Dr. R. C. Patel

Professor of Education [CASE]

Faculty of Education and Psychology

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, GUJARAT

Telephone: 0265 2784969, 2795516, 2792631[O]

ACADEMIC RESUME

Name / : / Prof (Dr.). Ramesh Chaturbhai Patel
Date of Birth : / : / 09th February, 1961
Nationality / : / INDIAN
Educational Qualification:
Degree / Year / University / Institution / Subject(s) / Percentage /Grade / Class
Ph. D. / 1999 / The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. / Science Education / Awarded
M. Ed. / 1991 / The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. / Teacher Education / “A” Grade / First
B. Ed. / 1989 / The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. / Teaching of Physics, Science & BetterSchool Examination / “A” Grade / First
M. Sc. / 1983 / The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. / Physics / 63% / First
B. Sc. / 1981 / SardarPatelUniversity, Vallabh Vidya Nagar. / Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics / 78.65% / Distinction
H.S.C. / 1978 / Gujarat Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar. / Science Stream / 61% / First
1986 / The Faculty of Adult and Continuing Education, The M. S. University of Baroda. / Certificate course in Computer Programming

Teaching Experience:

I have worked as an Assistant Teacher (Higher Secondary Section) in BASIL School, Baroda from 1st August, 1983 to 11th August, 1992.

I have been working as a faculty member (Professor of Education) at the Department of Education [CASE], Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Since 12th August, 1992.

Special Accomplishments:

I have been nominated as the Nodal Officer of Monitoring Institution commissioned by Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi to monitor and supervise the implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (A flagship programme for Universalization of Elementary Education in the country) in the state of Gujarat and Union Territory of Daman and Diu since 2006.

I have been nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi to appraise the Annual Work Plan and Budget since 2006-07 of the state of Gujarat and Union Territory of Daman and Diu at New Delhi.

I have been nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi tomake presentation about SSA in Gujarat at the Joint Review Mission of SSA at New Delhi since 2006-07.

I have been rendering services as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) as Dean, Faculty of Law by Vice Chancellor on 09.10.2013: Office Order No.ADM/1/292.

I have been rendering honorary services as the Director of Institute of Advance Studies in Education [IASE]which is a scheme of MHRD for promoting institutes with acumen in research, training and extension activities at Secondary/Higher Secondary and/or secondary teacher education level in the state of Gujarat.

I have been helping Gujarat Council of Elementary Education, Gandhinagar by being a member in various decision making and advisory committees to improve the quality of Elementary Education in the state of Gujarat.

I was organizing Debate, Science Quiz, Essay competitions for the primary school students of Baroda under the aegis of Baroda chapter of Indian Science Congressand Indian Association of Parliamentarians for Population and Development, New Delhi.

I have successfully coordinated a National Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences for the teachers of higher education during December 10-14, 2007 sponsored by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.

I have successfully coordinated a West Zone Research Convention “Anveshan 2010” a competition to promote budding researchers in the area of Science and Technology during June 22-23, 2010sponsored by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.

I have provided services as “Think Tank Member” to implement quality package of UNICEF, Gujarat.

I have worked as the Programme-In-Charge, B.Ed. Programme, Baroda Study Centre, Indira Gandhi National Open University for two academic sessions.

I was the member of the Course Team for writing the module on the subject “Teacher – School” for the B.Ed. Programme, IGNOU.

I have been working as the Gujarat state Co-ordinator for the Maharashtra Talent Search Examination, PUNE.

I was invited as a resource person to review and finalize the tools for four national level studies to be conducted by the Department of Elementary Education, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi from 04th to 07th January, 2010.

I have participated at the Orientation Course on “Research Methodology for the Teachers of Colleges conducting M.Ed. Course of Western Region”, Under the aegis of National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), Western Region, organized by Centre of Advanced Study in Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara during June 15th – 27th, 1998.

I have been acting as JUDGEat the District level Science Exhibition since 1992 in the Baroda and the nearby districts of the state of Gujarat and also actively involved in the in-service training programme of teachers.

I was nominated and appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Faculty of Law by Vice Chancellor on 09.10.2013: Office Order No.ADM/1/292.

The contributions made to our department and our university needs no extraneous recommendation. The successful task completions themselves are, broadly speaking, recommendatory in their quintessence.

I have been the member of the Board of Studies for the Department of Education and Educational Administration, The M. S. University of Baroda since 2002.

I have been working as a CONVENER of the B. Ed. Programme, Department of Education where my main responsibility is to organize the entire B. Ed. Programme for around 180 students throughout the year.

I have worked as a CONVENER of the Practice Teaching Unit, Department of Education for last four years where my main responsibility is to organize the Practice Teaching Programme for around 180 students in different schools of Baroda city throughout the year.

I have been working as a CO-ORDINATOR of the CAMPUS INTERVIEW, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The M. S. University of Baroda.

I have actively contributed towards the activities of teachers’ association. For last more than ten years, I have been the General Secretary of BarodaUniversity Teachers’ Association.

Research Projects:

I wish to point out here that I have an affair for research. I have to my credit following research projects where I worked as a principal investigator in few and also rendered my services as one of the members of the project team. A list of the researches undertaken has been appended.

  1. “Community Participation in Primary Education and School Effectiveness” sponsored by Department of Research Support (UGC), Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The M. S. University of Baroda. It was completed in December, 1998. Project Team included Dr. S. Kumar, Mr. R. C. Patel and Ms. Anjali Mehta.
  2. “Terminal Assessment Study of District Primary Education Programme [Phase-II] GujaratState” sponsored by Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar. It was for the duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 9, 36, 400/- Completed in November, 2002. Prof. R. G. Kothari was the principal investigator and the project team included Prof. S. Kumar, Dr. R. C. Patel, Dr. Dipti Oza and Mr. V. R. Acharya.
  3. “Social Assessment Study (Vadodara RURAL)” sponsored by Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar. It was for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 25, 000/- Completed on December, 2002. Prof. R. G. Kothari was the Director and Dr. S. C. Panigrahi was the principal investigator and the project team included Dr. R. C. Patel, Dr. Chaya Goel and Dr. R. S. Mani.
  4. “Evaluation of Alternative Schooling System in the State of Gujarat” sponsored by Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar. It was for the duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 3, 48, 500/- Completed on August, 2003. Prof. R. G. Kothari was the principal investigator and the project team included Prof. S. Kumar, Dr. R. C. Patel, and Dr. Dipti Oza.
  5. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “DISE Sample Checking”. It was for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 1, 36, 640/- Completed in March 2004.Dr. Dipti Oza was the principal investigator and the project team included Dr. R. C. Patel, Mr. V. R. Acharya, Dr. Anjali Mehta and Ms. Jyoti Pandya.
  6. National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi sponsored project entitled, “A Study of the Pre-Service Secondary Teacher Education Programme in southern and central Gujarat regions for emerging divergent educational contexts: Perspectives, Practices and Prospects, 2003-05” the final report is submitted. It was for the duration of TWO YEARS and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 2, 99, 250/-. Prof. R. G. Kothari was the principal investigator and the project team included Dr. K. S. Joseph, Dr. R. C. Patel and Mr. V. R. Acharya.
  7. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, GandhinagarSponsored Project on “Sample Checking of DISE data of GujaratState”. It was for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs.1, 79,820/- Completed in March 2005. I was the Principal Investigator and the project team included Dr. Dipti Oza, Mr. V. R. Acharya and Dr. A. Mehta.
  8. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, GandhinagarSponsored Project on “Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2005”, It was for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 1, 98, 718/- Completed in September, 2005. I was the Principal Investigator and the project team included Dr. Dipti Oza, and Mr. V. R. Acharya.
  9. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, GandhinagarSponsored Project on “Perception of community members of different committees regarding SSA and its implementation”. It was for the duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 2, 03, 040/- Completed in March 2006.
  10. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “Problems faced by DPCs, BRCCs, CRCCs, OIC_TT, OIC_Gender, MIS and Head Teachers in the implementation of SSA”. It is for the duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 2, 04, 120/-ready for submission.
  11. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “Status of Bal Mitras and Students of Alternative Schooling System”. It is for the duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 1, 90, 080/- On going.For the last three projects only I remained the principal investigator and there are still projects going on under my guidance.
  12. Educational Consultants India Limited [EdCIL],New Delhi Sponsored Project on “Students Attendance in Primary and UpperPrimary Schools”. It is for the duration of SEVEN months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 8, 87, 700/-The Project Team includes Prof. R. G. Kothari, Prof. S. Kumar, Dr. R. C. Patel, Dr. Dipti Oza and Mr. V. R. Acharya.Final Report submitted to the funding agency.
  13. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, GandhinagarSponsored Project on “Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2006”, It was for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 1, 84, 140- Completed in February, 2007. Prof. S. Kumar was the Principal Investigator and the project team included Dr. R. C. Patel.
  14. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “5%Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2006-2007”, It is for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 2, 13, 192/-To be initiated form August, 2007.Dr. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator and the project team includes Prof. S. Kumar.
  15. UGC-ASIHSS sponsored project on “Development of a scale for performance appraisal of school teachers by their students”completed in August, 2007 with Prof. S. Kumar and Dr. A. Ramachary.
  16. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “5%Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2007-08”. It is for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 2, 07, 900/-Has been initiated form February, 2008. Dr. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator and the project team includes Prof. S. Kumar.
  17. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “5%Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2008-09”. It is for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 2, 29, 392/-. Dr. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator and the project team includes Prof. S. Kumar. The report has been submitted in September, 2009.
  18. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “5%Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2009-2010”. It is for the duration of TWO months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 2, 39, 760/-. Dr. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator and the project team includes Dr. Kashyapi Awasthi. The report has been submitted in May, 2010.
  19. GujaratState Biotechnology Mission, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “Survey of Scientific Infrastructure of Biotech Academia of M. S. University of Baroda”. It is for the duration of THREE months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 78, 400/-. Dr. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator and the project team includes Dr. Kashyapi Awasthi. The report has been submitted in September, 2011-12.
  20. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “5%Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2010-2011”, It is for the duration of THREE months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 3, 61, 800/-. Dr. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator. The report has been submitted inDecember, 2011.
  21. Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi assigned project of Monitoring and Supervision of Implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Mid Day Meal (MDM) in the state of Gujaratis continuing through signing Memorandum of Understanding. Recently signed MoU with MHRD form October, 2010 up to September. 2012 worth Rs. 28, 70, 000/- approximately for the period of two years. Prof. R. C. Patel has been working as Nodal Officer and preparing the six monthly monitoring reports and submitting to the MHRD twice in a year.
  22. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “5%Sample Checking of DISE data of Gujarat State-2011-2012”, It is for the duration of THREE months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 7, 24, 680/-. Dr. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator. The report has been submitted in November, 2012.
  23. Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi assigned project of Monitoring and Supervision of Implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Mid Day Meal (MDM) in the state of Gujarat and Union territories: Daman and Diu, Year 2013-2015is continuing through signing Memorandum of Understanding. Recently signed MoU with MHRD form September, 2013 up to March, 2015. Prof. R. C. Patel is the Nodal Officer for the project and preparing the six monthly monitoring reports and submitting to the MHRD twice in a year.
  24. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on “Dropout of Students from Elementary Schools of Gujarat”, It is for the duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 9,95,760/-. Prof. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator. The draft report has been submitted on 6th December 2014 and the same has been approved. Final report has been submitted.
  25. Gujarat Council of Primary Education, Gandhinagar Sponsored Project on“Study of transport and/or escort facilities provided by SSA to the school going children of Elementary school of Gujarat”, It is for the duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned was Rs. 10,41,120/-. Prof. R. C. Patel is the Principal Investigator. The work of project has been started from 7th January, 2015 and the final report has been submitted.
  26. UNICEF & Ambedkar University, Delhi sponsored project on “Early Development and Learning Standards” for children of 3-6 yrs of age, for entire India. It was for a duration of SIX months and the total amount sanctioned is wasRs. 16,11,900/-. Prof. R. C. Patel is the Director of the project, Gujarat from 1st May to 15th October, 2017.

Participation in National Seminar / Workshop / Conference:

Explanation of Colour Code:

  1. Presented a Paper entitled, “Teacher Education: B.Ed. Admission Criteria” at the National Seminar organized by Centre of Advanced Study in Education, Department of Education, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 28th February and 01st March, 1994
  2. Presented a Paper entitled, “Women’s access to Leadership Position” at the National Conference organized by the Department of Educational Administration and Gujarat Council of Educational management during 18th and 19th December,1995
  3. Participated at the National Workshop on “Professional Writing” organized by Department of Extension and Communication, Faculty of Home Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 07th to 09th March, 1996
  4. Presented a Paper entitled, “Total Quality Management in Education” at the National Seminar organized by Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 23rd March, 1996
  5. Presented a Paper entitled, “Management of Innovation and Change at National Open School” at the National Seminar organized by Department of Research Support (UGC) Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 1996-97
  6. Presented a Paper entitled, “Quality of Higher Education” at the National Conference organized by Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 20th to 22nd November, 1996
  7. Presented a Paper entitled, “Teacher Education: Curriculum and its Transaction” at the National Seminar organized by Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 26th and 27th February, 1996
  8. Presented a Paper entitled, “B.Ed. at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University” at the National Seminar organized by Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 26th and 27th February, 1996
  9. Presented a Paper entitled, “Teleconferencing for Teacher Training of Gujarat at National Open School: An Analytical Study” at the National Seminar organized by Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 24th to 25th February, 1997
  10. Convened a Workshop for Primary School Teacher of Baroda District on “Capacity Building” organized by Department of Research Support (UGC) Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 10th to 12th September, 1996
  11. Member of the organizing committee of Asia-Pacific Workshop on “Head Teacher Training and Resource Materials Development” organized by Commonwealth Secretariat, U.K. and The M.S.University of Baroda, India, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 07th to 10th April, 1997
  12. Presented a Paper entitled, “Ethical Basis for Environmental Education: Some Reflections” at the Annual Conference of Gujarat Council of Educational Administration and management at Tejas Vidyalaya, Ellora Park, Baroda, held during January 11th and 12th, 1998.
  13. Participated in the workshop on, “BETTER SCHOOL” for adoption of Modules prepared for training the Principals of the schools in Gujarat.