M.S. Vijay Kumar

Professional Activities

·      GyanAI, Advisor

·      Times Higher Education,Advisor, Digital Transformation

·      Uniminuto, Bogota, Colombia, Advisor for Educational Innovation Strategy

·  English Helper, Advisory Board

·  Learnlaunch Institute, Boston, Advisory Board

·  Pragya Systems, Advisory Board

·  ICDE Research and Innovation Task Force, Member

·  Smithsonian, Advisor for Digital Future

·  New Media Consortium, Chair, Board of Directors (2013)

·  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-MIT, Symposium on K-12 Online Learning, MIT, January 25-27, 2012, Co-Chair

·  IEEE International Conference on Technology Enhanced Education (ICTEE 2012), Amritapuri, Kerala, India, January 3-5, 2012, Co-Chair

·  Advisory Board, International Association for Smart Learning Environments and Journal.

·  Educause Next Generation Learning Challenges grant initiatives: Advisor, Bridge to Success (B2S) and Kaleidoscope (2011–2012).

·  Lumina Foundation, Advisor Next Generation of Student Support.

·  Educational Development Center, Inc., Board of Trustees, 2010.

·  Qatar Foundation International, Advisor, Chair of Working Group for Educational Technology and Innovation, 2010-present

·  Singapore University for Technology and Design, Advisor for IT, 2010.

·  Member, Scientific Editorial Board., RUSC (2009–present).

·  Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Open education and technology strategy.

·  Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council, Subcommittee on Infrastructure an Sustainability, 2010.

·  UNESCO, Communication and Information Sector, Strategy for Open Suite (OER, Policy and Technology), 2009.

·  University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Advisor for educational innovation and technology strategy, 2007–present.

·  Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, Advisory Committee for Computing Services, 2006.

·  National Knowledge Commission, India, Advisor, December 2005-present

·  Ecole Polytechnic Federale Lausanne, Switzerland, Academic Communications and Planning, 2006.

·  University of California, Berkeley, External Review Committee for IT, 2005.

·  OECD, Barcelona, 2006.

·  Applications Strategy Council, Internet2, Member (2004–2007)

·  CURRIKI Global Education Learning, Advisory Board, 2004 - Present Advisory Board, 2004.

·  National Academy of Engineering, Member Expert Steering Committee, Workshop on Interoperability, 2002.

·  Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Online Edition, Member, International Editorial Board.

·  Corporation for Research Education Networking, Trustee (1998–2001).

·  CAUSE Recognitions Committee member (1977–2000).

·  NLII Teaching and Learning Bridge Task Force.

·  Industrial Liaison Program, MIT.

·  Ivy+ Academic Computing Directors, member (1996–present).

·  CAUSE Professional Development Committee member (1998–2000)

·  Seminars on Academic Computing, Chair, Governing Board (1995–1997), Board Member (1994–1997), Program Committee Chair (1994–1995, 1999).

·  New England Regional Computing Program, NERCOMP, Board Member, present, Chair (1997–1998), Program Committee Chair (1995–1998).

·  American Association for Higher Education's (AAHE) Teaching, Learning and Technology Group.

·  Advisory Board - NIIT, India.

·  Apple Higher Education Advisory Board (1997–1998).

·  EUIT, Educom Steering Committee, 1993.

·  FAPESP,TIDIA,Sao Paulo, Brazil, Program and Project Review for Advanced N, 2003.

·  Ecole Poytechnic Federale Lausanne, Switzerland, Chair of External Review (audit) Committee for IT, 2002.

·  University of California, Los Angeles, Educational Technology strategies, 2002.

·  University of California, Berkeley, External Review Committee for Educational Technology.

·  Keene State College, New Hampshire, Planning for Educational Technology.

·  Annenberg CP/B Seminar on Video for Faculty Development, California State. University, Hayward, April 1995: The potential of WWW for faculty Development.

·  Follett Corporation, Chicago, January 1995: A Strategic Planning exercise for "the future of the book."

·  Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C. 1986: Preliminary study for Automated System Development for Scholarship Processing and Tracking, Ministry of Education, Zimbabwe.

·  Several Colleges and K-12 systems in the Northeast: Planning for integrating computers and communications in the educational process; developing collaborative projects and grants; teacher training in technology use.