absentia at International Conference on ‘Creating Global Competitive Advantage’ at Udaipur, India. Aug. 2004. I had the opportunity to work on the MoE, Asmara ambitious educational project to start Multidisciplinary Institutes and Universities based on the demand of the government ministries and supply of the educational institutes. My Poems and Articles have also been published in the Eritrean Profile (The sole English Newspaper).
This foreign experience has helped me to transcend and touch cross-cultural barriers by moulding English language to the urgent needs of the learner.
Areas of Specialization : APPLIED LINGUISTICS, TEFL, ESP, PSMT
Current Areas of Research : ENGLISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE (ESP), TEFL, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY
Curriculum Development
Personalised System of Instruction and Micro Teaching
“PSMT” has been partially adopted in the Interactive Teaching Pedagogy, MoE, Eritrea
PSMT Pedagogy a pathbreaking innovative approach to individualized Micro Teaching
“PSMT” is based on reduction class time and class size.
PSMT” permits accountability and sharing
“PSMT” suits all levels of learning. Its strength lies in its flexibility and adaptability.
Developed ESP and ELT Curriculum for Eritrea Institute of Technology, MoE, Eritrea
Academic Qualification
▪ Matriculation 1981▪Andhra University ▪ 56.6 % ▪ II Div
▪ Intermediate 1983 ▪ B.I.E. Hyderabad ▪ 59.6 % ▪ II Div
▪ B.Sc 1986 ▪ Jabalpur University ▪ 49 % ▪ II Div
▪ M.A. (English Literature)1996 ▪ Jiwaji University ▪ 62 %(Merit) ▪ I Div
▪ M.A. (Applied Linguistics) ▪ 2002 ▪ Nagpur University ▪ 61% ▪ I
▪ Ph.D (Applied Linguistics) ▪ 2002 ▪ Nagpur University ▪ Awarded
Diplomas and Certificates
Specialized Managerial Training Course on Cost Reduction
Small Industries Development Organisation, Government of India, New Delhi
1990
Specialized Managerial Training Course on Material Management
Small Industries Development Organisation, Government of India, New Delhi
1990
Training Course on Entrepreneurship Development
PHDCCI and Korad- Adenauner Foundation of Federal Republic of Germany
Feb. 1991
Intensive Training Course on Packaging Technology
Indian Institute of Packaging, New Delhi
Sept-Dec.
1990
Career History
- 1986 - 1991 ▪05 years ▪
Marketing Executive / Production ▪ Johnson & Johnson Ltd. Glaxo India Ltd.Hindustan Lever Ltd - 1991- 1997 ▪ 6 years ▪
Lecturer in English Language ▪ Nagarjuna Engineering College, Nagpur ▪ Adoc. Basis - 1997 - 1998 ▪ 1 year ▪
Lecturer in English ▪ College of Social Work, Kamptee, Nagpur ▪ Adoc Basis - June 1998 - Sept. 1998 ▪ 4 months ▪
Lecturer in English Language & Communication Skills ▪ Priyadarsini Polytechnic, Nagpur ▪ Adoc Basis - Sept. 1998- Oct. 2003 ▪ 5 years ▪
Sr. Lecturer in English Language & Communication Skills ▪ A.S.T.S., Pipri, Wardha, Maharashtra, India ▪ Permanant Basis ▪ Basic Scale: 8000-13500. Sr. Lecturer Basic Scale: 10000- November 2003 - August 2005 ▪ 2 years contract ▪
Professor of English Language (ESP,ELT) ▪ Ministry of Education, Asmara, Eritrea. North East Africa ▪ UNDP Project
Total Industrial and Teaching experience : 05+13 = 18Years
Personal Profile
Name : Dr Raja David Bhasker
Fathers Name : Capt. John Henry Bhasker
Date of Birth : 05-05-1965
Marital Status : Married
Dependants : 03
Nationality : Indian Christian
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and manageable Tigriniya
Passport No T 741203
Permanent Address
c/o Miss S. Balreddy
No6, 34th Street, 3rd Avenue
Ashok Nagar, Chennai , Tamilnadu State,
India
Phone No. 0091-44-24893285
Present Address for Communication
c/o Mr V.P. Thanasingh
Plot No 2, Sashi Kant Layout, Laxmi Nagar,
Godhni Road, Nagour 441001
Maharashtra State, India
Phone No. 0091-712-3953110
Research Publications
▪ Ethical Concerns and Global Competitive Advantage: Mapping the Geography of the Interfaces
Papers presented at International Conference on ‘ Creating Global Competitive Advantage’ at Udaipur, India Aug.2004
▪ Achieving Global Competitive Advantage: The Language as a Source
Papers presented at International Conference on ‘ Creating Global Competitive Advantage’ at Udaipur, India Aug.2004
▪Educational Language and Planning perspective
Papers presented at National Seminar on Language, Education and Literacy at BHU, Dept of Linguistics in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore February 2003
▪ ‘PSMT’ (Personalized System of Instruction and Micro Teaching) Papers presented to Govt. of Maharashtra May 2002
Research Papers (Under Publication)
▪ A Socio-linguistic Preview: The Language and Culture in Arundathi Roy’s “The God of Small Things” .
▪ Kinship terminology in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu Languages - A Comparative Study.
▪ Use of Language Laboratory to teach English as Second Language.
▪ A New Approach to Teaching Methodology - ‘PSMT’
Title of Publication (Books Under Publication)
▪ ‘PSMT’ Workshop Manuals.
▪ Five Minutes to “PSMT”
▪ Communication Skills
▪ Development of Generic Skills
▪ Teaching Task Management
Names and Addresses of three Referees
- Dr Sudhir Kumar, Professor, Dept. of English and Comparative Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India . Visiting Professor, Dept. of Comparative and Post Colonial Literature, University of Caneberra, Australia
- Dr Feroz Haidry, Kamptee, Nagpur. India
Prof , Dept of Linguistics, Nagpur University, Nagpur, MS. India. Mr. Tedros Sium , Director Human Resource and Research, Ministry of Education, PO Box 1506, Asmara, Eritrea, North East Africa.
Email: tedsium@yahoo.com Phone: 0291-1-127817 ext
Other Activities
▪ Active Member, All India Association for Post-Colonial Studies
▪ Member of Indian Society for Technical Studies
▪Member of Rotary Club, Nagpur Circle
▪ Member of LEF (An non profit charitable organisation)
▪ Volunteer, World Vision of India, Nagpur Circle
Interests
▪ Free Lance writing
▪ Poetry and Article publishing
▪ Internet Surfing
▪ Theology and Philosophy
▪ Music- Guitar and Accordion
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