Biography

Geeta S. Shetty

Dr. Geeta S. Shetty (Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Ed., M.A., B.Sc., PGDME, PGDHRM) is an Associate Professor at St. Xaviers Institute of Education, an eminent college of teacher education in Mumbai with twenty seven long years of experience in the field of teacher formation. She has contributed immensely to the field of education and has inspired many young and aspiring teachers. She is invited as an expert for faculty development programmes by leading professional institutions. She has trained many pre services and in service teachers in contemprory pedagoies. The author has conducted many research studies on modern approaches of teaching including technology enhanced instruction. The author has kept herself abreast with the latest trends in English pedagogy through courses conducted by University of Maryland and Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. She has studied problem based Learning and Metacognition extensively and has shared her thoughts in her books Problem Based Learning for Metacognition and Human Resource Development. She has also donned eminent positions in various University committees and has contributed significantly to policy decisions. The author is recipient of the National Eminent Teacher Educator Award conferred by the Indian Association of Teacher Educators and Jamunabai Govindji Madhavji Award for Ph.D. Degree in Education conferred by the SNDT University.