Webinar

Talk on Teachers’ Innovations

30-07-2020
  1. Anil K Gupta, Founder, Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN & NIF, Visiting Faculty, IIMA & IITB, Academy Professor, ACSIR
  2. Mr. Baldev Pari Goswami, Barval Upper Primary School, Junagadh, 9662025720

In this discussion, Professor Gupta talks to Mr. Goswami who is a teacher from Junagadh in Gujarat. In the discussion, Mr. Goswami talks about how he spent Rs. 7.50 Lakhs to create digital studio at home and generated content for class 1st to 12th to help students from all walks of life to understand various subjects easily. He started this mission with the help of his wife and son in 2011. He has developed 990 videos of math and other subjects for students. He has his own website- www.baldevpari.com, where all the material is available. He has reached to more than 10 million viewers through his channel. During the lockdown period, he works for 18 hours a day. He has developed an application which comprises of games and videos that covers every relevant topic for the students of 1st standard to 10th standard. He has also been awarded by our honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017 and have bagged two Presidential Awards as well. Dr. Gupta and Mr. Goswami are the advocates on changing the ratio of ‘download to upload’ to ‘upload to download’. Prof. Gupta appreciated his e?orts by saying that he is not just the teacher of his school but also a teacher to all of those students who are watching his videos and learning from them. Mr. Goswami also shared his indigenously developed mathematics exercises in 22 villages via cable connection for the students of standard 6th to 10th who have no internet infrastructure. On

account of Teacher's Day i.e. 5th of September, Mr. Goswami will launch the App through which students of class 8th to 10th will be able to learn and gain knowledge while playing 1200+ games, which will surely make their learning process more fun. Prof. Gupta congratulated him for his e?orts that he had been putting in making of the application. Prof. Gupta also talked to Mr. Goswami’s son Janmay and to his wife Bhavna, thanked both of them, and mentioned that without their help Mr. Goswami wouldn’t be able to do this much of work for children. Mrs. Bhavna appreciated the energy, dedication and hard work done by her husband during the conversation. Mr. Goswami mentioned that in the time of lockdown, he has organized the way of online trainings for the teachers and free ICTE workshops for them and from all over Gujarat, many teachers have attended these workshops and training sessions. During the conversation with Mr. Goswami, Prof. Gupta mentioned about ‘Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Ignited Mind Children Creativity and Innovation Awards 2020’. He proudly explained that in the loving memory of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the Honey Bee network, SRISTI, GIAN have jointly organized an annual competition of student’s innovative technical ideas and innovations with a view of providing them a platform to share their ideas. He ?lled in the audience with the details and procedure for participating in the competition, which goes like- Students can register themselves for the competition via WhatsApp number 9313246772, or over the mail at ignitedmind@honeybee.org. Honey Bee network also presents competition for teachers and parents as well to share their unique ideas. They can register themselves via HBNCRIIA@honeybee.org or through WhatsApp No. 6353549783.

At the end of the conversation with Mr. Goswami, Prof. Gupta thanked him and his family for all the dedicated e?orts they are putting in for the welfare of our student’s community.