Last Updated Aug 10, 2026
Dr.
Chandrasekharan Praveen
Former
Principal
Institute
of Advanced Study in Education,
Thrissur,
Kerala State, India.
email :profcpraveen@gmail.com
Weblog:
C.P.’s Blog Map
Website:
Qualification :
Degree
MA(English), PG
Diploma in English Studies, MPhil(English),
MEd, MA
(Sociology),PhD (English)
Examinations
Passed
* National
Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET)
*International
English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Teaching
Experience :
*Over 20
years at In-service, Pre-service, PG,UG, Plus Two and Secondary levels
Names of select
institutions taught in India and abroad:
*National Institute of Technology, Calicut
*Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Ernakulam
*Government College of Teacher Education at Trivandrum, Calicut and Thalassery.
*Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Thrissur
*Regional Institute
of English, South India (RIESI), Bangalore.
*National Law
School of India University, Bangalore (Faculty for English-RIESI/NLSIU
contract)
*Calicut University
Teacher Education Centre, Trichur
*Raa AEC, Meehoo,
Republic of Maldives.
*Indian School Darsait,
Sultanate of Oman.
Area of
Specialization :
*Media-based
language teaching
*Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
*English Language Education
*Teacher Education
Areas of Interest
*Indian Knowledge Systems
*English Literature
*Culture Studies
*Film Studies
Continuous
Professional Development
Select list of
Courses attended:
*FDP on Universal Human Values organized by AICTE
*Training in Life Skills Education organized by CACEE, University of Kerala and Indian Association of Life Skills Education
*Direct Trainer
Skills (DTS) developed by Thames Valley University, UK in association with
Training Division, Dept. of Personnel & Training, Govt. of India.
*Refresher Course
in English at UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala.
*Training in
Multi-media and e-content development by UGC-CEC and EMMRC, Calicut.
*Master Trainer for
Intel Teach Program: Essentials Course
*Capacity Building
Programme for the faculty of Colleges of Teacher Education on Emerging Concerns
of Gender, School and Society organized by NCERT, New Delhi.
Select Online
Courses completed :
* Methodology for
TESOL (Univ. of Maryland, USA.)
* Professional
Writing for Teachers (Univ. of Maryland, USA.)
* Critical Thinking
in the Language Learning Classroom (Univ. of Oregon, USA.)
*Blended Learning
Essentials: Embedded Practice (Univ. of Leeds, UK.)
Research
Experience:
•Literary Criticism
vis-à-vis The Media
[CIEFL,Hyderabad,India1988-89]
•Genre Study
:British Radio Drama [University of Kerala 1993-94]
•Revivifying
Communicative English materials: Adapting Feature Films [Kannur University
2006-09]
UGC Minor
Research Project
Select
Professional Experience:
*Served as member
of NCTE team for assessment and recognition of institutions.
*Served as RP for
RIESI(Bangalore),RIE(Mysore/Bhopal), SCERT(Kerala) and University of Kerala for
Inservice training programmes/ preparation of instructional materials.
*Served as
Co-ordinator of In-service courses.
*Served as examiner
Kerala Public Service Commission, BEd.Degree of Kannur University, Calicut
University and University of Kerala.
Academic Consultancy:
* Served as Chairman for the development of the Kerala English Reader (Standard IV) and Communicative English Textbook (Standard XI) for SCERT, Dept of General Education, Govt. of Kerala.
Select list of
Curriculum/ Syllabus related work undertaken :
*Designed and
taught a component Media in English Language Teaching (MELT) at the Regional
Institute of English South India, Bangalore (2000-01)
*Designed the
syllabus for the ‘Arts’ component of the BA-LLB( Hons.) 5 year of
Kannur University.
*Convenor/Subject
expert in English for the Two-year BEd. Curriculum Revision of the
University of Kerala during 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Publications:
Member
Editorial Board: International Journal of Life
Skills Education
Seminars/Conferences:
Creative Writing/
Work:
*Script and voice
for All India Radio ELT Forum Programme (1999) and Radio Talk in 2008
*Authored and
directed a play in English , titled Divorce, Divorce!!
Books published
|
Sl.No.
|
Title
|
Publisher
|
ISBN
|
Year
|
|
1
|
English Language Teaching: Theories,
Approaches and Methods(Self Learning Material-Block 1)
|
Sree Narayanaguru Open University
|
978-81-962656-0-1
|
2023
|
|
2
|
Research
Anthology: Film-based ELT
|
Notion Press
|
979-8885912969
|
2022
|
|
3
|
ICT
Application in ELT
|
Notion Press
|
979-8886063844
|
2022
|
|
4
|
BBC
and the Radio Drama Experience
|
White Falcon Publishing
|
978-1636405438
|
2022
|
|
5
|
The
Education Reader
|
White Falcon Publishing
|
978-1636405599
|
2022
|
|
6
|
Most
Bitten Bytes on Teacher Education
|
Notion Press
|
978-1637454213
|
2021
|
|
7
|
Most
Bitten Bytes on Techno-Pedagogy
|
Blue Rose Publishers
|
978-9354274466
|
2021
|
|
8
|
Solved
Question Papers in Education (Master
of Education)
|
Pothy
|
978-9354452352
|
2021
|
|
9
|
Solved
Question Papers on Methodology of Teaching English
|
White Falcon Publishing
|
978-1636401058
|
2021
|
|
10
|
Most
Bitten Bytes on Education
|
24By7publishing
|
978-9390537334
|
2020
|
|
11
|
Solved
Question Papers in English (Kerala SSLC)
|
Pothy
|
|
2020
|
|
12
|
Glossary of ELT Terms (A Reference
Booklet for Teacher Trainers)
|
RIESI, Bangalore
|
|
2000
|
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Membership of
Professional Bodies:
*Member English Language Teacher’s Association of India (ELTAI)
*Member Kerala University English Teacher Educators’ Forum
(KUETEF)
*Global Professional member of Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages (TESOL)
*Life Member
Indian Association of Life Skills Education (IALSE)
*Life member, Council for
Teacher Education (CTE), Kerala State Centre *Life Member INSPIRA Research Association(IRA)
*Life Member, All India Association for Educational Research
(AIAER)
*Life Member, Association of International Researchers of Indian
Origin (AIRIO),Kerala Chapter
Recognition
and Merit Awards :
*Best Cadet
–National Cadet Corps
* Shashti Abdha Poorthi Medal (BEd Degree
Examination)
*Merit
Scholarship (NCERT)
*Best/Outstanding Paper
Presenter (International & National Conference -12 times
*Shiksha Rattan
Puraskar and Certificate of Excellence
*Twice winner of
E-Teacher Scholarship of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs.
*Conferred title:
Excellent Educator : Techno-Pedagogy (2017)
*Indian recipient of Outstanding Scientist Award 2021 (12th IKSAD Awards, Turkey)
Personal Details:
Sex: Male
Nationality :
Indian
Marital Status :
Married
Mother Tongue :
Malayalam
Languages Known :
English, Malayalam and Hindi
Hobbies : Blogging
and collecting visual materials
