1. “Shirpur Education Society’s Institute of Technology”, Shirpur, District Dhule, Maharashtra, organized a two day national conference on “soft skills” on 14-15 March 2009.
Professor Dr. Z. N. Patil of The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, delivered the keynote address on “Aspects of Spoken Communication Skills” and coordinated panel discussions on both the days. Resource persons included Professor Meenakshi Raman from Rajasthan, Professor Pahare and Ms. Choubey from Madhya Pradesh. The conference was attended by more than 150 teachers and students.
2. “Shirpur Education Society’s H. R. Patel Mahila College” organized a two day national conference on “Innovations in ELT in 21st Century” on 24-25 March 2009.
Professor Dr. Z. N. Patil of The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, delivered the keynote address on “Teacher as Innovator” and coordinated the panel discussion on both the days. Resource persons included well-known ELT experts like Professor Sulabha Natraj from Gujarat, Dr. Anil Paliwal from Rajasthan, Dr. Shivaji Kushwaha from Chattisgarh, Dr. Prashant Mishra from Madhya Pradesh, Dr. B. S. Jadhav from Maharashtra, Tarun Patel from Education Campus Changa, Gujarat and Mr. Masood Malik from Jammu and Kashmir. The conference was attended by over 110 teachers from across the country.