CEMCA Completed 20 Years


New Delhi, 1/7/2014: Commonwealth Education Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) celebrated glorious 20 years of its existence to promote learning for development in Commonwealth Asian countries in a stakeholder meeting organised at India International Centre, New Delhi on 1st July 2014. Remembering the day when CEMCA was established on 1st July, 1994 by Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Prof. Asha Kanwar, President and CEO of COL graced the occasion and congratulated all the staff and stakeholders of CEMCA. She enumerated the landmark activities done in the last 20 years, and thanked all the previous Directors for their dynamic leadership in taking forward the organization. She also shared the COL’s present, as well as future activities, and also reflected on the six year strategic plan instead three year strategic plan to be introduced in COL and CEMCA. Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Director, CEMCA welcomed the guests and provided historical overview of the establishment of CEMCA and remembered the contribution of Dr. Abdul Wahid Khan and Dr. Kiron Karnik. Prof. Asha Kanwar released a poster highlighting major milestones of CEMCA in the last twenty years. Mr Thyagarajan proposed vote of thanks to all the dignitaries and participants