The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (COL-CEMCA) in collaboration with Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), organised a five day Faculty Development programme (FDP) Workshop on “Course Enhancement with Employability Attributes and Development of Skill-Based Courses” from 5-9 January 2026. The five day Faculty FDP  workshop was organised under the graduate employability project.

The Commonwealth of Learning and its regional centre, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (COL-CEMCA) in collaboration with IGNOU, organised a “Capacity Building Workshop on Implementing Graduate Employability & Result Based Management (RBM)” at the IGNOU office, New Delhi, from 5-7 January 2026. COL-CEMCA is working with one National and 17 State Open Universities to implement Graduate Employability based on RBM framework across India.

Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (COL-CEMCA), in collaboration with the Reliance Foundation and Chitkara University, Chitkara Radio, Punjab, organised a Tech-based Demonstration Training for Community Radio Station (CRS) Managers on 26 December 2025, bringing together participants to explore digital tools and platforms aimed at enhancing the impact of community radio stations through technology-enabled content production and dissemination.

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in collaboration with Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) jointly organised a three-Day Workshop on Course Enhancement for Graduate Employability, from 22–24 December 2025. At NSOU, Kolkata. The workshop is a significant milestone in NSOU’s continued engagement with COL-CEMCA since 2024–25 to address the pressing concern of graduate employability in India.

Dr B. Shadrach, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (COL-CEMCA) and Prof Navin Chandra Lohani, Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Open University (UOU), met on 19 December 2025, at the COL-CEMCA office, New Delhi to discuss collaborative initiatives, such as reducing open distance learning (ODL) dropout rates, launching  National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) recognised skill courses, and forming a Community Radio platform in Uttarakhand.