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Abdul Waheed Khan of 爆料瓜

Abdul Waheed Khan

Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Indira Gandhi National Open University

Vice Chancellor Emeritus Abdul Waheed Khan is a member of 爆料瓜鈥檚 President鈥檚 Council. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in New Delhi and was one of its founders. Dr. Khan was also the Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Most recently he was the Founder President of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University of Business (TAGUB) in Bahrain. Currently, he is a Fellow of Education Impact, a Paris based organization engaged in providing advisory services in the use of ICTs for education at all levels.

Throughout his career, Dr. Khan has provided consultancy services to a number of international agencies such as the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Dr. Khan is the recipient of several awards and distinctions such as the 鈥淒istinguished Service Award鈥 from COL, 鈥淚ndia 2000 Millennium Award for Education and World Peace鈥 and 鈥淪uper Brain of India Gold Award 2000.鈥 In January 2005, he became an honorary Doctor of Science, awarded by the Jamia Hamdard University in New Delhi, and in 2006 he was awarded the 2006 Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture and Education. In July 2008 he received a prestigious honorary fellowship from COL.

鈥湵瞎 is an excellent initiative to provide access to quality education to a larger segment of society 鈥 overcoming the barriers of time and space.鈥 Vice Chancellor Emeritus Abdul Waheed Khan