9TH INTERNATIONAL & 45TH ANNUAL ELT@I CONFERENCE

Dr. Parul Mishra, Assistant Professor (English), Deptt. of Applied Sciences & Humanities and Prakhar Sethi (Roll No.16115), III Semester Student, Deptt. of Computer Science & Engineering, from Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon presented a research paper titled "Podcast: A Tool for Educational Advancement" in a three- day 9th International & 45th Annual ELT@I Conference on 'English - From Classes to Masses', organized by English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELT@I) and Vivekanand Global University (VIT Campus), Jaipur from 21st to 23rd August, 2014.

The objective of the conference was to deliberate the ideas with the leading experts and learners in the field of English Language and to provide a platform where one can exchange their perspectives, the ever expanding styles and strategies in teaching and learning to benefit the students.

The conference was supported by British Council and RELO, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi. Various dignitaries from different platforms like Ms. Diane M Miler, Director, RELO, Mr. Christopher Brandwood, Director, British Council, Prof. K. Elango, Secretary, ELT@I, Prof. R.P. Bhatnagar, Professor Emeritus, Prof. (Dr.) M. Raisinghani, Vice Chairperson, VGU, Dr. Sanjay Arora, President, ELT@I National, Dr. Ganashyam Iyenger, Vice-President, ELT@I, Dr. Bandana Chakrabarty, President ELT@I: Rajasthan, Er. Gaurav Bagadia, Director General VIT Campus were present to share their views on the factors responsible for making English as lingua franca and its wide spread use.

The conference compeered with plenary sessions, debates, panel-discussion, symposiums, colloquium, workshops, assessments, technical and paper reading sessions by ELT practitioners from around the country and the world sharing their experience, teaching styles and innovative practices.

The conference enriched and benefitted the participants as they learnt various approaches and strategies of English Language Teaching.