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Indian academician to head Commonwealth of Learning
Sunday February 19, 2012 08:06:26 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Former
pro-vice chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) Asha Kanwar is to head the Commonwealth of
Learning (COL), an internationally renowned educational
organisation, the varsity announced Sunday.
The announcement came after Burchell Whiteman, chairman of COL's
board of governors, named Kanwar as the successor to current
president John Daniels, whose term ends on May 31.
"I am delighted by the board's appointment of Professor Kanwar as
the President of our organisation," said Whiteman.
"I expect that she will take COL to a new level through a process
of significant and sustainable evolutionary change. Her personal
attributes and her international profile should prove to be
valuable assets," he added.
Kanwar is currently the Vice President at COL.
COL is an intergovernmental organisation based in New Delhi, India
and Vancouver, Canada. It was created to promote open learning and
distance education across the 1.7 billion people of the 54
Commonwealth nations.
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