Dr. Veena Nair

1. Workshops

• Coordinator of the workshop “Academic Writing” organized by the Department of Science and Humanities of MBCET College (Autonomous) on November 1-November 6, 2021.
• Coordinator of the workshop “Some Applications of Mathematics in Engineering” organized by the Department of Science and Humanities of MBCET College (Autonomous) on April 28-29, 2021.
• Coordinator of a motivational talk (WSU-IIC, MBCET), My Entrepreneurial Life Journey. Resource Person: Ms. Joshila Ramesh, Founder and CEO, Aspire HR Solutions, Kochi on February 11, 2021.
• Coordinator of the workshop “Role of Science and Humanities Department in an Engineering College” organized by the Department of Science and Humanities of MBCET College (Autonomous) on 27th November, 2020.

2. Presentations

• Presented a paper on at International Conference of Linguistic Society of India ICOLSI-40, CIIL, Mysore (5-7 December 2018).
• Presented a poster on ‘Task complexity and Second language writing’ at Cognition, Emotion and Action at IIT Gandhinagar (6-8 December 2013).
• Presented a paper at 1^st International Conference of the Linguistics Society (ICOLSI), Mysore (27-29 November 2013).
• Presented a paper at Language, Education and Diversity conference, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 2011 (22-26 November 2011).
• Presented a paper at Task Based Language Teaching Conference, Auckland, New Zealand (18-20 November 2011).
• Presented a paper at 6^th International ELTAI conference, VIT University, Vellore (16-18 June 2011).
• Presented a paper at 31^stAll India Conference of Linguistics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (15-17 December 2009).
• Presented a paper at National Seminar on Quality Education, EFL University, Hyderabad (16-17 November 2009).
• Presented a paper at the First international ESL EFL conference, Janardhan Rai Nagar University, Udaipur (5-7 November 2009).

 FDPs

• Participated and successfully completed 5 days Faculty Development Program- Student Induction on UHV Refresher1 (Part 1)  conducted online during 7-11 February, 2022.
• Participated and successfully completed 5 days Faculty Development Program- Student Induction on UHV conducted online during 4-8 October, 2021.
• Participated in the the Two Week Online Faculty Development Programme on Continuing Professional Development: Practising,  Researching and Publishing organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National  Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli from 12- 23July, 2021.
• Participated in a seven day FDP on English Language and Research  organized by Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore May 17-May  23, 2021.
• Participated in a seven day FDP on Academic Writing organized by MHRD,  Ramanujan College, Delhi University from March 12-18 March, 2021
• Participated in a Faculty Enablement Program organized by Infosys, Hyderabad from February 22-24, 2021.
• Participated in a one month FDP on Faculty in Universities/ Colleges/ Higher Education  organized by MHRD,  Ramanujan College, Delhi University from November 10-December 9, 2020
• One Week AICTE sponsored STTP on Harmony in the Workplace: Effective Interpersonal & Communication Skills held from October 26- 31,2020 organised by Department of Science & Humanities, Sri Venkateswara Engineering College, Tirupati

• Participated in FDP on E-contents and ICT tools for innovative and Effective Teaching and Learning Process organized by Roorkee College of Management and Computer Applications, Roorkee, Uttarakhand from August 8-14, 2020.
• Participated in Short term Faculty Development Programme (Interdisciplinary) on “Towards a Digital Era of Teaching and Learning”   organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram in collaboration with KSMDB College, Sasthamcotta from August 12-18, 2020.
• Participated in FDP on “Outcome Based Education in Higher Education Sector” organized by MBITS, Kothamangalam from 23-25 July 2020.
• Participated in International Digital Conclave on Innovations in Teaching-Learning: A global perspective organized by Marian College Kuttikkanam & Amal Jyothi College of Engineering from 14-16 July 2020.
• Participated in FDP on Effective and Efficient Online Teaching and Content Development  organized by Audyogik Tantra Shikshan Sansthas, Institute of Industrial and Computer Management and Research, Pune, Maharashtra from July 8-9, 2020.
• Participated in a FDP on Moodle Learning Management System organized by ICT-MHRD, Sree Narayana College, Chengannur  from  May 25-29, 2020.
• Participated in a FDP on “Curriculum Development” organised by Children’s University, Gandhinagar and MHRD, Savitri Bai Phule University, Pune from 19 May-26 May,2020.

3. Conferences/Workshops

• Participated in the UHV Regional Conference organized by AICTE at RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru from 28^th to 30^th April, 2022
• Participated in Digital Assessment Tools: Let’s Be Independent Learners-webinar organised by Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar on May 14, 2021
• Participated in the Workshop on Course delivery cycle organized by MBCET-TLC on March 20, 2021.
• Participated inThe International Education and Skill Summit – TIESS Virtual held from 27^th– 30^th January 2021.
• Participated in Design Thinking in ELTorganised by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) on 13^th  December 2020. 
• Participated in Virtual Blended Learning: Making it Real!organised by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) on 08^th November 2020
• Participated in Questioning Skills for the Classroomorganised by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) on 01^st November 2020.
• Participated in the webinar on Internet and Communication Revolution, organized as part of the national webinar series Expert Voices, by Department of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Kochi on 31^st October 2020
• Participated in Textual Appreciation: From Stylistics to Critical Stylisticsorganised by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) on 25^th October 2020.
• Participated in the webinar on Speaking your Way Throughorganised by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) on 18^th October 2020.
• Participated in a webinar Choosing Materials while Language Teaching organised by SSN college, Chennai on 17^th October 2020.
• Participated in the webinar on Dynamics of Teaching English Onlineorganised by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) on 11 October 2020.
• Participated in the webinar on Constructing Multiple Choice Questionsorganised by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) on 04^th October 2020

• Participated in International Webinar on  “Second Language Acquisition Research and Insights for Effective English Language Teaching” on August 13, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Multiple Techniques for Learning English as a Second Language organized by ELTAI, India on August 9, 2020.
• Participated in Catalyst Chats organized by MBCET from August 3-7 2020.
• Participated in an Online workshop on EFFECTIVE ONLINE TEACHING TOOLS  organized by Teaching and Learning Centre and Department of Civil Engineering Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology from 29-31 July, 2020.
• Participated in One Day National Workshop on “The Importance of ICT and its tools”  organized by Saradha Gangadharan College, Puducherry on 23rd July 2020
• Participated in webinar on E-Readiness by Educational Institutions during Covid-19 organized by RSET on July 21, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Teaching Language and Literature: Need for Meaningful Integration organized by ELTAI, India on July 12, 2020.

• Participated in webinar on Communicative English skills for Engineering Students and Faculty organized by MBITS in association with ASAP, Govt. of Kerala and TCS from June 28-30, 2020.

• Participated in webinar on Attentive and Focused Listening: Some Strategies organized by ELTAI, India on June 28, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Introducing new online self-access materials for B2 First for Schools and C1 Advanced learners organized by Cambridge Assessment English on 25 June 2020
• Participated in webinar on Speaking at C1 and C2 organized by Cambridge Assessment English on 19 June 2020
• Participated in webinar on Listening at C1 and C2 organized by Cambridge Assessment English on June 7, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Writing at C1 and C2 organized by Cambridge Online Experience Asia on June 5, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Assessing Speaking Online organized by Cambridge Assessment English on May 28, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Innovative Teaching Strategies for Intellectually Diverse Students organized by Teresa’s College Ernakulam on May 27, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Teaching Live English Lessons Online organized by British Council on May 25, 2020.

• Participated in webinar on The New Normal in Education organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, St. Albert’s College (Autonomous) on May 23, 2020

• Participated in webinar on Future learners need learning strategies organized by Cambridge Online Experience Asia on May 20, 2020.
• Participated in webinar on Strategies For Academic Publications organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) & IETE Student’s Forum  of  Sree Ayyappa College, Chengannur, Kerala on May 20, 2020.

• Participated in webinar on Managing interaction and feedback in the virtual classroom organized by Cambridge Assessment English on April 23, 2020.
• Participated in Online Learning Workshop for Faculty organized by Qaspir from April 1-3, 2020.
• Participated in the tutorial ‘Experimental Psycholinguistics with special focus on Language Processing and Reading’, CIIL, Mysore (4 December 2018).
• Participated in a workshop on ‘Socio-Pragmatics focusing language data of the social media’ at ICOLSI-40, CIIL, Mysore (8 December 2018).
• Participated in “ELT methods and materials: How can we make them interesting” seminar at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (3-4 March 2009).
• Participated in First International English Language Teacher Educator’s conference (British Council-EFLU), Hyderabad (22-24 January 2011).
• Participated in Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation workshop (British Council), Hyderabad (6-10 March 2012).

Publications

1. Published a book chapter titled ‘ Task Complexity and Language Proficiency: Its Effect on L2 Writing Production’ in Task-Based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World, Springer Singapore, pp. 139-161. ISBN No. 978–981–16–4225-8.
2. Published a paper ‘Role of Pre-Tasks in Second Language Writing’ in BELTA Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2018.
3. Published a paper, “Structural Complexity, Lexical Variety and Accuracy: ‘Developmental’ or ‘Proficiency’ measures?” in EFL Journal (EFLU), 2009

Worked as Project Associate on a U. G. C Major Research Project, “Language Across the Curriculum”; Ph.D: Cognition and Second Language Writing: An Exploratory study, 5 publications (2 journals, authored 2 Macmillan school textbooks and 1 book chapter)

• Value-Added course: Completed IPR Course (One credit course) organized by MNLU/MGCL/MBCET from March 20-24, 2021.
• 86% in “Developing Soft Skills and Personality” course at IIT Madras as part of NPTEL online certification courses, 2017.
• Worked with Macmillan Publishers, Delhi as an author for English textbook (Fusion I and Fusion II) for Class VI (Project completed on November 30, 2014).
• Distinction (98.6%) in “English as Foreign Language Assessment” course at UMBC, Maryland as part of RELO E-teacher scholarship course, 2014.
• Worked as Project Associate on a U. G. C Major Research Project, “Language Across the Curriculum”, from October 1, 2008 to17 August 2009.
• Certificate Course of Proficiency in Spanish Language at C.I.E.F.L (2006).